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March 14, 2014 - from the editor
I’m writing to establish contact with editors who have an interest in the Wikipedia page for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. This should include editors who are concerned with ongoing Wiki projects on “Genetics”; “History of Science”; “Long Island” and “National Register of Historic Places” Also, editors interested in “Eugenics” and the “American Eugenics Movement” might be interested, as well as those interested in biology, genetics, and molecular biology. I have been working on edits for the page and wanted to make clear who I am and what my relationship is with CSHL. It is important that you understand the purpose of these edits, which is to factually describe CSHL’s history and current operations. I am an employee of CSHL; my title is Senior Science Writer. I have two primary functions. One is to interview faculty members who publish new research; read and study their work; and write about it so that non-scientists – mainly, other writers -- can understand what has been done. My other function is to perform historical research for the Laboratory and occasionally to write about important science and scientists who have made notable contributions. I have a Ph.D. in History from Cornell University; I am an active historian, focusing on early-20th century U.S. history; and I am also an employee of the University of Pennsylvania, where I teach non-fiction writing in the Center for Programs in Creative Writing. I state my affiliations up front. I thoroughly endorse the effort being made within the Wikipedia/Wikimedia community to clarify and make it possible to assess those who write or edit on subjects related to their employment. In keeping with the “Terms of use/Paid contribution amendment” page : I receive a salary from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. As my other affiliations and accreditations should indicate, I am also a trained U.S. historian, still practicing; and a university teacher. My interest in offering edits of the CSHL Wikipedia page is not motivated by the desire to advertise or promote. I am a “good-faith editor.” My interest is in facts; specifically, in adding facts to the current entry in order to provide a fuller, more contextualized account. I note the discussion in the “Paid contributions” document of “GLAM”: contributors who work at galleries, libraries, archives and museums. I agree that it is important for the community to be able to benefit from the expertise that employees of such institutions can offer. As an academic, I offer contributions to the CSHL page in similar good faith. There are situations in which individuals who know an institution best can make important contributions – the main qualifier being that such contributions must be both factual and supported with citations. I follow this practice, standard in my academic field of History.

Here is a brief sketch of what I hope to add to the current CSHL page: 1. Add additional contextual and factual information to the 2 introductory paragraphs  [submitted today] The remainder are written, but I wish to receive feedback before I make any changes: 2. Add a new section, “Research programs,” that provides accurate figures on employees and a fuller account of the Laboratory’s current research programs – there is currently no detail at all. 3. Add a section outlining “Education programs.” The current page uses “Meetings and Courses” as a placeholder for such information – which is factually misleading and represents only a fraction of the actual program. 4. Add 1 paragraph on “Funding” – sources of; and % apportionment of funds within the five main research areas. 5. Add detail to the “History” section. Divide the history into “Early history” and “Post-World War Two history.” (or, “Modern history”) The Laboratory was very important in both periods, in different ways. Its role in eugenics research should be both amplified and properly contextualized. Its postwar history is not described in organized fashion on the current Wikipedia page. I have organized and added to the existing copy. In the Post-WWII section, the Laboratory’s early role as one of the incubators of the entire field of molecular genetics, and subsequently molecular biology, is not described in the current page. The account, from a History-of-Science-point-of-view is impoverished. Recent achievements are not mentioned in coherent fashion and are not up to date on the current page. 6. I have written 3 paragraphs on “CSHL Leadership,” which explains the role of James D. Watson – correcting factual errors in the current version and adding detail; and adding the contribution of Bruce Stillman, who has been Director of the Lab since 1993. This information does not appear in the current CSHL page. Historian78 (talk) 21:47, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

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AfC notification: Draft:Toby Byron has a new comment
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AfC notification: Draft:Toby Byron has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Toby Byron. Thanks! Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:35, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Toby Byron


Hello, Historian78. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Toby Byron".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 14:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Toby Byron


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CptViraj (📧) 18:23, 31 July 2019 (UTC)