Talk:Harry Whittington

message: Uh, why are all links to "Quail" the bird being automatically redirected to this page?  That seems a little, well evil.
Is the 78-year-old Harry Whittington that Dick Cheney shot on 2/11/06 the same person as Harry Whittington the author?
- I don't see any indication either way, so we should assume not. - Eric 21:27, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
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message: I removed the following paragraph, as it incorrectly (and irrelevantly) states that Aaron Burr was not in office during his duel.  The duel took place in July 1804, and he left office in March 1805, so he was a sitting vice president when he shot Hamilton.
"Aaron Burr was not, though, the vice president during the duel.  It was during Jefferson's Second term and Jefferson chose to not run with Burr as his vice president.  Burr tried to plot a New England succession and then plotted a southern succession both of which failed." Tooptoo 21:15, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering that numerous U.S. vice presidents served in the military and saw armed conflict, I would guess that Whittington is by far not only the second man to have been shot by a VP.  It's probably safe to assume that John C. Breckinridge shot someone during either the Mexican-American War or the American Civil War, that Theodore Roosevelt shot someone at the Battle of San Juan Hill, and Lyndon B. Johnson may have shot someone during WWII. - Eric 00:25, 13 February 20 SALAK ADAM DEDİĞİ TEK KİŞİ VARDIR
combatants during military service.  KSchwartz 00:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Another way to qualify this is to say "second shot by a sitting vice president".  Then we can clarify that other Vice Presidents served in combat prior to assuming the office of the Vice Presidency. Johntex\talk 04:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: All good comments, but if it becomes more than one line in a 'trivia' section, it would become more appropriate to get into long details of VP shooting on Cheney's article. Note that in the Aaron Burr article, this has already been done. I'd also like to know more about what other topics would go in a 'trivia' section. If it's just this one item, it may not be enough to warrant it. Nhprman 05:03, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hamilton & Whittington 

message: Is the "Controversy" section really necessary?  It seems a bit extraneous. 
KSchwartz 03:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I say "no" since Mr. Whittington is not the subject of the controversy. I think it's political piling on, and perhaps a bit of zealousness, and of course, POV. Nhprman 04:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: not necessary in this article. Leinart 12:23, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I expanded the subhead to read "Controversy surrounding shooting" but its inclusion here is still a bit iffy, since this is not HIS controversy. Nhprman 22:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Folks, we need to tread a fine line here re: the shooting. This is NOT the Cheney article, nor is it an article about the incident. Both have their own articles. Unless Whittington was drunk, or having an affair, that clearly does NOT pertain to him. Nhprman 21:17, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: With the addition of the possibly libelous accusations of marital infidelity and, um, "helpful" explanation of how it would be advantageous for Cheney to avoid prompt chemical tests if he were drunk, this has gone way beyond the bounds of anything even vaguely resembling neutral and unbiased. I thought the section was useless when created, now it's merely a pedestal for partisan grandstanding.KSchwartz 06:04, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversy

message: Whittington is of partial Jewish ancestry (however was raised Christian) and has attended services at Congregation Agudas Achim a conservative synagogue in Austin. Does this really qualify as notable information? Even if it was printed in a congregation bulletin? (As indicated in the history, but not cited on the page?) Obviously, the members of the congregation might think it significant, but I'm not convinced that it's relevant to this bio. Now, if Whittington self-identified in this way publicly, that would be another story. (Also, we should get more information on sources for this. When this article was started a couple of days ago, every bit of information in it was cited either inline or in the External links section, but that has started to slip...) JRP 15:19, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoa. Jewish? This article, published July 17, 2005 in the American-Statesman says he's a member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin.  - Eric 23:31, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Being of partial Jewish ancestry is always notable because it helps us identify members of the Vast Jewish Conspiracy. I'm only half joking. savidan(talk) (e@) 00:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion

message: I think claiming that the CNN image meets "fair use" guidelines is extremely questionable.  We can't simply use copyrighted images without permission just because we don't have a free image instead.  I'm removing it from the article for now until someone can come up with a better fair use rationale. —Cleared as filed. 02:17, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
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message: Does anyone know if the NRA Wittington Center in New Mexico is named after this person, or one of his relatives?
I love the part where he appologises to the Vice President for getting shot. "oops! you shot me! my bad!" 65.93.163.128 06:16, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harry Whittington 

message: He was involved - so why no link? And why no mention that the ladies were the men's mistresses? - Sparky 16:46, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Funeralgate]]? 

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