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Huh? What's this guy done that's gotten written about? i kan reed (talk) 18:03, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Astrachan's teaching

I removed the section on his teaching because the source did not support the material. Yaysonjeehk, now that you have added some of it back, I will give you a chance to find a source that supports what that sentence says. His web page does not say that he regularly teaches three courses; it lists twelve courses. It says nothing about his method of teaching. I understand that you would like to say something about his teaching, but unless there is a published source that says what you want to say, you must leave it out. The article includes a link to his faculty page, which does list his courses. He is an expert in the teaching of computer science, how to teach it and how not to teach it. I suggest reading some of his papers and adding material sourced to that instead. Just adding what you know is not proper for an encyclopedia article. StarryGrandma (talk) 01:29, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Selected publications

A "Selected publications" section is standard in articles about professors, and I have added back the one I added earlier. They do not need some independent publication to show that these are the most important - they don't need to be the most important in fact. I usually add the most cited, but also enough to illustrate a researcher's development. They only need to be written by the person and in that sense they are self-citing. StarryGrandma (talk) 06:11, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Astrachan's teaching ==
 I removed the section on his teaching because the source did not support the material. {{u|Yaysonjeehk}}, now that you have added some of it back, I will give you a chance to find a source that supports what that sentence says. His web page does not say that he regularly teaches three courses; it lists twelve courses. It says nothing about his method of teaching. I understand that you would like to say something about his teaching, but unless there is a published source that says what you want to say, you must leave it out. The article includes a link to his faculty page, which does list his courses. He is an expert in the teaching of computer science, how to teach it and how not to teach it. I suggest reading some of his papers and adding material sourced to that instead. Just adding what you know is not proper for an encyclopedia article. [[User:StarryGrandma|StarryGrandma]] ([[User talk:StarryGrandma|talk]]) 01:29, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
+== Selected publications ==
+A "Selected publications" section is standard in articles about professors, and I have added back the one I added earlier. They do not need some independent publication to show that these are the most important - they don't need to be the most important in fact. I usually add the most cited, but also enough to illustrate a researcher's development. They only need to be written by the person and in that sense they are self-citing. [[User:StarryGrandma|StarryGrandma]] ([[User talk:StarryGrandma|talk]]) 06:11, 9 April 2024 (UTC)