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Title

Is there any sentiment to reconsidering the title of the article, perhaps to Oppenheimer security clearance hearing? Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 16:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since there is no opposition since I posted this three weeks ago, it does not appear to be controversial and I will change it. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 16:18, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Figureofnine What was the old title? Alexysun (talk) 07:06, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppenheimer security hearing Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 12:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vote 2-1 or 4-1?

This article says "As a result of the two-to-one decision of the hearing's three judges,"

The Oppenheimer page says "Henry D. Smyth, who in 1954 had been the lone dissenter from the AEC's 4–1 decision to define Oppenheimer as a security risk."

I'm weak on the history so am unaware if those are two different votes in the same proceeding or even two different proceedings. If not, there's the discrepancy; if so, perhaps some clarifying cleanup would be useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C56:6600:C516:642C:761C:C582:5D88 (talk) 00:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two different proceedings. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:32, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and I will attempt to expand upon your response, though I would have preferred to hear it from someone more informed than myself. I now gather that the Personnel Security Board voted 2-1 and (in appeal?) the AEC Board upheld it at 4-1. The entirety of the "Decision" section seems to cover this. My cleanup suggestion would be to explicitly name "Personnel Security Board" from the start, so the readers' focus would be on that committee or subcommittee or what have you, so they would not make the mistake that I did in associating the 2-1 vote with the AEC Board per se. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C56:6600:C516:642C:761C:C582:5D88 (talk) 09:46, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

("Two-to-one" appears very early. Much further down is the first use of "Personnel") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C56:6600:C516:642C:761C:C582:5D88 (talk) 09:49, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]