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German language page

Damn it's good. Nice tables. I am not a fan of the "ABC" model (which I am inferring since I don't speak german) as I don't feel it conveys the richness of the MO->Sd->R->Sr+ relationships but it is common. The page has a nice layout, not too much emphasis &c. It would be a good model for this page I think. Will have to work on it. --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 10:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Verbal Behavior (book)

   * The lead of this article may be too long, or may contain too many paragraphs. Please follow guidelines at WP:LEAD; be aware that the lead should adequately summarize the article.[?]

IN PROGRESS --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   * The lead is for summarizing the rest of the article, and should not introduce new topics not discussed in the rest of the article, as per WP:LEAD. Please ensure that the lead adequately summarizes the article.[?]

IN PROGRESS --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   * Consider adding more links to the article; per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) and Wikipedia:Build the web, create links to relevant articles.[?]

IN PROGRESS --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Fixed, I think? Michaelrayw2 (talk) 22:09, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   * If there is not a free use image in the top right corner of the article, please try to find and include one.[?]

Fixed I think Michaelrayw2 (talk) 22:09, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   * Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings), headings generally do not start with articles ('the', 'a(n)'). For example, if there was a section called ==The Biography==, it should be changed to ==Biography==.[?]

FIXED - May 3, 2008

   * Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings), headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. For example, if the article was Ferdinand Magellan, instead of using the heading ==Magellan's journey==, use ==Journey==.[?]

Corrected Josh.Pritchard.DBA (talk) 21:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC) Corrected some more --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   * Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings), avoid using special characters (ex: &+{}[]) in headings.

Corrected Josh.Pritchard.DBA (talk) 21:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC) Could this be a reference to the link in stimulus control? --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   * Per WP:WIAFA, this article's table of contents (ToC) may be too long – consider shrinking it down by merging short sections or using a proper system of daughter pages as per Wikipedia:Summary style.[?]

Daughter pages would be ideal for the major types of VB also a large expansion of the Chomsky et al criticism of VB and responses would be nice too --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have added Mand(psychology) and Tact(psychology) as daughter pages. I have merged two short sections, and I have deleted two sections which weren't as clearly relevant. More needs to be done still. Maybe move autoclitics into its own daughter page Michaelrayw2 (talk)

   * The script has spotted the following contractions: doesn't, wouldn't, if these are outside of quotations, they should be expanded.

CorrectedJosh.Pritchard.DBA (talk) 01:45, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

   * As done in WP:FOOTNOTE, footnotes usually are located right after a punctuation mark (as recommended by the CMS, but not mandatory), such that there is no space in between. For example, the sun is larger than the moon [2]. is usually written as the sun is larger than the moon.[2][?]

IN PROGRESS --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC) Fixed Michaelrayw2 (talk) 15:45, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

   * Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.[?]

IN PROGRESS --Michaelrayw2 (talk) 19:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Deletions

I removed the terminology heading as its not exactly relevant to the article. The popular misuse of the term "Verbal Behavior" as a method of instructing children needs to go somewhere, but not here I think. Maybe the ABA page which is really what this relates to (the so-called "Verbal Behavior(method)" is really a form of Applied behavior analysis). Michaelrayw2 (talk) 22:09, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also deleted the EAB subheading for similar reasons. The experimental discipline that arose at the same time this book was written and forms the basis of the scientific discipline doesn't really add anything to understanding VB(book) even if its useful. It should probably have its own page. Michaelrayw2 (talk) 22:12, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]