Talk:Geraldine L. Richmond

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Page created mostly from German wikipedia. ServiceAT (talk) 15:19, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Discrepancy on date of National Medal of Science

There is a discrepancy in the date of Richmond's National Medal of Science, which according to sources was announced in December 2015 to be awarded in January 2016, then delayed until May 2016. The official NMSTF website, however, gives the date of her medal as 2013. I sent an e-mail to the site administrator with that question and another about whether the photos on the site are in the public domain, and received the following reply:

From: laura@nationalmedals.org

Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 8:03:06 AM Subject: Re: Date error

The official years for the medals are based off the year the recipient was nominated for the award, not the year it was presented. As you can see, the process is a few years behind. The committees and various working groups are working hard to get all caught up!

On a similar note, the “age awarded” goes by the nomination year, as opposed to the actual date of the ceremony, as well.

The image of Geri and President Obama on our website is public domain, and you are welcome to download it directly from the site.. We ask that you give credit to Ryan K. Morris Photography and the NSTMF.

I hope this helps clear up the confusion (particularly about the year/date situation), and feel free to reach out if you need anything else!

Thanks, National Science & Technology Medals Foundation www.nationalmedals.org

I have thus revised the medal date in the list of her honors; I'm in process of uploading PD image. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:37, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Please see WP:OTRS. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:58, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Research section

I tagged the Research section for lack of citations and for overly technical language. I did attempt to find references to the kinds of research that are presented in bullet points, but I lack the technical expertise to even formulate a Boolean search on any of the topics listed. The research section could benefit from Wikipedia's suggestions on avoiding overly technical language. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 01:56, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Another observation: parts of this section are written in first person plural, rather than treating the subject's research in third person singular (or plural, if the research is done by students or other associates in the lab). The first person voice does not reflect an encyclopedic tone... at the very least, this section needs to be re-written from the point of view of a disinterested observer. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 07:02, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

I've removed the section, for now, as it was uncited. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:56, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

I've added some neutral comments on her research based on her highly cited papers, inspired in part by the removed section.  :) EdChem (talk) 13:45, 30 June 2016 (UTC)