Talk:Joseph L. McCauley
Latest comment: 9 years ago by Athaler in topic This article does not sound like a Wikipedia article.
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This article does not sound like a Wikipedia article.
editThe subject of the article is writing about himself, which inevitably leads to a POV problem. Consider the following paragraph:
"Once an avid and successful outboard racer, he has returned to theoretical hydrodynamics and studies surface-piercing propellers, both in theory and in practice. He intends that his next and probably last book will be on that subject."
I suppose this should appear on a personal website rather than a Wikipedia article.
- I agree. This page reads like a faculty description on a department website. I also question whether Dr. McCauley is notable enough to have his own page in the first place. The three potentially relevant things mentioned on the page are his connection to Lars Onsager, a brief mention of a few research fields he is involved in, and a much longer description of several books he has published. Having a famous doctoral advisor is not enough to warrant inclusion on its own, and as far as I can tell there was no seminal work done by the pair. Most professors write journal articles and many write books, but the vast majority are not included. Are his of high enough impact to warrant notability? -Athaler (talk) 18:46, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
- He's so famous. He has written a bunch of reviews in Amazon.