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Fattest State
No mention of this? http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/215983.html Well, I'll add something about it. Captain America 17:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Um, that article says that Washington, D.C. has 22.8% of its children overweight, not Misssissippi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.147.214.207 (talk) 22:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
DC is not a state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.118.1 (talk) 22:58, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
In 1994, CNN mentioned that Mississippi was the fattest state in the union. Rob (talk) 17:45, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
"The Federal government's role in Mississippi's fiscal policies"
1) I know nothing about this subject, but the whole section seems to have been written by the same editor with the same markup errors, and has the feel of POV; I worry it was introduced wholesale by someone with an axe to grind. If someone could review it and tell us whether it's NPOV, that would be happy.
2) "Although Mississippi politics is influenced on people who identify themselves as fiscal conservatives with Medicaid and other programs for low-income groups are often cut or eliminated" -- This clause doesn't even parse. Not only that, but I don't know what it's supposed to say in order to rewrite it.
3) "This means that for every $1 dollar Mississippi taxpayers give to the Federal government they get $1.71 back. This means that Mississippi is one of the highest benefactors of the Federal Government." -- This is plainly ridiculous. If A gives B money and B gives double the money back to A, A is not a benefactor of B at all. Perhaps the author did not know what the word "benefactor" means. Marnanel 20:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree with you 100%. This section is blatently an opinion of the writer. While I respect their opinion and feel it could make for great debate, It does not deserve to be inserted into an article and presented as fact. The whole "liberal" / "conservative" fight should not be thrown into an article of this nature. Everyone has differing opinions about social and fiscal issues, but presenting this long a write up on one subject is out of place, especially when only coming from someone who can't present it from a neutral angle. Cliff B.
- I agree and have started copy editing, but still don't know what it is trying to say: mostly that Mississippi is a beneficiary of Federal payments - good that someone noticed, but not the appropriate place for the discussion. Retitled it as Mississippi Balance of payments, as that's what it's about. Will work on it more tomorrow.--Parkwells 02:49, 15 November 2007 (UTC)--Parkwells 02:59, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
I have checked for similar entries on other states and have found none. I do not see the relevance for a state page. I believe it should be deleted in its entirety, but I'll leave that for someone more wikirific than me. -DLM- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.46.199.234 (talk) 08:17, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Transportation Section NPOV
The transportation section omits rail, water, and air tranportation. Why??? DCDuring 17:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
- Just to be clear, I removed your edit as a good faith situation. I cannot speak as to why they are not included except to say that since every article is different, what you may find in an article for one state will not necessarily be found in articles for the rest. That does not, by itself, constitute a neutrality violation, in my opinion. It may simply mean that not enough people know about the subject to include it in the article or it was simply never considered before. As such, I removed your edit because it looked more like a stub within an established article rather than a serious edit. Perhaps with this discussion, however, someone will take the time to add detailed descriptions of those to the article. — CobraWiki ( jabber | stuff ) 05:54, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Gay and Lesbian Community
I edited the section for clarity. The prior wording was difficult to follow. The initial portion of the section I removed is quoted here: "Among states with the highest concentration of same-sex couples with children among all same-sex couples, Mississippi ranks number 1 in the nation with 41% of the state's same-sex couples having one or more child." This was changed to: "Of Mississippi’s same-sex couples, 49% have one or more child. This figure is higher in Mississippi than in any other state." prime52 23:50, 2 October 2007
Ha, I would LOVE to know where all these gay people are?? They're surely not THAT many. This is the south ya know, I live in this state and know how (mostly older people) discriminates against gays and blacks. 72.171.0.146 21:40, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- As a gay man in Mississippi, I can assure you we are everywhere, even when you don't know it. ;) -- ALLSTAR ECHO 00:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- ^--- Oh, snap! That's frightening! I kid, I kid. I was surprised to find out I work with a gay man and a lesbian woman. Everyone knew and no one treated them any differently. There was talking behind their back of course by older folks (very little) but even they treated them like normal human beings, even friends. Maybe because they -are- normal human beings. Forgot to mention that I'm from Mississippi. Whoops. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.130.36 (talk • contribs)
Need sections on Music and Writers
Mississippi has generated so much art that it needs separate articles on music and authors.--Parkwells 14:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
