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Agreed. And you could mention the fee-paying aspect ;-) Interesting (to me) is that Norland Place and St Paul's are only about 500m apart in W London. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 16:31, 3 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The article has a glorification tone rather than objective.
Not arguing the facts or sources at all, just the wording and tone.
There is the section Nobel Prize that just says Franklin didn't get the prize and one of her collegues at King's received the NobelPrize in something else.
Then there are parts like "There is no doubt that Franklin's experimental data were used by Crick and Watson to build their model of DNA in 1953". This is opinion. Not arguing its merrits, just the fact that it doesnt belong to a wikipedia article. If its from the source, it needs ""
Again, without quotations: Drawing upon her physical chemistry background, she also skillfully manipulated the critical hydration of her specimens. Skillfully seems to be an opinion without quotation. And if quotations are to be added, there are just too much of it.
I don't think the article is meant to be copy paste of biography pieces.
Much of the current second paragraph of "Recognition of her contribution to the model of DNA" could use substantial improvement with regards to an objective tone (e.g. " a clear timely acknowledgment would have been awkward...") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.181.120.67 (talk) 06:52, 4 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I just reverted these edits by Jackjames123 but perhaps I was too hasty? The edits added the following at "Personal life": Watson described her as being on the autism spectrum.[1] Is that video useful? Thoughts? Johnuniq (talk) 00:12, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Johnuniq: I support your reversion, the sentence was too bald and without context and Watson is not qualified to make a diagnosis. However, the video gives a useful view on Franklin's character and on her relationships with other workers in the field. The YouTube video does not appear to be a copyright violation so I suggest we add it the the External links section, and probably also to James Watson. Verbcatcher (talk) 23:19, 26 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
In the "Discovery of DNA structure," there are statements made without proper citations. For example, the last two sentences in the first paragraph of that section need to cite where this information was found. Alhs124 (talk) 04:04, 1 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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