Talk:Doctor of Humane Letters
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Rather than delete names, add names.SLY111 (talk) 16:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)SLY111
- I disagree. This is a list that will never be complete, and thus only needs a few entries. I'm going to vary them by field and school. Wikipedia is not a directory and we don't need more than a few examples. See Wikipedia:Lists_in_Wikipedia for more. --AW (talk) 16:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Listen, scholar:
And you know who you are(?), I pruned the possibly longer entry. Your explanation isn't a good one.SLY111 (talk) 17:46, 11 February 2008 (UTC)SLY111
- First off, be civil. Secondly, what about the Wikipedia policy isn't good? --AW (talk) 17:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Please alphabetize list.
See above.SLY111 (talk) 17:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC)SLY111
[edit] Listiness
I have to agree with A.W. that the list of recipients needs to be short and selective -- a list of examples. It would be futile to attempt to list every notable person who has ever been awarded a degree of "Doctor of Humane Letters," and a list that is dominated by one or two universities looks suspiciously like promotion of those particular schools.
However, I also think that A.W.'s selection of examples is unduly arbitrary. Rather than listing a few essentially arbitrary examples, how about providing singular examples of honorary degree recipients? Those might include (for example) people who have received a large number of "Doctor of Humane Letters" degrees (very possibly including the Dalai Lama) and degrees that were particularly controversial on the campuses where they were issued. Are there sources that would help in assembling those kinds of examples?
PS - FWIW, I have similar generic concerns regarding Doctor of Letters and other articles about specific types of honorary degrees. --Orlady (talk) 22:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Good points. I think the case here is the person wanted to put a whole bunch of Yale people. There were 20-something Yale degrees before, so I removed the ones that I didn't think were most notable. --AW (talk) 14:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, obviously, I disagreed with the spirit and execution of your edit. Not the first or last time that'll happen here; and lighten up, wise guy...have a laugh at yourself.SLY111 (talk) 18:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)SLY111
