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Do we need Wikipedia links to common terms such as "psychologist" and "kindergarten"? My opinion opinion is that external links should be more directly related to the article. I would also remove the link to "University of Chicago," but leave the link to "University of Chicago Laboratory School."Euler27 (talk) 17:04, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I think Jim is the one working on the intro paragraph with her biography info? If so, I think we can clean up some of those links. I agree that they are not all necessary. A few other thoughts -- does it make sense to order the sections the way they are? I am not sure where I come out on it, but was thinking about how it might work best. Lastly, does it make sense to add outside references for the awards? Or is it enough to reference the Wikipedia pages? Lauriski (talk) 03:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)lauriski[reply]

The link for footnote 4 does not seem to work. Lauriski (talk) 20:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)Lauriski[reply]

Can we cite the "awards" info? Also, is there anything else to include for that portion? Instead of just awards, something broader like major accomplishments might incorporate more info... But will that just overlap with her publishing books? Just a thought. (It looks good team!)Slee60uic (talk) 21:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added to the awards section and made some other stylistic changes. I suggest full bibliographical citations in the publications section. Also, let's take a close look at the whole article for violations of NPOV. I'm concerned right now about the sentence that begins "Arguably,..." If someone says something about her greatest legacy, we can cite to the source and state it as a fact. Any thoughts about this? Euler27 (talk) 18:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just fixed the link for citation four, so that's functional now. As for Richard's comment regarding NPOV, I agree. Although it seems minute, I would hate to see any deletions made from an outside party on the page. Maybe instead of "Arguably..." it could read "It has been said that..." or "Many educators agree that..."? Overall, I think the page looks terrific.--Jgkowalski (talk) 21:10, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I liked Jim's suggestion about "Many educators agree that" and made that change. I am not sure there is really a cite for it, but it comes across I think in the citations for the storytelling paragraph. 129.105.234.101 (talk) 22:45, 21 April 2009 (UTC)lauriski[reply]