Talk:Operation Moonwatch

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This article was nominated for deletion on June 23, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

The passage

"These two networks – one composed of amateurs and the other of seasoned professionals – helped further Whipple’s personal goals of expanding his own astronomical empire. This chapter explores how Whipple mediated and organized the participation of amateurs to further his own institutional goals"

seems both repetitive and out-of-place ("This chapter" suggests it has been cut-&-pasted from another text). I cannot speak as to its accuracy (though I've never come across similar descriptions of Whipple in 40 years of reading about Astronomy), but it reads like an overly-judgemental, subjective interpretation which if retained should be sourced, and would in any case be better placed in the article on Whipple himself. 40.0.96.1 11:38, 4 October 2007 (UTC)