Talk:Marriage/Archive 2

message: The German Wikipedia has this picture:  with a caption I cannot decipher, on :de:Ehe.  Could someone provide a translation please?  TIA.  --Connel MacKenzie -  wikt 08:35, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  German Wikipedia 

message: Hopefully I'll have time to do some of this, but if someone could beat me to it, great.  This article's getting longer than it ought.  The section on "Marriage and economics" could be made a seperate article and greatly condensed.  Also, the wedding section has some info in it that should be moved into the main article, and other information that could be greatly condensed or removed in favor of coverage in the main article (ex: facts specific to individual countries).  
Also, there are sections in "Definition" that pertain to current events, like in the last paragraph, that could be stricken entirely and moved to the same-sex marriage and polygamy articles.  Not sure whether they actually 'should', though, so I'll leave it be for now. MrZaiustalk 19:59, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup suggestions/plans

message: I removed links that were blatantly commercial.  The ones that are left are still pretty dodgy.  The only one I think adds real value is the Rugters marriage project.
*igla.org - International gay and lesbian association.  Presumably here as some sort of "balance" against the catholic encyclopedia link.  But it's to the organization, not even to their stance on marriage.  And it's not really a counterpoint to the catholic Encyclopedia content.
*Social Determinants of Attitudes Towards Women's Premarital Sexuality Among Female Turkish University Students - This just seems bizzarly specific.  It's kind of related, but how many readers are actually going to find it useful linked from here. If something like this isn't relevent enough to be a reference it's unclear to me why it would be a good external link.
*Catholic Encyclopedia "History of Marriage" - I don't know what the provenance of this site is, or if it's well respected within the Catholic community. But I was surprised by it.  The article itself seemed out of keeping with the strong tradition of scholarship for which the Catholic Church is known.  And the site appeared to be very commercial (covered in google ads - and pushing it's own sales).  Is this  connected with the Catholic Church or one of their universities?  Is it well respected in academic circles? 
Anyway, I'd like to remove all but the Rugters marriage project.  Does anyone want to defend any of them?  (Or suggest Rugters goes too) --Siobhan Hansa 17:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: The following appeared on the main page: It wasn't vandalism, but it was misplaced, so I move it here.
 == History ==
 
 What is the history of marrage?
Adam Cuerden talk 10:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for a section by an anonymous user

message: are there any stats on the avg age of when people from certain countries get married? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.158.13.120 (talk) 
:The UN produced this pdf in 2000.  Things may have changed significantly since (even the stats they're using are over a worryingly long timeframe) They may have something newer somewhere on their website. --Siobhan Hansa 23:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  stats 

message: Yeah, we get vandalism like that a lot, I fear. Just revert any you see. Adam Cuerden talk 19:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Will do. -- Ec5618 03:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  It seems like you guys are reverting without adding edit notes using your popups editors... is there any way you could alter that method to include reasons why you are doing what you are doing? It really helps collaboration when we can talk things out. Peace, MPS 18:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: vandalism