Talk:Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro

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Not plagiarism

I am not very experienced with Wiki, but I don't see plagiarism.

The reporter from New York Times spoke to me about my father and used some of my text which I emailed to him in the obituary, and the reporter and I both used sentences from Yale Math Dept obituary, so I am not sure how to resolve this complaint.

I did cite NYTimes obituary in external sources, and I am happy to cite it in a more proper way - please let me know how.
Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro Gpswiki (talk) 01:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Minor Plagiarism

Two edits by gpswiki add phrases word-for-word identical to phrases from the New York Times obituary, without quotes or citation. Reverted for now, but neither was particularly long, so it would probably also be reasonable just to add quotes and a footnote. (Note: edits were made after link to the NYT obit was added, so the direction of the copying is clear.)

It would also be worth auditing the rest of the page for this kind of problem. 66.93.2.214 (talk) 16:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling of last name?

I realize this may be a transliteration issue, but what is the correct spelling, "Pyatetskii" or "Pyatetski"? The books listed here appear to use a single 'i'. Should the article be renamed? Ntsimp 20:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correct last name in English should be "Piatetski-Shapiro" . What is the best way to rename the entry?--Gpswiki (talk) 05:08, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since the other name is already present, it requires an administrator. I asked at WP:ANB and someone should do it soon. McKay (talk) 11:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

his name

In line with the Wikipedia standard, narrative in the text should use his family name, not his first name. McKay (talk) 12:17, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

contradictions

"in 1964 and 1968, he was invited to address the quadrennial International Mathematical Congresses. But despite his fame, Ilya was not allowed to travel abroad to attend meetings or visit colleagues except for one short trip to Hungary."

-- This contradicts the years given earlier (1962 and 1966). Also, since the first was in Stockholm, that contradicts the claim he couldn't travel abroad. McKay (talk) 14:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch - correct years for Int. Math. Congress are 1962 and 66 - corrected the entry [Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, son of Ilya] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpswiki (talk • contribs) 04:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

superlatives

this article goes too far in praising the subject and needs to be made more neutral / factual —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.133.178 (talk) 17:07, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The word "extraordinary" is used to describe Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro in Yale Math Dept obituary and Tel-Aviv University Obituary and I believe is justified considering his achievements. Gpswiki (talk) 01:13, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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