User:Numbertwopencil/Thomas James Ball

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Thomas James Ball

new article content not possible until this changes to more than four small local papers...

http://www.google.ca/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=thomas+james+ball&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=miEKTtu9L4LmiALtl8HaAQ#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=nws&source=hp&q=%22thomas+james+ball%22+-blogspot+-blog+-facebook&aq=f&aqi=&aql=f&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=8e9aad6635d6efc&biw=1024&bih=618

The business insider article doesn't really count as it's an editorial/blog entry type thing.

Biography[edit]

FIXME a quick biography goes here, but is it enough to warrant his inclusion? Would he be in an actual encyclopaedia?

Thomas Ball (Thomas James Ball; February 21, 1953 to June 15, 2011) was a soldier, a father, and a men's rights activist. He came into the national spotlight through his self-immolation, an act of protest against ~~feminism, family courts, and misandry~~ FIXME (conjecture/reword).

NOTES* Was the act really in protest against feminism, family courts and misandry? Yes for the courts, can the others be proven? Citably? Was it ever proven that TJB actually wrote the suicide letter?

Activism[edit]

FIXME he was actually an activist, is there more than the family coalition? can his influence be proven.

http://www.fatherhoodcoalition.org/ -- mentions his activism, but that's not really enough to warrant an article

Suicide (is this the right heading title?)[edit]

suicide is fact, needs citable sources line news

Public Reaction (?)[edit]

not sure this is valid for wikipedia, perhaps mention blogosphere response.

References[edit]

Talk:List_of_political_self-immolations#James_Ball -- the list of political self-immolation talk has some interesting chatter about rationale for delete.

External links[edit]

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