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To-do list for Thomas Sowell: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2010-09-09

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Sowell photo

The man is 92. He hasn’t looked like that photo in 60 years. 166.205.218.140 (talk) 22:18, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

We use what photos are available with the proper license. That said, I'll look around for something a little more recent. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 20:45, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

...and there's the problem: https://www.google.com/search?q=thomas%20sowell&tbm=isch&tbs=il:cl&client=firefox-b-1-d&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CAAQ1vwEahcKEwjYr9y8t_L7AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAw&biw=1331&bih=1256 There aren't any out there with creative commons license. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 20:46, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

i emailed Hoover Institution to request help uploading media to Wikicommons for TS and other Hoover Institute fellows. Tonymetz 💬 18:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tonymetz Any luck? GuardianH (talk) 20:37, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

alas, no. it's been a while thanks for the reminder i'll see if I can rekindle the request. Tonymetz 💬 20:54, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

i re-sent the request to the Hoover Foundation digital media team. it's just a public contact point so let's keep our finger's crossed. Tonymetz 💬 23:50, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Bibliographic Review

The bibliography presented in this entry contains confusion with another author who shares the same name as Thomas Sowell, a psychologist and pediatrician specialized in child development. Samuelscosta (talk) 14:35, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Which one? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 16:42, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

This is the same Thomas Sowell. Sowell had a late-talking child so he researched that subject and published a couple of books about it. He is an economist who has also written some about child development. Lorenmaxwell (talk) 15:49, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

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