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Erdős number in introduction

Do others agree with me that having someone's Erdős number in the introduction is awkward? __meco (talk) 08:07, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Maybe it should go in the bio section, with the names of those whose co-authorship earns him the number. On it's own it reads a bit like his shoe size, at least to someone unfamiliar with the term. Kevin (talk) 10:20, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


Why is his blog permitted as external link, but not his tweets?
I don't see the difference. Perhaps there is some Misplaced Pages policy on this.
Calamitybrook (talk)

(put above comment in proper order)

Update needed to External links

The external links need to be updated. Here is a suggested replacement:

171.66.86.58 (talk) 20:57, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Above suggestion looks okay to me, but there may be a few editors who seek to keep article (and even this talk page) in an unchanged condition. I suppose that's their "consensus."
In fairness, a number of other editors have disagreed, and there are a practically infinite number of people who don't particularly care.
Calamitybrook (talk) 21:08, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
The important issue is having a good encyclopedia article. 171.66.86.58 (talk) 21:29, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I'm with you. But considering that I stumbled on this article through a press listing of the "Dumbest disputes on Misplaced Pages" or something like that.... your goal may be difficult to achieve.
Also, consider that the few eagle-editors involved here don't seem to cotton much to unregistered editors like yourself.

Calamitybrook (talk) 21:39, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Per WP:ELOFFICIAL we dont need to repost every one of Hewitts social networking sites - so I would definitely eliminate the Twitter and blog.
I definitely disagree with the implication that these links violate your cited policy. In fact, to the contrary, it says "Official links (if any) are provided to give the reader the opportunity to see what the subject says about itself."
"We don't need to" do anything. A particular editor sees fit to add these links and I have no problem with it, and so far as we've seen, doing so doesn't violate a Misplaced Pages policy or policies.

Calamitybrook (talk) 01:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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