Talk:Edward Drinker Cope

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Why the crap is this written in first person? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.150.132 (talk) 04:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Coprolite

It might be worthwhile to mention that Marsh named coprolite after ED Cope (shows what he thought of him, doesn't it?). I read that in a very good book regarding the Bone Wars. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 04:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, "copro-" means feces, as in coprophilia or coprophagy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.150.132 (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Type specimen of Homo sapiens?

In this Book[1], it is stated "When Cope died, he donated his body to science, and his skull is sometimes reckoned to be the type specimen of the human species, Homo sapiens, his dearest wish." Is this true? And even if it isn't, shouldn't the myth be mentioned? FunkMonk (talk) 06:50, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Cope never tried to have his bones considered the homo sapien lectotype; the myth is discussed in a footnote. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 14:40, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Image sizes

Accordig to these guidelines, images should have fixed sizes, unless they are diagrams or similar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Size http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accessibility#Images FunkMonk (talk) 14:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

I believe you meant to say "should not have fixed sizes"? I've left them at the default because I am awaiting the eventual 40px default increase, but Tony1 apparently disagrees. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 14:40, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, don't know what happened to the "not"... FunkMonk (talk) 14:58, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Illustrations for Cope

It might bear mentioning that Philadelphia society portraitist Cecilia Beaux, a family relation of Cope's, was hired by him in the beginning of her career to do lithographs of fossils for Cope.[2] MarmadukePercy (talk) 00:44, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Reference Section is Actually a Bibliography Instead

The so-called "Reference" Section is actually a bibliography and not a Reference section at all... Stevenmitchell (talk) 04:00, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Orthogenesis

Article fails to mention Cope's views on evolution which were frankly orthogenetic with his batmism theory. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:42, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

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Incorrect Link In Article

I found an incorrect link in the article. Clicking "Institute for Colored Youth" takes you to "Cheyney University of Pennsylvania". Sgharp (talk) 12:46, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Well spotted; yes, no reason for us not to use the direct link now an article exists. The University is of course home to the Institute. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:58, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

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In popular culture section?

Hi all -- Cope is a major character in Michael Crichton's novel Dragon Teeth, which was published in 2017. Given the high profile of Michael Crichton, and the fact that the novel is entirely about the Bone Wars, do you think this factoid would be appropriate in the article, perhaps in a "In popular culture" section? -- Cloud atlas (talk) 04:17, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Also, I just noticed that this is mentioned in an "Adaptations" section in the Bone Wars article. -- Cloud atlas (talk) 04:20, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Unless there's a bench of details to add about alternate portrayals, I'm not sure mentions that are basically just 'he appears in this' merit a section. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 01:50, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

@David Fuchs: thanks for the thoughts. Though Cope is one of the main characters in the novel, I see what you're saying about that one portrayal not being enough to warrant a new section. I'll keep my eyes open for whether Cope is portrayed in other places. -- Cloud atlas (talk) 06:09, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Citations

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Not really my cup of tea, but I don't have strong objections. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 19:13, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

@David Fuchs: I realized after I started that I had started messing around with a system you and/or others had on a few related articles--I am happy to revert my edits so that the citations are more uniform, or please feel free to revert them yourself if you'd like. Emjackson42 (talk) 19:17, 10 September 2018 (UTC)