Template:Did you know nominations/Bruce D. Smith


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Bruce D. Smith

 * ... that Smithsonian anthropologist Bruce D. Smith (pictured) started his study of the origin of agriculture in Eastern North America with a cigar box full of seeds?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lwandle Plate

Created by HalfGig (talk). Self nominated by at 19:57, 15 November 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg. Article is new enough and long enough. Article is well referenced and inline refs are in the right places. Article seems neutral. Hook is correctly formatted and interesting enough. Image is free with an OTRS release. I don't think this sort of low profile person should normally have their full DOB in the article? See WP:DOB. I detect no close paraphrasing or copy violations. AGF on offline sources. There appears to be unsourced personal information in the second paragraph of the Early Life section about military service and the wig etc that appears to imply draft-dodging. Is this intended to be critical? That whole para has just one reference at the end to his CV. Can we have extra sources for that para or delete the unsourced material? There is also a formatting error in the infobox to be fixed. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:00, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I cut it to just the year.   HalfGig   talk  23:19, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed the format error. Didn't know I'd just caused that. The army stuff was not meant to be critical, just interesting. He did join the reserves after all. The army stuff is all in ref 3, published in PNAS, which is highly regarded, title "Profile of Bruce D. Smith". If this is a violation of some wiki rule, we can cut it. I want to be in compliance.  HalfGig   talk  23:51, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * As it reads now, it says he taught school to avoid the draft. If that's what the source says it's OK, but some might think it was defamatory given that plenty of people served and died for doing their duty. I think it could be reworded in a more neutral way. It certainly should be directly cited. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:59, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Here's a direct quote: "After graduation in 1968, Smith taught seventh-grade math in Inkster, MI, for a year to avoid the draft"   HalfGig   talk  00:01, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
 * You could say that he did not serve in the Vietnam War, teaching mathematics instead? Using your own wording. That's factually correct. And add the source. Philafrenzy (talk) 00:15, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Please check it now.   HalfGig   talk  00:17, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg All fine. Good to go. Philafrenzy (talk) 00:22, 26 November 2014 (UTC)