Talk:Virginia Satir

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[edit] Distilation or dissemination

I think the text above sound blur:

"[...]However Virginia herself was known to be rather uneasy about the distillation of her work[...]"

Should not it be "dissemination of her work" instead of "distillation of her work"? See Merriam-Webster's entry: [[1]]

--Volphy 20:31, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what that sentence is even supposed to mean. What was best summed up by Jerry Weinberg: her work, or her uneasiness about its distillation? Even with the change I'm making, I still don't get the point. I'm a wiki newbie - I trust that if I'm making wikiquette errors in my editing that someone will set me straight.

Jay 14:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I believe it should be distillation. Jerry Weinberg's quote which supports this is that he wanted the chicken (Virginia Satir) and not the chicken soup (NLP).

--Ambitus 20:34, 19 October 2006 (BST)

[edit] Reference to Names

Is it standard to refer to people by their first or last name alone after giving their full name at first? She is referred to as Virginia in the second para, then Virginia Satir in the third - should it just be Satir? Guidelines say to be bold - so I'm changing it. ;o)

Jay 14:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what the Wikipedia standard is, but I read somewhere that Virginia Satir disliked being referred to as Satir.

--Ambitus 11:25, 23 October 2006 (BST)

[edit] External links

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I realize that some links are helpful to certain users, but they still do not comply with Wikipedia policy, and therefore must not be included in the article. WhatamIdoing (talk) 07:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)