Talk:Michael
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July 21 2004: I changed the translation of Michael to include "Likened unto God," because that's what my rabbi once told me. Archangel Michael was so powerful because he was "like God." I have no other authority than a memory of Rabbi Joey, and I beg to be corrected. Also, I replaced "the Lord" with "God" because I think it's a more literal translation of the Hebrew root "el". In Hebrew, "the Lord" is better translated "Adonai," and "el" is used to refer to many gods, not only the God of Abraham. (Orthodox sticklers note: I haven't blanked out he middle letter of "god" because the commandment refers to God's name, not the word "god." Please excuse me.) --Cladist July 21 2004
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True or false: this article needs a link to the Wikipedia page talking about the banned user. 66.245.115.34 21:57, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Things that don't belong here
- Michael Buffer
- Michael Caine
- Michael Crichton
- Michael J. Fox
- Michael Jackson
- Michael Jordan
- Michael Eisner
- Michael Douglas
- Michael Hutchence
- Michael Myers
- Michael Moore
- Michael Owen
- Michael Palin
- Michael Schumacher
- Michael Wilbon
- Michael Nesmith
- Michael Keaton
- Michael Knight
As per Wikipedia:disambiguation disambiguation articles are for disambiguating amongst articles that would otherwise share the same title. To quote:
- In most cases, do not list names of which Title is a part, unless the persons are very frequently referred to simply by their first or last name (e.g. Shakespeare, Galileo).
These entries have been removed because they do not belong here. The encyclopaedia articles on these subjects would not have the title Michael (but would have the titles that they actually do have).
Furthermore: Translations of words are the function of Wiktionary, the lexical companion to Wikipedia and which is a translating dictionary amongst many other things. They, also, do not belong here. Uncle G 18:11, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
- They are useful for people trying to find people named Michael. —Lowellian (talk) 01:31, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
- This situation is similar to that of a redirect. From Wikipedia:Redirect:
- Someone finds them useful. Hint: If someone says they find a redirect useful, they probably do. You might not find it useful — this is not because the other person is a liar, but because you browse Wikipedia in different ways.
- You might not find the stuff in this article useful, but you do not know others' browsing habits. Now, Michael could redirect straight to an article, but there are multiple famous people/things named Michael. That is why it has to be a disambiguation page, and that is why this stuff in the article has to be kept. —Lowellian (talk) 01:36, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
- Your (or anyone else's) browsing habits are not the point: rather, it's Wikipedia policy not to list people on a dab page just because it's part of their name.—Wahoofive (talk) 05:24, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- The relevant paragraph is this:
- In most cases, do not list names of which Title is a part, unless the persons are very frequently referred to simply by their first or last name (e.g. Galileo, Shakespeare).
- Accordingly, the kings of Portugal might belong, but not the modern Michaels.—Wahoofive (talk) 05:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation. —Lowellian (talk) 17:31, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
