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Merge with Joseph S. Nye Jr.

A page titled Joseph S. Nye Jr. already exists as well.

What year was he born? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.220.22.141 (talk) 05:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Razor Blades ?

I'm skeptical of the claim that Nye "pioneered the use of colombinium in stainless steel alloys to improve the sharpness and durability of cutting instruments including scalpels and razors." since it is completely detached from his undergraduate degree and subsequent career path. I've given it a ^{[citation needed]} for now but perhaps it should be removed until we can a source that backs up this claim.

Additional book Nye has written

I'm new to Wikipedia and don't feel comfortable yet editing an article. Could someone with more experience make the following addition please? Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (Joseph Nye) wrote the book "Nuclear Ethics." Here are the particulars: Book title: "Nuclear Ethics." ISBN # 0029224608. Published by "The Free Press" which is a "Division of Macmillan, Inc." Copyright 1986. Published 1986. Agatecat2700 16:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agatecat2700 (talk • contribs)

Bill Nye the Science Guy

I think it should be noted that Joeseph Nye is Bill Nye the Science Guy's father. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.212.103 (talk) 03:50, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Libya

Mother Jones has released information about Nye's consulting work for a firm that was doing what looks like PR for Gaddafi. Nye has confirmed to Mother Jones that he was paid to produce an article on the dictator for New Republic. New Republic is claiming they did not know he had been paid for the work and has since updated its story. This is an extremely serious ethical breath and should be treated as such. Any assessment of his work must from now on be informed by this fact. I have included the information in the post. A removal on ground of "editorial" or "wiki" what ever will look very much like an act of censorship and white washing. Rober1236jua (talk) 21:35, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that removing this information would be censorship. The only thing that makes Nye remarkable is his work as a propaganda whore for a bloody dictator. Without that information, he's just one more left-wing pinhead in the Harvard echo chamber. 76.103.102.240 (talk) 09:07, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa whoa whoa....that's not a good way to be persuasive about the inclusion of the material. Can we please refrain from the name-calling directed at WP:BLP? I agree that there should be some mention of the article but having it be about 40% of the article violates WP:UNDUE. Perhaps it should be incorporated into the body of the article in 3 or 4 pithy sentences? Chillllls (talk) 02:41, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the section about Libya under our WP:BLP policy. Chillllls (talk · contribs) has begun a discussion of this material at WP:BLP/N#Joseph Nye. I strongly urge the regular editors to wait for consensus before restoring the material. Given the possibility that User:Josephnye could be the article subject, it is unwise to get into a revert war with him. Let the dust settle and try to get the facts out first. I had thought I could fix the paragraph by adding more references, but it's tricky to get right, since both the Nation and The New Republic tend to paraphrase his objections, not quoting them directly. And if we succeed in producing a correctly qualified version, maybe we are making too much of this anyway. Perhaps we could come up with a shorter version that just says there was a difference of opinion between him and certain magazine editors. EdJohnston (talk) 03:34, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

resource

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_global_thinkers_20_most_recommended_books?page=0,20 The Global Thinkers' Book Club; Want to think like the world's best minds? Start by reading like them. The Foreign Policy Global Thinkers' 20 most recommended titles. NOVEMBER 28, 2011

6) The Future of Power (2011) By Global Thinker No. 64 Joseph Nye Recommended by No. 30 Nouriel Roubini

99.19.42.30 (talk) 07:37, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

potential resource

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,41#thinker64 Reading list: Why the West Rules -- for Now, by Ian Morris, and 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, by Mary Elise Sarotte. 99.181.130.83 (talk) 09:33, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]