Talk:Eric Robert Rudolph
From Academic Kids
Does anyone else have a problem with:
- Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, which killed Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, caused the death of cameraman Melih Uzunyol by heart attack as he rushed to cover the incident.
I mean, did the bombing cause Melih Uzunyol's death? There is certainly a clear causal link, but I don't think we want to phrase it this way. --Dante Alighieri 10:22 1 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- done Smack
Please remove "captured" from the photo here. 209.56.26.107
Presumably the message his brother meant to send was "Stop chasing my brother, or I'll cut the other hand off".
The Southern Poverty Law Center link is dead - does anyone have a functional replacement? Also, that same line says Rudolph was "pro-laetrile", but the link to laetrile is merely a description of a chemical compound. If there's a philosophy associated with it, it should be explained either here or on the laetrile page. -- Finlay McWalter 12:51, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Nationality
There is nothing about his nationality. I assume he is an american...? I've added category American terroists, remove this if he is not an american --Oblivious 22:14, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Redundancy
I do think it's unnecessary to repeat the entire list of every bombing, name every location, and every victim, all in the first paragraph -- not to mention the overly detailed history of his being a fugitive. At the very least it opens up the possibility of inconsistent edits. Shouldn't an article opening be a brief summary and overview? That seems to be a widely held philosophy. --Dhartung | Talk 04:17, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I wasn't reading your comment when I tried to make it more succinct. Anyways, I've replaced the entire text of Rudolph's statement with a simple link, because it seems to me that the statement shouldn't dominate 60% of the entire article. I've also removed redundant sentences that seem to be almost word-for-word. (Hey, this is one of my first major edits on WP! =D) TheProject 04:29, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- No, seriously, what you did was improve things in the same direction I tried to. I applaud your edits. My comment was directed at User:Neutrality, who may well come back and restore all that text again, for who knows what reason. --Dhartung | Talk 06:04, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Recent edits
I'm a little lost as to where to find the source that says Rudolph actually was part of the group Christian Identity. As far as I know, he has only been suspected of being part of it. I haven't heard of any proof that this is true. It even says, later in the article, that he has denied being a part of it. Is it possible to find proof to the contrary? Otherwise, saying that Rudolph is indeed associated with the group may be factually incorrect. TheProject 21:11, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
