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Kelsey, Darren (2020). "Archetypal Populism: The 'Intellectual Dark Web' and the 'Peterson Paradox'". In Kranert, Michael (ed.). Discursive Approaches to Populism Across Disciplines: The Return of Populists and the People. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 171–198. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-55038-7_7. ISBN 978-3-030-55038-7. Full text (PDF) via the Wikipedia Library (registration required)

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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)Reply

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Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. – NJD-DE (talk) 11:38, 1 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Themes in books

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@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)Reply

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)Reply

The problem is that you detailing specific themes, cited just to the book, is WP:OR. What I want is for you to add a secondary source citation that actually supports these themes are in the book. Simonm223 (talk) 16:17, 22 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply

Too many direct quotes

Latest comment: 22 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

In many sections Peterson's direct words are used instead of paraphrasing, I understand this is done to maintain neutrality however it breaks the flow of the article. Is there a better way to achieve both goals? NotPixel (talk) 09:47, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Can you give an example of a section you believe to be too dependent upon direct quotation? Simonm223 (talk) 11:01, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

↑ Source: Melissa Siebert, student of Jordan B. Peterson

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