Talk:James Q. Wilson

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Do we really need a link to the Council of Academic Advisors of the American Enterprise Institute?

It seems to me that this is likely to stay redlined for a very long time. Although the American Enterprise Institute is certainly notable, it doesn't follow that its advisers are separately wiki-notable. Why not just link to the AEI itself?

[edit] Who is he?

The article lists a long list of qualifications but should summarize who James Q. Wilson is in one sentence. E.g. James Q. Wilson is a well known criminologist. Kevinp2 21:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Has he ever held a chair in a department of criminology? If not, then it would be better to say that he has done influential research on crime. The first sentence could be a little cleaner, but it's really not that bad, ie. he is a professor of public policy at Pepperdine and professor emritus at UCLA. --Beaker342 00:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)