Talk:Jim May (chemical engineer)

A proposal to change the name of the article from James Richard May to Jim May (chemical engineer)
A proposal to change the name of the article from James Richard May to Jim May (chemical engineer) would be more fitting and accurate of what this person did. Carey3146 (talk) 09:49, 14 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Support this article name change. Carey3146 (talk) 09:49, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Tone and lack of citations
I have just been through this paean of praise and flagged it for the required citations. It was retained at AfD, but requires significant work. It looks like an obituary written before the gentleman's death. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 08:25, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Awards section
Remove memberships, unless independent references clearly demonstrate mention is due, in which case move them out of the section. Consider removing any award if it doesn't meet same conditions. Move honorary degrees out of the section. That should leave a section with major awards that are clearly due such emphasis. --Hipal (talk) 01:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Where would you move the honorary degrees to? Carey3146 (talk) 01:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I believe that all the awards have independent references, so it’s only the honorary degrees that need to be discussed from my perspective. Carey3146 (talk) 01:46, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Fellowship of an Institution where that fellowship may be bought with a membership fee or an enhanced membership fee is a vanity membership. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:24, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * From my understanding, the membership is bought, but the honorary fellowship and fellowship from AusIMM and ATSE are awards based upon merit, not on financial contributions. Carey3146 (talk) 08:49, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I was, once, a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management. It was a paid grade of membership, with sole qualifying criterion of length of membership. Fellowship is not automatically notable 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 10:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I am not going to pass judgment on your institute that you were a part of. However, from my understanding, the two fellowships from this article are and were determined by merit and in the particular fields it encompasses, not necessarily financial contributions, nor length of time. After all, May was not a member prior to his fellowship of the ATSE. This suggests alone that he was awarded a fellowship of the ATSE and indeed AusIMM as well almost exclusively on his merit, rather than financial funds, or his length of membership. After all, if we look at other fellows, almost all of them were very notable in their own right based upon their merit and contributions. Carey3146 (talk) 11:47, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * All the more reason to have significant coverage in independent reliable sources about the events. If it as significant, as you stare, then it must be recorded somewhat substantially. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 12:10, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Hipal I've sifted these into individual subsections, the better to consider them 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

COI tag (October 2023)
See WP:COIN Melcous (talk) 22:45, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

New references found
Hello, I am fully aware of my COI, however, I thought it could be possible for another editor to potentially include these references that I have found of the article:

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I have no intention whatsoever to overstep the mark regarding my COI, so I would very much appreciate this being enacted if an editor wishes to do so. Thanks again, Carey3146 (talk) 06:02, 5 February 2024 (UTC)


 * These references provided seem legit and I will honour Carey3146’s wish not because of their past record but because of the necessity to fix up the missing evidence in this article. I expect Carey3146 to still adhere to the their COI. Fxmachine3x (talk) 21:42, 18 July 2024 (UTC)