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[edit] Gay side

there is no single mention in this article about darrens homosexuality. i find that offensive. he is known to be one of the greatest supporters of gay rights in ireland and should be paid hommage as such. all attempts to portrait his homosexuality as a negative trait is childish and retarded. 91.148.97.253

YES THIS IS TRUE 81.133.192.237 14:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

You want to defend one frequently discriminated against status (homosexuality) yet dip to juvenile lows and disrespect the developmentally disabled by using the word "retarded" in a derogatory capacity. Go away, dumbass.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.132.84.97 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Comments by Ta bu shi da yu

Uh, it's almost as if the author of this book wrote this page. This needs LOTS of work! - Ta bu shi da yu 12:18, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Wow, great work editors! - Ta bu shi da yu 05:14, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Darren Shan WikiProject

The Darren Shan articles here are is serious need of clean up or need to be written. If anybody is interested in doing a Darren Shan WikiProject, sign here. -Ationsong 18:37, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal?

I don't really know enough to help with the article, but I am adding it to my watchlist after remoing two pieces of irrelevant information, just to be sure if it happens again it's fixed. Tartan 20:10, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Book Covers

How would I go about adding book cover pictures to some of these articles? For instance, Cirque du Freak needs a picture of the book cover. But i'm unsure of what is allowed and what isn't because of copyright. - Cpudestroyer 23:54, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3d design?

This is the first I've read of a hidden 3D design on any of the books. Can you point out where they are on the books? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.106.106.5 (talk • contribs) 02:41, July 13, 2006 (UTC)

yeah, i wondered what that meant Andy mci 15:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I thought I saw a 3-d book cover at a store Eulric

[edit] Darren Shan

Is that really Darren Shan's picture?--Eulric 22:32, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is. --Yarnalgo 00:50, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Why wouldnt it be?--Andy mci 16:30, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Improvements to make

This was left on my talk page as the ways to improve this article. so read it.

Hi Andy. Here are some comments I posted to the project discussion page of this article after I assessed it:

I gave this a "Stub" classification because there is only a short biography, a list of books and some trivia. After finishing, I knew only a little more about this person than before I had started.

Some suggestions: Expand the bio, and please include inline citations for your information. As things stand, this article is not sourced at all.

Instead of a list of books, consider discussing the impact the books (each series) have had on the public and literary community. Also, to be complete, please include the publisher and ISBN number for the books that you feel must be listed.

I also think this article might better be merged with the ones about this other series of books.

he then put this

Forgot to add that the second paragraph in the lead would need to be deleted, since it doesn't reference anything from the body of the article. The lead should provide a concise summary of the article itself.

--Andy mci 18:16, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

This is also available at Talk:Darren Shan/Comments by the way. --Yarnalgo 01:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Name

The name of this article is "Darren Shan", but Darren Shan is just his pen name. His real name is Darren O'Shaughnessy, so shouldn't that be the name for the article? I think that the article title should be changed and have "darren shan" just redirecet to this page. Leave a comment if you agree/disagree. Skittlesrgood4u 16:20, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Most people know him by Darren Shan, so it might as well be the name of the page.--Andy mci 17:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First Paragraph

"He is also currently writing the Demonata series, which seems to be doing well." This sentence is vague and unprofessional. 86.138.64.146 17:48, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree. This sentence sounds like it is promoting the series, which does not meet the requirements. This should be changed immediately. It should be changed to say that he is currently in the process of writing another series titled the Demonata, which is having a good response with the public, or something along those lines. Skittlesrgood4u 02:09, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Skull and Crossbones Logo

The logo on the newer covers on the Darren Shan Sage/Vampire Chronicles appears to be that of a stylised spider, with a skull embedded. This would fit in with major lines in the plot, in much the same way that in the demonata series this is a wolf's head with chess pieces either side. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.217.252.91 (talk) 11:53, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crepsley?

Where does it say that the new four book series is about Larten Crepsley? I've yet to see any proof of this. I've emailed Darren Shan about it, but I'm not sure if he'll respond. If he does this will be settled, but I'd still like to see some proof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.106.215 (talk) 05:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Avatarcloud —Preceding comment was added at 19:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Edinburgh Book Festival, he read out a couple of chapters from it.--Andy mci 17:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Avatar Cloud: Your right, I just got an email from him confirming it. But he read a couple of chapters? Were you there?

[edit] Death?

Did Darren really die? That's terrible! And so close to Christmas... He'll be missed. RIP DARREN SHAN —Preceding unsigned comment added by GorillaGuy2323 (talk • contribs) 15:28, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

daren shan is lucky brecause he made luv with 30 pepd —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.125.131.125 (talk) 17:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)