Talk:William H. Welch

Copyrighting

I know that this is probably addressed somewhere, but can I simply quote things from the John M. Barry book? It's an extremely informative book, but it was just published. Are there copyright issues?

Borntostorm 20:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Skull and Bones

skull and bones an 'honourary society'? i think not! it is a secret society, and, presumably, very exclusive, but it is still just a 'social fraternity'. an honourary fraternity is something like phi beta kappa, psi chi, etc. unless good reason is presented to the contrary, i will delete 'honourary'. Toyokuni3 (talk) 22:37, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Potential Bibliography

A book written by Walter C. Burket, published by the Johns Hopkins Press, on the bibliography of William Henry Welch.

A timeline of William Henry Welch's life posted by the JHMI Medical Archives.

A film featuring Welch reflecting on his time at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

A short history of Welch's contributions to Johns Hopkins and to medicine in general. Posted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

A brief biography of Welch, written by Simon Flexner (Abraham Flexner's brother).

A more in depth biography of Welch, written by Simon Flexner.

An article about Welch that touches on early life, personal life, education, studies, and much more written by Barry D. Silverman. Shackstanwick (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Ahong11 (talk) 14:37, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Plans for Improving the Article

We suggest that the bibliography can be separated into specific sections such as "family," "early life," "education," and "career." In addition, we plant to add a section about the awards and honors that Welch received throughout his lifetime. Further, we think it would be beneficial if the article contained a section listing any publications by Welch. We also plan to thoroughly describe Welch's contributions to medicine. For instance, he was great at creating cogent summations of various scientific work (e.g., "On the General Pathology of Fever") My edited lead section can be found in my sandbox. Ahong11 (talk) 16:21, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Review by User:Rserafi2

As of right now, I think that the article is structured well. I do like the text box and the organizational separation of his Welch's life and his accomplishments. However, there could be some more information on early life. There is also some information that seems irrelevant, such as involvement in the skull and bones society. Structurally, one thing you might consider doing is creating a separate section for Welch's involvement in JHMI, as that is the focus of the class. This could also clean up the career section a little bit, since there is quite a bit of information. Rserafi2 (talk) 19:22, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Peer review by User:sdoman1

I agree with User:Rserafi2, the structure of the article is well done and resembles that of more developed articles on Wikipedia. I would suggest splitting his career into more subsections regarding the different stages in his career including his role at JHMI as suggested in the previous review. I would also suggest separating his death into a new section as is often done and using bullet points to separate his honors and make them easier to scan through. Lastly, I would add any links to applicable pages in the article and separating sections that are dense with links such as in the last few paragraphs of the Career section as this makes the article easier to navigate. Overall, looks great, I look forward to seeing the final product! Sdoman1 (talk) 00:34, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Peer Review by User:Devynbell114 Overall, this article is well-structure and informative. I would suggest splitting the career section into subsections based off the stages of his career. I think this will greatly improve the article. It would be useful if there was more information in the career section pertaining to Welch's time at JHMI. Also, you may want to consider adding a section dedicated to his research. Lastly, some of the links in the career section seem as though the they may not be necessary. Overall, the page is coming together very nicely! Devynbell114 (talk) 02:49, 8 April 2015 (UTC)