Talk:Judith Jarvis Thomson

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For those seeking to improve this page, I have found a useful article with citations about Dr. Thomson - http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/people/Thomson.pdf. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.99.223.201 (talk) 02:19, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Religious affiliation[edit]

An editor has recently identified Judith Jarvis Thomson as Jewish, based on a web site called www.adherents.com. Since this web site is not a reliable source by Wikipedia standards, I propose that the change should be reverted. In any case, prominent listing of a subject's religious affiliation, for example in the opening sentence, is often criticized unless there is some clue in the body of the article that their choice of religion was important in their life. Such a fact that would have to be shown from reliable sources. If any of Judith Thomson's publications mentions Judaism, there would be a stronger case. Since adherents.com is not a suitable source, and Judaism is not mentioned anywhere else in the article, I believe that the assertion should be removed. In context, and if there is proper evidence, it might be restored, though preferably not in the opening sentence. EdJohnston (talk) 01:48, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, I know Judith Thomson, and she is Jewish. I agree, though, that the affiliation is probably not relevant to the article, and definitely doesn't belong in the opening sentence.P.D. (talk) 03:39, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, see this: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/thomson-judith-jarvis JimFarm (talk) 13:54, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Common words linked in the text[edit]

Per WP:OVERLINK I suggest that common words such as husband and professor do not need to be blue links in the text. The policy recommends to "..avoid linking terms whose meaning can be understood by most readers of the English Wikipedia." Unless people object, I am planning to remove these links. EdJohnston (talk) 05:37, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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