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Latest comment: 14 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Firstly, it says at the top this is a 'biography of a living person'. This is not the case - the subject died in 1958.

Secondly, there is an entire paragraph without citation, regarding the type of person Butterworth was. This seems to be supposition, and doesn't belong in an encyclopaedia, unless it can be backed up (i.e. respected by peers, revered by subordinates can be supported with quotes from his peers/subordinates).

smiler (talk) 15:54, 19 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Dear "Smiler": The paragraph about Mr. Butterworth's personality was drawn directly from Mr. Butterworth's obituary in the journal "Nature", which you would have known if you had bothered to look it up. Cwkmail (talk) 18:20, 13 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Dear "Cwkmail": If the paragraph is a quote, then it should be in quotes. As for '[bothering] to look it up', I'm not a subscriber to Nature, and I certainly don't have a 1958 copy lying around for reference. You can hardly expect a user to check this information. Thank you for adding the inline citation. --smiler (talk) 10:28, 7 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

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