Talk:THIMUN

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THIMUN will always hold a special place in the hearts of many a teen who has walked through the halls of diplomacy, danced through the floors of hormone-crazed adolescents and fared the freezing winds of Holland while waiting for that tram which always seems to be late.

This is just an example of this article's tone. It reads like a diary entry of someone who's been there. This is not the tone we're looking for.—♦♦ SʘʘTHING^(Я) 12:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

==The culture of THIMUN==

THIMUN has, since its inception, been known for the nature and sheer amount of partying that occurs before, during and after the conference. The ultra-liberal environment of The Hague provides an excellent location to host what might one day be considered to be the greatest invention of man to date. Notorious for the promiscuous nature of activities partaken in by the adolescents and renowned as the most prestigious of the international Model United Nations conferences, THIMUN will always hold a special place in the hearts of many a teen who has walked through the halls of diplomacy, danced through the floors of hormone-crazed adolescents and fared the freezing winds of Holland while waiting for that tram which always seems to be late.

But it is to be hoped that MUN is more than just one big party. Perhaps some of the 3700 kids participating are showing one of the smallest, yet most important, traits a human being can show: that they care; about poverty, about war, about genocide, about famine, about disease, about development, about the environment, about humanity and about the world of tomorrow. After the young people of today are, quite literally, our future. Maybe, just maybe, MUN shows that they care about something other than where their next beer, date or wild night out is coming from; that they care about the world; quite simply, that they care about other people.

I deleted the above information from the page. It's not really just a question of tone but also of nature of the content. Musing about whether THIMUN is one big party or not and reflecting on our young goes into a diary, not an encyclopedia.

THIMUN has, since its inception, been known for the nature and sheer amount of partying that occurs before, during and after the conference. The ultra-liberal environment of The Hague provides an excellent location to host what might one day be considered to be the greatest invention of man to date. is the only part that fits in an encyclopedia, but it has to be

• Significantly reworded to make its tone more suitable,
• Sourced, and
• Described in more detail (what constitutes partying?)

and I thought it would be more appropriate to remove it until someone can do the above. (On a side note, I must concede that the writing that I removed has pretty good style, and I would appreciate it in a blog of a friend's.) —Goh wz 16:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)