Talk:Gary Varner
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Latest comment: 9 years ago by Midnightblueowl in topic GA Review
| Gary Varner has been listed as one of the Philosophy and religion good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: November 19, 2016. (Reviewed version). |
A fact from Gary Varner appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 December 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Reviewer: Midnightblueowl (talk · contribs) 13:34, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
Unless there are any objections, I'll field this one Josh. Midnightblueowl (talk) 13:34, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for taking the time to look; I will reply to your comments soon. Josh Milburn (talk) 13:58, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- @Midnightblueowl: Thanks a lot; I think I've gotten to everything. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:25, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
In general, very good. There is nothing here that I can see as an impediment to GA status. There are a few points perhaps worthy of a little discussion, however:
- "(Oxford, 1998)" and "(Oxford, 2012" - this does not appear to contravene any Wikipedia regulations, but it is not a common site. Moreover, I am unsure if we should be using "Oxford" as a synonym for OUP; those familiar with scholarly literature (in Britain and maybe other Western countries) will be familiar with such an abbreviation but I doubt more general readers would. Midnightblueowl (talk) 13:38, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, that's fair. Fixed. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
- "two-level utilitarianism of R. M. Hare" - Hare has already been introduced in the previous paragraph, so perhaps we could lose the "R. M."? Midnightblueowl (talk) 13:38, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- Rephrased. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
- "biocentrism" - could we get a link? This isn't a word that I am familiar with and thus I suspect that most readers will have the same problem. Midnightblueowl (talk) 13:38, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- It's currently linked at the first mention in the infobox, the lead and the article body; was there somewhere in particular you thought a link would be appropriate? Josh Milburn (talk) 22:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I missed the link in the lede, that's all. Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
- It's currently linked at the first mention in the infobox, the lead and the article body; was there somewhere in particular you thought a link would be appropriate? Josh Milburn (talk) 22:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
- "going on to study" - "studying for"? Midnightblueowl (talk) 13:39, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- There are no ISBNs or DOIs in the "Cited texts". Not essential, but recommended. Midnightblueowl (talk) 13:42, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- I've added DOIs, ISBNs and some courtesy links where possible to the bibliography and cited texts. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:11, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
- Any images that we could use? Maybe of one of the universities that Varner attended? Midnightblueowl (talk) 14:17, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- I've added an image. I'm speaking at a conference put together by Varner in March, so I'll be sure to take a camera. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:22, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
Great work, Josh. I'm happy to promote this one. Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
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