The infobox for [[Johannes Gutenberg]] once said "inventor of printing" & once said "goldsmith". it now says "inventor, engraver, and printer." One of those working on the page is certain Gutenberg undoubtedly merely adapted earlier Chinese & Korean inventions, & another is convinced the Asian inventions were undoubtedly irrelevant. (There is scholarly support for both positions, & a number of others.) The current version is a compromise that took months to negotiate, even after the wording for the article was negotiated.
On 5/20/07, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
"Stephen Bain" wrote
It seems to me that a significant proportion of the times when infoboxes don't work well is when they are on articles about people.
I agree. They are used to slip some unverifiable horrors past the RS-police.
Charles
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