Talk:Ray Lankester
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[edit] Some explanations of changes
In the paragraph listing the extraordinary number of top biologists whom Ray met in his father's house, it is poor practice to list their full names, because that is so cumbersome and gets in the way of the reading process. Since we have the link system, any reader who doesn't know who, say, Clifford is can soon find out. That is the whole point of links.
The same person changed 'his German was good, and he could read the language fluently' to 'his German was fluent'. Of course there is a big difference between reading and speaking a foreign language: I have no reference at present on his speaking German, and will return this. Meanwhile, I've taken the comment out.
The same person changed 'whilst still a child' to 'while still a child'. The original version is correct.
Such a large number of changes should not have been made without a) better justification, and b) reasons fully explained.
I have also diluted the suggestion that he was the model for Challenger, following reasons given by another contributor.
Macdonald-ross (talk) 17:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
