Talk:Joshua Packwood

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A fact from Joshua Packwood appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 May 2008, and was viewed approximately 2,478 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Joshua Packwood is the first white man to graduate as valedictorian of the all-male HBCU, Morehouse College, an overwhelmingly African American university in Atlanta, Georgia?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/May.

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- Keep I say! It does no harm to do so, and it does seem a quite significant event. If Wikipedia sees it fit to keep the names and histories of all the different characters in made-up TV shows and other inane pap, I don't understand why its a problem to list this seemingly trivial, but fairly interesting fact.

-Keep. 76.171.53.59 (talk) 18:44, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

-Keep —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.145.217.180 (talk) 01:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

-Delete —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.233.154.124 (talk) 17:28, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

-Delete this article! no article is ever created for a black valedictorian at other colleges. Why is Packwood's case notable? If not delete, then at least clean it up, because this article serves more to idolize him than to describe him from NPOV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.233.208.35 (talk) 20:40, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I see him doing big things in his life (he's a fellow Morehouse alum), but being known nationally only because he is the valedictorian is a little of a stretch of being worthy a Wikipedia article. He made history at Morehouse, but we would see numerous new pages each year of valedictorians. Absolutely nothing personally against him (he's gotten a fair share of haters), but I think this article should be deleted for now. Any thoughts? D4S (talk) 23:10, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We went thought an AfD for this article a week ago or so, and the majority said keep, so we'll keep it at least for now. He's already done more than some that have an article on Wikipedia, so what does it hurt to keep his?--Bedford ^Pray 03:57, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please note above that notability issue has been resolved. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 04:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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cleanup

reads like an interview not an encyclopedic article. too many quotes too. borderline copyvio. i think there is no NPOV here either. it doesn't report the facts it reads like a look at me i did this great thing kind of news story.Myheartinchile (talk) 18:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This should still be deleted. There really is nothing of significance nor value in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.81.84.185 (talk) 00:15, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete it, this is more appropriate for a job resumé. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.149.58.105 (talk) 15:38, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion for deletion has already been closed. Please see above. -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 00:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can't begin to describe how entirely odd this feels. This young man deserves credit for finishing university with a 4.0, but really sice when did that merit an entire listing on wiki? I graduated with 3.5, should I get a few paragraphs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.111.176.129 (talk) 15:18, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Full Scholarship to Columbia?

The article and one or two linking back to it refer to Packwood getting a full scholarship to Columbia. However, Columbia, like all Ivy League schools, only offers need-based financial aid to undergraduates. I'm not familiar enough with the specifics to know if that's what the author is referring to, but as is the reader gets a false impression. Perhaps there's no intent to deceive, but I'm marking the claim as dubious and someone more familiar with the situation should either edit it to indicate need-based or outside scholarships or remove the claim entirely. 73.145.230.216 (talk) 15:32, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Later life

The article should give information on Packwood after graduation, e.g., that he is a hedge fund manager and that he has an economics blog (https://packwoodpress.com/author/jpackwood/). Kdammers (talk) 11:01, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]