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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 13:31, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

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* ... that the goal of the Yale Labor and Management Center of the 1940s–50s was to devise an explanatory theory of behavior in industrial relations but not do it from the ivory tower?

Created by Wasted Time R (talk). Self-nominated at 10:57, 2 April 2015 (UTC).

  • Article created from scratch by Wasted Time R on March 26–30, and is plenty long enough.
  • The article is well-sourced (even for uncontroversial claims) and the author demonstrates careful consideration of the sources with a footnote on the Center's dates.
  • Author has completed a quid pro quo DYK review.
  • Allow me to humbly suggest that the hook could be revised for clarity, and that it might be advisable to choose a different fact. It's a little hard to read; I'm not sure it will grab the reader's attention; and it's a bit of a simplification to say the theory would not be developed in the ivory tower. I might suggest

::* Alt 1 ... that the Yale Labor and Management Center studied bargaining units in the real world to develop theories of industrial relations?

  • I'm not convinced the above version is all that much more exciting, but maybe it is more precise and easier to read. What do you think, Wasted Time R? Thank you for this quality contribution. (And I hope it will develop further in the future, perhaps with more detail about studies the Center conducted.) shalom, groupuscule (talk) 15:43, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay in responding – I was away from WP for a while – and thanks for the kind words on the article. The problem with ALT1 is that it implies that bargaining units were the major thing the center studied, when in fact it was just one of several things they studied. How about
ALT2: ... that the goal of the Yale Labor and Management Center of the 1940s–50s was to study real-world interactions to devise an explanatory theory of behavior in industrial relations?
That gets across the idea without getting the 'ivory tower' involved. Wasted Time R (talk) 03:43, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
  • New hook sounds good. No worries on the delay. It's not a full time job. ;-)
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