Talk:George Westinghouse

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article has been reviewed by the Version 1.0 Editorial Team.
Additional information: B This article has been rated as B-Class on the assessment scale. Feel free to make short comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. ??? This article has not yet received an importance rating on the assessment scale.

This article is within the scope of the following WikiProjects:

WikiProject Biography     (Rated B-Class) This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page. Biography Portal B This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ] WikiProject Trains (Rated B-Class) Trains Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. See also: WikiProject Trains to do list B This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale. (assessment comments) ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale within the Trains WikiProject. WikiProject Pittsburgh (Rated B-Class) George Westinghouse is part of WikiProject Pittsburgh, which is building a comprehensive guide to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its metropolitan area on Wikipedia. To participate, you can edit the attached article, join or discuss the project. Editors are currently needed to tag Pittsburgh-related articles with {{pghproj}}. B This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale. ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale. New York State WikiProject (Rated B-Class) This article is part of the New York State WikiProject, an attempt to better organize and improve articles related to the U.S. state of New York. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. Bulletin: The next New York City meetup is Sunday June 1st. B This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale. ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

The opening paragraph (comparison with Edison) is very POV and adds nothing meaningful to the article.

Contents 1 Edison V. Westinghouse 2 last paragraph 3 last paragraph 4 Renamed Company ??? 5 Tesla 6 section Electricity and the "War of Currents" should be shortened

[edit] Edison V. Westinghouse

I belive that this article is very well written. It's opening comment is supported by the text extreamly well --69.81.167.49 23:28, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hmm... at the very least, it is an odd opening paragraph, not a good way to start the article off. As far as POV goes, it may just slightly be leaning in that direction, but without nessesarily crossing over the line. func(talk) 03:29, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've had a shot at improving the intro, at least. J.K. 08:06, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] last paragraph

well written article, excepting this: from the last paragraph, "He was mourned."

As this stands, well, my reaction is "odd that it's pointed out. he vast majority of people are." If this an attmept to convey that there was a public mourning, it doesn't. ("He was publically mourned." would be a start there, if that's the intention.)

I think i'm going to delete the sentence in a few days unless it's clarified. I mean no disrespect to him, but just generally being mourned isn't particularly noteworthy.

[edit] last paragraph

The opening paragraph (comparison with Edison) is very POV and adds nothing meaningful to the article.

[edit] Renamed Company ???

A quote from the article:

• That same year, he formed the "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company", which was renamed the "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" in 1889.

The before and after company names are the same. There must be a mistake somewhere. The linked article, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, says this new name came in 1945, so it is not clear what the company's old name was. H Padleckas 08:03, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tesla

I'm not sure it is quite right to describe Westinghouse as Tesla's 'friend'. As far as I can tell it was very one sided - Westinghouse got a lot out of Tesla and Tesla didn't get much in return. Also Westinghouse did not support Tesla after his initial work on a.c. - e.g. Tesla had to go to JP Morgan for support on his wireless transmission project. I think 'business partner' would be nearer the truth than 'friend' 4kinnel 16:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] section Electricity and the "War of Currents" should be shortened

I think the section Electricity and the "War of Currents" should be shortened, because Main article War of Currents exists. The section should be the abstruct of the article War of Currents. But I cannot think the section is the abstruct. So sentences should be moved (and merged ) from the section Electricity and the "War of Currents" to the article War of Currents, if they do not exist in the article. Thank you. Penpen0216 09:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)