Talk:William Liley

message: Liley's suicide is documented in Casper's book.
[[User: Calibanu] 11:58, 15 April 2006.
It was made public information by the Coroner and consequently was publicized in newspapers throughout New Zealand. It was, and is, no secret.  As an atheist, Sir William had no superstitious scruples about suicide.  
Please don't refer to my father as "Liley".  His abbreviated title was, and is, Sir William, and you are being rude.
Silverfern 19:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Liley's Suicide

message: ...as are his religious beliefs...
User: Calibanu 13.40, 11 November 2006
As Sir William's third daughter, I can assure you that he was an atheist.  His widow, my mother, can confirm the same.  Casper is no relation to the Liley family. 
Furthermore Casper's attitude towards Sir William is suspect, because in her book she refers to him as "Dr. William Liley" rather than by his correct title of "Professor Sir William Liley".  Thus, she discourteously ignores both his status as a Professor and as a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
 
Also, would Calibanu please note that it is discourteous and incorrect to refer to a knight as "[surname]" rather than "Sir [  preferred given name]". Silverfern 18:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Liley's Religious Beliefs

message: Sir William's first name was Albert.  The given names of his father, my paternal grandfather, were Albert Harvey.  It is extremely surprising to me that anyone would presume to write a Wikipedia article about my father yet not bother to get his first name, his religious affiliation or lack thereof, or the correct way of referring to him and recognizing his knighthood, correct. It suggests a very presumptuous and arrogant personality. Silverfern 18:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Liley's first name

message: Dr. Margaret, Lady Liley, has personally stated to me that Monica Casper's writings on the subject of Sir William are "appalling" and that she is disgusted by them.  They should NOT be regarded as accurate or appropriate references on the subject of Sir William Liley. Silverfern 03:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monica Casper's books 

message: No sentence in a wikipedia article should begin with "It is a great pity...".  This article is entirely too flowery and congratulatory, not to mention slanted towards the pro-life point of view.  It still needs more work, I will come back to it if I have time.  Joie de Vivre 19:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tags

message: I find the changes to this entry amount to censorship. It is recorded fact that Liley was the first president of the New Zealand anti-abortion group SPUC (Society for Protection of the Unborn Child), along with my documentation of past tributes to his work from that movement. This is an unsatisfactory situation, and I wish to complain about it.
User Calibanu 11.43, 26 June 2007
If neccessary, Silverfern should be barred from any further Wikipedia article interference, given the objections that I have raised about her conduct above. Not to do so would be to compromise contribution quality and succumb to ideologically driven censorship related to content.
[User Calibanu] 11.27. 12 September 2007.
Sir William's participation in SPUC is irrelevant to his life's work.  It was not the reason he was distinguished and honored.  It appears that Calibanu is the ideologically-driven contributor, but he or she has not even bothered to contact the best authority on Sir William, Sir William's widow. Perhaps Calibanu knows that Lady Liley would refuse to talk to him/her? If Calibanu really wants to add information about SPUC to Wikipedia, why not on a page dedicated to that purpose, rather than on a page about Sir William?  It appears that Calibanu's feelings about Sir William are hostile and spiteful. He or she is clearly a biased and hostile source and as such, entirely unsuitable as a biographer of Sir William. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Silverfern (talk • contribs) 20:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism