Talk:John Derek

Pati Behrs

Why the heck does Pati Behrs redirect to John Derek. She was a person in her own right, not an alias for Derek. Nicmart (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't know anything about her. Do you wish to start an article? YellowAries2010 (talk) 01:13, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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Trying to make an improvement, but...

Proposed improvement- I was attempting to change "an unregenerate killer" to "an unrepentant killer". I'd estimate that I've heard the word "unregenerate" twice in my life at most. It's an obscure word. Typically, wiki articles (outside of really technical stuff) are written at or below newspaper level in my experience browsing, and last I heard newspapers shoot for about an 8th grade reading level. There's nothing inherently wrong with using a "fancy" word per se, but the word is a poor choic ein the context- unregenerate has a religious/spiritual context, like referring to souls and whatnot. Unrepentant is less profound, and merely addresses the level of remorse of the person. Yes, they are synonyms, but unrepentant is the better word in this context.

Alas! My change was reverted in the blink of an eye, being deemed "major" by someone. I admit I am not schooled in Wiki-ways, but if changing one word is major, aren't all changes major? As I look at the talk page guidelines mentioned at the top (I don't think I've posted on the talk page before) I see the instructions "Please do not bite the newcomers". I feel bitten, frankly. I researched my edit to make sure I wasn't in error, and I gave a (slightly shorter) justification when I made it, and for it to be so quickly reverted is demeaning. Since I see that newcomers to Wikipedia editing are told to "be bold", I'm going to change it back to the better word once more, in hopes that it will be kept. But if not, so be it. I won't participate in an "edit war." Further, since I am new to all this, I have no clue where else I could have put the above personal appeal (which I edited more than once in the effort to abide by the guidelines to not be sarcastic and not so lengthy). Hopefully I did OK, and forgive me if not... hoping good sense will prevail...

2604:2D80:5504:F100:60FA:1322:2334:525E (talk) 02:43, 17 June 2019 (UTC)