Talk:William J. Dodd

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I reviewed this article, found it to be unencyclopedic in many ways and did quite a lot of re-organisation and some rewriting.


 * Many important facts were stated as phrases introducing a secondary point. More straightforward statements were needed like: Between 18** and 18** Dodd worked at City, State.
 * Some of the biographical material was not written in the past tense. "Dodd is doing this and that" instead of "Dodd was doing this and that."
 * Words like "precise craftsmanship" which are accurately descriptive will generally get through, but if you use a word like "magnificent", "beautiful", and the like, they are always deleted as "peacock words" unless they are direct quotations, eg. Architectural historian Joanne Bloggs described the library as "one of the most magnificent architectural works of its era in this city".(ref)Joanne Bloggs, The Chigago Style, (2009)(/ref)
 * Concerning the lengthy notes under the thumbnails in the gallery. The speculation about the style and authorship were really too much. One reason is that there is no description whatsoever within the article itself of any building that Dodd is known to have designed. He style is not articulated for the reader. Therefore it is quite out of place to say that this building isn't in Dodd's usual style. Tell us, somewhere, what sort of buildings he designed!
 * POV. This is my point of view entirely. For stylistic reasons, I would say that the building is definitely Dodd or a close associate. Regardless of the fact that the designer is using a different architectural "vocabulary", the basic elements of the "language" are the same.

I have made a fairly detailed edit summaries, describing why I have made each change. These can be found on the history page of the article. Amandajm (talk) 12:17, 11 July 2009 (UTC) -

Thanks for the editing and guiding comments.Chroniclerk (talk) 15:45, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

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Areas for further research: folklore and unexamined anecdotes
1. Why did Dodd not stay in Chicago and pursue a career there?

2. Was Dodd actually employed by the firm McKim, Mead and White? If so, was it in New York or in Portland OR?

3. Did Dodd leave Louisville for California under professional or personal opprobrium? Local lore describes him as a gadfly.

4. Ione Estes Dodd made frequent visits to homeopathic sanatoria/baths, though not uncommon for people of her class. She lived into her late 80s and suffered from end-of-life dementia (psychosis). There is also local lore from California that she had a breakdown of a sort in public, consequent to William's death and the liquidation of their assets during the early years of the Great Depression. Does the historic record offer a larger frame for viewing these particulars?

5. Did Dodd's relationship with Jews and Judaism transcend a merely professional disinterest? Chroniclerk (talk) 10:49, 12 June 2024 (UTC)