Talk:Bridal shower

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[edit] External links

I'd like to see the ebridalshower.com link deleted because, regardless of who puts it up, it still fails the external link guidelines. It's a commercial site, not a particularly reliable source, very POV. It also doesn't really add anything to the article. --SiobhanHansa 21:25, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Since no one has responded defending the link I'm going to remove it again. If you'd like to see it back, please post how it adds encylopedic value to the article. Thanks -Siobhan Hansa 16:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. The site ebridalshower.com expands in detail the main purpose and function of a bridal shower. The site offers free information written by a reputable Bridal Shower consultant and does not sell any products. Therefore, the only “commercial” occurrence is the top-level domain name. - MelanieD 29 September 2006

How do you know the author is a reputable consultant? And how can a bridal shower consultant be expected to provide NPOV information, especially in a non-reviewed context like a self published website? Although the site does not sell goods, it is a commercial site. This in itself is not a good reason for getting rid of the link if it provides encyclopedic information. But since it's not a reliable, or even authoritative, source, I don't see how it does that. Finally I notice that the site's author and presumably the recipient of the revenue from those google ads is Melanie Doetsch. That wouldn't happen to be you would it, MelanieD? --Siobhan Hansa

[edit] Bridal, or wedding shower?

married now and need to throw one of these, i'm trying to find the correct definition, so what do you think? Are they the same thing or different?

69.62.16.66 13:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)Jessica69.62.16.66 13:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Netherlands or Holland?

"A frequently quoted legend traces the origin of this practice to sixteenth or seventeenth century Holland. However there are also parallels with many dowry practices and the US Colonial or hope chest (trousseau) custom.[1]"

Is it really meant to be Holland, or should it be the Netherlands? The book says 'Holland', but on the same page, the writer quotes 'Wedding lore has it that the bridal shower dates back over 300 years, when a young Dutch maiden fell in love with a poor miller...'.

I changed it to The Netherlands, let me know if you don't agree. Anna's Sister (talk) 15:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)