User talk:Dying

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I hope that the username does not refer to any real medical condition - Skysmith 11:49, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

actually, surprisingly enough, dying is my real name. additionally, i suppose the medical condition of being alive necessitates dying as far as i know, but aside from conditions such as this, i am unaware of having any other medical conditions that might hasten my demise. however, your concern for my health is much appreciated. dying 03:53, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, is the name pronounced any differently from the word "dying"? That's an interesting name. --Mr. Billion 06:46, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

no, it's pronounced in the same way, unless, of course, you happen to pronounce the word "dying" in an unorthodox manner, in which case, i'm not sure. dying 06:52, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Comments on Current events

Hello Dying –

I'm trying to get some discussion going on two proposals regarding the current events page, but so far have gotten little to no response. Since you have recently edited the current events page, I'm asking for your input on these two proposals:

• One proposal (this is the big one) involves putting the daily events from the current events pages into article-templates, a lá the monthly pages from 2003 to 2005, as well and having a consistent number of recent days on the current events page instead of a monthly archive. This would allow for the current events page and the respective month pages to be updated simultaneously without the monthly archival. For more, see the current events talk page.

• Another proposal involves merging the content of the regional current events pages (such as British and Irish current events and Canadian current events) into fewer continental articles. For more, see the current events WikiProject talk page.

Your input on one or both of these issues would be appreciated. joturner 22:19, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

personally, i feel that the current events page is suffering from feature creep. if you look at how the current events page looked about a year ago, you'll see that the page was quite simpler, and just about as effective. adding unnecessary features adds to the clutter, and makes it harder for a new contributor to understand how the page works.

the first proposal would make adding an event to the page much more complicated than it is now. even though this style appears to be used in some of the archived current events pages, a cursory look at these pages' histories should show that this style was applied after the pages were archived. also, if contributors are not careful, the pages could end up being a mess, as all the useless daybars in the current june 2005 article attest.

as for the second proposal, the regional current events pages are currently useful as an effective compromise between people who think an event of significant local importance should appear on the main current events page, and those who feel otherwise because it is insignificant outside of the local area. merging these pages together seems to partially defeat the purpose. besides, the impact of a local event to the global community is often determined by political boundaries rather than continental ones.

anyway, that's just my opinion. in any case, i do appreciate the thought and effort that has been put into trying to improve this area of wikipedia. dying 21:30, 6 May 2006 (UTC)