Talk:Runaway bride case

message: I live less than mile away from her house and everyone in alaska knew about it. Stupid. samphex 13:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Dates in this article are inconsistent.  
It reports that "Wilbanks officially canceled her engagement to her fiance" on May 17, 2005, but later reports that "[o]n May 22, 2006, People magazine reported that Wilbanks and Mason had officially called off their engagement."  Presumably, People would not consider year-old information to be newsworthy.
Also states: 
"October 10, 2006 — Wilbanks filed a lawsuit against her ex-fiance for $500,000 . . . ."
and 
"In September 2006, Wilbanks filed a lawsuit against her ex-fiance . . . ."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.27.111.130 (talk) 16:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates

message: I don't really think the information here will change rapidly. Kingturtle 05:11, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  currency 

message: Her disappearance sparked a nationwide hunt. "The strange and somewhat humoristic behavior was reported worldwide on the news."
What is strange or humoristic about a nationwide hunt? Kingturtle 16:36, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  clarification requested 

message: Isn't there any picture of her where she isn't make goo-goo eyes? I have to sleep at night. -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 00:11, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: She looks like Karen Carpenter on crystal meth, quite frankly. All the pictures in the Dateline special had those really creepy bug-eyes. That was the "best" one. Mike H 00:34, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
This woman is a whole nother kinda crazy. I would assume all pictures of her look like that.--Wasabe3543 21:45, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

text: Strangely, for me she does look quite normal on that pic. Often people look very strange on photos taken by non-professional photographers. Przepla 19:14, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: It seems wrong to say she faked her own kidnapping.  She ran away, and then, after the media (which is strangely not mentioned in the article, despite being, clearly, the most significant part of the story) had already reported her as having been kidnapped, she made some stupid phone calls saying she'd been kidnapped.  I don't see as how that can consist of "faking one's own kidnapping." john k 17:01, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say she did not fake her own kidnapping. As you say, I think the kidnapping story was something she made up when she realized that, having messed up as much as she did and everybody looking for her, she tried to get herself off the hook and not look like such an idiot. If she had intended to fake a kidnapping, she would have faked a ransome note or something and then "escaped." In fact, I don't think she did anything illegal until she claimed she was kidnapped. This does not impress me as a person who thinks very clearly about consequences of particular actions. -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 17:28, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

text: I didn't mean to sound patronizing....just encouraging. :) Kingturtle 19:15, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

text: I believe he's still planning on it. (The local radio station mentions it from time to time. I believe they called him something equivalent to "dipshit".) --Cuervo 13:25, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it appropriate to say that she faked her own kidnapping? 

message: What I'd really like to know after reading this article, is whether she actually got married to the guy. Radiant_* 17:50, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
:I believe he's still planning on it. (The local radio station mentions it from time to time. I believe they called him something equivalent to "dipshit".) --Cuervo 13:25, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Marriage?

message: In response to vfd that was rehashing the same themes over and over, I boldly edited the article to reflect deletionist criticism of detailed play-by-play of insignificant non-events. I also added paragraphing that amplified the media frenzy. I think it is now of acceptable level of detail, so I removed vfd tag.  It still rings of anti-media POV but I personally may be incapable of editing that out. For more vfd history and debate, see 
Jennifer Wilbanks vfd page... oh , one more comment is that the VFD was doomed to go on forever since there was no published criteria to conclude it. 
MPS 17:12, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Bold edit

message: Is this an ongoing event or not? - RoyBoy 800 05:18, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: it's over now. This link is Broken 00:39, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank goodness. Let us never speak of this again. :P - Ta bu shi da yu 06:19, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ongoing event? 

message: If this really is notable, then the timeline needs to be converted into prose. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:36, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  OK, have switched to use footnoting 

message: From the dab page CMA could mean either Certified Management Accountant or Certified Medical Assistant.  A Google search found CNN asserting she was a medical assistant so I have linked the CMA to the latter.--A  Y  Arktos 21:14, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do the letters CMA after her name stand for? 

message: This was listed on AFD, where it got a consensus to keep. That does not keep someone from moving or merging it normally, of course. --SPUI (talk - RFC) 08:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: AFD

message: why does Wikipedia include this insignificant crap, when there are far more important things to cover. This encourages other ****heads to do stupid stunts like this so they can get attention and their own articles! this website is full of ****, like insignificant bands that only do like 1 song and were started on MYSPACE. delete this —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.12.116.66 (talk • contribs) 15:07, July 3, 2006  (UTC)
:Sorry, not everything in wikipedia is related to rocket science, nuclear physics or world peace.  This woman made a lot of news in 2005 and in the opinion of many editors here meets the standards defined in Wikipedia:Notability (people).  As you can see by other content on this talk page, there are a minority of other editors who agree with you.  I see you have also been editing an album of Nick Lachey.  I am sure there are some editors here who would question his notablity.  --rogerd 22:45, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry but articles about a never-was who gained notoriety, not the same as notability or fame, over the span of a few weeks in late-spring last year have no place in a reference work.  Paris Hilton has continually been irritating long enough to be included in a reference work.  JimCubb 06:58, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

text: A nation-wide hunt took place for this women. It was a media event. The story also involves issues regarding mental illness and racism. Kingturtle 21:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  why the hell is this **** in Wikipedia? 

message: Dear Editors,
I see that my addition to the External Links section has now been deleted.  I had posted  "Censored Latino artist and collaborator critique Wilbanks-style racism" (http://billfisher.dreamhost.com/nohate.html which is my site) and someone (ip  68.164.169.94) with no connection to me or my site recently posted "Artists censored on Wilbanks story" (http://billfisher.dreamhost.com/imagery.html).  Both posts have been deleted by ip 170.141.68.99.  While I find the later, "Artist Censored" posted link to be redundant, and a better link would be http://billfisher.dreamhost.com/missing.html , I believe the information on these sites to be quite relevant, topical and useful for those researching subtle forms of racism and the "Damsel-in-Distress Syndrome" (Susan Smith, Miriam Kashani, et al).   The fact that the artwork was censored from an exhibition in Wilbanks' home town makes the issue even more urgent.  I am guessing the deletion was due to the link being seen as spam or self-promotion.  I hope the editor may reconsider this decision, especially considering the post from ip 68.164.169.94 which has no connection to the authors of the linked site.   All feedback is welcome.  As I understand it, if the consensus here is that the link should be restored (or changed to http://billfisher.dreamhost.com/missing.html ), then I may do so.
Billfisher 01:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't really see how this link is notable. Besides, adding links to promote your website may constitute WP:SPAM. bibliomaniac15 00:01, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

text: After looking at the site in question, while I will presume that you were acting in good faith, I agree that the link does not meet our external link guidelines. It's only of tangential relevance to the article's subject, and I see no indication that it undergoes editorial control or otherwise qualifies as a reliable source. While it's an interesting site, I don't think it really fits an article here. Seraphimblade Talk to me 05:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: external link deletion

message: WHICH PERSONALITY DISORDER DOES SHE HAVE? She's either borderline or narcissistic? She certainly liked the attention she got. 11/20/2007  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.241.29.196 (talk) 21:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or histrionic personality disorder.  Or another disorder, even a psychosis. 68.83.72.162 (talk) 16:59, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Personality Disorder

message: The setence beginning "some Americans" which argues that some see this as an example of feminism run amok needs to be sourced, as does the claim that it can be read as just an example of her being troubled and not a as sign of larger societal issues.  But the feminism claim is unclear. . . running away from a wedding is a feminist impulse? Lying about an assault and thinking you won't be called out it?  This needs to be clarified AND sourced. Raw123 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
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thread_title: POORLY SOURCED CONCLUSION?

message: In June 2007 this article's name was changed from Jennifer Wilbanks to Runaway bride case. I think the article should be switched back to Jennifer Wilbanks. Kingturtle (talk) 22:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  article name 

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