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Latest comment: 4 days ago3 comments2 people in discussion
I doubt that I'm wrong but just to be safe what does everyone think of this diff (which I've reverted as WP:RPC) describing Smith as "French"? I don't know much about Smith, but honorary citizenship doesn't count right? Cheers, it'slio! | talk | work15:19, 1 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
@HKLionel The lead should be focused on what makes the subject notable and how the reader and sources might usually identitify them. While honorary citizenship is of note, and should definitely be covered elsewhere in the article, it's not what makes Smith notable, or how most sources would identify him. (fr.wikipedia.org and French sources may see it differently.)
Latest comment: 1 day ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Taking note from Karl Marx, I would propose that we add a section on "Influences" before covering "Theory of Moral Sentiments" and "Wealth of Nations". In the current state of the article, the influence of Smith's contemporaries of the Scottish Enlightenment (esp. Hume), but also other early economists like Quesnay or Petty come very short.
In the Legacy section, many subsections seem to be mostly made up of collections of statements about Smith from various thinkers. Reorganising this and adding more context should add quite a lot of value. Pragmatic Puffin (talk) 21:48, 3 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
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