Talk:Abby and Brittany Hensel

message: The subject of Abby and Brittany Hensel's religion of Christianity has not been mentioned in this Article.  The twins went to a Missouri Synod Lutheran High School and graduated from a Bethel Unitversity, a Baptist Seminary in Minnesota. It should be mentioned.Easeltine (talk) 16:25, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You would need to cite WP:Reliable sources describing the importance religion of the lives of the Hensel twins if you wish to mention it.  Most Americans are Christian, so this would not be noteworthy unless it is discussed prominently in such sources.  See WP:BALASP. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:02, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

text: Attending a Christian school does not make someone Christian. That they attended might be of interest, if reliably sourced, but it doesn't prove they are Christian. --Hammersoft (talk) 19:16, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christianity  

message: People keep saying they got separated? 207.38.57.14 (talk) 21:21, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know what people you mean, but it is obviously false. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:08, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separation 

message: How will they be able to give birth to children?  they wont give birth to children beacause they share one reproductive  organ so it will be impossible to repoduce as a fact  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.112.37.135 (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know and it is not for us to speculate if we don't have reliable sources on the matter. The only thing in the article about this is an interview that they gave aged 16. Whether they intended it as a realistic prospect or just as a way to articulate their desires to live as normal lives as possible is not clear. DanielRigal (talk) 18:08, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with DanielRigal.  See WP:V and WP:RS. -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:48, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth of children 

message: To begin with, I did not do a sufficient research on this matter, so maybe the twins would not object, but I honestly felt slightly disturbed reading about how many kidneys they have. It is very interesting for medical students and therefore for medical journal, I am sure, but does it belong to Wiki? 
Imagine being them and wondering if their new students already read about their "one slightly broad pelvis" or "originally 3" arms. In short, the "organ distribution" part reads like something devoid of sympathy and understanding towards Hensel sisters, don't you think? 2A00:1028:838E:7C72:7188:3282:82F7:33DC (talk) 22:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is encyclopedic. These things have been reported over and over again in mainstream press, documentaries and TV shows about them. -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The key point is that we must not cover these things in a prurient or dehumanising way. If anybody wants to recast the list as a paragraph then that would be fine, possibly an improvement, but we do need to keep the information in some form and there is nothing egregious about the list format. DanielRigal (talk) 12:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I (and WP) generally prefer narrative paragraphs to lists and tables, in this case, I think that presenting it in the list format gives it a sort of less "personal" feel and makes it, if anything, less likely to offend the sensibilities of the sensitive.  But, to add to above, Wikipedia "may contain content that some readers consider objectionable or offensive‍—‌even exceedingly so. Attempting to ensure that articles and images will be acceptable to all readers, or will adhere to general social or religious norms, is incompatible with the purposes of an encyclopedia." -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:59, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree with Ssilvers and DanielRigal in principle - however, I do note that section is completely unsourced. Can a source be found for it?  Unsourced claims about living people should not be in articles. TSP (talk) 17:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have time right now, but there are lots of sources already cited in the article that run through it.  Here is an old article that states some of it and shows a labelled illustration of much of the rest.  All of it was compiled from news sources long ago. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethics of the "organ distribution" part