Talk:S. I. Hayakawa

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[edit] Hayakawa did not run for reelection?

I thought he ran and finished a weak third or fourth in the GOP primary. I'll research it further. Ken Burch14:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)

There is no prior discussion page corresponding any of the 5 article pages that are, or redirect to the same place as, this one's article. So there is no discussion of the rationale for the redirection (by thedespised cut-and-paste method, no less) of S. I. Hayakawa to Samuel I. Hayakawa.

As should be clear from Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names), people usually known by initials and surname should have their WP bios titled that way, just as Bill Clinton is the article and William Jefferson Clinton the redirect.

Anyone doubting this is such a case should do some serious research; i have not, since i spent a year or so unsure whether S. I. Hayakawa and Sessue Hayakawa were different people, and a number of decades thereafter (ending today) wondering whether the former might sometimes be known as Sessue I. Hayakawa. (That is to say, if anyone called him "Samuel" within my notice, i would have remembered the fact.)

(For the benefit of other similarly situated readers, Sessue was 16 or 17 when S.I. was born in Vancouver, so father-and-son seems farfetched. [smile])
--Jerzy(t) 21:42, 2004 Jul 20 (UTC)

[edit] Senile?

This article had included, as a matter of fact, that S. I. Hayakawa was senile. Any such fantastic charges should be removed, until authenticated. Snide jokes, based on Sen. Hayakawa's advanced age and tendency to fall asleep, should not be treated as factual. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.88.233.70 (talk) 19:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

I have now requested a source to verify this claim. Since this is not a living person and I don't agree with the above user that such a claim is "fantastic", nor have I seen any information which casts doubt on the claim, I don't find it prudent to remove this yet. __meco 15:37, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
No source has been provided, so I have removed this (and cause of death) from the article. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 20:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pre-merge Histories of the Articles

Samuel I. Hayakawa

  • 01:45, 2004 Jul 9 Guanabot m (Guanaco - Robot-assisted redirect bypassing: United States Senator)
  • 03:13, 2004 Jun 23 Chrisn4255 (Add category.)
  • 06:17, 2004 Jun 22 Chrisn4255 (Add Senate table.)
  • 03:57, 2004 Apr 2 Moncrief
  • 20:34, 2004 Mar 13 KeithH (wiki Republican)
  • 19:24, 2003 Dec 31 Jengod m
  • 19:23, 2003 Dec 31 Jengod m
  • 19:16, 2003 Dec 31 Jengod m
  • 19:14, 2003 Dec 31 Jengod (bioguide, et al)

S. I. Hayakawa

  • 19:17, 2003 Dec 31 Jengod m
  • 03:05, 2003 Dec 16 130.212.118.18
  • 05:31, 2003 Aug 17 RickK (photo, expand)
  • 11:59, 2002 Nov 3 203.97.97.131
  • 13:33, 2002 Aug 27 12.144.193.66
  • 15:51, 2002 Feb 25 Conversion script m (Automated conversion)

[edit] actual time in Senate

This article has good material on his early years and academic career, but what about the substance of his term in the Senate and his views on issues (that presumably got him elected)? --A Good Anon (talk) 02:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)