![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||
|
I have worked in MK ministry and notice that this article seems almost like it is copied and pasted out of the most typical MK literature. I feel like I have read almost every sentence in this article before at some point and time in another source. The style is not truly Wikipedia style. There should be work done to make it read more like it is a reference and less like the back cover of a book on MKs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.175.9 ( talk) 06:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I've removed all the information in this article which does not apply to Missionary Kids but all TCKs. If you have information that is specific to MKs then put it here, otherwise it is probably better suited for the TCK page.
I am curious why this tag was added. Which parts of the article need to be cleaned-up and which parts haven't been verified? There is already an extensive list of sources/references . . . what hasn't been referenced? As a former MK, I can attest to the accuracy of the descriptions (most, anyway). I don't know anything about "home institutions" (e.g. Mu Kappa), but the rest of the article does a fairly decent job at explaining what I and many of my fellow MKs went through upon returning to our passport country.-- Thorwald 22:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
A person that you guys might want to look into is Ruth Reken, she's done a lot of research into Missionary Kids. Balloonman 04:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
If the Category is added again, I will delete it again and call it Vandalism at that point. Children of God <> Missionary Kids. Missionary Kids is a sociological term that has specific connotations that "children of God" does not fit. Please provide sources before making this unfounded claim again. Right now I'm assuming good faith, but this is not a content dispute. Provide sources that indicate that you understand the term and that it is used to describe COG, and I will accept it. But right now, it is nothing short of OR that is unrelated to the subject and in my opinion inflamatory to TCKs/MKs.[[ Balloonman 05:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Copied from User:Joie de Vivre talk page:
I am having a problem with the way you are approaching this. First,
I made it clear that I did not want you to copy and paste my comments elsewhere, but you just went ahead and did that anyway. You insinuated that I was lacking in knowledge, and that my actions were careless, but as soon as I explained myself, you admitted that you "may have acted in too much haste". You have also made it quite clear that you consider yourself the gatekeeper of what is going to fly as far as this article is concerned. I am not finding your actions to be
civil. I don't see why I should continue a sham discussion if you are just going to do whatever you want. Please review
WP:OWN as it seems you are particularly invested in these articles and it seems like it will take a greater effort on your part to remain
neutral.
Joie de Vivre
06:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
No. No. The children of the COG members _are_ by definition TCKs _and_ MKs. Saying that the COG members do not engage in missionary activities is very much POV. While I find this group, the COG/The Family International, to be a cult (and a very strange one, at that), that is simply my opinion and does not belong in Wikipedia. If the COG go about trying to convert people to their Christian religion (even if pseudo-Christian), they are engaging in missionary activity. Their children, most (if not all) are born-and-raised in a non-passport country, are thus, by definition, TCKs and MKs. However, I am opposed to adding the COG category to either the TCK or the MK articles. A simple link in the COG article is sufficient, IMO, for the reader to find out what these terms mean. -- Thorwald 00:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello! I'm working on improving this article as a part of my intercultural communication class. I am an MK and would love to help expand this page with more research and good sources. Here are some of my suggestions for improving this page.
Lodeo ( talk) 22:01, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Missionary kid. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 06:43, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Missionary kid. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 12:43, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||
|
I have worked in MK ministry and notice that this article seems almost like it is copied and pasted out of the most typical MK literature. I feel like I have read almost every sentence in this article before at some point and time in another source. The style is not truly Wikipedia style. There should be work done to make it read more like it is a reference and less like the back cover of a book on MKs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.175.9 ( talk) 06:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I've removed all the information in this article which does not apply to Missionary Kids but all TCKs. If you have information that is specific to MKs then put it here, otherwise it is probably better suited for the TCK page.
I am curious why this tag was added. Which parts of the article need to be cleaned-up and which parts haven't been verified? There is already an extensive list of sources/references . . . what hasn't been referenced? As a former MK, I can attest to the accuracy of the descriptions (most, anyway). I don't know anything about "home institutions" (e.g. Mu Kappa), but the rest of the article does a fairly decent job at explaining what I and many of my fellow MKs went through upon returning to our passport country.-- Thorwald 22:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
A person that you guys might want to look into is Ruth Reken, she's done a lot of research into Missionary Kids. Balloonman 04:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
If the Category is added again, I will delete it again and call it Vandalism at that point. Children of God <> Missionary Kids. Missionary Kids is a sociological term that has specific connotations that "children of God" does not fit. Please provide sources before making this unfounded claim again. Right now I'm assuming good faith, but this is not a content dispute. Provide sources that indicate that you understand the term and that it is used to describe COG, and I will accept it. But right now, it is nothing short of OR that is unrelated to the subject and in my opinion inflamatory to TCKs/MKs.[[ Balloonman 05:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Copied from User:Joie de Vivre talk page:
I am having a problem with the way you are approaching this. First,
I made it clear that I did not want you to copy and paste my comments elsewhere, but you just went ahead and did that anyway. You insinuated that I was lacking in knowledge, and that my actions were careless, but as soon as I explained myself, you admitted that you "may have acted in too much haste". You have also made it quite clear that you consider yourself the gatekeeper of what is going to fly as far as this article is concerned. I am not finding your actions to be
civil. I don't see why I should continue a sham discussion if you are just going to do whatever you want. Please review
WP:OWN as it seems you are particularly invested in these articles and it seems like it will take a greater effort on your part to remain
neutral.
Joie de Vivre
06:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
No. No. The children of the COG members _are_ by definition TCKs _and_ MKs. Saying that the COG members do not engage in missionary activities is very much POV. While I find this group, the COG/The Family International, to be a cult (and a very strange one, at that), that is simply my opinion and does not belong in Wikipedia. If the COG go about trying to convert people to their Christian religion (even if pseudo-Christian), they are engaging in missionary activity. Their children, most (if not all) are born-and-raised in a non-passport country, are thus, by definition, TCKs and MKs. However, I am opposed to adding the COG category to either the TCK or the MK articles. A simple link in the COG article is sufficient, IMO, for the reader to find out what these terms mean. -- Thorwald 00:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello! I'm working on improving this article as a part of my intercultural communication class. I am an MK and would love to help expand this page with more research and good sources. Here are some of my suggestions for improving this page.
Lodeo ( talk) 22:01, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Missionary kid. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 06:43, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Missionary kid. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 12:43, 2 February 2018 (UTC)