User talk:Tim Pierce/Archive/2005

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Susvolans ⇔ 17:01, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Errors

Thanks for correcting my spelling errors and typos on White Mountain Art. Is there a spell checker in order to avoid this in the future? JJ 14:30, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Your Edits

I'd like to discuss your edits concerning the Willey tradgedy. I'm new to wikipedia, so please bear with me.

Is there a standard format for dates? I find 28 August 1826 unusual. I see that it allows for two links, but are they necessary? I don't like abbreviations, since I don't feed they're necessary. How about "the notch between Mounts Willey and Webster?" Your edits do not make it clear that the Willey family had both parents and five children at the home at the time of the mudslide. Did you leave out the Bible because it can't be verified? Did you leave out the "buried under ..." because it's too graphic? I also suggest using an 'mdash' in the sentence containing "... allure — tradegy and nature — was ..."

I don't want to edit your edits until we have had a discussion. Is this the place for the discussion, or is it better on the White Mountain Art discussion page?

Thanks for your patience.

I just noticed that you are a software engineer, as I was for many years. I am now retired, but we could probably compare notes about the past.

JJ 14:44, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• People often seem to discuss article changes both on the User Talk pages and on the individual article Talk pages .... I prefer discussing matters about a particular article on its Talk page for the benefit of anyone who comes along later, so I'll answer your questions there. :-) Tim Pierce 17:57, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

JDL

Your version looks just fine; protection has been removed; go ahead. DS 14:18, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• I need to read this more closely, but it looks at first glance like you really cleaned this up. Although I would have preferred that the Doran testimony be ditched completely, you do present it fairly. Thanks for your work. -- JJay 19:20, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Same-sex sources

Here are some unsourced statements:

• When it does, an estimated 155 million people worldwide, or approximately 2.5% of the world's total population, will live in places where same-sex marriage exists.
• In China, especially in the southern province of Fujian where male love was especially cultivated, men would marry youths in elaborate ceremonies.
• In ancient Rome, the Emperor Nero is reported to have married, at different times, two other men in wedding ceremonies.
• Reform Judaism, the largest branch of Judaism outside Israel, allows religious weddings for same-sex couples within their synagogues, provided they are both adherents of the Jewish faith.
• In Alaska in 1998, a preliminary court ruling required state attorneys to demonstrate a compelling state interest for banning same-sex marriages
• Some writers have advanced the idea that the term "marriage" should be restricted to a religious context and that state and federal governments should not be involved in a religious rite.
• Some other people object to same-sex marriage on the grounds that the purpose of marriage is a procreative partnership and that the same-sex partnership is inherently sterile.
• Some opponents also claim that allowing same-sex marriage will blur other common law precedents and lead to the legalization of various other perceived undesirable marriages

In addition, if the references used a standard reference system, the article would be much closer to featured level. – Quadell ^(talk) (bounties) 07:04, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rememberance at Habbaniya IRAQ

I closed this AfD discussion as no consensus, but User:MONGO and User:Squiddy provided some places you might feel like merging the article to. Regards, howcheng {chat} 19:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)