Talk:Guion Bluford

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This article appears to essentially lifted verbatim from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bluford-gs.html . Although NASA material may be free of copyright, that doesn't mean it doesn't need to be reworked to make it an acceptable encyclopedia article. As the article now stands, it is far from being so. -- Viajero 10:04, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. Thanks for your edits this morning! What do you think of the article now that you've made a pass through? -- Ke4roh 19:01, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "The Struggles of a Black Astronaut"

Per the recent WP:CFD debate, I have created a sub page, Guion Bluford/Temporary. It is an article submitted mistakenly as a category by Foch0501 (talk • contribs). I should be grateful if Wikipedians could investigate whether it can be merged with the current article, or whether it can otherwise be used to improve the article. It appears to be well sourced. --RobertG ♬ talk 11:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

It looks like a college essay that I would only have given a "C" (maybe an "B" if it had been a high school essay) ... all of the referencess are websites, most of which are either copies of each other or just boiler-plates (I looked at all of them), and this Wikipedia article is also buried in the list, so it's hard to say what is copied from where ... whole paragraphs are just copied & reformatted (like http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/astronauts/content/broch00.htm#msad ):

Guion Bluford had to meet a few basic qualification requirements to become a mission specialist candidate. Some of these qualifications included a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics. The degree must be followed by at least three years of related, progressively responsible, professional experience. An advanced degree is desirable and may be substituted for part of or all of the experience requirement. The quality of academic preparation is important. The candidate must have the ability to pass a NASA space physical, which is similar to a military or civilian flight physical. They need distance visual acuity of 20/200 or better uncorrected and correctable to 20/20 each eye. Their blood pressure must be 140/90 measured in a sitting position, and they must have a height between 58.5 and 76 inches Template:15 Anonymous May 18, 2006;.

That kind of information is Too Much Trivia for a biographical article (and subtract one-half letter grade for blatant plagiarism) ... I don't see anything that would improve the current article ... only one paragraph seems to be on target ("struggles", hence my low overall grade on the essay) ... the rest is just general bio and "what it takes to be an astronaut". 72.75.105.165 16:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Dis shit is fuckin confusing. i need to know who what when where why and how —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.190.231.102 (talk • contribs) 18:55, 11 February 2008