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[edit] Celestial navigation
I've put back "celestial" navigation skills to differentiate this method from the "radio" navigation they planned on using once they were in the vicinity of Howland. Noonan was an expert in "celestial", and apparently did get them to within miles of Howland, however it was the failure of the "radio navigation" element that thwarted their final approach.
[edit] Importance to aviation
Noonan's importance in the aviation industry is as the navigator who mapped several commercial routes throughout the Pacific for Pan Am during the 1930s. His apparent demise as Amelia Earhart's navigator is noteworthy but not central to his contribution to aviation, and in my opinion it would be misleading to mention his famous association with her in the first line of the article. Wyss 03:33, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Birth certificate
According to TIGHAR's website, the Noonan born in Illinois was Fred C. Noonan. They believe that Fred J. Noonan was born in Norwich, England. If this is true, and it turns out that Noonan perished on Gardner Island, then this would be ironic, because the name of the ship that was wrecked there was the SS Norwich.
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- In around 1998 a TIGHAR researcher/member did find a birth certificate for a Frederick Joseph Noonan born July 14, 1891 in Norwich, England. It's also true that there's a birth certificate in existence for a Fred C. Noonan born in Warren Co., Illinois in 1899 (almost certainly not the navigator, for a few reasons). The commonly accepted date and place of birth for the Pan Am navigator Frederick Joseph Noonan, is still April 4, 1893 in Cook County, Illinois, but there's no US birth certificate. I'll look into this a bit more. Re the Norwich City, yes, it could be ironic. I've also long had a "funny" feeling that if Noonan landed on Gardner, he may very well have been aware of the Norwich City's earlier fate and had likely even seen her in service when he was serving on merchant ships. Wyss 23:29, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- There's strong evidence Noonan stated in a voter registration application in Louisiana (1930) that he was born April 4, 1893 in Cook County, Illinois. This also fits more reliably with his maritime records in the US national archives. Wyss 00:08, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
A baptismal entry confirms that he was born Frederick Joseph Noonan in Chicago april 4 1893.(Jackie Ferrari 22:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC))
Another irony is that the Frederick C(rescent) Noonan mentioned above actually sailed on the same ship as Fred Noonan (the IRIONA).(Jackie Ferrari 22:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC))
I have put Fred Noonan's genealogy onto the Noonan Family website. (Jackie Ferrari 22:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Non-nickname "JoJo"
I have never come across Noonan as being referred to as JoJo. I wonder if the author might clarify this by providing a reference? (Jackie Ferrari 19:11, 10 December 2006 (UTC))
- I've also read reams of material about FN, have never seen this nickname and was startled to notice it here. Moreover, I can't find even a shred of support for this and have removed it pending a reliable citation. Gwen Gale 03:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Anyway it seems to have been added by an anon IP which has been warned in the past about vandalism and is responsible for serial additions to pop culture articles, many of which seem more than dubious to me. Too bad this wasn't spotted earlier, the dodgy nickname's already been cloned onto dozens of scrapper sites across the web. Gwen Gale 03:55, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spelling nitpick
The boson is a subatomic particle. The term 'bosun' is not included in most dictionaries as it is considered slang. The properly spelled rating is "Boatswain's Mate." 67.128.188.29Don Granberry.
- Webster's 1913 edition defines boson as a boatswain with no hint of any deprecation. However a couple of modern dictionaries I looked at don't list this contraction of boatswain as boson, but as bosun and there's already a redirect of Bosun's mate to Boatswain so I've changed the article text to follow these leads. I must also say that in my experience the term bosun's mate is heard far more often than boatswain's mate but nonetheless your comment has helped point out a definite spelling issue in the article, deriving I believe, from the original source which does use the apparently archaic spelling boson's mate. Gwen Gale 05:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] cite requests
I'm not aware of any content disputes concerning this article, so I removed the cite requests because their presence could imply a wider dispute, for which there is no evidence, or a certain PoV, which is so far unasserted here much less supported here. If an editor wishes to add some completed citations, wonderful! Moreover, if an editor would like to dispute any contents in the article, I suggest discussing it here on the talk page, or editing content directly into the article narrative with supporting citations from reliable secondary citations. Gwen Gale 21:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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Gwen, those [citation needed] notes are there to identify reference sources- this is a typical marker. Put them back and I will start to edit the page accordingly. Check any other page and you will see the same markers- there were no reference sources given in this original article and for it to be considered a fully-researched work, there has to be citations given. Besides in your haste, you have also removed all editing including grammar, spelling and other edits. You have also removed the reference sections. IMHO, this is excessive reverting not editing. Bzuk 21:26 4 February 2007 (UTC).
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- I disagree. If you want to add some citations, please do so. If you were concerned about losing legitimate additions you shouldn't have flooded the article with empty format markers. Gwen Gale 21:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Erm, did you think I don't know what a {{fact}} marker is? Gwen Gale 21:40, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Not what I was saying, I indicated the use of the {{fact}} marker is typical and if you look at a page I am currently editing- the Convair B-36, you will see that the use of this citation request is not "flooding" the article, it merely indicates where the article should identify its sources. Its use does not indicated a challenge or errors in writing, merely a request to back up the information with credible sources. :}
- Erm, did you think I don't know what a {{fact}} marker is? Gwen Gale 21:40, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Bzuk 22:01 4 February 2007 (UTC).
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- Thanks for the lecture. You're mistaken. Please add completed citations if you like, it would be very helpful. Gwen Gale 22:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
I would agree with Bzuk. The citation marker is not an indication of disagreement - it simply notes an unsupported statement. They encourage people who visit the page to contribute citations. This is especially important for a bio page where allegation such as 'heavy drinking', etc. are made - see WP:BLP. I think they should go back in. Ronnotel 22:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] First Pan Am Clipper
In the references I have checked, the first Pan Am Clipper (Sikorsky S40 American Clipper) flew in October 1931 not March 1935 with Charles Lindbergh aboard, and no mention of Fred Noonan. Anyone shed light on this discrepency? Is it just a date mixup or have I missed Noonan on an earlier flight? The article states that he flew in San Francisco in 1935 which would make this a Sikorsky S42 (NC-824M) that was often grouped with the other "Clipper" fleet but was actually unnamed. Bzuk 1:01 5 February 2007 (UTC).
- No, it's not a discrepency. The Lindbergh flight was almost entirely overland (via Alaska) for survey purposes and because of diplomatic troubles Tripp was unable to pursue far eastern routes for another 3 years or so and by then they were preparing for flights across the Pacific. Noonan was on the first Pan Am flight from San Francisco Bay to Honolulu. Gwen Gale 04:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Some questions
1. Is the licensed sea captain known for carrying a ship's sextant on flights, Noonan? 2. Why did he resign from Pan Am? I cannot find a reference for a date of leaving or any indication of why he left Pan Am. Could he have left specifically to join the Earhart World Flight? 3. Was he really a drinker? Only Goerner mentions this and only in the context of an automobile accident report where it is noted that one of the occupants of Noonan's car was drinking. Some of the film features about Earhart notably the Diane Keaton vehicle play up Noonan's drinking problem. Bzuk 04:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
- Fred Noonan, sea captain, was known (among his colleagues) for carrying a maritime sextant on his flights.
- In 1937 he divorced his wife, left Pan Am, remarried and expressed a desire to form a navigating school. There is no evidence he left Pan Am specifically to participate in the world flight. Whilst there are no known surviving employment records from Pan Am relating to Fred, I believe there are some letters.
- There is no evidence Fred had any drinking problem which interferred with his work as a navigator. He did drink though, which was common back then. Goerner heard a rumour and repeated it as fact, which filtered into popular culture. The Keaton film has lots of inaccuracies and myths, that's one of them. It's like the reversed public perception Earhart didn't smoke... she did, like lots of Americans born around the turn of the century. Gwen Gale 15:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Presumed dead
It seems like it is standard biographical terminology to indicate whether someone who has been missing is presumed dead or not. Is this controversial? If so, why? Ronnotel 21:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- Any legal declaration as to his fate happened long after 2 July 1937 (I've forgotten when he was declared dead but it was a few years later). Putting "presumed dead" with that date would be misleading, first because that may not have been the language used, second because a reader could misinterpret the meaning of the phrase mixed with the date. He went missing 2 7 1937, that's clear and fully supported. Finally, "presumed" could allow some readers to infer a doubt. Let there be none, Fred's dead. Cite the death certificate if you like though, that's ok with me. Gwen Gale 23:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I have no doubt that Fred is dead, but listing his status as 'missing' is clearly inappropriate. According to reports in the local papers (SF Chron, Oakland Tribune), Mary Bea had Fred declared dead by the Oakland Superior Court on 20 June 1938 so she could get remarried. I'll include that date to make it clear. Ronnotel 23:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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- That's cool... missing 2 July 1937, declared dead 20 June 1938 ... all supported (the 1938 date sounds familiar). Gwen Gale 23:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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- There's no need to include date of last sighting in the birth/death part. It's included in later text. Ronnotel 23:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Why are you trying to remove supported information from the header of this article? Do you dispute that Noonan went missing on 2 July 1937? Gwen Gale 23:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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Not at all. I'm just following the format specified in WP:Date section 1.9. The date he went missing is still included in the lead, where it belongs. Ronnotel 23:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm - you've added a factual dispute, I don't think any facts are in dispute, are they? Ronnotel 23:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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- You seem to be disputing the missing date of 2 July 1937. Do you dispute it or not? Gwen Gale 00:06, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Gwen, for the third time, I do not dispute it (although to be fair there doesn't seem to be any documentation for it). I simply dispute whether we should violate clearly articulated WP policy as to where the information should go. It belongs in the lead paragraph - but not as part of the birth/death dates. Can you please acknowledge that we should follow WP:Date for this information? Ronnotel 00:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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WP:Date says nothing about "missing" dates. Fred Noonan's disappearance on 2 July 1937 is widely documented. The date of his death is unknown. Although he likely died in 1937, likely sometime in July, we do not know when he died. He was declared dead in June 1938. There is no lack of precision or clarity in listing both dates in his b-d bracket. There is no need to provide readers with an ambiguous "circa" date when the available documentation supports only the date he went missing and the date he was declared dead. Gwen Gale 00:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Policies exist for a reason. The reason missing is not included at WP:Date is because it's use is unencyclopedic when citing the birth and death dates in a biography. It is a fact that we don't know with certainty when Fred died, hence, circa is entirely appropriate. To be honest, I think you're being somewhat insensitive about this. Ronnotel 00:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Instead of trying to psychoanalyze me, which is a violation of WP policy and OT, please provide a citation from WP or anywhere else to support your assertion that "missing... is unencyclopedic when citing the birth and death dates in a biography." Thank you. Gwen Gale 00:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Please please provide a specific citation, which is to say a string of text, from WP:Date or any other WP policy page to support your assertion that I have violated WP:Date.
- Please be aware that this article has listed the missing date in the b-d bracket for a very long time with no dispute from any editor. This is strong evidence that it's not controversial, misleading, confusing, unhelpful, or ambiguous. Gwen Gale 00:48, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- WP:Date shows the acceptable forms for b/d listing. If this article were to be submitted for consideration for WP:Good, it would certainly be required that b/d be listed in the correct format to pass. There are a lot of things in a lot of WP articles that have been incorrect for a long time. Doesn't mean they shouldn't be fixed. Ronnotel 00:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- And btw, do we really need a fact dispute tag? I think we simply discussing where information should go, not what the information is. Ronnotel 01:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Yes, we need a fact dispute tag. You have removed his missing date from the article and inserted an ambiguous death date when no date of actual death is available in the documented record.
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- All you have provided are assertions. You have not provided the support I requested.
- You have not provided a specific citation, which is to say a string of text, from WP:Date or any other WP policy page to support your assertion that I have violated WP:Date.
- You have not provided a citation from WP or anywhere else to support your assertion that "missing... is unencyclopedic when citing the birth and death dates in a biography."
Please provide these requested citations to support your assertions, thanks. Gwen Gale 01:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Your reasoning is absurd. By your logic, why stop at missing, let's include his wedding dates, prom nights and first communion as well in the b/d section. The policy is clear. If you disagree with WP:Date, I suggest you change it there first. Ronnotel 02:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
You assert you're supported by WP policy, but you have not responded to my request for specific citations from it, including WP:Date.
Instead, you have responded with distracting and disruptive non-sequiter ridicule and sarcasm. However, on the assumption of good faith, if I'm mistaken and what I've taken as ridicule and sarcasm are truly your sincere assertions,
- Please provide a diff showing where I made any statement asserting anything other than the inclusion of FN's missing and declared death dates into Noonan's b-d bracket.
- Please provide a diff showing where I have made a request to include wedding, prom night or first communion dates into Noonan's b-d bracket.
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- Please provide a specific citation, which is to say a string of text, from WP:Date or any other WP policy page to support your assertion that I have violated WP:Date.
- Please provide a specific citation from WP or anywhere else to support your assertion that "missing... is unencyclopedic when citing the birth and death dates in a biography."
Thanks. Gwen Gale 03:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Gwen, we seem to be stuck in a rut. The policy is clear, it's not for me to explain it. All bio pages I can find ranked WP:Good or WP:FA use the format laid out there. If you dispute the policy, please change it there. Otherwise, let please follow it. Ronnotel 03:18, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
And no, for the fifth time, I have not removed 2 July 1937. It's included in the lead paragraph. There is no factual dispute. Ronnotel 03:21, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Please support your previous assertions and provide the four citations I've requested above. Thanks again. Gwen Gale 03:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
The policy is clear and needs no further explanation. Ronnotel 03:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- You haven't cited any policy at all. None. Please supply the four citations I've requested above. Gwen Gale 03:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
WP:Date section 1.9 shows the allowed formats for b/d dates. Ronnotel 03:44, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Section 1.9 says nothing about how to deal with missing persons (who went missing on widely documented, specific dates) who were later declared dead on a specific date. Moreover, the introduction says, "The guidelines here are just that: guidelines are not inflexible rules;"
It doesn't support your assertion that I have violated WP:Date. It doesn't support your assertion that "missing... is unencyclopedic when citing the birth and death dates in a biography."
Moreover, you still haven't provided the 2 following diffs/cites:
- A diff showing where I made any statement asserting anything other than the inclusion of FN's missing and declared death dates into Noonan's b-d bracket.
- A diff showing where I have made a request to include wedding, prom night or first communion dates into Noonan's b-d bracket.
I'd like to resolve these points before we move on to your subsequent assertions about the contents of other WP articles. Thanks, as ever. Gwen Gale 03:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
If you feel WP:Date is incorrect, let's please change it there first. Otherwise, I suggest we follow it. Ronnotel 04:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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- WP:Date offers nothing to follow but first, I'd like to clear up the remarks you made about my edits being a violation of WP:Date, that my edits were "unencyclopedic," that I thought one could/should include Fred's prom date or whatever in his b-d bracket and so on. You made these assertions, please support them or take them back. Then I'd like to talk about your subsequent assertions. Steadfast thanks, Gwen Gale 04:17, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
WP:Date is clear. If you believe it should be changed to accomodate Fred and Amelia's situation, by all means go ahead. I never accused you wanting to include Fred's wedding date, etc. That was hyperbole meant to demonstrate the fallacy of your logic. You are apparently asking me to cite some statement in WP:Date explicitly denying the inclusion of the word missing. However, because of the vast number of possible items that could be included in a birth/death section, it is impractical to enumerate such a list of negative examples. Rather, the policy must be read as a list of positive examples. I.e. it shows what is allowed, rather than attempting to list what is not allowed. By unencyclopedic, I mean that since WP policies are used to determine what is encyclopedic, that which does not conform to these policies is, by definition, unencyclopedic. For instance, note that is specifically recommends against include the place of birth or death and instead, moving that to the text. Ronnotel 04:29, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
In contrast, you have repeatedly accused me of wanting to remove the date he went missing. Will you please either support or retract that statement? Ronnotel 04:44, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Gwen, I have posted a question at WP:Date (Talk) requesting clarification of your point regarding Fred and Amelia's situation. Please review to make sure I have presented the issue fairly. Ronnotel 15:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
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- You continue making assertions (along with rather serious accusations about my behaviour as an editor) without supporting them through citations or diffs. Accordingly, I respectfully decline your invitation to engage in a dispute. Gwen Gale 12:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there still a factual dispute? If so, let's please resolve it so we can remove the tag. To the best of my ability, I believe that your concern is that I have removed documented information, see [1] [2] [3]. However, the lead paragraph includes the text "Last seen on 2 July 1937,. . ." I contend that no documented information was removed, that it is still prominently displayed, and that there is no basis for a factual dispute tag. Do you agree? Ronnotel 13:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- The information now in the b-d bracket is unsupported by the available documentation. Gwen Gale 14:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
That's hardly surprising given that his death was never documented. Ronnotel 14:55, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Like your many assertions. Gwen Gale 15:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
There is no factual dispute. It is inappropriate to leave the dispute tag in place. Ronnotel 15:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Your interpretation of the tag is mistaken and unsupported. Gwen Gale 15:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I can accept that c.1937 is unsupported. I suppose it's in the realm of possibility, however unlikely, that he really was taken prisoner and held by the Japanese, etc. Heck, for all we know maybe he even ended up in the Delta quadrant. WP:Date suggests an alternate use of "date of death unknown". Would that be acceptable? Ronnotel 15:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- There is zero evidence FN was "kidnapped" by the Japanese. Please stop misrepresenting my edits, thanks.
Missing is inappropriate because it leaves open the possibility that he is alive. It is unencyclopedic and insensitive to family members seeking closure. Ronnotel 15:46, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Your interpretation that Noonan could possibly be construed to be alive is mistaken and unsupported.
- Please provide a citation supporting your assertion that using the term "missing" in a b-d bracket is unencyclopedic.
- Please provide a citation supporting your assertion that providing "closure" to family members is a function of Wikipedia, or that providing "closure" to family members is encyclopedic. Gwen Gale 15:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I believe you have it backwards. WP:Date clearly shows the acceptable formats. You're the one who needs to cite an example supporting the usage you propose. Ronnotel 15:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- You have not supported your many assertions with citations, despite my repeated requests that you do so. Meanwhile I don't have it backwards: You're making the assertions here, please support them. Gwen Gale 16:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
My only assertion is that we follow WP:Date. Ronnotel 16:29, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- You've made many other assertions aside from that. Please support them as I've requested. Moreover, WP:Date does not support your use of the b-d bracket, nor does it support your removal of documented information from the article. Please restore the deleted information, thank you. Gwen Gale 16:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
You are the one proposing a usage that is not described by WP:Date hence the burden to support this usage is on you. The information you claim I have removed from the article has simply been moved to its logical place - still prominently displayed. I can see we are unlikely to resolve this between us. I cannot accept the term 'missing' for reasons I have explained. You seem unwilling, so far, to accept anything else. I'm sure we're both busy people - is there some way we can cut this short? I'm all ears. Ronnotel 16:42, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to get beyond accusations. Would you be willing to seek input from others to help us resolve this? Ronnotel 16:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I haven't accused you of anything. I'm asking for citations. For example, you asserted that your use of the b-d bracket would provide "closure" to Noonan family members. I asked you for a citation supporting the notion that the function of Wikipedia includes providing "closure" to family members of subjects of its biographical articles, or that doing so would be encyclopedic. You have not provided a citation, as requested. There are many other examples. You have, however, responded to my repeated requests for citations with what you have described as "hyperbole." If you think input from others about your behaviour would be helpful, I don't mind but all I need are the requested citations. Gwen Gale 17:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
So we're agreed that seeking input from a third party might be helpful? If so, I propose that we open a case at the mediation cabal, which is the most informal venue. Please feel free to start a case, or, if you prefer, I will do so. Ronnotel 17:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Please provide the citations I've requested. If you want to edit stuff on WP project pages instead, no input from me is needed. Gwen Gale 17:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough. I'm going to request that the basis for the dispute tag be reviewed by another party. Ronnotel 17:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Whatever. All I want are citations supporting your many assertions. Gwen Gale 17:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
All I want is the dispute tag removed. Ronnotel 17:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
btw, here is the case Ronnotel 18:01, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ok. If all you want is the dispute tag removed, I'll restore the header, which many editors have agreed upon and remove the dispute tag. Gwen Gale 18:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
There's no need to intentionally misinterpret my words. As I said, I cannot accept 'missing' for stated reasons. Let's please wait for results of mediation rather than get into edit warring. Ronnotel 18:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
No, I didn't intentionally misinterpret your words. After giving you several days to support your assertions and receiving no citations in response, I edited accordingly when you at last said all you wanted was the removal of the dispute tag. If you didn't mean it, you shouldn't have said it. What do you want? Gwen Gale 18:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I haven't responsed to your requests for citations because they are spurious. It is not my place to explain WP:Date. The policy is clear. If you disagree, you are welcome to have it changed. Ronnotel 18:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Asserting that your version of the b-d bracket would give the Noonan family "closure" isn't spurious? If my requests for citations seem spurious to you, it is because the assertions I'm asking you to support may be spurious. Gwen Gale 18:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
You are the one proposing to use a format not allowed by WP:Date. You are the one who needs to provide support, not me. And, btw, are you aware that you appear to be mocking my concern for a deceased relative? Ronnotel 19:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- You're mistaken. WP:Date doesn't specify how to deal with this and in no way prohibits the b-d bracket which has previously been accepted by many editors. Please stop misrepresenting the contents of WP:Date.
- Please provide a diff where I have mocked you or anyone else.
- If you are a relative of Fred Noonan, please be aware that kin of someone who is the topic of a biographical article on Wikipedia carry no more weight here than any other editor. Edits must still be supported by a citation from a reliable secondary source and be within WP policy. Gwen Gale 19:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
You're mistaken about WP:Date. You are using a format that is not described, hence you are responsible to explain why that format is necessary and providing citations to other uses.
I'm not claiming any extra weight due to my family connection to FN. However, you made light of my concern about the description of FN's demise - calling it 'spurious'. I can assure you it is anything but. Ronnotel 19:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- I did not make light of anything. You said my requests for citations were spurious (you were the first to use that word). I replied by saying perhaps that was because your assertions were spurious. Meanwhile, you've made it clear your interest in FN is not encyclopedic, so for me, this discussion is settled. Gwen Gale 19:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
You said "Asserting that your version of the b-d bracket would give the Noonan family 'closure' isn't spurious?". Yes, by any reasonable interpretation, that is making light of my legitimate concern that FN's demise be described accurately. Now you seem to be suggesting that because of my family ties, somehow my edits are WP:PoV? Nice, very classy. And, btw, it's hard to believe that you didn't already know of my connection, given that I told you about it here. Ronnotel 19:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- I forgot it was you, but it wouldn't have changed much. I respect your personal opinions and feelings, but they aren't acceptable support for article content. As I said, since by your own account, your interest in this topic isn't encyclopedic, I consider this discussion closed. Meanwhile, please know I hold Fred in high regard and believe he made important early contributions to civil aviation. Happily, I can support my opinion with citations from reliable secondary sources. Gwen Gale 19:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Article content and WP:PoV are not the issues. Formatting and compliance with WP policy is the issue. Please provide evidence to support the b/d format you have used. Ronnotel 20:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Your assertions are unsupported. If you have further questions about Wikipedia policy and how it relates to this article's content, please take time to re-read our above discussion. If you have questions of a more general nature, please refer to Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view and Wikipedia:Verifiability. Gwen Gale 20:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Please provide evidence to support the b/d format you have used. Ronnotel 20:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- It's over. Gwen Gale 20:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Please provide evidence to support the b/d format you have used. Ronnotel 20:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Info box
Added an info box as per bio template. Also, I changed the picture for the following reasons:
- existing picture was poorly exposed.
- he was partially obstructed by A. Earhart
- Noonan's face was in shadow and difficult to discern
- another picture of Fred and Amelia is already included lower in the article.
- new picture is of much better quality and doesn't detract from article as the existing picture does.
I have provided fair use citation for this picture. Ronnotel 05:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Compromise
Thanks. That's fine.
On a minor note, WP:Date includes the text "Locations should be included in the biography portion of the body article." I don't care much one way or the other, but I think it reads more cleanly with it in the paragraph rather than b/d. Up to you. Ronnotel 21:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Truth be told I was thinking the same thing, I'm gonna fix it now. Gwen Gale 21:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
