Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/October 6

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[edit] Matthew Shepard in selected anniversaries

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Re: Template:October 6 selected anniversaries, today is the anniversary of the attack on Matthew Shepard. I'm worried that our write-up is needlessly wordy and sensational. It reads "1998 - Gay-bashing & Hate crimes: University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was viciously and fatally attacked for being gay." I think there is one too many adverbs and one too many categories. We should remove either "gay-bashing" or "hate crimes," and also remove the sensational word "viciously." Rhobite 02:54, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Since it only gets a day of coverage and I'm going to bed, I'm going to go ahead and make these edits. This is just a style nitpick, please nobody accuse me of homophobia until I've had my morning coffee. Rhobite 04:52, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
I like the simplicity and the readability. Thanks. :-) -- PFHLai 05:26, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

[edit] Fast of Gedalia

While other Jewish holidays have been mentioned in selected anniversaries, the Fast of Gedalia which this year (2005) falls today has not. It is minor so it need not be listed, but I thought I'd suggest it because its minor nature makes it even more curious. --jnothman talk 02:22, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. This holy day is listed on Holidays and events in Israel, so it's not that minor. And we actually have an informative page in Wikipedia about this. I'll post it up. -- PFHLai 05:29, 6 October 2005 (UTC)