Talk:Walter Russell Mead

message: Could someone please rewrite this article so that it reads less like a press release from the desk of Mr. Mead and more like a balanced article. Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.44.133 (talk) 23:34, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, there is an excess of unsupported opinion ("famously wrote") and a paucity of verifiable fact. The phrase "regularly writes for" (various publications) seems to mean "has occasionally had articles published in." We learn from the article that unspecified people think he is important, and that his ideas have been criticized, but little about his actual ideas. Snezzy (talk) 12:43, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Very slanted tone 

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thread_title:  This is a talk page, not a general discussion page 

message: A search of "Walter Mead" comes up with nothing at WaPost. Reference 3 is a 2003 WaPost editorial coauthored by Kissinger, hardly sufficient. – Eric  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.180.85.97 (talk) 03:27, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not co-authored by Kissinger. It's an op-ed piece (not an editorial), and the byline gives his title as "Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy". Snezzy (talk) 12:47, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does not write for Washington Post 

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message: I feel inadequate to fix this problem, but I was disturbed that Mead's long running importance in policy debate competitions is ignored here.  The scope of his conclusions are a favorite impact to disadvantages.  (If you're not a debater, a disadvantage creates a logical chain from a proposed plan to a bad reaction.)  Mead's impacts end dramatically in world war.  For example, here's a list of "Big Debate Impact Cards" https://highschooldebate.wikispaces.com/Big+Debate+Impact+Cards with Mead quoted from his 1992 article "Depending on the Kindness of Strangers" and his 2009 article "Only Makes You Stronger." Another example cites his conclusions that economic decline causes regional strife that escalates to global wars  https://www.cross-x.com/topic/26462-disad-impact-cards/ 
Mead has also worked with debate camps  https://coolidgefoundation.org/blog/world-schools-debate-camp-a-week-of-learning-and-fun-at-plymouth-notch/ - so he is aware of how his academic works are used in debates. 
Maybe we could we add it under Publications with a subheading of "Influence on high school and college debate?"
At this point, I can clarify that this is demonstrative of his impact, but I doubt there is a clear cite to be made that makes this not my conclusion/research.  I can also clearly express that his impact is larger than most - maybe all, if we're looking at old school disadvantages from the last thirty years - but again, there's not a clear third party to cite as proof that there is a brightlight in favor of Mead having this added to his section over the million other authors cited in debates. 
TL:DR Mead is very important to academic debate, but I am unclear on how to present that on Wikipedia.  Thoughts?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.132.7.5 (talk) 20:15, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Influence on high school and college debate 

message: There is nothing in the article about his studies, if there were any, after his undergrad years at Yale. Does Mead have any other degree besides a B.A. in English literature? If not, what is his qualification in the field of political studies and especially foreign affairs? I think this needs to be clarified in the article. Niemandsbucht (talk) 07:57, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Degree(s)