Template:Did you know nominations/George M. Stratton
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The result was: promoted by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 15:20, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
George M. Stratton[edit]
- ... that George M. Stratton founded Berkeley's psychology department?
Created/expanded by Churn and change (talk). Self nom at 00:58, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Interesting article. The length and referencing are more than good enough and date is fine. However, I couldn't find the hook fact mentioned in the article. It says that he was "one the initial members of the philosophy department at Berkeley" and that he was the first chairman and head of the department, but not that he founded it. You need to include this fact in the article, with a reference at the end of the sentence. Cheers, BigDom (talk) 15:38, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for reviewing it; I realize there is a lot of material in there. I added the statement and citation: George M. Stratton#Work life. The exact statement from Stephen Glickman calls Stratton "the founder of my department at Berkeley" (the link in this sentence is not for the citation; it is just to establish Glickman is a credible source and what he means by 'my'). The context makes it clear the author is talking of psychology; the section is titled "Modern Academic Psychology" and the previous sentences establish a context of psychology. The very previous sentence has "create new academic departments of psychology." If that is still WP:SYNTH, let me know; will look at rewording it, though I do prefer this version as accurate and noncontroversial. Churn and change (talk) 16:39, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
OK, the fact is in the article now and that's fine by me. Doesn't sound like SYNTH from what you're saying, so I'll assume good faith on the offline source. Good to go now. BigDom (talk) 17:08, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
- For any further reviewers: provided Google Books URL so AGF would not be needed. Churn and change (talk) 17:31, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for reviewing it; I realize there is a lot of material in there. I added the statement and citation: George M. Stratton#Work life. The exact statement from Stephen Glickman calls Stratton "the founder of my department at Berkeley" (the link in this sentence is not for the citation; it is just to establish Glickman is a credible source and what he means by 'my'). The context makes it clear the author is talking of psychology; the section is titled "Modern Academic Psychology" and the previous sentences establish a context of psychology. The very previous sentence has "create new academic departments of psychology." If that is still WP:SYNTH, let me know; will look at rewording it, though I do prefer this version as accurate and noncontroversial. Churn and change (talk) 16:39, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
