Talk:Gary Goodyear

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Citation

I would like a citation that he was ELECTED to chair of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee. I don't dispute that he is chair. I am a political Junkie, and I do not know who this guy is, never heard of him, so I have asked a specialist on these matters to overlook this entry. Pete Peters 19:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Birthplace?

This may be splitting hairs, but Goodyear can't have been born in Cambridge in 1958 as the city didn't yet exist. Does anybody happen to know in which of Galt, Hespeler, or Preston he was born? --Saforrest (talk) 21:56, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The problem of daily news in an encyclopedia

I think it would be better if we avoided day-to-day news items, unless/until a story proves it has staying power. In the lastest case, we have a minister refusing to answer a question, a supposed controversy over the refusal, and finally an answer; all in the same day. If we must keep this trivia, it will be necessary to reword it, to attribute in the body itself who is saying what, rather than attributing claims to "some scientists and educators". --Rob (talk) 07:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, also, why is there the story about the Royal Society included? 142.58.118.228 (talk) 18:08, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Day to Day news is often placed on Wikipedia. If people stop caring, then it can be changed.--Champben2002 (talk) 19:59, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Views on Evolution

I added a few phrases to clarify what he has and hasn't said on Evolution. Evolution is clearly not a very well understood theory in the general population and creationists have been known to manipulate the meanings of terms (like theory and intelligent design) so I think its worth being a bit more precise on exactly what is being said and what the ramifications of that are. I think that type of context will help people understand the story.

It might also help if someone would write something that would indicate that Christians do not have to believe in Christianity and that Evolution is accepted by nearly all scientists. --Champben2002 (talk) 19:59, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]