User talk:Psych463 0495

Anthony Pratkanis
Welcome to WP and thank you for your contributions to Anthony Pratkanis. I thought I might give a few suggestions. First the list of journal articles. It looks good. Its in chronological order and at a glance it seems to represent the span of his career. In general on WP when listing the articles published in journals we use some inclusion criteria. The most strongly supported is highly cited and or discussed in media. Publication in a highly prestigious journal is often added and there is rarely a contention about including the first article by the subject of the article. I am not familiar with the field so I don't know if the current list represents highly cited, noteworthy or significant publications. If you are knowledgeable you may wish to post on the talk page of the article a proposed criteria for inclusion (use the new section feature at the top of the page).

The references are in dire need of improvement. A professor described as an expert in a number of subjects should be written about and consulted in secondary sources. To be the subject of an article an academic needs to meet notability. The current support for notability is scant in the sources, but I strongly suspect Pratkanis meets the criteria. It would be good if the article could support that with reliable sources. There is no current challenge to Pratkanis' notability and should one arise even if he is borderline on academic notability there are other criteria that could support the article.

I am just dropping you a note with suggestions. I don't in any way mean to be critical. Your username implies that you are a student or have some academic link to psychology so I am hoping you have access to some research tools that would help improve the references in the article. If not Google Books is always a good place to start. Best Wishes and Happy Editing. - - MrBill3 (talk) 09:49, 1 May 2014 (UTC)