User talk:ITBlair
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[edit] Good work
You're really getting the hang of things. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 00:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- I concur, you really have adapted quick to Wikipedia! I hope you can use your great skills elsewhere, they would be much appreciated! :) Seicer (talk) (contribs) 06:44, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The edit's about the Bowen family's religion
Since you have done some great work on the article, I wanted to explain why I removed the recent edits abouth the influence of their religion. Wikipedia articles must confrom to a neutral point of view and any hint that one religion (or lack thereof) is better or makes better people. There are probably equal numbers of Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and agnostic/atheist editors and admins here and if we let one religion have special priveleges, little would get done beyond fighting about the "one true faith." Check out the talk page of any of the world's major religions or religious figures to see what I mean. I did add a category so that readers would make no mistake about the Bowen family's faith and it could be discussed in the article as long as it didn't imply that the Bowens are good people only because they are Christians. What I've heard about them, I believe that they would be pillars of their community regardless of how they worshiped.
Also, saying "Tom (9/11 stuff) and Jebbifer Bowen" makes for a better article flow. Take care, God bless, and keep up the great work. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 21:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I agree with the Neutral Point of View. But the Fact is that the Bowen's are Christain, they attribute their ability to deal with this tradgy to believing in God's Plan. Furthermore they believe that God is using Ben Bowen's life to influence people. I did refer to these believes via references. I could use Exact Quotes if that helps. I believe that Newspaper articles are in the Public domain. I am unsure about the Bowen web site.
Just because one family attributes their strengh in adversity to a belief in the Christain God, does not make atheiests (sp), hindu's, catholics, muslims, inferior. People of these faiths can also attribute their Strength to their respective strengths. To pretend that Christianity is not central to how this family raises their children and deals with the illiness and death of their son does not make sense. One should be neutral, but to deny that Christainity is central to the story of Ben Bowen and his family does not make sense, especially because they explicitly make this case. The Bowen's would say they are pillars of their community because they are Christain. Whether or not this is true or untrue for all Christians or people of other faiths is up to the reader to decide.
I will work to state these facts as quotes and/or very explicit references and keep a neutral tone.
Finally, perhaps the Honor's section should be remained Honor's and Influence or their should be a Honor's section and then an Influence section. The West VA citation pointed out that Ben Bowen was rich in his influence. This might be a reasonable approach. Let me know, what you this
- Something like "Bowen's family ratioalizes his suffering as part of their Protestant Christian faith: "Quote from Tom and Jennifer."" would be fine. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 20:14, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The headstone photo that you added to Find-A-Grave..
Did you take the headstone photo? If so, you could upload it to Wikipedia as long as you are willing to release it under a free license. If not, the article still uses it as a reference, which works, too. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 02:05, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Broke Out an Influence Section
Not sure if this is the best format. I think a bit more on the dollars raised and a note on the overall consumption of funds at Saint Jude would be useful. I think I will start a separate Wiki page on Brain Cancer - ATRT.
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[edit] RECAF
Hi. You are correct, RECAF is interesting. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. But let's get some help digesting it for wikipedia. I have nominated alpha-fetoprotein for collaborative editing. Please go to its talk page and from there vote on the nomination. Una Smith 04:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of Qassam Rocket Attacks
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- In addition to my earlier comments, please try to use a consistent and logical tense. Events which transpired should be described in the past tense, not in the present tense. For example, state that "Islamic Jihad fired rockets" not "Islamic Jihad fires rockets". Using the present tense to describe historical events is grammatically incorrect and will put native speakers of English on guard. ← Michael Safyan (talk) 02:35, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
