Talk:Surrender Dorothy

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[edit] Mormon Church

"It is one of the best known examples of "giraffiti", and became so well known among the Mormon community that their newsletters often mentioned it as a specific example demonstrating misunderstanding of their religion."

It's impossible for us to prove that this is "one of the best known", see Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms. I'm not sure that this actually is all that well known among the Mormon community either. The first time I heard about it was in an article written by Orson Scott Card, Are Mormons Funny?. As for "their newsletters often mentioned it...", only one newsletter was cited, which I am unfamiliar with. Perhaps we could say something like "this prompted reports in Mormon News..." or something to that effect. --Lethargy 17:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

The source of the quote was Wikipedia's own article on graffiti - which, of course, has been edited out. As for the sources, there was the newsletter and the Washington Post article on the subject; I'd say that's authoritative, but I don't have any objection to phrasing it differently if it's absolutely necessary. - Scooter 03:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date of first instance

Regarding this claim:

The famous graffiti in the D.C. metropolitan area first appeared on the outer loop of the I-495, the Capital Beltway, on a railroad bridge near the Washington, D.C temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kensington, Maryland, beginning in late 1973.

68.100.224.11 wrote:

The 1973 is incorrect because the Temple wasn't dedicated until 1974 and the Temple existed for years before the graffiti first appeared

I have no idea if this true; just moving the comment to the talk page where it belongs. Electrolite (talk) 03:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC)