This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Walter E. Williams article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Archives: 1 |
![]() | A news item involving Walter E. Williams was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 3 December 2020. | ![]() |
![]() | This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() |
Daily pageviews of this article
A graph should have been displayed here but
graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at
pageviews.wmcloud.org |
As the two previous photos of WEW have been recently deleted, could someone please provide a "free" portrait -- perhaps by contacting his office? TIA, Pete Tillman ( talk) 21:53, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
I know Williams has been influenced by specific Austrians (notably Hayek), but should he be considered a member of the Austrian School per se? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.248.41 ( talk) 23:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it me or is this sentence really awkward? "Williams was born into a Black family." Is the point of the sentence to mention that Williams is an African American? -- Xerographica ( talk) 03:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
It is said "Williams was a talented high school student who displayed a very inconsistent performance in his studies". I don't think this assertion has any place in an encyclopaedia. It relies on no evidences and is actually about a very subjective judgement. Talented in what? according to whom and whichn criteria? How does it come we know he was talented if his performances were - at least sometimes - poor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.197.239.81 ( talk) 11:15, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
The article places Dr. Williams in two different Republican categories. Is he a Republican? I can't find anything that confirms his party affiliation. SunCrow ( talk) 05:49, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
I ended up collecting numerous facts and sources associated with Walter Williams while locating the citations for a passage removed on Benedict College. This could be of use for editors of this page, so I wanted to make a mention, Refer to my 7/18/20 contribution to the main controversy section of the Benedict college talk page.
BTW, Google has his autobiography up "Up from the Projects: An Autobiography" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roxanne-snowden ( talk • contribs) 14:49, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
In 2009 I edited this page to say that Walter's cousin is Julius Erving. I did this during class when Walter made a joke about being related to him. Walter loved making jokes. I had the audio recording as a source. Over the years I found a few web pages repeating this claim, but those linked back to the wikipedia page. wikipedia then used those pages as citations for the claim. Currently there is a National Review article making the claim as a source, but this may have been the journalist looking at wikipedia.
Maybe Walter wasn't joking this time, he was quite tall after all. But until there is more evidence, this claim needs to be removed until there is more evidence. Its not mentioned in his autobiography. I feel bad about mis-representing the man's life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:9980:6901:3D6E:B506:84B9:3387 ( talk) 21:10, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
The New York Times article cited here says Williams died on Tuesday, which was December 1. The Wall Street Journal article cited here says he died on Wednesday, which of course was December 2. Several other sources I have found say either Wednesday or December 2. For example, [1] [2] [3] [4]. I have seen the date go back in forth in the article a couple of times. Rather than get involved in an edit war, I thought I'd bring it here. Jwolfe ( talk) 09:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
When I hover my cursor over the picture of faces in this section it does not always display the right names. Jokem ( talk) 20:40, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Walter E. Williams article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Archives: 1 |
![]() | A news item involving Walter E. Williams was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 3 December 2020. | ![]() |
![]() | This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() |
Daily pageviews of this article
A graph should have been displayed here but
graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at
pageviews.wmcloud.org |
As the two previous photos of WEW have been recently deleted, could someone please provide a "free" portrait -- perhaps by contacting his office? TIA, Pete Tillman ( talk) 21:53, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
I know Williams has been influenced by specific Austrians (notably Hayek), but should he be considered a member of the Austrian School per se? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.248.41 ( talk) 23:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it me or is this sentence really awkward? "Williams was born into a Black family." Is the point of the sentence to mention that Williams is an African American? -- Xerographica ( talk) 03:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
It is said "Williams was a talented high school student who displayed a very inconsistent performance in his studies". I don't think this assertion has any place in an encyclopaedia. It relies on no evidences and is actually about a very subjective judgement. Talented in what? according to whom and whichn criteria? How does it come we know he was talented if his performances were - at least sometimes - poor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.197.239.81 ( talk) 11:15, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
The article places Dr. Williams in two different Republican categories. Is he a Republican? I can't find anything that confirms his party affiliation. SunCrow ( talk) 05:49, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
I ended up collecting numerous facts and sources associated with Walter Williams while locating the citations for a passage removed on Benedict College. This could be of use for editors of this page, so I wanted to make a mention, Refer to my 7/18/20 contribution to the main controversy section of the Benedict college talk page.
BTW, Google has his autobiography up "Up from the Projects: An Autobiography" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roxanne-snowden ( talk • contribs) 14:49, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
In 2009 I edited this page to say that Walter's cousin is Julius Erving. I did this during class when Walter made a joke about being related to him. Walter loved making jokes. I had the audio recording as a source. Over the years I found a few web pages repeating this claim, but those linked back to the wikipedia page. wikipedia then used those pages as citations for the claim. Currently there is a National Review article making the claim as a source, but this may have been the journalist looking at wikipedia.
Maybe Walter wasn't joking this time, he was quite tall after all. But until there is more evidence, this claim needs to be removed until there is more evidence. Its not mentioned in his autobiography. I feel bad about mis-representing the man's life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:9980:6901:3D6E:B506:84B9:3387 ( talk) 21:10, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
The New York Times article cited here says Williams died on Tuesday, which was December 1. The Wall Street Journal article cited here says he died on Wednesday, which of course was December 2. Several other sources I have found say either Wednesday or December 2. For example, [1] [2] [3] [4]. I have seen the date go back in forth in the article a couple of times. Rather than get involved in an edit war, I thought I'd bring it here. Jwolfe ( talk) 09:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
When I hover my cursor over the picture of faces in this section it does not always display the right names. Jokem ( talk) 20:40, 5 December 2020 (UTC)