Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ludwig Wittgenstein

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[edit] Ludwig Wittgenstein

Created FAC from original nomination here.

There is an unfortunate dearth of featured Philosophy articles ('tpbradbury': 4 articles as of 11 april, see my comment below), and this is one of the best on the pedia. I'm sure everyone will agree there's no reason it shouldn't be featured. --Conover 15:10, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)~

• Support. Articles like this give substance to Wiki project.
• Neutral. It's a good article, but:
  1. It could say much more about Wittgenstein as a person -- he was a very complicated human being. His association with John Maynard Keynes (see tpbradbury 11 apr 2004 comment below) isn't even mentioned; his gradual falling out with Bertrand Russell is only hinted at; there is nothing on how his family came to have a princely name; there is nothing on the intricate negotiations he and his brother Paul carried on to save his sisters in Austria from the Nazis; etc.
  2. It could give a much clearer view of the development of his thought: what threads run through the Tractatus period and the Phil. Investigations period, and (conversely) where they differ.
  3. There should probably be at more than a paragraph on his views on mathematics (maybe a separate article?).
  4. There should be far more on his influence on later thinkers, which is massive.

None of this adds up to withholding support, but I hope no one will consider the article "finished". -- Jmabel 03:04, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

• • I hear and agree with your concerns. However, the fact remains that there are very, very few philosophy articles that are featured, and this would be a good start. If nothing else, it's only going to improve in the future. -- Conover 04:26, Apr 8, 2004 (UTC)
• Not competent to judge its philosophical or biographical quality; but it looks like a good candidate after a bit of cleanup. It can use some copy editing, and there's a weird non-paragaph in the middle of the Tractatus section that needs to have something done with it, probably by someone who has read the book. Dandrake 04:44, Apr 9, 2004 (UTC)
• Support. Excellent article. Sure, one can complain about certain definiciencies (especially as relates to impact and cross-connections), but that's even true ab. monographs. Wittgenstein is tricky; this is a really good intro - superior to most "dead tree" short encyclopedia entries on W. I know. Clossius 18:31, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
• Strongly support - needs minor changes (no factual ones that I noticed) but not necessarily before given 'feature' status. Pretty competent article. There is some tightening-up to be done on the way some sentences run but I would say this is almost ""'finished'"" in terms of an encyclopaedia article. *#There are currently 4 featured articles in philosophy section: Freewill, Paradox, Frankfurt School, Law of Demeter. Wittgenstein article is miles ahead of Law of Demeter article and about the same standard of the others, perhaps better than Paradox article.
  1. Have read quite a few summaries of Wittgenstein's life and work and this is one of the best for this length (4400 words). Agree with many comments made by others above especially Jmabel and Conover. Probably reached good amount of content to become a featured article.Ironic that trench warfare is the next article. Specific comments:
  2. Keynes is mentioned as of 11 apr 2004 even if he wasn't before, although more could be written about this.
  3. 'Later work' section is very small. Later work always includes philosophical investigations in my experience. Could extend this section with more titles or integrate it into the rest of the article.
  4. Need to use ' more than " when quoting from tractatus
  5. Will try and make some of these changestpbradbury 18:09, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
• Definitely support. Very well composed overview of Wittgenstein. - Moby 11:32, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
• Support. This is miles ahead of Frankfurt School :-). Smerdis of Tlön 14:56, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
• Support. Clear, informative and well-written. Gandalf61 14:43, Apr 14, 2004 (UTC)

Added by Raul654 on 16:58, 15 April 2004