Talk:List of University of Manchester people

Mark 1
Mark 1 was not the first modern computer but rather one of the first. Z3 was a few years earlier (see Zuse_Z3). Corrected this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.70.74.7 (talk) 15:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Depends on your set of criteria of what a modern computer is, really. I studied CS at Manchester, and they were pretty insistent on the fact that the Manchester Baby was the first on account of the fact it could store data electronically. Of course they also taught us about Zuse, and I've always maintained that he had at least as good a case for claiming to be the first.


 * I've altered the entry slightly so as to explicitly say why the Baby and Mark 1 were so significant, rather than just that they were. -- Fursday 17:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Brian Cox
I'm not sure whether Brian Cox should be mentioned in such a prominent list of physicists, I do not think he is of the same notoriety as the others on the list. 84.68.35.57 (talk) 14:33, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I think if I was making a similar list for Warwick of Oxford I would include Ian Stewart, and Richard Dawkins as well known popularizers of science, and would put them under maths and biology respectively. So yes I would keep him here amongst this more august company. Billlion (talk) 20:07, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

List? Or collection of mini-biographies?
Some of the entries here are becoming mini-biographical essays. But surely the place for such essay-like material is at the article of the subject, not in this list article. See some of the entries under some of the science subjects.

I propose pruning such essays in this article to restore its list-like characters: name and a couple of notable features.

This edit gives an example.

Thoughts?

Feline Hymnic (talk) 15:39, 17 July 2021 (UTC)