Talk:Russell L. Ackoff

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Ackoff's personal life?

What might be said about Russ's personal life? The dedication for Ackoff's Fables tells us his first wife Alexandra died in 1987 and he later married Helen. His/A(?) daughter illustrated Ackoff's columns that ran in the 1980s in a Wharton magazine. In what foreign countries did he live on consulting assignments? Mexico, Chile, United Kingdom and . . .? Phaedrus7 (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are special rules regarding biographies of living persons, see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 22:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Acceptable biographical information is available in Who's Who in America, 61st ed., 2007. Phaedrus7 (talk) 19:48, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Worksection removed

Due to possible violation of copyright, see WP:Copyvio, I have removed the worksection of this article for now. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 08:29, 10 October 2009 (UTC) P.S. I apologize for all inconvenience I have caused here, for more info, see here[reply]

Pray, what is the specific reason for the removal? "possible violation" is too general a reason given the wide range of WP:Copyvio. Phaedrus7 (talk) 17:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, it took me some time to respond. I will explain the specific reasons. I started this article Oct 2004, see here, and expanded the article Aug 2007, see here, and a second time in Dec 2008, see here. The problems occurred in Aug 2007 when I started building on secondary sources. I probably didn't use quotation marks exactly right, and I probably didn't rewrite those sources. I apologize.

It noticed you have been improving this article yourself, and I would appreciate if you could take a look at these concerns, give your opinion and maybe improve the situation. I will get back on this myself, but this can take some time, again I apologize. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 01:42, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just restored most of the work-section checking the text with the original sources and adding some more quotation-marks, refs and some rewrite. Mdd (talk) 20:01, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Obituary?

What is the authority to announce Ackoff's death? I find no obituary via google.com and neither The University of Pennsylvania nor The Wharton School has any information on Ackoff's death. This infomation should NOT be posted to Wikipedia without a reliable source and CERTAINLY not anonymously. Phaedrus7 (talk) 16:51, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message. Better kept on the save side here, untill online source confirm is this did happen. -- Mdd (talk) 17:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. If have seen several messages on Twitter now, and a first blog, see here. -- Mdd (talk) 18:24, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Co-Design

What is the reason for including a link to Co-Design under See also on this page? The link between Ackoff and Co-Design is questioned on Talk:Co-Design. Is Co-Design related to coproduction? --92.244.27.135 (talk) 22:41, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree there seems little reason, so I removed that link. -- Mdd (talk) 22:57, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

My father, Thomas A. Cowan, who had known Russ since his student days, always pronounced his name /ˈeɪkɔf/, and so did I when I studied briefly at the Wharton School as well as when he stayed with my family. Someone needs to get a verifiable source for this; until then, I am removing the incorrect pronunciation, as it is unsourced anyway. --John Cowan (talk) 20:15, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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All references in the "Articles" section of the page look like book references, as no journal or magazine references are given there. If they are books, these should be moved to the "Books" section joseI 00:21, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 00:21, 16 June 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 05:05, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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