Talk:Felix von Luschan

Notes concerning the surname
The notes (and comparison with Graf Helmuth James von Moltke) are not 100% correct. While titles like "Ritter von" bekame part of the surname in Germany, they were completely abandoned in Austria. His name would just be "Felix Luschan" then. The explanation only cares about the German rule while it remains unclear why Luschan - although being Austrian - still was able to keep "von" in his name. Maybe because he didn't return to Austria after 1919? However, this needs additional explanation, only referring to the German situation does not solve this. . Flexmaen (talk) 00:37, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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Chart
Under direct sunlight in the afternoon, when I compare my own skin colour to the chart, I find approximately category 24, depending on where I measure exactly. But even though I live in Western Europe, I'm easily one of the palest people around.

Since the chart in the article was created by picking colours from an old scan, I suspect that the document had faded considerably and that the original chart was no longer accurate by the time it was scanned in.

Also, there should be some discussion about viewing conditions. The chart was originally printed on paper, which like skin reflects light, but a computer monitor is its own light source. When doing the comparison I had to make some assumptions based on my own experience of the brightness of my display, but a screen chart like this should be accompanied with a way to calibrate the relative brightnesses. And nowadays even just printing the chart is no longer a viable way to get around this due to the use of optical brightening agents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.61.180.106 (talk) 11:26, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

So, I'm not the first to have noticed problems with the chart: Apparently the glass pieces got heavily discoloured over time and we cannot know any more what they originally looked like. Furthermore, even at the time people found it hard to get a consistent reading. I'm removing the chart.


 * I undid these removals because I'm not convinced this is adequate reason for removal. It is of historical interest, not one of contemporary use. If there are problems with the colors, then that should be explained in the article itself rather than deleting the image. Ie, if there are notable problems with the color hues in the chart then that seems like very reasonable information that should be included in wikipedia. Deleting doesn't make any sense here. Cburnett (talk) 15:35, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * That makes no sense at all. A simple chart like this cannot serve a historical interest and no matter how much text we put next to it, it looks likes a reference for skin tones and it invites being used as such. People who look at a chart like this might see no reason to even read the accompanying text, and in that case it doesn't matter how well we explain in the article that this is a collection of wrong colours. And if the reader does read your proposed accompanying explanation, he'll conclude that the colours in the chart are wrong and were not used historically and shouldn't be used presently. Why have a table of wrong colours to begin with? That doesn't actually add information to the article at all. The chart serves no useful purpose at all.
 * For historical interest, some pictures of museum artefacts would be much better. If you've got some, please add them, but I'm removing the chart again. If you really think the chart should be there, please try to properly argue your case here first.
 * P.S. If you edit an article, provide an edit summary.
 * The chart illustrates a significant part of the work von Luschan is remember for, so it is obviously relevant and of interest to readers of his biography. It seems extremely unlikely that anyone looking for a "reference for skin tones" (if there are any) would end up on the biography of an Austrian doctor that died a century ago. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 16:18, 30 June 2021 (UTC)