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A footnote number in the body of the article links to a brief citation (author plus page number, or author plus date plus page number) in a "Notes" section. Then full citation information goes in a second section called "References." There's no automated connection for the reader between text in the two sections.
This essay describes the authors of Wikipedia (also called Wiki-authors) and how articles are developed. For the majority of articles, Wikipedia has become an immense "pot-luck dinner". [1] The articles are, mostly, a somewhat random collection of information that many people thought to be worthy of interest.
The most commonly claimed authors are Arthur Desmond or Jack London. Romance of Lust, originally published anonymously but variously attributed to Edward Sellon or William Simpson Potter; Seventy-Six by John Neal, attributed to "the author of Logan" [4]
For the author to reach their audience, often through publication, the work usually must attract the attention of the editor. The idea of the author as the sole meaning-maker of necessity changes to include the influences of the editor and the publisher to engage the audience in writing as a social act. There are three principal kinds of editing:
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. . Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of ...
English-American author [19] Colm de Bhailís: 1796–1906: 109: Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason [20] H.J. Blackham: 1903–2009: 105: British humanist author and philosopher [21] Lesley Blanch: 1904–2007: 102: English author and fashion critic [22] Ronald Blythe: 1922–2023: 100: English writer [23] Ralph de Boissière: 1907–2008: ...
Icons, or iconic signs, are recognized based on resemblance to known elements or items (e.g., one's ID photo on a company badge). Indexes, or indexical signs, are recognized based on understanding of a visual trace, imprint, or element that signals prior activity, or process, the agent of which is no longer visible (e.g., tire tracks in the sand).
Unfinished works have had profound influences on their genres and have inspired others in their own projects. The term can also refer to ongoing work which could eventually be finished (i.e. the creator is still living) and is distinguishable from "incomplete work", which can be a work that was finished but is no longer in its complete form.