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From the article it is not clear which formal degrees he exactly obtained. There's a mention that he got his MA from Cambridge Uni, but there's not even a mention about it in the text. The same with PhD. Did he have a PhD? Why is it not in the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.202.45.21 ( talk) 09:30, 11 September 2018 (UTC) reply

As someone who contributed to the content of this article, I notice that there is still a call for "Wikify" work. I ask that someone with an interest in the subject (Homans) who has a better grasp of Wikipedia style, take some steps that are responsive to the Wikify request. Tom Fararo 14:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC) reply

In the section on propositions the original contributor used the term "we" to which another inserted a bracketed [who]. Would it not have been just as easy to correct a grammatical slip as point it out, especially when there is no change to content or context? This collabrative effort requires more initiative than simply identifying a typo, fix the obvious and cite the ambiguous, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Applejack32 ( talk • contribs) 13:33, 8 December 2011 (UTC) reply