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::'''Comment.'''I should also add in connection with this, that while PhDs are issued by universities, there are cases where the recipient technically does their thesis work outside the university - and in connection with somebody who also isn't from the university (this set up is pretty common in Australia - and I'm assuming occurs elsewhere). How would the box reflect such a situation? Alma mater implies attendance, which may not be the case.--[[User:Petaholmes|Peta]] 02:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
:::'''Response.''' It's not a problem really. For example, Einstein's Alma Mater was ETH, but his doctoral advisor was at Univ. Zurich. So "ETH" goes in the Alma Mater field and "[[Alfred Kleiner]]" goes in the Advisor field. No problemo. This is another good reason to separate those two fields and not merge them. The Alma Mater is always the issuing university...if the person did not actually attend and did the work externally then this will be explained in the full article. [[User:Bunzil|bunix]] 09:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
:::'''Comment.'''It is also a problem of terminology, most cultures don't use the term.--[[User:Petaholmes|Peta]] 11:41, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
:::'''Response.''' Cultures? This is the English language wiki site! "Alma mater" is well understood by ozzies, yanks, and pommies....there is no other equivalent term as far as I know. So I'm afraid we are stuck with "Alma Mater."[[User:Bunzil|bunix]] 14:49, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
*'''Neutral'''. Less important than PhD supervisor, and fairly unspecific. It would be better to name the research group or similar affiliation (e.g. "Nuclear physics lab at Berkeley", "Vienna Circle", "Miller research group", "Bay Area Biosystematists", etc.) - [[User:Samsara|{{{2|Samsara}}}]] ([[User talk:Samsara|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Samsara|contribs]]) 07:53, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
::'''Response.''' Not really. Alma Mater is very specific. Research group is too fine-grained and won't have a wiki link. [[User:Bunzil|bunix]] 09:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
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