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== Svea Welander/Henry Lyte Citation ==
== BJU ==


Hello John,
No worries I just was doing a little busy work, please forgive my impertinence.
Here's the citation:
--] 05:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
https://sv.wikipedia.org/Svea_Welander
Bliv kvar hos mig, text: Henry Lyte. Stockholm: Svensk Musik.
translation: Stay with me, text: Henry Lyte. Stockholm: Swedish Music


] (]) 21:18, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
== Archiving ==
:Thanks. I've cited the Swedish web page (rather than Swedish Misplaced Pages) as the citation for that information and moved it down into the "Abide with me" section of the Lyte article. ] (]) 22:04, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
I changed the Svea Welander article mention from "Stay with Me" to "Abide with Me" - glad you pointed this out. I should have realized it myself!
] (]) 11:32, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


== Precious anniversary ==
I noticed you archived the ] of ] - it is not generally accepted practice to archive in the midst of an active discussion. It is best to wait until the discussion resolves so that the comments (and history) are not fragmented onto two pages. --<font color="#06C">]</font> 13:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
{{User QAIbox/auto|years=Six}} --] (]) 08:31, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
:Sorry. My intentions were good. I just thought it was getting unwieldy to keep scrolling down the page so far. Now we have a nice clean page to work with.--] 13:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
:Thank you, Gerda. ] (]) 16:13, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
:: NP - I assumed they were, I just thought you should know, as, depending on the discussion, doing so could create additional conflict (as I've learned from sad experience :) --<font color="#06C">]</font> 14:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
:::I'm sure it won't be a problem with folks of our experience and maturity :)--] 14:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


== Archiving of ] == == ] ==


Hello, I came across this article in the new pages queue and found it interesting so I was scrolling through it. I took a look at the sources; which is a link to the ] website shows the building name as "Earle Town House" and not Wyche Pavilion. Is it an alternate name for the building? --]] 18:05, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
I undid your recent archiving of ] for two reasons. First, the proper way to archive is to create the archive article, and then copy and paste the material to the archive. ''Moving'' the talk page to the archive page is bad because it moves the page history with it. Second, you shouldn't archive active discussions, or discussions for which there are comments only a few months old. ] 16:41, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
:Yikes. I'll have to change that. Thanks for catching it. ] (]) 18:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
::Hi John Foxe, thanks for correcting the reference. I've reviewed the article. Since it is new enough and interesting, would you like to nominate it at the ]? I have a ] in mind, in case you are interested. ]] 18:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
:::Thanks. I'd be glad to nominate it, but if you have the hook--and more experience along those lines--maybe you should nominate it. ] (]) 22:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
::::I have nominated the article at the DYK. You can find the entry ]. Thank you for your work on the article. ]] 05:55, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
:::::Thanks so much! ] (]) 15:26, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
::::::No problem! The nomination has been reviewed btw. :) ]] 19:00, 13 March 2021 (UTC)


==DYK for Wyche Pavilion==
==Billy Sunday==
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I did clean up the article a bit when I first read it a few months ago. However, I understand that the spirit of wikipedia is that everyone's ideas are equal, so I only corrected outright errors. Billy Sunday is a topic of great interest to a lot of people with divergent backgrounds, differing reasons for their interest, and varying degrees of affection for the man. I thought I ought to let the article reflect as much of that variety as possible. I'm glad that now it has a more authoritative tone, and I appreciate your work.--] 20:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
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:I've always preferred knowledge to ignorance, even on Misplaced Pages. And my experience here has been that once a sound, comprehensive article appears, extraneous "views" decline, and as a rule, one only has to patrol for vandalism thereafter.--] 14:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
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== Precious anniversary ==
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==More on Billy Sunday's baseball career recap==
Don't mean to be picky, but...Sunday's all-around good play was as important to the Pittsburgh fans as his stolen bases, and the strike-created league wasn't simply a competing organization. (Baseball clubs are referred to as organizations; leagues are a bigger deal.)--Rocketj4 18:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Even more nit-picking....in the complicated world of baseball finances, even back then, it matters that the team had no cash for payroll and that a trade involved cash; teams can have money but still badly need cash. Also, most baseball readers and writers don't refer to teams so formally as to use "it" instead of "they." Sorry--just tweaking that section to read the way baseball historians and fans would expect.--] 18:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for the corrections--and for rewording the sentence to make it grammatical as well as acceptable to sports fans. My feeling was that the "all-around good play" business was null for vagueness, but having taken a look at Knickerbocker, I'm satisfied.--] 19:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
=="Tomato" reference==
I hope you understood that my "tomato" reference was to the Broadway song. Here's the reference, from the Misplaced Pages entry on tomato, no less:
"The word's dual pronunciations were immortalized in Ira and George Gershwin's 1937 song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (You like /pəˈteɪtoʊ/ and I like /pəˈtɑːtəʊ/ / You like /təˈmeɪtoʊ/ and I like /təˈmɑːtəʊ/) and have become a symbol for nitpicking pronunciation disputes. In this capacity it has even become an American slang term: saying /təˈmeɪtoʊ, təˈmɑːtəʊ/ when presented with two choices can mean "Why should I care? There's no real difference.""
I was trying to imply what you said--don't sweat the small stuff. We disagree, but it's on a minor matter. Disagreement is the stuff of scholarly discourse. I greatly appreciate the work you're doing on Sunday.--] 20:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


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==A small thing==
I'm going to take you at your word when you say that you don't know anything about baseball, and therefore point out to you that when you talk about Sunday's running around on the stage and then "sliding into home plate," that's a baseball reference. Sliding into home plate only occurs in baseball. I hope this doesn't sound insulting; it's just in case you didn't know that. That part of his regular performances is part of what I mean when I say baseball was very important in his ministry.--] 22:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


Thanks again, and happy editing!
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== Precious anniversary ==
I have replied to your comments ]. -- ] 15:32, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
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:Thanks for taking time to spread good cheer on Misplaced Pages, Gerda. ] (]) 03:43, 10 February 2023 (UTC)


== BLP applies everywhere ==
Your recent reversion to ] have been partly useful, correcting some errors on my part. However your comment on my talk page about apologetics is interesting, and one that contrasts with an obvious ideological/sectarian bent in your editing.] 01:08, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


No matter what we think about article subjects, summaries like the one used are not appropriate. Please keep a more dispassionate tone. ] (]) 16:55, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
Men of good will can usually find a way around conflicting points of view when they work with material that's provable.--John Foxe 11:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
:No, not about ], who's a liar and a literary fraud. His misdeeds ought to be exposed on Misplaced Pages, and we shouldn't be reluctant to say why. ] (]) 16:44, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
::Yes, about every living or recently dead person, whether or not they have an article, anywhere on Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 18:22, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
:::I make no apologies; but you should be ashamed of yourself for abetting the perpetuation of lies and literary fraud. ] (]) 01:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)


== Precious anniversary ==
Your statement on good will sounds fine, but 'provable' is problematic with articles on religion. Well crafted paragraphs with copious references and notes may seem neutral yet be spun in an 'anti-something' way; but proving such instances can be most difficult. In any case I will look for the references regarding descriptions of LDS seer stones, and accounts of the appearance of the LDS U&T, which information should be an interesting addition to the article.
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:Thank you, Gerda. May you continue to enjoy spreading good cheer on Misplaced Pages! ] (]) 15:11, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
==Discussion of Billy Sunday changes==
First off, let me say that I also like Dorsett's biography of Sunday. It is perceptive, sympathetic, and ultimately rewarding. However, it is not, strictly speaking, scholarly. The series for which it was written is aimed at a popular audience; hence the absence of footnotes and formal bibliography. We should be careful how we use it as documentation.


== Stephen C Meyer ==
On p. 57, Dorsett discusses Chapman's interest in the Keswick movement; he neither states nor implies that Sunday shared that interest. While there is plenty of evidence for Sunday's commitment to prayer, there is no substantiation that the Keswick movement had anything to do with it.


Hey there. Thanks for the critique on Ken Ham, I’m looking for sources. On another note; I am looking at arguing the opposite of what I am arguing for Ken Ham for Stephen Meyer, because I think that, unlike Ham, he has been wrongly labeled without citing any source. I have tried to reason with people on the talk page, probably too much so, but it has been to no avail.
On p. 28, Dorsett is quoting Elijah "Ram's Horn" Brown, and not Mrs. Clarke directly. Since Brown's biography is not authoritative, the quote shouldn't be considered accurate.


Would you be willing to take a look? Warning in advance, the latest comments are a long read 😳
These are tiny matters, but like bricks in a wall, they can add up. Sentences like the ones referred to seem to be theological digressions, and therefore distract the reader from the main story. Consequently, I've pruned them.
--] 14:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

:I generally agree with your assesment of Dorsett and with these changes you've made--although I hope you can appreciate the irony of removing "theological digressions" from the biography of an evangelist so as not to "distract the reader."--] 15:15, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


==Sunday quotations==

I ran into a small book, Burning Truths from Billy's Bat: A Graphic Description of the Remarkable Conversion of Rev. "Billy" Sunday, Embodying Anecdotes, Terse Sayings, etc. Compiled from Various Sources (Philadelphia: Diamond Publishing Co., 1914). I wonder what you'd think of adding a section at the end of the article with a selection of "terse sayings, etc."?--John Foxe 21:03, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I think it'll make the article unwieldy, plus it isn't really necessary. The first two external links give some of his sermons, and those have plenty of his unique sayings. Incidentally, I hope you noticed how full of baseball references that particular collection is. Many of those one-liners are charming and witty, but in my opinion I don't think adding a selection of them at the end of the article really adds any value.--] 22:18, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

== Please Follow Misplaced Pages Rules ==

JF, please stop your edit war of the entry for Peter Ruckman. Also, if you insist on forcing obvious POV material into the entry (subjective evaluations by persons who are not obviously relevent), consider placing such opinion in a category by iteslf, or allowing persons with different opinions to participate fairly. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:01:30, 3 December 2006 (UTC)|&#32;01:30, 3 December 2006 (UTC)|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->


==Billy Sunday GA Review==
A lot of the questions on the "good article" review were about baseball. Could you please add the necessary information here? Of course, to do it myself would be hopeless.--John Foxe 19:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Done; see discussion & edit history. I hope those changes will do the trick. I'm not clear from what the reviewer said what his POV concerns are, so I don't know if the comments I've made previously will be of any help to you.--] 21:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for those changes. I took care of most of Balloonman's other questions. You may want to look over the summary paragraphs that I added at the beginning of the article. Two pairs of eyes are always better than one.--John Foxe 22:08, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Done again, at least in the baseball area. Suggestion: make "held heavily reported campaigns" into "held widely reported campaigns." I think the last paragraph needs some work; give me a few minutes and I'll try to make a useful suggestion.--] 22:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Here's my suggestion:
Although there were questions about Sunday's income, Sunday was never personally involved in any scandalous activities. He was publicly and sincerely devoted to his wife, who was also the manager of his campaigns. But his three sons disappointed him, and his audiences grew smaller during the 1920s as Sunday grew older and alternate sources of entertainment preoccupied his countrymen. Nevertheless, Billy Sunday continued to preach his brand of conservative Christianity until his death in 1935.

:responded to your question on my talk page on my talk page.] 22:52, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

You're a scholar and a gentleman, as the old saying goes. I don't worry too much about the BJU article with you involved (hence my absence). Thanks for keeping that part of Misplaced Pages as good as it can be. Cheers, -] · ] · 11:53, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

== Fawn Brodie ==

I've nominated the Fawn Brodie article as a featured article candidate ]. The reviewers there tend to be quite picky and will surely suggest changes. You might want to keep an eye on that page and incorporate some of their changes. Best wishes. (And what a good article!) ] 18:43, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
:I've copied your name after mine to make you co-nominator; I hope that's ok. ] 04:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
==Plates==
I've reponded to your comment on my ]. I also have a question for you there. -] 21:31, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

:Again, I've responded. Hope this helps for the time being. Keep up the good work! -] 22:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

== Jim Berg article ==

I just noticed that the Jim Berg article is nominated for deletion (has been since Sept 2006). Glancing through the article's edit history, I noticed that you have made several contributions to the article. I know that Jim Berg has influenced many through his writing, having huge influence in the conservative Christian camp at least. IMO Berg is sufficiently notable. Perhaps you could make the article somewhat more in the style of an encyclopedia and clarify the notability? The article's style is not consistent with other good Misplaced Pages articles and should probably be verified. (see ]) --] 19:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

== Fawn Brodie ==
That's no problem. I was actually interested in the Jefferson DNA bit anyway because the article has long had vague and poorly-cited language about how it doesn't necessarily prove Brodie right. Anyhow, just trying to contribute a small tidbit to what's already a vastly improved article.

I really appreciate your contributions also. It's not the easiest topic to avoid coloring with bias, but you (and the other editors) have done a great job. ] '']'' 00:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)



== Johnny Rahm ==
You are an excellent editor. Many thanks.

==AfD nomination of ]==
I've nominated ], an article you created, for ]. We appreciate your contributions, but in this particular case I do not feel that ] satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion; I have explained why in the nomination space (see also "]" and the ]). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at ] and please be sure to ] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). You are free to edit the content of ] during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.<!-- Template:AFDWarning --> ] ] 17:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC) (Well, you nominated it, only the nomination was incomplete. Please do leave your opinion.)

:John, no problem at all, it's me that owes you an apology. I should really have checked with you before completing it! All the best, ] ] 20:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


Thank you for helping to resolve this issue. I appreciate it. Thanks! ] 21:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

== Seer stones and the Latter Day Saint movement ==

Previous edits left significant confusion in the distinctness between the U&T and the Seer stones. I created a subsection for this, placing all exisitng U&T references with paragraph pointing out the differences. Exisiting text already gave sufficient description of the two, but just needed to be put in context. I am ameniable to other ways of clearly stating the differences so the reader does not think U&T an Seer stones are practically the same thing (without making any claim to the actual existance of either or their functionality). ] 14:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

==Magical Worldview, etc.==
I feel like we're filling up talk pages needlessly over a small number of issues that we could probably address here, if you're willing. My biggest concern stems from what is stated as fact. Excuse me for putting so much here, but hopefully it will be helpful in sorting this out. From ]:

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:By value or opinion, on the other hand, we mean '''"a piece of information about which there is some dispute."''' There are bound to be borderline cases where we are not sure if we should take a particular dispute seriously; but there are many propositions that very clearly express values or opinions. That stealing is wrong is a value or opinion. That the Beatles were the greatest band in history is a value or opinion. That the United States was wrong to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a value or opinion.

:Misplaced Pages is devoted to stating facts in the sense as described above. '''Where we might want to state an opinion, we convert that opinion into a fact by attributing the opinion to someone.''' So, rather than asserting, "The Beatles were the greatest band," we can say, "Most Americans believe that the Beatles were the greatest band," which is a fact verifiable by survey results, or "The Beatles had many songs that made the Billboard Hot 100," which is also fact. In the first instance we assert an opinion; in the second and third instances '''we "convert" that opinion into fact by attributing it to someone.''' It is important to note this formulation is substantially different from the "some people believe..." formulation popular in political debates. The reference '''requires an identifiable and objectively quantifiable population or, better still, a name''' (with the clear implication that the named individual '''should be a recognised authority''').

:In presenting an opinion, moreover, it is important to bear in mind that there are disagreements about how opinions are best stated; sometimes, '''it will be necessary to qualify the description of an opinion or to present several formulations, simply to arrive at a solution that fairly represents all the leading views of the situation.'''

:But it is not enough, to express the Misplaced Pages non-bias policy, just to say that we should state facts and not opinions. When asserting a fact about an opinion, '''it is important also to assert facts about competing opinions, and to do so ''without implying that any one of the opinions is correct.''''' It is also generally important to give the facts about the reasons behind the views, and to '''make it clear who holds them'''. It is often best to cite a prominent representative of the view.

If you want I can look at the underlying verifiability problems for you if this isn't convincing. I think I can see where you're coming from, but we're just not dealing with provable, quantifiable facts here the way things are being stated. We can avoid this issue and retain the information be saying "Grant Palmer says that" or "critics think/say/believe" etc. I'd really appreciate your willingness to work with me on this one... ] 07:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

::I think we're actually reaching agreement incrementally article by article.--] 22:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

==Helping out with the Unassessed Misplaced Pages Biographies==

Seeing that you are an active member of the ], I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of unassessed articles tagged with <nowiki>{{WPBiography}}</nowiki>. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --] 20:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

==Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter==

The ''']''' of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. ] 22:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

== Book source for Dwight Gustafson ==
Hi, I'm formatting the book source given in the ] article with {{tl|cite book}} per ]'s recommendation in the AfD. Could you please specify whether the page-numbers are for the paper-back or the hardcover edition (the ISBNs of the two are different). Thank you, ] 18:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
:The hardback and paperback are identical except for the binding, but I used the paperback. (Also, the second edition seems to be identical or virtually identical with the first except for additional material.)--] 19:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
::Thank you for the information. It's a minor issue, really, but one that adds specificity to the reference and makes the article more easily verifiable. I've already added the extra info, so you may check it if you wish. Cheers, ] 19:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

==grammar was correct==

I'm not trying to embarrass you I'm just pointing out the "correction" you made on the 116 pages was incorrect. The area between the commas was a parenthetical interjection, so the "and" is unnecessary. It should read as a coherent sentence without the interjection. So therefore the sentence should read: "Before returning home after two weeks, Lucy searched the Smith house and grounds for the plates, but because Smith did not need their physical presence to create the transcription, they were reportedly hidden in a nearby woods, she was unable to locate them."

With the interjection removed it should still be coherent: "Before returning home after two weeks, Lucy searched the Smith house and grounds for the plates, but because Smith did not need their physical presence to create the transcription and she was unable to locate them." As you can see, it doesn't make sense with the "and" there when the interjection is removed. I will quietly revert the mistake and also feel free to remove this from your page if you wish. ] 04:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks. Of course, you're right. Nevertheless, the original sentence (especially seen in edit mode) was confusing, and I've replaced commas with dashes.--John Foxe 10:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

== Ruckman edits ==

Having not read the sources you quote, I must ask are you sure they say what you have said they say? ] 21:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
:Although I don't have the book in front of me, I'm confident that these citations are correct. In any case, we'll hear about it shortly if they're not.--] 21:31, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

==Archiving==
"Archiving of one's own user talk page is not required. A user may simply delete any comments they have read, whether they have acted on them or not. The only exception to this are warnings of vandalism and other abuse on anon IP talk pages. These must be retained so that admins can readily apply or remove edit blocks."

The Sligh discussion is better posted on the "List" page, and the miscellaneous parts of it do not need to be retained on my talk page as well.--] 13:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

:*"If you feel that your user talk page is getting too large and is taking a long time to load, you may archive it. You may then remove comments from your talk page, but please make sure that those comments are readily accessible on another page. … Removing warnings, whether for vandalism or other forms of prohibited/discouraged behavior, from one's talk page is also considered vandalism" (]).
:*"Removing warnings from one's own talk page is often frowned upon" (]).
:—] <sub>]</sub> 18:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I wonder if anyone has noticed that these statements from different parts of Misplaced Pages don't square with one another? In fact, the two you quote aren't completely congruent either, one calling removal of warnings "vandalism" and the other saying only that the practice is "often frowned upon."--] 20:11, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

:Indeed. Upon further research, I discovered that this policy is still being formulated. My apologies for appealing to what I mistakenly thought was a fixed rule. During ] I often issue warnings to anonymous IP vandals for blanking their own talk pages. I always assumed the rule applied to all users, anonymous or registered. But apparently there is some debate about whether a user talk page is primarily the Misplaced Pages community's property or the individual user's property. At any rate, I won't plague your talk page over a disputed policy, although I would still ask you not to "hound" pages. You would go a long way towards maintaining rapport with other editors if you were to show respect for good-faith edits, especially when such edits are helpful and informative additions to an article.—] <sub>]</sub> 02:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
I certainly accept your apology. I believe we could easily work together. (It's uncanny how similar are our non-professional interests.)--] 15:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

== Calvinism invitation ==

{{WPCalvinism/Invitation}}

== Biographies? ==

I notice you specify an interest in biographies. Is there any chance you could do the tagging for some of the various Calvinist categories (as listed on the ] Todo list)? If not, that's fine, but if you could let me know, that would be great!

I've also asked {{user|Flex}} to have a go at some of these too, so if you're doing some, you might want to tag the ones you plan to do before you do them.

-- ] 05:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

: Great! I'm unsure what would suit you well. If you're familiar enough with the Congregationalist milieu to have some chance of recognising who's Calvinist and who isn't (even if the article doesn't say), then any of the Congregationalist categories would be great. Otherwise, maybe Presbyterians in &lt;''Insert your country here''&gt; would be most useful.

: -- ] 23:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

: Hey, thanks for all your hard work on the Congregationalists. --] 03:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

:: (Re occupations) Interesting. I remember my parents saying that when the youth groups got together from the Reformed Presbyterians and the CRCA (ie. Dutch Reformed), the RPs were all nurses and teachers, and the CRCA people were all tradesmen.

::Also, some more biography-related things that might interest (I presume you've seen these, but just in case):
::* ]
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:: -- ] 15:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

== WikiProject Calvinism news ==

Hi. I'm recommending to all participants in WikiProject Calvinism that they keep up with at least the News page (<nowiki>{{</nowiki>]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>) for this project. The methods I'd recommend for doing this are any or all of:
* Add the abovementioned page to your watchlist
* Include the page on another page you look at regularly; in my case, this is my user page, since I keep my personal "todo" list there. That would look something like:
{{Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Calvinism/News}}
-- ] 00:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

== thoroughly ==

Yes, I misssspelled, I misspell a lot of things. Also, I guess thoroughly does not make much sense where it is. Thank You--]] 18:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

== John Foxe page, etc ==

Yeah, I noticed the quality on the John Foxe article. Since it's so good, I'd recommend that that article be second in line for the Calvinism Biography collaborations -- right after John Calvin. You may even (after you get the article where you want it) want to help facilitate the progress of the article (see ] for details) towards FA status.

-- ] 09:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

: I thought you might like to vote for this one: ].
: -- ] 14:12, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Reformed Egyptian==
It is probably not wise to delete the content there and revert utnil the current issues are worked out on the talk page. Also, the second transcript article was deleted and merged into this one earlier today, and it should stay. I appreciate your understanding until this is fixed. -] 00:17, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for your note on my talk page. I agree, and I think the more visibility we can give to the silliness, the faster it will be gotten rid of. I know we've not always gotten along, but I do respect you and your research and ultra-conservative writing style, and value your opinion. I think it is best we move slowly and point out why we are making the steps we are. Merkey just doesn't seem to get how wikipedia works, which is unfortunate. I'd love to see someone with as much passion and pride in his heritage as he has to transfer that into making wikipedia even better within his areas of expertise, but he needs serious schooling in how to do it. Thanks in advance for your patience. -] 00:39, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

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:I would be pleased (and surprised) if you could get the other folks to leave my version up for a few days unedited. In any case, I appreciate the thought.--John Foxe 17:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

::I also have to warn you about the 3RR, as you will be blocked for violation if this continues. I may end up protecting the page if this edit war is not discussed and worked out. -] 00:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the page protection. I appreciate your patience.--] 13:47, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

:John, you are disregarding the guidelines set forth for the releasing the page protection. Part of releasing it was specifically to promote discussion. If discussion does not take place, I will re-protect the page per the ]. -] 15:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

::I'm fine with discussion. Let them discuss. But if you want to protect the page again, that's fine with me too.--] 15:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

:::John ''you'' need to discuss as well. -] 15:08, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
::::I'll be happy to do that. Let them go first, for they "are many."--] 15:20, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

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== First Vision - time for action ==

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== Bob Nyanja ==

Mr. Nyanja has a Master of Arts in film and video production from Bob Jones University. While one could argue he is not extremely notable, he does, at least comparatively, seem to meet the criteria for appearing on the list. Protecting a controversial article from abuse is appreciated, but next time, please assume that an edit has been made in good faith and do a smidgen of research before dismissing others' contributions as "humorous vandalism." --Jim
:Sorry, Jim. An edit from an ISP address about a BJU grad who's Kenyan filmmaker with an acclaimed entry in the "Zanzibar Film Festival" sounded like a joke to me.
:I've removed what might be considered commercial advertising from the entry but added a link to an interview with Nyanja. If you have biographical information to share, I'd be happy to help you create a WP biography. He's on the edge of notability at this point, but I think a good case can be made for him. (By the way, you can sign your posts by typing four tildes.) All the best,] 10:10, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

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::yes, it look much better now--if you have problems with it, just ask me for help. Some of your other bios have similar problems, so you might want to take a look. for example, the ones on Alan Cropsey and Denny Verdin also need better sources; the Senate Republican web site is not really an independent source for the bio of the Republicans in the Senate, though it can be used for details. There should be news particles available easily enough. (But the articles are not in danger of deletion--all members, past or present, of a state legislature are considered notable--this rule is based on the assumption that news articles will always be findable. ) ''']''' (]) 22:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
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Svea Welander/Henry Lyte Citation

Hello John, Here's the citation: https://sv.wikipedia.org/Svea_Welander Bliv kvar hos mig, text: Henry Lyte. Stockholm: Svensk Musik. translation: Stay with me, text: Henry Lyte. Stockholm: Swedish Music

T. E. Meeks (talk) 21:18, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I've cited the Swedish web page (rather than Swedish Misplaced Pages) as the citation for that information and moved it down into the "Abide with me" section of the Lyte article. John Foxe (talk) 22:04, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

I changed the Svea Welander article mention from "Stay with Me" to "Abide with Me" - glad you pointed this out. I should have realized it myself! T. E. Meeks (talk) 11:32, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda. John Foxe (talk) 16:13, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Wyche Pavilion

Hello, I came across this article in the new pages queue and found it interesting so I was scrolling through it. I took a look at the sources; Ref. 1 which is a link to the National Register of Historic Places website shows the building name as "Earle Town House" and not Wyche Pavilion. Is it an alternate name for the building? --Ashleyyoursmile! 18:05, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Yikes. I'll have to change that. Thanks for catching it. John Foxe (talk) 18:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi John Foxe, thanks for correcting the reference. I've reviewed the article. Since it is new enough and interesting, would you like to nominate it at the WP:DYK? I have a hook in mind, in case you are interested. Ashleyyoursmile! 18:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks. I'd be glad to nominate it, but if you have the hook--and more experience along those lines--maybe you should nominate it. John Foxe (talk) 22:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated the article at the DYK. You can find the entry here. Thank you for your work on the article. Ashleyyoursmile! 05:55, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks so much! John Foxe (talk) 15:26, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
No problem! The nomination has been reviewed btw. :) Ashleyyoursmile! 19:00, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Wyche Pavilion

On 17 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wyche Pavilion, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wyche Pavilion, a two-story historic building in Greenville, South Carolina, was originally intended to serve as a paint shop for the Greenville Coach Factory? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wyche Pavilion. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wyche Pavilion), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Seven years!

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Thanks, Gerda. Always good to hear from you. John Foxe (talk) 15:28, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

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Thanks for taking time to spread good cheer on Misplaced Pages, Gerda. John Foxe (talk) 03:43, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

BLP applies everywhere

No matter what we think about article subjects, summaries like the one used here are not appropriate. Please keep a more dispassionate tone. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:55, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

No, not about Charles R. Pellegrino, who's a liar and a literary fraud. His misdeeds ought to be exposed on Misplaced Pages, and we shouldn't be reluctant to say why. John Foxe (talk) 16:44, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
Yes, about every living or recently dead person, whether or not they have an article, anywhere on Misplaced Pages. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:22, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
I make no apologies; but you should be ashamed of yourself for abetting the perpetuation of lies and literary fraud. John Foxe (talk) 01:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

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Thank you, Gerda. May you continue to enjoy spreading good cheer on Misplaced Pages! John Foxe (talk) 15:11, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Stephen C Meyer

Hey there. Thanks for the critique on Ken Ham, I’m looking for sources. On another note; I am looking at arguing the opposite of what I am arguing for Ken Ham for Stephen Meyer, because I think that, unlike Ham, he has been wrongly labeled without citing any source. I have tried to reason with people on the talk page, probably too much so, but it has been to no avail.

Would you be willing to take a look? Warning in advance, the latest comments are a long read 😳

Thanks in advance. Chrisallen87 (talk) 23:45, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

It seems to me that the use of the term "pseudoscience" on the Stephen C. Meyer page is properly cited to named sources, as in "Cook also criticizes Meyer's proposal that if something cannot be fully explained by today's science, it must be the work of a supreme deity. Calling it a 'masterwork of pseudoscience....'" Of course, there's irony in the fact that Meyer has a PhD in the philosophy of science. I assume he's being labeled a pseudo-scientist because mainstream scientists perceive his writings as a more significant challenge than those of Ham, written for a popular audience. John Foxe (talk) 03:16, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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