Talk:Honorary degree

honor/honour

Thank God somebody added that "honor/honour" spelling footnote. All those Britishers who kept changing the article can now sleep well that their fellow UK residents won't be hoplessly confused trying to translate the American English "honorary" to the British English "honourary." Whew! What a relief! How mind-boggling confusing it must have been for so many who cannot cope with trying to struggle with the meaning of a word without that extra "u."Amherst5282 02:35, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Yuppy

You seem confused. The purpose of the footnote is two fold. First it explains that the spelling honorary is predominant. There are surely a fair number of Commonwealth English users who may simply think the u is necessary and it should be spelled honourary when in fact this is not the case. Also, it explains there is a difference in the spelling of the word honour. Wikipedia is intended to be an encylopedia usable by all English speakers. It is likely there will be some second language speakers who are not aware of the difference and so may get confused and think the word is mispelled (if they are used to Commonwealth spelling) or they will simply not be aware there is a spelling difference (if the are used to the US spelling). Indeed, many first language US-Americans speakers are not aware there is a difference in the spelling and so without the footnote would likely continue to not be aware. Nil Einne 16:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

May it also be added that people from the UK are not called "Britishers" but are British or Brits and that (althought I will not get involved in an edit war), using the American Spelling which is a dialect of British English is appalling. It's widely accepted the OED plays the same role as the Academie Francais and other language regulatory authorities and one would hope Wikipedia would revert American spellings to British ones. It is, after all, the language of the British Isles. 89.213.1.85 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 00:48, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Removing this note as it does not seem necessary to get into the pragmatics of English spelling variation in an unrelated article. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 19:22, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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John M Long

My addition of John Long was deleted. I'm not sure why. Mfulton05 (talk) 21:18, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

@Mfulton05: Generally, when we list people who fit a particular category, we only include people who already are the subject of a Wikipedia article. If John Long is notable enough to be included in this list, he should be notable enough to write an article about, so write that article first. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 00:22, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks for the explanation! I'll work on the article. Mfulton05 (talk) 01:26, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Record for most honorary degrees

The page says that Rev. Hesburgh held the record for the most degrees (150). Which record? Guinness World Book? Daisaku Ikeda appears to have well over 300. Sunkeita (talk) 08:07, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it is my understanding that Soka Gakkai President Daisaku Ikeda, who died on November 15, 2023, was granted over 300 honorary degrees in his lifetime. Does anyone else have more? 67.68.3.96 (talk) 18:59, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

References

Peter Medawar quote

A doctorate honoris causa 'is something your friends do for you'.

Peter Medawar in his Memoirs of a Thinking Radish: An Autobiography (pg 72, chapter "Early Research").

Single quotation marks in the original - I'm not sure if he's quoting someone else or what.

- 2804:14D:5C59:8693:6947:27AD:9772:F4DC (talk) 21:44, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Daisaku Ikeda info not in cite provided.

Moving this Talk for now -

Daisaku Ikeda holds the record for most honorary degrees, currently awarded 401.

Info not in cite provided. We should find a better cite before re-adding this to the article.

- 189.122.243.241 (talk) 02:23, 12 March 2023 (UTC) 189.122.243.241 (talk) 02:23, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

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