Talk:Ezra Taft Benson

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[edit] Old conversations

I added the following as 2nd 'graph in Ezra Taft Benson:

(His family should not be confused with that of another Western political figure of the next generation, Lloyd Bentsen.)

A WP colleague may have been right in removing it, summarizing:

Deleted comment about Lloyd Bentsen. Not in any way relevant, nor likely that anyone would confuse or even relate the two.

Unlikely things do happen. So my confusion, that led to my doing the research that led in turn to my addition of the "don't confuse" text, doesn't guarantee that such confusion is likely! But on the other hand, it does make it possible that my colleague has underestimated that likelihood. And more eyeballs than our four can be applied to making that judgement in the long term.
--Jerzy(t) 03:13, 2004 May 20 (UTC)

[edit] Lloyd Bentsen

You are absolutely right. This was my first time to actually edit an article, and as soon as I posted my comments/deletion, I realized how rude my comments/action appeared. Please forgive...I'm new to this. I'm actually a direct descendant of Ezra T. Benson (Ezra Taft Benson's grandfather), so to me there is obviously no confusion between ETB and Lloyd Bentsen--but I totally acknowledge that I'm not the "average" reader.

Thanks for your patience with me. I will use much more tact/patience/collaboration in the future.

[Two 'graphs by User:207.46.238.136 precede this. --Jerzy(t)]
Just a friendly note, please sign all your posts. You can do this by typing three tildes, thus: ~~~. Using four tildes, ~~~~, adds a time stamp. The latter form is what most Wikipedians use. Cheers! —Frecklefoot 18:57, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
207, i didn't find you rude or unreasonable, and i apologize if my agnostic approach to this came across as irony intended to make you look bad. What i said about eyeballs means that even when two of us agree, we don't know we've got it right. The effectiveness of Wiki lies in our "editing boldly", making lots of mistakes, and getting lots of feedback.
You edited boldly, and were off to a good start by doing so; don't get embarrassed or whatever, and start holding back.
And by the way, i'm not sure i've ever seen a note quite like the one i wrote; i'm waiting to see if others think it was "encyclopedic". Your edit called my attention, indirectly, to that issue, and further thot resulted in another way of attacking the same issue, which you'll see if you link via the "What links here" link on Lloyd Bentsen; probably still the last item on that list by the time you look at it. (I thot i had already done the equivalent re Ezra Taft Benson, but i'll get to that soon.) I probably wouldn't have gotten around to thinking of it soon, if you hadn't enhanced the discussion by offering your opinion. So accept my thanks, instead of my accepting your apology, OK?
--Jerzy(t) 23:29, 2004 May 20 (UTC)

It's a deal. Btw...though a newbie, I am quickly realizing how Wikipdedia can become a religion. Consider this my baptism.  :) Thanks!!! Brolap 21:53, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

I never once associated Ezra Taft Benson with Lloyd Bentsen. However, I've always wondered where the "Taft" in his name came from? Is he any relation to the Tafts who are somewhat of a political dynasty in Ohio, with William Howard Taft being the 27th President, his son and grandson each serving as U.S. Senators, and his great-grandson being the current Governor of Ohio? 198.86.235.111 20:23, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes. See the Taft family entry. Acsenray 19:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese IW

Hi, why are there two interwiki links to Japanese? --Amir E. Aharoni 17:10, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Outed" vs. "Ousted"

I changed the term "outed" to "ousted;" the term "outed" is confusing, as it generally relates to one being discovered to be a homosexual, whereas "ousted" is generally the term used in politics for one who is forced out of his position. BarrettBrown 03:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

I would like to add the following link to the external resources part of this page. It has several relevant quotes from P. Benson. I have to get consensus before I add it, or it will be considered spam; so if anyone is familiar with P. Benson, please review the link and comment up or down in this talk page. Link. Thank you. -Micahburnett 05:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Does it strike anyone else as excessive that this article contains external links to apparently every General Conference talk that President Benson ever gave? -- 159.182.1.4 00:27, 25 July 2007 (UTC)