Talk:Richard Owen

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Should we incorporate something of Bill Bryson’s version of “Good Own/Bad Owen”?

Excellent article that works great as it is. If we were to expand it, would the mob consider the topics that Bill Bryson raised in A Short History of Nearly Everything to be relevant? Bryson focused on Owen’s role in making the Natural History Museum an informative venue for the public, but also on his nasty character, history of taking credit for the discoveries of others and his petty and vindictive campaign against Gideon Mantell, who actually discovered and described the Iguanidon (i.e. the first dinosaur identified). ScepticWombat (talk) 08:51, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

@ScepticWombat Thank you for the compliment, I am the one who created this article. As for your second topic, I am not aware of Bryson's work. Why not add to it yourself? — Palaeonictis ^{Fossil beds} 16:26, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

@Palaeonictis I might do that, if and when I can find the corresponding quotes/pages (don’t currently have the book on my shelves). I raised it on the talk page, since the article already works well and this additional info might be seen as a bit (too) peripheral to the topic, since it doesn’t directly concern creationism/evolution. ScepticWombat (talk) 21:47, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

@ScepticWombat It's still missional IOW. Just create a new section of the article. — Palaeonictis ^{Fossil beds} 14:02, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

I find the bit on the Archaeopteryx, slightly inaccurate as it is the first known fossil bird, by reputable encyclopedia:Encyclopedia Britannica ^{— Unsigned, by: 2A00:23C8:6F80:5B00:5946:DE9D:33F:BD42 / talk}