Talk:David J. Skorton

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Cornell Presidents Succession Box

Rawlings is technically the interim president, so shouldn't Lehman be in the preceeded by box? --RayaruB 02:23, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, yes, I believe that is true, Skorton succeeds Lehman. But the question is whether Rawlings should be included twice for informational purposes. I have no strong preference, and could see arguments being made either way. btm _talk 07:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clicking on the successor box turns up University of Iowa information, not Cornell University information. Shouldn't this be adjusted, if the incumbent has not yet a successor? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.92.201.216 (talk) 22:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV dispute

Given the short length of this article, there is disproportionate coverage of this ECAASU 2008 controversy—given that this is a biography of a living person, that makes me uneasy. —Notyourbroom (talk) 05:40, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary removal of "controversy" section

I have believed for a number of weeks that the article was not well-served by having such a prominent and disproportionate "controversy" section, regardless of the fact that the section was reasonably well-sourced. I believe that the university wishes in good faith to make productive contributions to Cornell-related efforts on Wikipedia, and that although the recent drastic alteration of the article had the undesirable effect of "whitewashing" it, it is indisputable that the existing article was deficient and lopsided in many ways. In the spirit of sensistivity to the biographies of living people, I have placed the Controversy section here for the time being to help bring the article back to a NPOV state. I strongly encourage other editors to help improve the existing article, and in time, to factor back in any "controversies" in a neutral and objective way. Thank you. —Notyourbroom (talk) 19:20, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

After heavy revision all around, I reinstated the Controversy section. —Notyourbroom (talk) 20:52, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not seeing the Controversy section I have to suggest this reads far more like a personal resume than a NPOV article on the individual. I don't think Martin Luther King, Ghandi, or the Dali Lahma have such glowing articles. Amazing that someone can take a stand on such polarizing issues as immigration reform and health care reform and still be so beloved by absolutely everyone. No wonder they named a flavour of ice cream after him. Canadiandy (talk) 23:34, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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My rewrite of this article (done a few months ago) has too much peacockery in it. I tagged the article with that problem template and thereby invite and encourage 3rd-party editors to clean up my prose as they see fit. —Notyourbroom (talk) 01:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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