User talk:32.218.38.172

Clyde Stubblefield wording
Hi 32.218, about this edit and edit summary: "doctor of x" is a title and standard English. "doctor in x" is not. There is no disagreement on that. But that's not what we are stating here. We are stating he received or was awarded a doctorate (not doctor) of (or in) fine arts, which is a description of the degree, not its title. There is no standard English for describing a degree. "in" is more of a reference to the field in which the degree was given. "of" is more of a reference to the title of the degree. Bammesk (talk) 03:25, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * As someone with a doctorate, I can assure you that "doctorate of" is the standard usage. 32.218.38.172 (talk) 03:36, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Looking at this some more, here are Google search counts for the wordings:
 * "doctorate in" 6660K, "doctorate of" 529K
 * "recipient of a doctorate in" 781K, "recipient of a doctorate of" 119K
 * "recipient of an honorary doctorate in" 117K, "recipient of an honorary doctorate of" 42K
 * "recipient of a posthumous honorary doctorate in" 97K, "recipient of a posthumous honorary doctorate of" 89K
 * Also, the wording "doctorate in" is in use in English Wikipedia, for instance in article Doctorate, and per article Honorary degree: "An example of identifying a recipient of this award is as follows: Doctorate in Business Administration (Hon. Causa)." I reverted the lead wording to the original "doctorate in" diff. Bammesk (talk) 03:11, 23 June 2017 (UTC)