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I have made very clear that is was one of the three founders of the field of positive adult development. He is also one of the most cited.

Let me know if you need more. Please do not delete.

MLCommons 22:36, 30 August 2007 (UTC)MLcommons MLCommons 22:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)MLCommons

your edits

MLC Thanks for the suggestions. I will revise as soon as I get a minute.

I am somewhat concerned by the quality and nature of your edits. For John Anthony Nevin, you provided a long list of journal articles, listed alphabetically by first author, which is not appropriate for a general encyclopedia, which is not a bibliography, and a collection of awards and memberships; for Daniel Levinson, you provide almost no exact information at all. Neither of them is right. For Positive Adult Development you provide no source at all to show that the use of the term is standard, or even give a definition, and refer generally to people's work without giving references, and list as related topics what seems like almost everything possible in psychology.

MLC September 30. Added sources. Gave definitions

I strongly support the inclusion of articles on significant academics like these two and significant academic specialties. But i urge you to write more informative articles. If you'd like some suggestions, see Wikipedia:What is a good article? and Wikipedia:Guide to layout DGG (talk) 05:32, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I also want to call your attention to WP:COI. (I'm thinking about your insertion of refs to your own articles) DGG (talk) 05:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

I see the improvements. Good work so far, but there's some more to go.

• for Levinson, at the very least add material about his birthdate and place, his degrees and positions, and add reviews of his books. Any librarian can help you find them. Try to find some biographical notice about him--there should be one.

MLC: Done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.160.201 (talk) 22:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

• for Nevin, try to organize it a little more readably. Try to find references for the awards. Try to find out what are the most significant of the papers, and consider listing only them, not the minor one or the book chapters. . List them in chronological order, not alphabetic. Try to find some biographical notice about him--there should be one. DGG (talk) 02:11, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

MLC: Done

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