Talk:Thanatology

message: And what about a desseaced person's family... is there a good way for keep them in a good mental situation? I think that the dead doesn't need a solution, but his or her family need it. What do you think about? Anticipate thanks for your response. [200.67.150.165, 17:42, 17 Sep 2004]
:Well, I've rewritten the article, so this may partially answer your question. I'm not familiar with specific therapies and techniques to help out the deceased's family, so I'm adding it to the to-do list for now. I may eventually research these techniques, though it's not my area of expertise — any nurses, vets, psychiatrists, or anyone else who knows a thing or two about thanatology is particularly welcome to add to the article. :-) • Benc • 08:16, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family 

message: This article is severely lacking in references. I was tempted to remove quite a lot of it but instead chose to indicate where citations were needed, although that applies to virtually every claim.
Also, I removed the text mentioning specific universities in America and Spain that offer courses in Thanatology from the 'Fields of Study' section, because universities are usually deemed businesses, and it therefore constitutes advertising in my opinion. However, if a compromise is to be reached, a new section (or page) listing the universities offering the study of Thanatology might be more appropriate. This at least separates what should be unbiased from what may be biased.  Nebuliser (talk) 01:36, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm sorry, but you were far too liberal with the citations. Some of them were sorely needed, but others were just rubbish in my eyes and I'm sure many others at least. I'm removing one or two that are just silly. For example, do we really need a citation that social sciences frequently encounter death? Sociology in particular is highly observant of social mores and rituals. Death is one of the most intimate of mores that a society engages in; funeral pyres for example are rituals that societies the world over have taken very seriously for millennia. To imply that this most basic of facts requires citation is ludicrous. Of course the death rituals of a given society would be studied by Sociologists and other social sciences, by definition! It's merely a basic logical connection. To say we need citations of that is to reject the definition of Sociology. I will be removing at least that instance, for the aforementioned reasons. Obviously I will accept any reverts made by authorities, but I feel my position has been sufficiently reasoned. If you disagree with that, maybe you've taken Bishop Berkeley and Hume too seriously (Berkeley was somewhat nutty too).
65.31.118.134 (talk) 05:18, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations, Advertising and Unreferenced Opinion. 

message: In the first section titled, “History”, you begin talking about a man named Ellie Metchnikoff. You then immediately talk about his work which he was known for, “phagocytosis”. I don’t believe many viewers of this page will know the meaning of that word and in turn, it will be a bit difficult for them to be able to make sense of the whole paragraph without knowing the main premise of his work. I think it would be beneficial to add a bit of information concerning this topic.K.wilson (talk) 21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvements  

message: It seems as if whole passages have been copied from something else.  No organization to the ideas in the article at all.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.149.10 (talk) 00:52, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: If only SOMEONE could fix this... - SummerPhDv2.0 05:06, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: This article is a hot mess.