Talk:Jordan Peterson
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Jordan B. Peterson taught briefly at Point Loma Nazarene under the name Dr. Peterson, where he lectured Psychology 101 a few times per week to a small class of Freshman (less than 40 students). This was in the Spring of 2012. Msiebert2 (talk) 10:40, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. – NJD-DE (talk) 11:38, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
Themes in books
@Officialsimontownsend your claim regarding the themes of Peterson's book is WP:OR. Please provide a reliable source for this rather than reverting back to a contested version with no justification. Simonm223 (talk) 14:22, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
- I have no problem revising any of it, which part specifically is problematic? all of it is in the book itself. if you want to then rewrite that whole section, I don't care. Officialsimontownsend (talk) 16:14, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
- I just know this: he released the book forever ago and no one updated the wiki - so I did. fix it if it's wrong, I just wanted the ball rolling. I am not some expert Wikipedia editor. Officialsimontownsend (talk) 16:20, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
- That's fine. Nobody is asking for perfection. But when I removed the material originally I left an edit summary asking for sources. You then went back and put back your edit without sources. The solution is simple: either remove that information or add the sources. The truth is that the slow rollout of information about the book on WP is largely because it had a very soft launch with only a small number of quite tepid reviews. The book was too atheist for the christians and too christian for everyone else. Simonm223 (talk) 16:33, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
- Alright, I'll remove it then, haven't seen any reviews, don't know what to reference. anyway, I am still happy you told me and for entertaining my thoughts, many thanks 🙏 Officialsimontownsend (talk) 16:58, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
- That's fine. Nobody is asking for perfection. But when I removed the material originally I left an edit summary asking for sources. You then went back and put back your edit without sources. The solution is simple: either remove that information or add the sources. The truth is that the slow rollout of information about the book on WP is largely because it had a very soft launch with only a small number of quite tepid reviews. The book was too atheist for the christians and too christian for everyone else. Simonm223 (talk) 16:33, 22 May 2026 (UTC)