Talk:Wilson Hirschfeld

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Thanks to Dvavasour for correcting the word "tomorrow" in the Wilson Hirschfeld page (by removing an extra m). As many times as I've looked at the page I never noticed the mistake. Nothing like submitting information about a journalist and not catching spelling mistakes! Wilson's son...

Thanks to JustAGal for fixing the "school" misspelling in the Wilson Hirschfeld submission. That's yet another one that got by my notice. Yikes! Wilson's son--207.166.194.245 12:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the February 9, 2008 edit of the Wilson Hirschfeld article, if using the term "died" rather than "passed away" is important then that's fine. As the person who wrote the original entry I feel the later term reflected the humanity of the subject and seemed much less cold than the former. However, if using the term "died" is deemed necessary in following the Wikipedia style guide so be it. Wilson's son... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juddly (talk • contribs) 13:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Upon reflection I believe the February 9,2008 edit of the Wilson Hirschfeld article was unwarranted. I thus reverted the article to its previous edition.

The term "pass away" is defined in the Merriam Webster Deluxe Dictionary, 1998 edition, as 1) to go out of existence and 2) die. Among the definitions of the word "die", again appearing in the Merriam Webster Deluxe Dictionary, 1998 edition, is to pass out of existence. It would appear one could reasonably take from this that "die" and "pass away" are two legitimate terms for the same event, rather than one being a euphemism for the other.

A euphemism for saying a person has died is along the lines of "they kicked the bucket" or some other non direct term.

As far as claiming the term "passed way" expresses a point of view, I dispute that as well. The term only states that the being of the person who died passed from immediate existence. It does not in itself claim that being went anywhere in particular, or simply ceased to exist, or transited to some other plane of existence. A statement such as a subject "passed on to a better place" would indeed state a point of view, but that is not the case in the article in question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juddly (talk • contribs) 13:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]