Talk:Aldo Leopold

Merger proposal
Aldo Leopold Legacy Trail System is a short, newly-created stub, based purely on WP:PRIMARY sources. I am nominating its merging into this article on the basis of WP:MERGE #3 ('Text') & #4 ('Context'). HrafnTalkStalk(P) 03:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

The Leopold Trail System is named in honor of Leopold. It's connection to Leopold himself is tenuous. Leopold himself is a major intellectual figure of the twentieth century and additions to this currently weak article should not dilute the primary focus on the man's life and ideas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomp649 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Expansion and complete rewrite
Yesterday I began what will hopefully be a longterm project: to completely expand and rewrite this article for GA/FA purposes. While I agree I should have made a note of mentioning these plans here on the talk page before starting, I am doing so now. My first edit, in beginning Leopold's biography, was reverted with the edit summary "Stick to Aldo-- we don't need useless details about his relatives". I completely disagree, of course; Leopold's heritage (not to mention the fact that his parents were cousins, an often touchy subject) is an important feature in his major biographies. If it wasn't for his upbringing, after all, he wouldn't have become the impressive man he was. I don't plan to revel in his family's histories, so this short paragraph in question is only to set the scene for what is to come. I will likely be adding more info on Leopold's life and work over the next coming week. BTW, anyone is invited to join in, of course -- Leopold needs a better article on Wiki! María ( habla con migo ) 12:20, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Any wiki biography is a BRIEF summary of a person's life. Lots of colorful details are not called for. If a RS source says XYZ was important, then let's say so. for example this is useless info that I deleted: " His childhood home, owned by his maternal grandparents, Charles and Marie Runge Starker, sat upon Prospect Hill." and "on one of these occasions, he met and fell in love with their daughter Clara. They married on February 25, 1886." (very few articles need this detail about the parents and grandparents).  Likewise excessive details about his high school are useless. Rjensen (talk) 06:41, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, those exact details are not required. However, the names of his parents and siblings are certainly not trivial since they'll be mentioned later on, such as how Mary is currently mentioned in the second "early life" paragraph, but not introduced as his sister.  Who Leopold was named for, I believe, is also of note, especially since it's a rather particular name.  I'm going to re-add these details, if you don't mind, in a shortened format.  Thanks for your input. María ( habla  con migo ) 14:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * If details ARE going to be included, they should be plainly stated. The sentence "His father, Carl Lepold, was a businessman and the nephew of his wife Clara's father, Charles Starker," is contorted to the point of incomprehensibility. I am not a Leopold authority so I won't edit the page, but I suggest - if I have the details right - that the sentence be changed to "His father, Carl Leopold, was a businessman, and his mother, born Clara Starker, was Carl's first cousin." Pergish1 (talk) 01:20, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Point well taken, and thanks for the note; I've reworded per your suggestion. María ( habla con migo ) 12:30, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Quotation in Gaia hypothesis
Hi, just in case you are interested I just updated Gaia_hypothesis with a quotation from Aldo Leopold. Sadly the book doesn't mention where the text exactly comes from.--Qgil (talk) 17:32, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Leopold Bench
This article should mention the "Leopold Bench" — Preceding unsigned comment added by FIRExNECK (talk • contribs) 19:30, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

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Death section
Per Michael Lannoo, the death section can be greatly expanded with ecologist Robert A. McCabe's book Aldo Leopold: The Professor (1987). Viriditas (talk) 23:49, 16 June 2024 (UTC)