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U.S. Synthetic Rubber Program
editU.S. Synthetic Rubber Program really deserves its own article. It was a large effort in which many individuals and companies participated... I've started a category to collect related articles. see [Category:U.S. Synthetic Rubber Program] AresLiam (talk) 20:51, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
- I agree. When the redirect was created it was my intention to expand it into an article, (clearly needed), as soon as I had time. I am late following through on that, obviously, but the need remains. You are certainly welcome to create it, if you are interested; otherwise it is still a thing I intend to ensure. If you do create the article, I'll notice your efforts, and assist along the way where I can, so by all means, feel free to move this forward if you like. Cheers.—John Cline (talk) 23:37, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
GA collaboration
editAnyone interested is welcome to help with this. I hope some will.—John Cline (talk) 03:50, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
GA Review
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Reviewer: CorporateM (talk · contribs) 02:00, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
I'm going down the list of BLP or corp pages under the Economics/business GAN list and this is next up, except for a couple paid editor noms and one by user:FreeRangeFrog I figured I would avoid to avoid speculation of quid quo pro editing. If not tonight, I should be able to start the review tomorrow morning. CorporateM (Talk) 02:00, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
- I've gotten started on it; more to come soon. CorporateM (Talk) 03:21, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
- Greetings CorporateM. Sorrowfully, unanticipated circumstances have curtailed my availability for editing Wikipedia. I will not be able to participate in this review any further. I think it is fair of you to fail the nomination, and thank you for all that you have done throughout this process. As a direct result, the article has been significantly improved. Thank you again.—John Cline (talk) 09:46, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
- Done Hopefully some day you'll have time to come back to it! CorporateM (Talk) 13:02, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
Lead
editThe new Lead looks really good
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Early life
editkeeping thing tidy
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A few nit-nacks:
CorporateM (Talk) 19:10, 16 August 2014 (UTC) One last thing for this section: "Adams said he was happy that the work involved heavy lifting, because it helped him maintain his physical conditioning while he waited for classes to begin at the University of Kansas.[2]" Would it be better to say "school sports" or something? I presume the physical conditioning wasn't actually related to "classes" per se. CorporateM (Talk) 00:33, 17 August 2014 (UTC) |
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Career
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Early executive years
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Some of this "visionary disciple" and "dream team" stuff I still think is promotional and un-informative, but I won't be a stickler for it. CorporateM (Talk) 13:22, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
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- The second paragraph has no citations. Is it all attributed to citation 12? CorporateM (Talk) 01:53, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
Years as company president
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- A BLP's early life is almost always sterile, but typically it's around this point that they become CEO of a major oil company that their actions are under intense public scrutiny. If there are no criticisms in the source material, than so be it; I was just surprised not to see any mis-haps in his diversification strategy (some investments that do not pay off, or a spill related to trying something new)
- There are published criticisms of Boots Adams, I'll have to look at incorporating a section to cover that aspect. I will set about doing this right away.—John Cline (talk) 23:11, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
CorporateM (Talk) 13:48, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
Synthetic rubber section
edit- "as it was clear that the war could not be won unless synthetic rubber could be produced in a sufficient quantity to support the war effort" - I think this may be crystal ball and/or a bit of dramatization CorporateM (Talk) 02:48, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
- Removed dramatic overtones.—John Cline (talk) 07:19, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
- Some context is good, but I think this first paragraph is far too much (and has no sources) CorporateM (Talk) 02:53, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
- I will review the material and provide citations inline.—John Cline (talk) 07:19, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
military?
editmost CEOs like this list army or navy affiliations. yet he, as a very athletic guy reaching age 18 plop dab in the middle of WWI, never joined? was there some medical reason?
just strikes me as odd. he seems super-patriotic in later years. 66.30.47.138 (talk) 15:13, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
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