Talk:Fr. John Corapi

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This article was nominated for deletion on January 16, 2006. The result of the discussion was keep. An archived record of this discussion can be found here.

Contents 1 Speedy Deletion Comment 2 Televangelist/Quote 3 I do not agree with those facts 4 Fraudulent claims of elite U.S. military service

[edit] Speedy Deletion Comment

I do not believe that this article should be considered for speedy deletion, because Fr. John Corapi has caused many conversions to the Catholic Fatih, and Dan Millman has an article. This article has been posted for five minutes, at least give it a chance. If I needed information about Fr. John Corapi, my first resource would be Wikipedia, as I am sure many other people would. Tony 20:43, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps we should move it to AFD, where it can be decided better? Tony 21:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Father Corapi has been an important and very influential figure to many in the Catholic Church in the United States. I look forward to seeing more about him here. D323P 00:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Televangelist/Quote

The facts are that he is conservative and a televangelist and the quote on his attitudes to abortion is true and central to his views. Please don't revert without further discussion. Mccready 01:20, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thats fine. I agree with those facts, however, they have no place in the very beginning of the article. Perhaps we could place them farther in the article? Tvaughn05_e ^(Talk)_(Contribs) 02:09, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks T, I prefer them up front (let's not be coy). It adds neglibigly to intro length but gives compacted info - a mark of a good encyclopedic entry. Curious why you think they have "no place" in intro Mccready 12:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I do not agree with those facts

Conservative is a political label and does not fit well. That should be changed to Orthodox.

Televangelist is a label for evangelical Chistians. He is a Catholic Priest, scholar, and speaker who has his teaching series broadcast on television and radio.

You cannot agree or disagree with a fact. A fact is a fact. You perhaps mean to say these are not facts. In any event, I'll try to accommodate you in the spirit of producing a good encyclopedic article. Let's say orthodox and that he appears often on TV. Whats' the point of the other deletions? Please sign your posts with four tildes which will automatically generate a time stamp and user name or IP address. Mccready 11:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

The addition of one comment made in the initial description can be viewed as "antagonistic". Wouldn't it be prudent to a category for many comments? As opposed to attempting to bias an entire article injecting just one comment? MT (this comment was placed by mt7 24 April. Please sign your comments with 4 tildes - this automatically puts your user name and time. Mccready 07:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

The fact that he opposed Roe v Wade is not antagonistic. Some would find it pleasing, some wouldn't. Mccready 07:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

His quotes should be expressed yet injecting ONE "out of context" in an initial description is clearly slanted. The goal is to be nonprejudicial. mt7

[edit] Fraudulent claims of elite U.S. military service

Corapi is a well educated Roman catholoic radio preacher and televangelist with a diverse background and apparently a loyal audience. He's probably a good Christian and an outstanding priest. However, his overly embellished and fraudulent claims of elite training in U.S. Army Special Forces, and being a Green Beret bring his verasity on other issues into question. It is now a violation of federal law to falsely claim veteran status. See: Phony Veterans Dr. B. R. Lang (talk) 23:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)