Talk:Count Rumford

It is incredible how user-unfriendly CZ is. I used to put the checklist template here, but I cannot find it anymore. On top of this page I'm told to put the subpages template here and to read a number of help pages that link to yet more help pages. All I want to say is that this is the start of a physics/history article. I don't want to read 20 pages of TFM and jot down all I'm expected to do or not to do. Now that I'm on steam: I don't want to read all those pages about writing biographies either. I am here to write not to read laws, bylaws, regulations and other para-legal stuff. --Paul Wormer 16:51, 12 March 2008 (CDT)

Couldn't agree more - I often wonder if that is a deterrent to new authors.

I've tweaked the lede a bit - trying to state what he is most known for in the opening sentence and moving the birth/death date material down into the meat of the article. Since you're more familiar with this topic, you might be able to phrase it better than I have. --Todd Coles 19:46, 14 March 2008 (CDT)

Todd, you removed from the lead-in the fact that Rumford was born in Mass., i.e., that he was American. Further his lifespan is gone from the lead-in. Don't you think that these hard facts belong there? --Paul Wormer 14:23, 15 March 2008 (CDT)

Paul, I'm sorry I meant to keep his lifespan in there. I think the way it is set up now looks good - lets you know when he lived but doesn't dominate the first sentence. One question I meant to ask - is he most commonly known as Count Rumford, or as Benjamin Thompson? By the way, I nominated this for CZ:New Draft of the Week. --Todd Coles 20:34, 15 March 2008 (CDT)