Talk:Darwin Day

message: Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was born on the same day as Darwin and it is my belief that this contributes to support for a celebrationof February 12. I think I read this somewhere once but I don't know where.Notjim 22:25, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

message: In the information provided by the theory of
evolution zoologist Darwin, there is no similarity thought about the enigma of
creation. Scientist doesn’t research for our universe condition i.e. Darwin
doesn’t know in our universe is everything is the evolution from single
dimension. See origin of the Universe at https://shahidurrahmansikder.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/origin-of-the-universe/
Discovery Allah/God the Big Bang, Evolution and Gravitation Theory  https://plus.google.com/
Pope: The most important news- about the God, Big Bang & Evolution at https://plus.google.com/104669722445739033329/posts/MQ9wQejCRLQ  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.64.136.130 (talk) 04:51, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google icon 

message: I don't have the time or skill to edit this page myself, but the Wiki entries regarding Darwin keep attributing the theory of evolution to him. While his work directly resulted in that theory, he never put it forth himself. He made observations and postulations about natural selection, but was not publicly the first person to come up with Evolution by natural selection. I read a few books on Darwin and it seems very clear this was the case. Apparently he was heavily involved with the Church and did not want to extrapolate his natural selection model to say that it produced humans and other organisms. There are a few good experts on Darwin out there and I hope one of them sees this post and takes it upon themselves to edit the entry.
````Matt —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.58.54.189 (talk) 20:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone review? 

message: Since this picture is not the iconic "old with beard like Moses" one that is commonly seen, I am adding that he was 55 years old at the time of this picture. DDCworker 01:05, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darwin's picture 

message: The entire article sounds like it was written by a person or people slanted tremendously in favor of the celebration of Darwin Day. Phrases like "rocked the very foundation of our knowledge base" don't belong in an encyclopedia article, and there definitely needs to be some mention of critical response (which definitely exists). æ² ✆ 2007‑02‑12t21:39z
I disagree. The phrase you used as an example is objectively true. Practically every field of scientific study was radically changed by the scientific theory of evolution, and it had huge philosophical implications. So yes, it DID rock the very foundation of our knowledge base. Personally I think the article needs some wikifying and if there is a critical response, it should be included. However, I think that what is already written is not "slanted tremendously in favor of the celebration of Darwin Day."--TheAlphaWolf 22:37, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the former argument. Some of the lines seem to have a point of view, though sometimes they are very discreet. Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book)  02:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

text: "The objectives are to educate the public about Charles Darwin's contributions and the mechanism of natural selection as well as to defend science against the creationist (later renamed Intelligent Design) movement..." I also agree with the first argument. For all the criticisms of religion in the article, it treats Darwin as if he were a god! --Chuckos 13:50, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: The heading "History" is vague and overly broad.  The contents of that section describe what Darwin did that motivates the following sections.  Unless there is objection, I will change that heading to "Darwin's Contributions to Science and Society". DDCworker 01:59, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History <-- Darwin's Contributions to Science and Society

message: I changed this section name from "Recognition" to "Celebrating Darwin", to be more specific about what it contains.DDCworker 00:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Celebrating Darwin (replaces Recognition) 

message: The listing of volunteers within the organization can be found at the organization's Website and seems not significant enough for an encyclopedia article. I'm going to remove that sentence. DDCworker 23:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darwin Day Program and Darwin Day Celebration 

message: The legal name of the California based tax deductible corporation focussed exclusively on Darwin Day events is "Darwin Day Celebration" (http://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78) and the  name "Darwin Day Program" is no longer officially used.  Any reason this should not be reflected in the article?  DDCworker 22:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organization name 

message: This material belongs near the description of the corporation most central to this movement: The Darwin Day Celebration, Inc., of California, USA.  I will move it forward before the Supporters section. DDCworker 22:15, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Events heading 

message: The naming of early freethought organizations, scientific organizations should be logically combined with the later involvement of organizations like "Evolution Sunday" in a single overview of the supporters. Any argument to the contrary? DDCworker 22:15, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Supporters 

message: It's not the TIME that's important here. The activities/efforts of people are the things being reported, with some future orientation.  For those reasons, I am changing the section heading to Current Efforts. The  section called Future may logically merge with Current Efforts, because the Future is not known, only the target of efforts. DDCworker 00:37, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Present Times  <--- Current Efforts

message: Is there some documentation of "In Canada, the first Darwin Day event took place at the University of Guelph in 1994 …  organized by Amanda Chesworth, volunteer professors, and fellow students."?  And was this nonpublic event more significant than many other early celebrations of Darwin such as the Phylum Feast events (http://pinicola.ca/darwind2.htm) that are known to go back at least to 1972? DDCworker 22:57, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guelph event doc'n? 

message: Apparently 79.6.244.60 made an entry that lists Darwin Day among the Geek Holidays entries. DDCworker 23:08, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Category Entries

message: I can see a lot of good work has been put in to this article and I don't want to step on anyone's toes. 
I think the section - Darwin's Contributions to Science and Society - seems out of place (or at least overly long). I'd like to see the article focus more on the holiday itself; it's origins, current status and future plans. It would also be interesting to see more on the attempts to have it formally recognised. 
I don't think there is any need for an encyclopaedia article to defend or justify the reasons for any holiday being celebrated. We should just describe the holiday and leave it at that. This might also address the concerns raised about NPOV, although personally the article seems neutral to me. --Boreas 01:45, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darwin's Contributions to Science and Society 

message: …The family leased the house to tenants including Olive Willis, who founded the Down House School for Girls and operated it in Down House from 1907 to 1922, when she moved the school elsewhere.  Another school operated there for a few years, with less success.  During 1927-29 Sir George Buckston Browne financed and directed renovation of Down House to be a National Museum.  On 7 June 1929 Sir Browne entrusted the House to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, to be open to the public.  From the late 1940's to the late 1980's the Royal College of Surgeons of England maintained the House.  Through efforts by the Natural History Museum, the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the Wellcome Trust, in 1996 English Heritage became owner and restorer of Down House, and turned it into a museum.   Page 2-3 of 
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--Boreas Talk 12:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Celebrating Darwin

message: Editors and readers may be interested in the efforts to create Darwin Day content for the Wikipedia Main page.  There are lots of Darwin- and evolution-related topics that don't yet have articles, and we'll be presenting a number of new articles on February 12, 2009.--ragesoss (talk) 20:05, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Darwin Day 2009 on Wikipedia

message: The darwinday.org website now claims to be operated by the "International Darwin Day Foundation", which is described as an autonomous program of the American Humanist Association. Is the "International Darwin Day Foundation" simply the new name of the Darwin Day Celebration? The article needs updating to whatever the current state is. --David Edgar (talk) 14:59, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  International Darwin Day Foundation 

message: In case anyone else is interested, the Evolution Day article is being threatened with deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evolution Day.  Please help rescue it! -- Limulus (talk) 22:29, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolution Day article threatened with deletion 

message: I keep editing this page only to have it revert back to the original piece. There is so much misinformation contained in this entry about the creation of this program. This needs to be fixed. I will continue to work on correcting the mistakes and will enlist others who actually do know the facts and have documentation to support them.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.222.230.106 (talk) 20:42, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
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