Talk:Russell L. Ackoff

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Ackoff's personal life?
What might be said about Russ's personal life? The dedication for Ackoff's Fables tells us his first wife Alexandra died in 1987 and he later married Helen. His/A(?) daughter illustrated Ackoff's columns that ran in the 1980s in a Wharton magazine. In what foreign countries did he live on consulting assignments? Mexico, Chile, United Kingdom and. . .? Phaedrus7 (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * There are special rules regarding biographies of living persons, see Biographies of living persons. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 22:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Acceptable biographical information is available in Who's Who in America, 61st ed., 2007. Phaedrus7 (talk) 19:48, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Worksection removed
Due to possible violation of copyright, see WP:Copyvio, I have removed the worksection of this article for now. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 08:29, 10 October 2009 (UTC) P.S. I apologize for all inconvenience I have caused here, for more info, see here
 * Pray, what is the specific reason for the removal? "possible violation" is too general a reason given the wide range of WP:Copyvio. Phaedrus7 (talk) 17:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, it took me some time to respond. I will explain the specific reasons. I started this article Oct 2004, see here, and expanded the article Aug 2007, see here, and a second time in Dec 2008, see here. The problems occurred in Aug 2007 when I started building on secondary sources. I probably didn't use quotation marks exactly right, and I probably didn't rewrite those sources. I apologize.
 * It noticed you have been improving this article yourself, and I would appreciate if you could take a look at these concerns, give your opinion and maybe improve the situation. I will get back on this myself, but this can take some time, again I apologize. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 01:42, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I just restored most of the work-section checking the text with the original sources and adding some more quotation-marks, refs and some rewrite. Mdd (talk) 20:01, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Obituary?
What is the authority to announce Ackoff's death? I find no obituary via google.com and neither The University of Pennsylvania nor The Wharton School has any information on Ackoff's death. This infomation should NOT be posted to Wikipedia without a reliable source and CERTAINLY not anonymously. Phaedrus7 (talk) 16:51, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message. Better kept on the save side here, untill online source confirm is this did happen. -- Mdd (talk) 17:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok. If have seen several messages on Twitter now, and a first blog, see here. -- Mdd (talk) 18:24, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Co-Design
What is the reason for including a link to Co-Design under See also on this page? The link between Ackoff and Co-Design is questioned on Talk:Co-Design. Is Co-Design related to coproduction? --92.244.27.135 (talk) 22:41, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree there seems little reason, so I removed that link. -- Mdd (talk) 22:57, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation
My father, Thomas A. Cowan, who had known Russ since his student days, always pronounced his name /ˈeɪkɔf/, and so did I when I studied briefly at the Wharton School as well as when he stayed with my family. Someone needs to get a verifiable source for this; until then, I am removing the incorrect pronunciation, as it is unsourced anyway. --John Cowan (talk) 20:15, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

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