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ABSOLUTE Fiction

all info in this article is wrong. I dont know the correct but i know it is WRONG! [[User:Designdroide|Design[[user_talk:Designdroide|droide]]]] 02:38, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have checked the ACS website on this matter and confirmed that the content of this article is consistent with the original content of the website. Buki ben Yogli (talk) 22:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked the cited ACS website, which confirms that the content of this article is indeed not consistent with the truth. George Washington Carver has been dead for some time now, for example, and there's no way he could have done anything in 2005. Zacmea (talk) 09:29, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update List and Convert to Table

I would like to update the "List of Landmarks." I am the program coordinator of the NHCL program, and I would like to add the Landmarks dedicated between 2008 and 2011, and reformat the list as a sortable table. The reference for this page is the official National Historic Chemical Landmarks program page, available at http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/landmarksdirectory/index.htm. Should I add a table to the Edit page for review? KLindblom (talk) 17:25, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Updating the landmarks between 2008 and 2011 would be useful. I would not be in favor of reformatting list to a table. There is not a need to sort the different items as their only attribute is the year that they were awarded. In summary I think that it would be good to update the list, but I would prefer that it remains in the format of a list. M stone (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. I was thinking of a table similar to List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks that included the city, state, institution, year, and brief description of each topic. City, state, and year are sortable attributes. This would make the information provided about each topic more consistent and tie to related entries. Thoughts? KLindblom (talk) 20:20, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for updating the list. Here a few things that would explain my opposition to a table:

1. I think that adding that the advantage of having the list of NHCL in Wikipedia is that it allows users to connect to relevant pages related to each NHCL. Therefore there is not a need to list all information about each institution on this page. Users can obtain the relevant information through a link.

2. The different NHCLs are very different and although a plaque is placed at a site in many cases it will be difficult to determine a relevant date or location that is related to a discovery. I think the description of why it is included of the list of NHCLs is far more important than the location of the plaque.

3. Part of my opposition is esthetic. Tables are most useful for numerical data such as population or mass. I think that a list of descriptions is the best way to maintain and display the NHCLs. M stone (talk) 21:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback, and your reasoning for retaining the list makes sense to me. To your first point, I will attempt to review and update Wikipedia links for each topic, as available (links to the topic, inventor, and institution, for example). With my potential COI, I appreciate the independent review of the page to ensure its NPOV. KLindblom (talk) 17:16, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a good plan to me. M stone (talk) 14:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated Wikipedia links for the 1993-1996 topics. Please review and comment. I will review the remaining topics if this first attempt is successful. KLindblom (talk) 22:27, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks great! It takes a lot of time and effort to write these detailed descriptions. I would definitely encourage you to continue. M stone (talk) 23:59, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Updated Wikilinks for the 1997-1999 topics. KLindblom (talk) 20:45, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Updated 2000-2011 descriptions and added Wikilinks. KLindblom (talk) 22:23, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added 2012 designations and provided links to individual source pages. KLindblom (talk) 22:23, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page looks great. M stone (talk) 21:41, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added 2014 subjects and related links and sources. KLindblom (talk) 18:26, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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