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cleanup

i just cleaned up the page and brought it up to standards. while some more sources would be nice, the article is clean and no longer convoluted and unprofessional. --Dcowboys3109 (talk) 20:38, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow ! 2603:8001:E7F0:320:610B:B159:4BA8:B227 (talk) 03:11, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Outline for WGSST

Our changes for this article are to add more detail about Bath's childhood and influence. Her family and history is such an important part of her accomplishments and we think more details should be included that emphasis her full story. We would like to include more details about her mother and relationship with her as well as her introduction to science. The part of her life the influenced her to want to be in the sciences is very important for not only her, but the history of women and people of color. Also, we would like to add more information about her life now such as about her children and a more detailed list of the awards she has won. Our group has already found several websites that are more informative of her life and plan using those sites as sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blairebeavers25 (talk • contribs) 01:34, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Outline for WGSST

Other changes for this article include more detail about Bath's high school life, and what inspired her to do what she accomplished in her life. Adding more information on her mother could also give some insight on why she was inspired to do what she did. There is no information about her mom on here. We plan to add much more detail on all of Bath's accomplishments, like her "Merit Award", her scholarships while in high school, her internship at Harlem Hospital Center, and her life during her time at Howard University College of Medicine. I also plan on elaborating on her patents. Currently, there is detail about only one of Bath's patents, but she has had four during her lifetime so far. Bath's career could also use more detail and information about what else she did after she graduated from Howard University College of Medicine. Abigailgreen (talk) 13:07, 22 October 2015 (UTC)Abbey Green[reply]

Welcome, Abigailgreen, Blairebeavers25 and Bhall97. :)

Delighted to see this article get some long-needed and much-deserved attention. I read in the note above that you've found some websites; I'm sure you've been coached in identifying reliable sources. If they're reliable, have at them!

I'll note one challenge in working on this article: the reference system it uses is a little more complex than other articles. It uses short citations instead of the common Wikipedia form of full citation in each footnote. It's not really a difficult system to use, but the automatic referencing you find, for instance, with the VisualEditor doesn't automatically lend itself to this style. I'm sure you're familiar with the style from classes. :) If you have any problems using the footnote system or anything else, please feel free to drop me a note at my talk page or here. Happy to help if I am able. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:25, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I used the SFN system on the Lynch citation. Much easier to work with, and all you have to do is also add "ref|harv" to the source citation. Then all the sfn will link to it. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I did not do the other sources. If somebody wants to invoke WP:Citevar then I will not have wasted a lot of effort. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:53, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I converted all the book citations to sfn. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 03:02, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Page number for citation

Looked at this source and can't find the article. Would be good to put in a page number. "Modern Black Inventors". Ebony. 53 (12). Johnson Publishing Company. October 1998. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved February 25, 2011. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:59, 18 February 2016 (UTC) IJeanBaptiste (talk) 22:07, 8 May 2020 (UTC)Found the article on Dr.Bath on page 158. I can add the page number to the source listed in the article[reply]

Not a very notable device

Dr. Bath's name came up when I googled "who invented laser eye surgery." But the "laserphaco probe" doesn't even have its own Wikipedia article, so regrettably I have to conclude that it's not a very notable medical device. If I'm wrong about that, would somebody please correct the oversight that is the lack of an article about the laserphaco probe. 75.163.197.166 (talk) 22:51, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is no particular threshold of notability in regard to content within an article. What we're looking for is relevance and significance and that may be simply to the subject, not the world at large. So, even if the probe was not ground-breakingly notable, its inclusion in the article is appropriate. sirlanz 23:30, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding details

I've been trying to fill in details-- too many of the sources just gloss over and repeat the same details. This page https://www.aao.org/Assets/faca82f2-d78e-4844-862e-171431aac204/636430635852570000/higginbotham-and-bath-pdf?inline=1 , an interview by the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2011, has some interesting background not available in some of the other references-- I added it to the external references at the bottom of the article.

Looks like by Dr. Bath's concept of laser phaco was first introduced to ophthalmologists worldwide at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery convention in April 1987. I need to find a reference for this.

I'd like to put her work on photoablative cataract surgery into context with what other researchers were doing at the same time, but that will take a bit more research, which I don't have time for right at the moment. Skepticalgiraffe (talk) 22:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple Laserphaco Probe sources

There are multiple, RS for the Laserphaco Probe. Not only should some of them be included in this BLP, but as the IP noted, this device warrants its own article. I'll give it one when I have time, unless someone else does it first. X4n6 (talk) 23:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification on ophthalmology residency informationIJeanBaptiste (talk) 05:12, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I noticed that many sources state that Dr.Bath was the first African-American to complete ophthalmology training at New York University, and it is also stated here. However, I have also found sources stating that another African-American ophthalmologist attended and completed an ophthalmology residency at NYU before Bath. This might not be accurate and didn't want to change the information without conferring first. Here are the sources I found so far: ^[1] Johnson A. S. (2003). Revolutionary changes in medicine and ophthalmology--the St. Louis, MO, effect: Homer G. Phillips Hospital and Dr. Howard Phillip venable. Journal of the National Medical Association, 95(6), 483–488.

References

^ Gillmer, Sophia. "Howard Venable (1913-1998)". BlackPast. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

Museum of Vision Honor

The original wording said in 2011 "American Academy of Ophthalmology induction into the Museum of Vision for contributions to Ophthalmology." I can only find sources that say Dr. Bath was interviewed for the Museum's oral history collection that year..^[1] Please add back if additional sources confirm the original wording. Straurob (talk) 20:23, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Museum of Vision: Biographies". museumofvision.org. 2017-03-09. Archived from the original on 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Formatting issue

There is something wrong with a whole sections format. Wrong typeface, etc. Like it's a block quote. I can't figure out the problem. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:14, 23 March 2022 (UTC) [reply]

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I'm going to assume you're referring to #Early life and education, which was throwing off the formatting because paragraphs can't start with a space otherwise they indent. Primefac (talk) 19:32, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:58, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Gillmer, Sophia. "Howard Venable (1913-1998)". BlackPast. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[museumofvision.org_2017-2] "Museum of Vision: Biographies". museumofvision.org. 2017-03-09. Archived from the original on 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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