Talk:Madeline Davis/Archive 1

Copy edit
I've just completed a minor copy edit for grammar and flow, and made several changes to the formatting of the article, to comply with WP:MOS. The article still needs a lot of work- mainly, someone with knowledge of the subject will need to come in and expand on certain ideas and remove less relevant information. It's also important that someone either finds the listed references and cites them in a more relevant way, or replaces them with other sources.

If anyone objects to a change I've made, or if I've created an inaccuracy through rephrasing, please revert it, or find me at my talk page. --Moralis (talk) 23:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Mission Accomplished
I have done quite a bit of work on the article. I think it is enough to justify removal of the copy-edit tag. Obviously further edits are required in the references. Diannaa (talk) 20:59, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Notes & Citations
I was under the impression that the Notes heading is a list of References that haven't had in-line citations attached, but it turns out that it's more of a bibliography of things written or co-authored by Madeline D. Davis. Thehonestpuck (talk) 20:50, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Infobox
In the infobox, it says she married her partner in 1995. In the body it states this occurred in New York. Same-sex marriage was not legal in the state of New York until 2011. In line with standards, shouldn't the infobox simply say "Partner", rather than spouse. Unless they were officially married at a later point, then we could use that? Thanks --Jkaharper (talk) 07:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Good question—I was following the cited source (Buffalo News obituary) which says, “When Ms. Davis married again in 1995, her partner was Wendy Smiley”. It does go on to explain this was a religious ceremony (“the first of its kind in Temple Beth Zion, took place in the main sanctuary”) but not a government-recognized one: “It was a big wedding, it was wonderful,” Smiley said, “but it just wasn’t legal in New York State.”
 * It goes on: “They repeated their vows four more times – in a pagan ceremony in Cherry Creek, in a civil ceremony in Vermont in 1997, in a ceremony legal in Canada at Two Hearts Wedding Chapel in Niagara Falls, Ont., in 2006, and finally back in Temple Beth Zion in 2011 after New York approved same-sex marriages.” Obviously the government recognition was very significant (or they wouldn’t have had further ceremonies), but the source unambiguously presents 1995 as the date they first married. Perhaps it would be clarifying if I added a sentence about renewing their vows? But for the infobox it seems to me appropriate to follow the source. Innisfree987 (talk) 10:45, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It goes on: “They repeated their vows four more times – in a pagan ceremony in Cherry Creek, in a civil ceremony in Vermont in 1997, in a ceremony legal in Canada at Two Hearts Wedding Chapel in Niagara Falls, Ont., in 2006, and finally back in Temple Beth Zion in 2011 after New York approved same-sex marriages.” Obviously the government recognition was very significant (or they wouldn’t have had further ceremonies), but the source unambiguously presents 1995 as the date they first married. Perhaps it would be clarifying if I added a sentence about renewing their vows? But for the infobox it seems to me appropriate to follow the source. Innisfree987 (talk) 10:45, 6 May 2021 (UTC)