User talk:Drjefffish

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Race and intelligence
Welcome to wikipedia: we are in dire need of editors with expert knowledge in the areas of Race (classification of humans) and the debate about Race and intelligence - it is an area that is very difficult to achieve a good coverage of because it is so controversial and wikipedia has people with all kinds of opinions. Your input would be very much valued. Happy editing. ·Maunus· ƛ · 02:43, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

I looked over the piece, and (1) there are problems of organization and emphasis; (2)there are a variety of points that could be--to my mind--refuted; but knowing the people involved, this would probably lead to an infinite regress of point-counterpoint; (3) there are a variety of points that have not been made; but knowing the people involved, this would probably also lead to an infinite regress of point-counterpoint. Perhaps you could interest the evolutionary biologist Joseph L. Graves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_graves in giving his input on biological aspects of the article. The cultural anthropologist Audrey Smedley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Smedley might be willing to contribute something re: history of the race concept. Stephen Fienberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fienberg might provide relevant comments on reanalyses of data--e.g., from The Bell Curve--suggesting that differences in education can explain "racial" differences in IQ. I'm afraid I have too much on my plate, but I hope this helps.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Ronz (talk) 03:28, 23 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I know you can make valuable contributions here, so please heed the COI policy very closely, IOW avoid adding links or mention of yourself to any article, especially your biography. (Note that we don't have "autobiographies" here.) Use the discussion ("talk") pages instead to make suggestions and let others do it. -- Brangifer (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Logging in
Dr. Fish, welcome to Wikipedia. I see that you now have a username and that's a good thing. Please remember to always log in. Thanks. -- Brangifer (talk) 04:17, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Image?
Welcome to wikipedia. It would be excellent if you could upload an image taken by you or a friend for the article on Jefferson Fish, if that is possible. Finding images of living people that are not under some form of copyright is very hard for most users on wikipedia, unless they happen to know that person. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 07:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

COI reminder
I notice you have added links to your own writings or productions, in spite of the advice you received above. Strictly speaking I should delete all those edits, but I'm going to let it slide this time. Just don't do it again. This is a reminder to please heed the COI policy very closely, IOW avoid adding links or mention of yourself to any article. Use the discussion ("talk") pages instead to make suggestions and let others do it. You naturally consider anything you've written to be a RS, but that call is not for you to make. Let others do it. Thanks. -- Brangifer (talk) 05:13, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Welcome aboard
I see you have just joined the crew of editors on some of the most contentious articles on Wikipedia. I have hoped to help the project improve by keeping source lists that all wikipedians can use to improve articles. After you peruse those, I would appreciate hearing from you your suggestions of sources on intelligence or  suggestions of sources on race so that all of us can use better sources as we attempt to improve Wikipedia articles. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 17:04, 1 January 2011 (UTC)