Craig.borchardt

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Satisficing

Maybe you should work on how it rolls out. It doesn't quite fit in as smoothly as it can. Yanksox 12:16, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

The main thing is a lack of clarity. Remember, the reader doesn't know everything, some context could help.

Grammar

Don't even worry about it. I'll erase my sarcastic (I apologize) comments from here. Happy editing and stay alert. Schwartz und Weiss 10:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

re: Bishop

Thanks. I could remove some extra characters that appear at the start of his article and his inbox appears to be chopped off. If you can repair, that would be appreciated. Morenooso 01:48, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Nicely done! Morenooso 01:23, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

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St. John's Seminary

It's just my opinion. but wouldn't it be better to combine the St. John Seminary disambiguation page with the St. John's Seminary disambiguation page? The first can redirect to the second. That way the list only needs to be maintained in one place. The St. John Vianney College Seminary reference is the only one that would be somewhat out of place, but it is only a partial match anyway. -- Tcncv (talk) 03:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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Beatification

Some more fixes are needed. Every one of the articles about the WWII Martyrs needs the following:

1. A statement that they are beatified, in the lead of a longer article or the first three of a stub.
2. The word "beatified" needs to be used, not "blessed" Any person can be blessed by any religious, (or by any other believing person, for that matter). "Beatified" has a specific meaning.
3. The word "beatified" needs linking to Beatification.
4. Full name of religious orders. Using initials to designate an organisation is pointless. SVD (or whatever it is) could be a venereal disease, as far as the general reader is concerned.

Amandajm (talk) 04:28, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

I want to take issue with you for the fourth point. The initials for a religious order are not pointless; they used with the person's name. For example, the Jesuits use "S.J" immediately after their names, such as "Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J." (in fact, that's how the initials are used in that article). This is how I would expect the person's name to appear in an encyclopedia article. Many people understand the initials of several of the more common religious orders. These initials when used with the person's name should be a link to an article about the order, if there is an article on Wikipedia. Then further in the biography about the person, a full name of the religious order can be used.

I think it's a pretty rare day that someone reads an article that begins "John Doe, SVD (1900-1942) and says: "oh, this is a venereal disease." It just seems inappropriate as feedback. I understand that you feel that some people are just not familiar with with these initials, and I agree that can be an issue. This type of construction is actually somewhat common. For example either "Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH DBE FRSA" is either highly respected and decorated, or maybe she needs to see a doctor...now! ;-). I suspect that perhaps this comment was based on a different article or an instance that you saw somewhere else.

Also, while I agree that an article about someone who is beatified should used the term "beatified", that person actually does carry the title "blessed". You can see that right now in the article about "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta" (reference to the term "beatified" is in the third paragraph).

Thanks again for your work on Wikipedia. Best to you in your work.

Craig, this is what I am referring to: "Blessed Ludwik Mzyk (April 22, 1905 – February 20, 1940) was a SVD Martyr.[1]"

If the initials are after the person's name then anyone, whether they recognise the initials or not, should know that they represent a title, or honour. However, the use of initials for an organisation in the context of a sentence such as this one is meaningless to anyone who does not know what the initials represent. If I said that he worked for the CSIRO or NSWGR, would you have any idea what his occupation might be?

I also must remind you that, unlike most talk pages, on wikipedia, you add your post to the bottom of the page, not the top, and you sign by using four little squiggles (top left of keyboard). It immediately inserts your name and the date

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