Talk:Victor Papanek

Important items to add
Victor Papanek has served as head of the Department of Product Design at North Carolina State College's School of Design (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0003526). What is Papanek's middle name? I have not found it in the "Victor J. Papanek Foundation" website or other places. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prof.Doc.Pro.Do.CE.of.J (talk • contribs) 02:21, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Lead obsessed with iconoclastism
The lead is so preoccupied with framing Victor as an iconoclast, it barely notes his accomplishments. &mdash; MaxEnt 20:06, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Discrepancies
I have noticed there is a lot of published discrepancies about Victor Papanek - including his year of birth (1923 vs 1927), his date of immigration into the United States (1932 vs 1939), and dates for his education and degrees. I am adding a note here so that we can hopefully document the process of deciding these details and any related citations. Jooojay (talk) 03:20, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Birth 1927:
 * Birth 1923:
 * Immigration to US in 1932:
 * Immigration to US in 1939:
 * Graduated from Cooper Union in 1948 (degrees in architecture and industrial design):


 * Additional discrepancies include the day of birth - today it was changed to the 22nd, based on wikidata and a citation. Please use this space to discuss further. Jooojay (talk) 02:54, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Important work
The lengthy "Important work" section is poorly written and is the writer's view of Papanek's views - all without any substantiation or citation. It adds nothing to the factual record, and nothing of value to the Wikipedia article. I suggest that it be deleted. Designergene (talk) 17:28, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree, it has been tagged since August 2020 for clean up - it was removed today. Jooojay (talk) 13:58, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Wow! Many thanks for all the great new work editing this article. Improved so much. My only quibble - whether the 'Personal life' section is really of any relevance. Designergene (talk) 17:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , Hello! Thank you for your positive words. Yes, it's pretty standard to have a "personal life section" in Wikipedia bio articles. Most notable people are shaped by their families in some way, and it has been published in many books about Papanek - everything here falls within WP:RS. Jooojay (talk) 18:00, 9 March 2021 (UTC)