Looking over a couple of your contributions, I see some problems. One is, where you are not well versed in well-used phrases, you are nonetheless not hesitant to set people straight, when they were never wrong. Case in point, "While traveling, Zinn died of an apparent heart attack while swimming"Howard Zinn, Historian, Is Dead at 87" The New York Times January 29, 2010. in Santa Monica, California on January 27, 2010. He is survived by his daughter Myla Kabat-Zinn, son Jeff Zinn and five grandchildren."

'X is survived by Y' is common practice in obituaries. I am not going to argue with you about whether this is common practice on WP; you are mistaken in saying it does not make sense. Take note of this; you need to do more reading out and about in RL before you come here and presume to correct people.

The other, major, unequivocal, written in WP policy specifically, problem is that you have refactored other editor's talk page comments. Cease and desist forever, immediately. Talk pages are not subject to the same rules as mainspace. The only requirement is that they be an attempt, no matter how lame, to contribute suggestions for the improvement of the article. They are not to be removed or altered, they are not to be moved or retitled without extremely good reason.