Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia/Archive 4

Proposal reviews for Jim Johnsen article
I proposed a few updates on the talk page for Jim Johnsen Talk:Jim_Johnsen, the former president of University of Alaska, addressing balance and neutral point of view issues, as well as poorly sourced edits made by a singular editor. Is an editor from this group able to take a look at the proposals? I have a personal connection to Dr. Johnsen and I don’t want to violate Wikipedia’s conflict of interest policies. Thank you.92ranger (talk) 19:10, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Donald Machholz
Was wondering if some members from WP:ACAD could take a look at Donald Machholz? He recently died and his wife has been editing the article. I left a note about making edit requests instead on her user talk page, but see never responded. She seems to mean well but the last edit she made might need some re-assessing. She provided a source for the content, but it's an obituary-type piece written by a friend of her and her husband; so, it's hard to ascertain it's reliability. The source also begins by directly mentioning content the wife by name and how she notified the author of her husband's death. It's one of those claims that seems really hard to verify, even when sourced, because there's no way to tell whether it's actually true. Perhaps it should be attributed? -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:18, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Talk Page Discussion Notification
There is a discussion at Talk:Madhava of Sangamagrama that this Project may be interested in. --20:52, 26 September 2022 (UTC) A Rose  Wolf  20:52, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Alfred Russel Wallace
I have nominated Alfred Russel Wallace for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 20:50, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Alfred Russel Wallace
There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Alfred Russel Wallace/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  22:52, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Help with updating article
I proposed a few updates to the article about neurologist Leslie B. Vosshall here: Talk:Leslie B. Vosshall. I have a conflict of interest as a paid consultant but believe these changes are obvious improvements to address sourcing issues pointed out in a maintenance tag. A review by a project member would be very much appreciated. Thanks.W12SW77 (talk) 21:37, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Same notice forum-shopped to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Molecular Biology, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women scientists, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Requested changes have been made. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:02, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Recent edits to Dorothy Hodgkin
Please see Talk:Dorothy Hodgkin. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 21:17, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Small factual updates for Dr. David Agus
Hi, I'm here from the Ellison Institute to ask for help from Wikipedia editors to make some factual updates to the Dr. David Agus Wikipedia article. Dr. Agus is a professor of medicine and engineering at USC, and known for his work developing new cancer treatments. Since I have a financial conflict of interest I made an edit request and am not editing the page. I'm looking for editors to review my request and this WikiProject was linked on the article Talk page. I have three small updates: fixing the name of the Ellison Institute to remove USC, as that is no longer part of the organization's name; adding a mention of Dr. Agus and the Ellison Institute's work as part of the Global Health Security Consortium; adding Dr. Agus' TV show, "The Check Up". The request I've posted includes references and before and suggested text to assist with these edits.

Thank you, Anna from Ellison Institute (talk) 18:18, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Joseph DeRisi Early life and education draft
Hello! I'm looking to make updates to biochemist and UCSF professor Joseph DeRisi's Wikipedia page. I've composed a brief Early life and education section for the page, which covers aspects of Mr. DeRisi's pre-professional life: his place of birth, where he was educated, work he did before completing his Ph.D., etc. Some of these details are missing from the current version of the page, and some aren't backed up with credible sourcing. My section draft seeks to remedy those issues. I placed an edit request on Mr. DeRisi's Talk page, and you can view my draft by following this link.

To be completely transparent: I'm a COI editor working on behalf of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub to propose improvements to Mr. DeRisi's page. You can view my full COI disclosure on my user page. My COI is the reason I've come to this WikiProject, rather than editing the DeRisi page myself. If any editors here could review my request/draft, I would appreciate it immensely. I'm happy to field any questions or feedback you may have. Thanks! Patricia at GMMB (talk) 21:59, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Polyvagal theory
There is an ongoing discussion about the Criticism section of Polyvagal Theory. The discussion is here: Talk:Polyvagal theory. This discussion needs editors who can take the time to read the approximately 10 academic journal articles that have been cited. The issue is whether 95% of the section represents original research on violation of WP:NOR or not. Reading academic articles to confirm the absence of criticism about a topic is a bit challenging, admittedly, which is why I think members of this project might be well-equipped for the task. Ian Oelsner (talk) 22:45, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:35, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Akhil Maheshwari
I'm not sure whether this is the correct task force for an article Akhil Maheshwari, but perhaps some other could take a look at the article an assess it. There seems to have been some heavy COI editing of the article and some parts might need to copyediting and revising per WP:NPOV and WP:NOTPROMOTION. The comments posted on the article's talk page also seem to be clear cases of WP:ADVOCACY (see also Talk:Global Newborn Society). While I'm assuming Maheshwari meets WP:BIO, lots of the article seems related to WP:MEDRS types of stuff that might need some checking by some users more experienced in articles about medical practioners/researchers to make sure it's acceptable for Wikipedia's purposes. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:11, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

FAR
I have nominated Glynn Lunney for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Desertarun (talk) 18:13, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Ian Gibbons (biochemist)
Ian Gibbons (biochemist) -- was the Chief Scientist of Theranos, who took his own life amid controversy over the company's technology. Recently expanded article and nominated for Good Article consideration. Thank you, Princessa Unicorn (talk) 03:07, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Publication section best practices
I've looked at a number of biographies of active academics and can't really figure out what the best practices are for listing publications. Some articles are comprehensive in listing all books AND articles. Others just list books. Others still list "selected" publications that include a mixture of books and articles. I accept that there might not even be a preference for one over the other, though I really do like the cleaner "look" of including just books if any exist and then putting a link to Google Scholar in the external links. I would appreciate anyone's thoughts on the matter, as I want to try to go on a bit of a cleanup and expansion spree over in WP:GATECH pretty soon, and with that comes a desire for some uniformity. LaMenta3 (talk) 02:30, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I routinely remove exhaustive publication lists. Listing books is fine and we should list at most 3-5 articles selected following an objective criterium (usually # of citations according to WoS or GScholar, but sometimes a paper has been the subject of significant coverage in the lay press). Separate bibliography articles for academics have consistently been deleted at AfD. Hope this helps. --Randykitty (talk) 08:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree with above advice. Excessive lists are to be discouraged. Xxanthippe (talk) 10:02, 16 April 2023 (UTC).

Sanket Goel
Hi, I've been working on Draft:Sanket Goel (about Indian Professor Sanket Goel, Stanford alumni)and would really appreciate it if you guys could help me out. Shashy 922 (talk) 11:13, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Hoping someone can write a bio
needs an article, as he seems to definitely be notable, but I'm hesitant to write one about an academic in a field I don't understand. I started a draft at Draft:Mark Girolami and hope someone can swoop in and expand it! BhamBoi (talk) 16:20, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Ernest Rutherford
The page Ernest Rutherford has been updated to more fully include the details of his life and scientific work. The page now expands upon his educational biography, clarifies the timeline of key experiments, appends dates to several of his discoveries, and includes others which had previously been omitted. A handful of consolidation and clarification effects have also been made on miscellaneous other sections. This may (or may not) be of interest in (re-)evaluating your project's content assessment of the article. Doughbo (talk) 19:35, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Referencing published works
Hello all, I do not have a deep familiarity with clinical chemistry or hormones. So seeking advice.

I published Paul Brombacher#Publications mentioning the journals where he was the lead author of an article. I am not sure if this construes original research, or is stating the sky is blue (with appropriate references as well). Given that scholarly works are blind peer-reviewed, I know these don't qualify as primary sources, still this could be seen as promotional. What are your recommendations? ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 13:22, 3 July 2023 (UTC)


 * You should use an objective criterion to select notable publications. One way is to go by numbers of citations, listing the 3-5 most cited articles. --Randykitty (talk) 15:54, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

my first article
Hello all,

I recently reworked much of the Gerhard Fankhauser article. Could someone read it and tell me what they think & advice for improvements? I appreciate the feedback.

I also noticed that the article has been rated as "stub-class." Would the article still classify as such?

Thank-you,

Organicstrawberry Organicstrawberry (talk) 22:51, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Head coaching record table on an academic's page
There is a discussion on Talk:Vernon Louis Parrington that pertains to a page supported by this project that editors may be interested in.- UCO2009bluejay (talk) 01:33, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Notability (academic journals)
There is currently a request for comment at Wikipedia talk:Notability (academic journals) that may be of interest to knowledgeable editors here. --Randykitty (talk) 14:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Question re listing of publications
Hi everyone - I'm wondering if publications on biographical pages of living individuals should be listed in a reverse chronological or chronological order? Thanks! W9793 (talk) 00:58, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Requesting inputs
Requesting inputs to review notability @ Talk:Anirudh Devgan for clearer consensus. &#32;Bookku   (talk) 18:20, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Manning G. Warren III
Would someone from S&A mind taking a look at Manning G. Warren III? It looks like there's been a heavy dose of COI editing taking place over the years based on the post made a few years back at Talk:Manning G. Warren III. Apparently the subject of the article has been asking (having?) university assistants monitor and edit the page. The subject seems (at least at first glance) to meet WP:BIO (WP:NACADEMIC), but that probably should be assessed as well by someone used to dealing with this type of article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:07, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Talk:COVID-19 lab leak theory
An editor has started an RfC about whether the announcement by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Energy that they support the COVID-19 lab leak theory should be in the lede of the COVID-19 lab leak theory article. Editors are invited to contribute. TarnishedPathtalk 01:55, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Franz von [Paula] Gruithuisen
Hi, I made a move request for Franz von Gruithuisen to "Franz von Paula Gruithuisen" 5 days ago and would like some input there; see Talk:Franz von Gruithuisen. Particularly, I would like help figuring out if this person was actually a baron or not, because I have my doubts and it seems relevant to what the correct title of this article should be. Monster Iestyn (talk) 14:32, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Possible hoax on Lucretius (Level 4 vital article)
Your help may be needed on Talk:Lucretius, regarding part of the article that may be falsified information. Renerpho (talk) 19:40, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

FAR for Harold Innis
I have nominated Harold Innis for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 01:28, 6 November 2023 (UTC)