Talk:Jian Li

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An entry from Jian Li appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on January 25, 2007.

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Contents 1 Relevance? 2 American? 3 SAT Subject Tests 4 Decision

[edit] Relevance?

Is this topic really encyclopaedic in nature?

Looking at the references, probably. Please see WP:Notability. Xiner (talk, email) 15:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American?

The article calls this gentleman Asian American, but the article says he isn't American, he's Chinese? If the article is correct and he isn't an American citizen, why identify him as American? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gloryroad (talk • contribs) 19:02, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

Note: As I wrote the above, the identification was changed to Chinese American. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gloryroad (talk • contribs) 2007-01-25 19:09:33.

I've moved his bio info out of the Academics section. Hope that clarifies things. Xiner (talk, email) 19:25, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

As of 2/27/07, the article again is now calling this gentleman Chinese American after having removed the "American" designation before. Granted he apparently was raised in America, but according to the article he a Chinese citizen. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gloryroad (talk • contribs) 2007-02-27 18:25:53.

He's a Chinese citizen, but he lives in America, so why not Chinese American? Λυδαcιτγ 03:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Note Wikipedia already has very specific guidelines on how to handle identities, so long they do not clash with the usual rules of WP:NOR and WP:NPOV. It's not up to us to do guesswork and infer what he would classify himself as, but we need to depend on published sources and follow the encyclopedic guidelines. I've seen sources describe him as either (Chinese-American or Asian-American), so there are no WP:NOR and WP:V issues; thus in this case Chinese-American is appropriate per the guideline "Use specific terminology: People from Ethiopia (a country in Africa) should be described as Ethiopian, not African." Tendancer 08:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SAT Subject Tests

There is no calculus SAT Subject test as stated in the article. The only mathematics tests offered are Mathematics Level 1 and Level 2. Level 2 includes up to pre-calculus and Level 1 includes up to geometry. I don't know which one he took and got a "perfect or near-perfect" score on, but it wasn't calculus, and I believe this should be corrected. (source) 170.140.74.228 20:12, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

You're right. I have a feeling it's the A.P. exam there. Xiner (talk, email) 20:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we should change it to Math Level II, though, unless we have a source. I've a suspicion it's AP Calculus, which would make taking the SAT II unnecessary. Xiner (talk, email) 23:25, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decision

As far as I can tell, the Boston Globe article, which was offered to support the following statement, doesn't.

Li came to the decision to file a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights against Princeton after reading a 2004 study by Princeton researchers...

CaliforniaAliBaba, you added this statement - do you recall where you found it? Λυδαcιτγ 06:21, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

That seems to be from the WSJ Golden article: he "focused his complaint against Princeton after reading a 2004 study by three Princeton researchers." I'll put California's wording back in. --128.36.81.224 06:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)