Talk:Casper ten Boom

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A fact from Casper ten Boom appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when the Nazis began requiring all Jews in the occupied Netherlands to wear the yellow badge, Dutch Christian Casper ten Boom voluntarily wore one also?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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Spelling[edit]

This IP says that when written without a first name it should be Ten Boom. ([1]). This is also the way it appears on the museum site: [2]. I don't know the rules of the Dutch language. Which is correct? Ostap (talk) 20:05, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check the book tonight. Czolgolz (talk) 21:07, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The IP was me editing from a public computer. For the rules on capitalising interjectives of Dutch names, see Dutch name#Tussenvoegsels and Tussenvoegsel. A ecis^Brievenbus 16:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thanks for clearing that up. Ostap (talk) 16:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox[edit]

Edited this for what he was known for (not just his daughter), and deleted opponents and competitors - these relate to politics, not what happened to them.Parkwells (talk) 16:20, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added content[edit]

Added material from US Holocaust Museum article to give context on the Dutch Reformed Church, and all the family activities.Parkwells (talk) 16:20, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Religion in infobox[edit]

I tried to undo the removal of ten Boom's religion from the infobox, but was unable to do so. User:CurleyTurkey commented in the RFC, "Religion should be allowed in an infobox only when the subject's religion can be demonstrated to play a key or defining rôle in the person's biography—such as with religious leaders, missionaries, or whatever—and then only under the condition that it can be simply and clearly defined and is uncontentious." That was just a comment, but a valid one, and one I wish were policy. The closer mentioned the need of "ensuring that those cases in which the religion is significant to the article subject is adequately covered either in the body text or in a custom parameter." While it's well covered in the article, I think it also belongs in the infobox because Casper ten Boom's religion played a defining role in his life. Are we going to remove religion from Billy Graham's infobox? Can we please restore it to ten Boom's? YoPienso (talk) 07:31, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! you did undo the edit I made. However, his religion was not visble before I made my edit or after your undo. It has not been visible in the 'Infobox Person' template for 18 months since the RFC went into effect. Since you felt so strongly about having this information (which is already covered in the article) in the Infobox, I changed the box from INFOBOX PERSON to INFOBOX CHRISTIAN LEADER. I left the full parameter set in the code so you can fill-in whatever you feel is applicable. Note that when the religion parameter is filled out in this template, it shows up as 'denomination'. Gene Wilson (talk) 15:41, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your explanation and collaborative attitude.

Now, if this is too picky, it's not a big deal. Ten Boom wasn't what I consider a Christian leader, unless we count his example as a form of leadership. He was a quiet, unassuming layman who took a courageous stand. The template at Billy Graham is "Other people," yet it displays his religion. If that's a special override, maybe this one should be Template:Infobox religious biography. (And I would think Graham's should be Template:Infobox clergy.) YoPienso (talk) 18:18, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]