User talk:Tropix

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User talk pages and edit summaries

Thanks for your questions. As for getting to other users' talk pages, click on the link that leads to their user page. From there, click on the "Discussion" tab at the top of the screen (everyone calls it "talk", but the actual name on the link is "discussion"). Then click on either the "edit this page" tab or the "+" tab beside it to leave a comment. The talk pages for articles can be found under their "discussion" tab.

As for edit summaries, they stay as you posted it, they can't be changed. If your edit really needs explaining, the best thing to do is either to mention something on the "talk" (a.k.a. discussion) page or make another edit and add something to the edit summary.

Hope this helps, JYolkowski 02:02, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Terri Schiavo

Since you're a new user, you may not be aware of the endless vandalism that takes place on the Terri Schiavo page. A lot of it attemts to dilute court rulings and insert wilder accusations about Michael abusing Terri and attempting to cover it up by removing life support. None of those claims are substantiated, but vandals keep putting them in there. If you add new wording to quote the ruling of the court, please include a URL so it can be confirmed. (vandals generally don't include URL's, they just insert "allegedly" and "possibly" and similar words.) As for the intro, I think it ought to be kept as short as possible, with the details in later sections, but that's just me. There is also a talk page with a number of people working on the article arguing over many details. If you're doing a major rewrite, you might want to check in with the folks there. I think some people (myself included) are trying to cut the article DOWN, not increase its length. It currently exceeds wikipedia's general length recommendation. FuelWagon 05:23, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If you change the wording, put in a URL. Then I (and everyone else) can verify the change you made isn't some vandal with an agenda. As for the "natural means" comment, I'm not so sure of its relevance, but put a URL to your source, and people can work it out. Oh, zimp.org (.com?) is not considered an unbiased source, in case you're quoting them. FuelWagon 05:41, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

First of all, are you a sock puppet? Second of all, the intro already covers the most important aspect of the situation: the whole history of judicial and legislative battles that occurred around Terri Schiavo. There is no single decision that rises above the others as far as merit. Singling out any particular decision will put a certain perspective on the entire article. The reason Terri is in wikipedia is because of the court battles over many years and the legislative maneuvars that happened in the last few weeks of her life. Greer ruling this or that isn't the point of why she's in the encyclopedia in the first place: her parents drive to keep her alive at any cost, and her husband's drive to fulfill her wish not to be kept alive on life support, that is why she's in wikipedia.