Talk:Peter James (historian)

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Tartarus, Tantalis or Tantalus?

Early I posted a note about adding a category, but it not behaving as expected; fixed the issue the right way, and removed the category. TheResearchPersona (talk) 20:09, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

For a balanced review of this work – albeit in Spanish – by Dr Juan M. Tebes

albeit

I understand that whoever wrote this meant that this review might not be accessible to all readers of this English-language wiki entry. But what the albeit is saying here is that the review was balanced, even though this would not normally be expected of things written in Spanish (and, by extension, of hispanophones).

(...and I also understand that this sentence was probably introduced by a native speaker of Spanish who does not quite understand how albeit works in English. The irony!)

2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:2DC4:A3DE:F7EE:7C3C (talk) 13:35, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Writer, not historian

Peter James may be a writer, but doesn't seem to be a historian. As Penguin Random House describes him - "Peter James is a professional writer on ancient history and archeology." Yaakovaryeh (talk) 09:31, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

References

He also has a degree in history, post-graduate work in history, and has published several works of history. What definition of "historian" are you working from? Only those with PhD's who work as a professor in a university count as historians? (Uh-oh, Simon Schama only has an MA!) Why the animus? TuckerResearch (talk) 17:41, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Are there any reliable sources that refer to him as a historian? (Oh, and aside from being a professor, Schama technically does have several honorary PhDs.) - Yaakovaryeh (talk) 17:41, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

So, again, your definition of "historian" means "professor at an institution of higher learning"? Rather limiting. Herodotus didn't have a college position or honorary PhDs like Schama.... Now, besides the fact that James publishes articles in history journals, publishes book reviews in history journals, and gives papers at history conferences (see his academia.edu profile: https://bham.academia.edu/PeterJames), admittedly, some fringe (like Fortean Times), but others are legit journals. But, to your query, the very publisher you mention above calling him a mere "writer" also calls him a historian: "Historian Peter James and archaeologist Nick Thorpe have pooled their expertise... Source: Publisher." TuckerResearch (talk) 16:38, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Notability

@StAnselm: can you present the significant coverage in reliable sources which indicate notability? Horse Eye's Back (talk) 18:00, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

You can start with the sources referred to at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter James (historian). StAnselm (talk) 18:01, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

I already looked at those, its not there. Those are coverage of the books, not of Peter James. The only exception appears to be a single article in The Independent. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 18:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)