Talk:Donald D. Clayton

--108.227.250.162 (talk) 13:01, 28 October 2013 (UTC)== comments by the subject Donald D. Clayton ==

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I am Donald D. Clayton, the 78-yr-old subject of this biographical article. I write to provide information that may be helpful to editors. This article was written and submitted by the wife of a close scientific colleague(whom I will not name). That submission was justified by my stature as an academic scientist; but I doubted that it was initially neutral enough, objective enough, or sufficiently documented to meet Wikipedia guidelines. So I edited it. I am not an editor, but I nonetheless edited the article many times, without login in as an editor. I edited as 108.227.250.162 My edits focused on four goals: 1. greatly increasing the verifiability by inserting citations of research publications or of documentation of the honors mentioned;(note: not being a Wiki editor, I may not have chosen the best formats for these, and a more professional editor could improve them) 2. improving the writing (syntax, word choices, precisely correct wording, professionalism, etc.); 3. making the prose more interesting and relevant to a general audience, both public and of scientific biography; 4. added links to historical photographs of my own, with accurate captions, posted on my own website for History of Nuclear Astrophysics and added Wikilinks to other Wiki articles of high relevance;

Speaking personally as the subject, I now find(Oct 17, 2013) the article to be well balanced and accurate. Therefore I do not expect to edit it further. I hope that Wiki procedures will now take over completely. However, being agreeable and well intentioned, I express here my willingness to help any editor clarify matters of fact or interpretation. One can query me at claydonald@gmail.com and I will reply truthfully and helpfully. But others should do the editing. There is no question but that this article will grow in importance in history of academic astrophysics in years to come. Donald D. Clayton — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.227.250.162 (talk) 22:13, 17 October 2013 (UTC)