Talk:Joanna Southcott
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Joanna Southcott (1750 - October 29, 1814), English religious fanatic, was horn at Gittisham in Devonshire.
Did the writer mean "born" or am I just ignorant of this usage of the word horn?
Very clever. The writer made a typo. It happens.
If Southcott had been more successful, we would not be permitted to use the word "fanatic" (try the link!), for lack of "NPOV." Wetman
We would not be permitted? Just who would stop us? In any event, I see that the lead in the main article now meets your quite reasonable objection.
I deleted the reference to "fanatic" in the lead. It is not NPOV and serves no purpose other than to remind us not to simply dump, uncritically, copyright-free material from the 1911 Brittanica into Wikipedia. Especially in articles about religion, it is good to remember that those 1911 EB people were good, solid members of the Church of England.User:Jeffmatt
[edit] Heh. 2004?
Quote: "Southcott prophecied that the Day of Judgement would come in the year 2004, and her followers state that if the contents of the box have not been studied beforehand, the world will have to meet it unprepared."
This seems a bit dated, considering that the year C.E. / A.D. is now nearly 2006. Probably at least needs to be rewritten in the past tense.
P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 00:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] I agree
How about, "Southcott prophecied that the Day of Judgement would come in the year 2004, and her followers stated that if the contents of the box had not been studied beforehand, the world would have to meet it unprepared.."
I'm afraid to change it, though. What happens if the world comes right after I do that? I'd feel guilty. Jeffmatt
