Talk:MANual Enterprises v. Day

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An entry from MANual Enterprises v. Day appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 29 April 2007.
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[edit] Clarify tag

Who or what is Day? SP-KP 16:49, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

  • In the full case citation in the infobox to the right, Day is clearly identified as Postmaster General. Many cases where the federal government is sued do not list the agency being sued (e.g., United States Postal Department) but rather the individual heading up that department (in this case, Mr. Day). It is uncommon to have to identify the individual, when the agency is identified. - Tim1965 18:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

It's a little bit buried over there, and in quite small font, and the comma after Day could mean "and the" rather than "who is the". Also, this just replaces one question with another - who or what is the Postmaster General? And of course, infoboxes are supposed to contain summaries of key facts, not act as a replacement for article content written in prose. Some extra detail would be very helpful. SP-KP 18:54, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

J. Edward Day was the United States Postmaster General under President John F. Kennedy. I thought this would have been obvious from the context, but apparently I was wrong. I linked both terms in the court infobox. --Eastlaw 01:16, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. That's clearer now. I think it may have been obivous to U.S. readers, but less so to international readers such as myself who aren't familiar with the U.S. courts system. SP-KP 06:58, 13 May 2007 (UTC)