Talk:Jim Ryun

message: I'm de-italicizing a little here -- doesn't seem very encyclopedia-like to have "for thirty-six years" highlighted that way.  Motorneuron 19:56, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Initial comments 

message: Here, with one of the best athletes in America, the article contains no discussion of what Ryun did to sidestep military service.   Was his participation in the Olympics deemed valuable enough to defer him?   Or was one privilege of being a good athlete that such individuals didn't have to perform military service?   This question is germane because the draft affected every healthy heterosexual male in America at that time, but the article is written as if that reality didn't exist.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.152.216.213 (talk) 17:51, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  One Big Missing Part 

message: Is she the daughter of the plantiff or the plaintiff?  I have not lived in Kansas in 15 years, but I seem to remember that she is the plaintiff, she was the little girl.  Her mother worked with the attorneys on the case, but she was the little girl denied access.  I believe that I have that correct.  The girl would be the only person who would have standing in a court of law to sue.  That's why I fairly sure that she was the plaintiff, not the daughter of the plaintiff.--Getaway 16:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Brown-Henderson

message: While you are welcome to add/augment whatever changes to this article you think necessary or deserving, STOP blanking entire sections (especially the “controversy” sections) of this article!!!  It is vandalism.  (Wikipedia defines blanking as “removing all or significant parts of articles... [without] a non-frivolous explanation for the removal of apparently legitimate content is provided, linked to, or referenced in an edit summary.”)
Furthermore, the fact that your edits are highly POV , you are using an anonymous IP, and have made edits only to this article and no others, raises suspicion of self-promotion. The sections you deleted were fully supported with references and should NOT be deleted without a valid reason. Do not blank them again without a valid explanation, or you’ll be subject to a warning. Thank you. CagedRage 23:59, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite his controversies i think most will still see him as a hero with respect to track and field. From what is written, with regard to the darker side of politics, it is hard to justify taking them out since they did occur. David D. (Talk) 05:29, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly.  Just because it makes WriterJMD sad doesn't make it omissible.  206.53.75.234 (talk) 16:52, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  To 69.149.155.120 

message: The statement that said he made no concession statement after his loss was completely false! I know this because my dad works for Jim so he was there and because it was on t.v.!
:Statement is no longer in article. -- John Broughton   (♫♫) 14:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  False statement 

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message: Apparently a 60yo Jim Ryun world record was just broken so the article may need a small update, but it's hard for me to tell where exactly.  The new record is for 1 mile time by a high schooler without a pacer.  Idk what exactly that means.  2601:648:8202:350:0:0:0:738F (talk) 01:27, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  record broken 

message: the recently added prose in the personal life section is unsourced and purple.
it is reverted to encyclopedic copy. Augmented Seventh (talk) 23:02, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  recent additions