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Petaholmes, I think this article is in great shape, overall. It does a nice job of explaining the significance of Burnet's work, and the topical structure is solid. The prose becomes a little weaker in the last couple sections, but it has all the important information the hypothetical reader will want.-- ragesoss 15:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
While I don't know much about the standards for biography articles, this one looks very good to me - nicely explains the subject's personal history and major contributions.
Opabinia regalis 02:28, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
For the meaning behind the madness see User:Edward Z. Yang/LinkFix dump.
================================================================================ LinkFix Dump Frank Macfarlane Burnet 2006-10-03.19-38-08 ================================================================================ 12 [[Virologist]] -> [[Virology]] 17 [[Geelong College]] -> [[The Geelong College]] 19 [[H.G. Wells]] -> [[H. G. Wells]] 19 [[Agnostic]] -> [[Agnosticism]] 19 [[Typhoid]] -> [[Typhoid fever]] 21 [[Lister Institute]] -> [[The Lister Institute for Preventative Medicine]] 30 [[Wellcome Foundation]] -> [[Wellcome Trust]] 30 [[Poxvirus]] -> [[Poxviridae]] 35 [[Hematopoietic stem cell]] -> [[Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell]] 36 [[Autoimmune disease]] -> [[Autoimmunity]] 52 [[Haemolytic anaemia]] -> [[Hemolytic anemia]] 66 [[Lancet]] -> DISAMBIG 75 [[Hahnemann Medical College]] -> [[Drexel University]] 77 [[Commonwealth of Dominica]] -> [[Dominica]] # DONE
— Edward Z. Yang( Talk) 23:48, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
There's an in-text comment that points out an inaccuracy in the article; can someone who understands the topic better than I address the complaint? Josh Parris 12:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
I removed what looked like an extraneous editorial comment in square brackets. I hope someone who has a clue about immunology will check to make sure the section says true things. -- Milkbreath ( talk) 15:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
It says: "His role on the committee enabled his interest in human biology." What is this supposed to mean? It looks like some "vogue" use of "enabled" or elegant variation on "piqued", but it is nonsense to me. -- Milkbreath ( talk) 15:39, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
I was faced with a choice. Depending on a comma, he wrote about "immunology, ageing and cancer, and human biology" or "immunology, ageing, and cancer and human biology". Does anybody know which it is? -- Milkbreath ( talk) 15:45, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
That's quite depressing if true. Xasodfuih ( talk) 10:18, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
-- Yes it does. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.15.80.188 ( talk) 18:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
True, his full name was Frank Macfarlane Burnet. But was he not better known as "Sir Macfarlane Burnet", particularly when his prenominal was used? I can't recall anyone ever saying "Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet". Can we not have the article titled "Macfarlane Burnet", just as the hon E. G. Whitlam's is Gough Whitlam? -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 19:20, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
In the lead there is the referenced statement "Burnet was the most highly decorated and honoured scientist to have worked in Australia." Nothing against Burnet or his honours but Howard Florey was raised to the Baronetcy, quite an honour and more than Burnet's mere lordship. As you can see, this is rather pedantic but perhaps the sentence should be reworded to explain in what ways Burnet was the most decorated & honoured scientist in Oz. -- Roisterer ( talk) 05:06, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
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I am reviewing this very old FA as part of WP:URFA/2020, an effort to determine whether old featured articles still meet the featured article criteria.
This is a beautiful biography of an important medical figure that well deserves its featured status, but as the article is unwatched and has not been maintained, I must unfortunately list it at WP:FARGIVEN. Unless someone can take on this article, it should be submitted to Featured article review. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:34, 20 December 2021 (UTC)