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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 21:49, 30 March 2010.

Savilian Professor of Geometry

 * Nominator(s): BencherliteTalk 09:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Another list of Oxford professors for your amusement. This one includes such stars as Edmond Halley, after whom the comet is named. All comments gratefully received. BencherliteTalk 09:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I like – Support nice work. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ta very muchly. BencherliteTalk 08:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Support. Most of my concerns have been addressed by the nominator. The one that hasn't has become invalid because of recent developments at WP:ALT.  Good raise  22:31, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Question How did you derive the inflation factor from 1620 to 2010 which makes £150 equal to £24,000? (and shouldn't be 2009, not 2010?).Sandman888 (talk) 10:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Using ref 4 I would suggest? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:17, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What I mean is I'd like the formula used which gives a factor of 24,000/150 Sandman888 (talk) 11:10, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's generated by inflation. BencherliteTalk 19:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The source provided doesn't have the inflation rate for 2010. Neither is it an entirely routine calculation, so it might be helpful to write how it's calculated Sandman888 (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair point, I've changed it to "in present day terms", which is the wording suggested by inflation/doc (hadn't spotted that before). As for setting out the calculation to avoid it being "original research" (which is I assume what you're getting at with your link to the essay WP:NOTOR), well, no. (1) It's a calculation carried out by an established template; (2) it can be replicated from the website if one chooses to do so; (3) updating an old value for inflation is a routine calculation, I think. I'm not going to give a footnote along the lines of "to work out the present value of £150 from 1620, we divide £150 by the RPI figure for 1620 and multiply it by the most recently available figure". BencherliteTalk 22:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment Given that none of the persons are redlinked, I'd prefer if the educational background was skipped so the 'Notes' column would focus on their contribution to science, which, I presume, is why the list is noteworthy Sandman888 (talk) 14:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, that's the first time I've been asked to make an FLC less informative, I think. I'd prefer to keep it, as in a university-based list, it's interesting (I think) to see which of the names were educated there and which were educated elsewhere.  BencherliteTalk 19:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Support Staxringold talkcontribs 04:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments from KV5

Some very light issues, not much to complain about here at all:

That's really it! Good work. KV5 ( Talk  •  Phils ) 12:32, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * "Savile reserved to himself" - is "reserved to himself" a British English turn of phrase? Reserved for himself sounds better to my American ears (as in He reserved the right for himself if the sentence is restructured), but you all are the experts over there.
 * Yes, that works in Brit Eng.
 * "straight away" - is that two words or one... or can it be either?
 * My Concise Oxford Dictionary tells me that "straight away" is Brit Eng and "straightaway" is US Eng...
 * In Wallis: "He was appointed as keeper of the university archives in 1658"
 * Zapped.
 * Thanks for your review. BencherliteTalk 14:58, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Support &mdash; KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 15:09, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
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