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New template for ISIHighlyCited researchers

I've just created {{ISIHighlyCited}} to make it easier to add links to ISIHighlyCited.com for ISI highly cited researchers. I thought about adding it to this WikiProject's main page rather than this Talk page, but I couldn't spot a suitable place to put it. --Qwfp (talk) 19:04, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Exactly what should we be doing with this template?Chrisvanlang (talk) 09:52, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

The question is moot: If you click on it, you'll see that the template has been deleted a while ago. --Guillaume2303 (talk) 10:06, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Golding Bird

Golding Bird has been nominated for FA. You are welcome to add your comments there. SpinningSpark 13:09, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Peter Hancock

Would anyone care to write about Peter A. Hancock, a human factors researcher? He is a Provost's Distinguished Research Professor and Pegasus Professor at the University of Central Florida. He previously founded and directed the Human Factors Research Laboratory (HFRL) at the University of Minnesota. User talk:Mit2lab has been trying to but has just been pasting in text from his own website. He seems to have an academic record to pass WP:PROF and might pass the GNG for his press coverage. I would give it a go but I'm not feeling inspired. Fences&Windows 21:02, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Stephen Hawking

The Stephan Hawking article has been put up for Peer review as part of a long-term plan to push it in the direction of FA. We'd appreciate any comments from you guys in your capacity as Biography experts... :) Fayedizard (talk) 11:28, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Michael F. Holick's biography should be categorized as "high-importance"

Dear WikiProject Biography/Science and academia-Team,

I've written main parts of the article Michael F. Holick and saw that his biography was categorized as "low-importance" which is absolutely inappropriate in my opinion. So I changed it to "high-importance" - I hope that's ok and I'd like to clearify my rationale for this:

Dr. Holick's discoveries laid the foundation for new diagnostic tests and therapies for vitamin D-related diseases, such as diseases affecting the bone metabolism, dermatological and nephrological pathologies. At least several hundrets of millions of people suffer from vitamin D deficiency, what could for the first time been meassured and quantified due to the diagnostic test vitamin D-test he developed. These discoveries are of great importance. There was a Nobel prize awarded for the isolation of Vitamin D in 1928 for Adolf Windaus, Niels Ryberg Finsen also received a Nobel prize for the discovery of the beneficial effects of photo therapy (due to vitamin D production). So the isolation of the 2 other major vitamin D forms (25-OH-Vitamin D and 1,25-OH2-Vitamin D + the chemical synthesis of the latter one) should not be considered as low-importance, but high-importance! His contributions to the field of medicine are outstanding. That's why his biography is a high-importance biography!

PS: As a medical doctor who has been studying the effects of vitamin D scientifically I strongly believe his scientific achievements are priceless and laid the foundation for a diagnosis and therapy of vitamin d deficiency which affects huge parts of the population.

PPS: On a side note: Those who will read this are most likely very active Wikipedians who don't get too much sun exposure. I'm convinced the majority of you is vitamin D deficient. Anyways... The article should be categorized "high-important". Thank you!--Matthias3110 (talk) 17:51, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

The article has a solid foundation but still needs to be improved in quality. I appreciate all help to perfectionize the article and thank you in advance.--Matthias3110 (talk) 17:57, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Rajagopal (professor)

Hello. Could someone please cast a critical eye over the article Rajagopal (professor)? There is a suggestion on the talk page that the article is overly promotional and that the individual may not warrant inclusion. Dr. Rajogopal has apparently published 40 papers, which have been cited only 40 times. On the other hand, the page asserts that he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. I'm not familiar with that society, and don't know whether it might satisfy the Misplaced Pages:Notability (academics) criteria, "The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society" etc. Thanks, Cnilep (talk) 01:39, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Faculty and Alumni Categories

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this. How do we should we treat categories for various academics. What counts as a faculty member and when should the category be applied. In particular, how do we consider the place where a person did their postdoc? --Chrisvanlang (talk) 18:54, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

• "Postdoc" is a position and even though it's considered part of a person's training, this does not make them an alumnus of the institution where they did their postdoc. Neither is postdoc considered a faculty position, so they don't fall in that category, either. However, the place where they did their postdoc can be listed under "workplaces" in an infobox or mentioned in a bio, for example. Hope this helps. --Guillaume2303 (talk) 10:03, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Project scope

I assume the project covers biologist, physicist, historians etc. but what about engineers, architects and medical professionals? --Traveler100 (talk) 18:58, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

• They're covered, too, as they also work in science, albeit in more applied fields. --Guillaume2303 (talk) 13:07, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Ariel Fernandez

Ariel Fernandez has been tagged by two different editors for conflict of interest and inadequate sourcing of a biography of a living person, and both times the tags were removed quickly. The subject appears to be notable, but there is some self-promotion. The concerns behind the tags are discussed at Talk:Ariel Fernandez and User talk:Arifer. Some more eyes should probably be on this article. RockMagnetist (talk) 16:47, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated Barbara McClintock for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets 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" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 16:38, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

New WikiProject

Hi! I just wanted to let you all know that Sarah Stierch and I have started a new WikiProject, Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Women scientists. We thought some of you may be interested. Thanks for your time! If you have any questions, feel free to ask one of us on our talk page. All the best, Keilana| 06:23, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Discussion at RSN about Robert Almeder

There is a discussion at the reliable sources noticeboard about whether an article on reincarnation by Robert Almeder, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgia State University, is a reliable source. Several editors have objected to it because Almeder published it in Journal of Scientific Exploration, a journal that deals with anomalies (fringe issues). Uninvolved input would be very helpful. See Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Robert_Almeder. Many thanks, SlimVirgin 19:16, 18 November 2012 (UTC)