Talk:Edgar Lee Hewett

message: I removed the NPOV.  I see the reference was added to verify the statements about Hewett's work.  Thanks, much appreciated.  SqlPac 04:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed NPOV 

message: I added the infobox to the article, but I'm not thrilled with this generic infobox format.  I'm considering creating an infobox template more specific to Archaeologists, like the one for scientists.  What do you think?  Would this article, and others about archaeologists be better served with an Archaeologist-specific template?  Or is the generic template good enough? SqlPac 15:32, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the generic one is good enough, at least for this article.  The "research" that Hewett did wasn't ultra-significant in the field of archaeology; his political and cultural contributions are the thing that justify an article on him, not his science.  Accordingly a generic biographical infobox strikes me as more to the point.  Is a better infobox needed for archaeologists as a whole?  Dunno, not my field, and as a matter of style, when reading an article I usually gravitate toward the text, not the infobox, anyway. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 13:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Point taken.  I just thought it might be more appropriate to have an infobox that summarized important contributions, awards, etc., of archaeologists.  The scientist template doesn't really seem to fit though, but the generic should be good enough for now.  Thanks. SqlPac 16:14, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  InfoBox 

message: Based on below, which is Edgar's oral history, he was born November 23, 1865 in Warren Co., Illionis.  The Census records can be very frustrating.  There were Hewetts in Warren Co in 1860--1880, but no Edgar Hewett. 
An Edgar L. Hewett went to South America and Europe several times. I don't think there was another Edgar living in Santa Fe, NM. 
Europe
*March 4, 1924 an Edgar L Hewett returned to the United States on the SS. America and said he was born November 23, 1865 in Warren County Illinois.  His residence was Santa Fe NM.  His wife was listed as Donizetta (no birth date 52 years old born Augusta, IL). 
*December 17, 1926 he returned on the SS George Washington and his birth and residence was as before. His wife was listed as Donizetta (born Oct 7, 1868 in Hancock Co. IL).
*December 5, 1930 he returend on the SS George Washington and his birth and residence was as before.  His wife was listed as Lonizetta (born Oct 7, 1868 in Hancock Co. IL).   
*August 22, 1939 he arrived on the Laconia. His birth information was the same as before.  His residence was listed as 116 Lincoln, Santa Fe.  His was listed as Bonizetta (70 born Augusta IL).  
South America
*He landed in New Orleans in 1911 (no birth listed), 1912 (birth Illionis), California in 1934 (birth Warren, California), 
*2 Dec 1937 he and his wife Donizetta arrived in New Orleans (giving same info they supplied in 1924)
I could go on :) --Rcollman 12:03, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, that's very useful.  (Ancestry.com?  I use them from time to time.)  I'll touch up what you added, but you did the heavy lifting. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 13:49, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth

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replies: text: Fixed a couple of items. See list above. SqlPac 04:25, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Old Peer review

message: Here's the results of a more recent peer review, available at Peer Review of Edgar Lee Hewett.  Some minor formatting inconsistencies, a few questions about specific quotes.  Here's the info:
Request for Peer Review: Several changes were made to this article since the last peer review, based on peer review recommendations.  Requesting a second peer review to help move this article along to WP:GA status.SqlPac (talk) 16:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Peer_review/2008#Edgar_Lee_Hewett More Recent Peer Review] 

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*Try to have at least one citation in each paragraph.
*"Hewett's time at the head of the Normal School can be viewed as generally successful." By whom? Sources?
*"a practice that, in the eyes of Hewett's many critics, would characterize and compromise much of his later writing as well". Who were these critics? Cite.
*"Roosevelt's first use of the Antiquities Act was not to protect." Why italics?
*"a base for his increasingly professional (if still controversial)". Why controversial?
*"Another factor had to do with Hewett's own personality. He had many supporters, but also many critics, and some of the latter complained that his real goal was to ensure that he, Edgar L. Hewett, D.Sc., Director of the School of American Research, would have access to, and control of, the Plateau's sites -- while his rivals would not." But you don't refer to his personality, his character, but to the accusations of his critics (having to do with his motives and not with his personality). If there are any interesting features of his personality leading to these accusations, mention them.
*"Hewett remarried in 1911, to Donizetta Jones Wood, who would survive him." This is not about his academic life. Maybe you should place it somewhere else. Possibly when you speak about his first wife's death.
*"His 1943 book Ancient Life in the American Southwest, cited below, amounts to a rehashing of a lifetime of archaeology without contributing anything new, and most of it could have been written at least 20 years earlier. Its tone also strikes the modern reader as annoyingly patronizing to (yet still respectful of) the people he studied, but Hewett was, after all, a product of his times." The whole phrasing here looks to me uncyclopedic and hardly in terms with WP:POV.
*Maybe a "Legacy" section, speaking about what's left to us from his work and efforts would be useful. If there is anything left ...
*In line sources (for example the one in citation 10) are not properly formated. Make use of these useful templates: Template:cite web, Template:cite news, Template:cite encyclopedia, Template:cite journal, Template:cite book.
*I see no pages in citation 3.
*The article is a bit poor in terms of pictures. Could there be any improvement?
*"Hewett's interest in Frijoles Canyon was timely, for Adolph Bandelier had just started to describe, through both scientific papers and his novel The Delight Makers, prehistoric life on the Pajarito Plateau." Is the prose here OK? "Prehistoric life on the Pajarito Plateau" refers to The Delight Makers?
In general, the article looks comprehensive, informative and the prose seems to be fine.--Yannismarou (talk) 17:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks, DrKiernan (talk) 13:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
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