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::Seriously, yes, this is an improvement.  But I still think you are going for theatrics too much.  But theatrics is obviously your thing (Operation Flying Fortress, the S.S. Evolution sinking, parrots riding tricycles, black cats, dogs gnawing on bones, etc., etc.) and that's obviously not going to change.  By the way, I don't know who Eric Thomas is, or why his picture makes a point about religion, but I like his Red Sox cap.

::Seriously, yes, this is an improvement.  But I still think you are going for theatrics too much.  But theatrics is obviously your thing (Operation Flying Fortress, the S.S. Evolution sinking, parrots riding tricycles, black cats, dogs gnawing on bones, etc., etc.) and that's obviously not going to change.  By the way, I don't know who Eric Thomas is, or why his picture makes a point about religion, but I like his Red Sox cap.

::What would be a really useful direction for your energies would be a debate page on the subject of whether religion in the United States (or the world, if that's your preference) is increasing or decreasing.  There is already a debate going on on the [[Talk:Main_Page#Now_that_liberals_are_getting_violent_and_acting_like_trapped_rats.2C_how_long_before_liberalism_collapses.3F]] page.  That debate is VASTLY more interesting than any of your "worst day / worst year" articles.  Stuff on the main talk page often gets very interesting, though it isn't related to improving the main page, which is what the main talk page is supposed to be about.  There's a notice at the top (placed there by me some time ago) about moving more general debates to the Community Portal.  It helped a little, but not much.  People should occasionally move some of the more interesting conversations on main talk out to separate articles.  I would suggest that for the "how_long_before_liberalism_collapses" section.  Maybe the collapse of liberalism was the originally intended topic, but it soon morphed into something way more interesting.  Why don't you move that section out into a debate page?  Leaving a pointer for JohnZ and everyone else?  It would be very interesting.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 12:10, 14 February 2017 (EST)

::What would be a really useful direction for your energies would be a debate page on the subject of whether religion in the United States (or the world, if that's your preference) is increasing or decreasing.  There is already a debate going on on the [[Talk:Main_Page#Now_that_liberals_are_getting_violent_and_acting_like_trapped_rats.2C_how_long_before_liberalism_collapses.3F]] page.  That debate is VASTLY more interesting than any of your "worst day / worst year" articles.  Stuff on the main talk page often gets very interesting, though it isn't related to improving the main page, which is what the main talk page is supposed to be about.  There's a notice at the top (placed there by me some time ago) about moving more general debates to the Community Portal.  It helped a little, but not much.  People should occasionally move some of the more interesting conversations on main talk out to separate articles.  I would suggest that for the "how_long_before_liberalism_collapses" section.  Maybe the collapse of liberalism was the originally intended topic, but it soon morphed into something way more interesting.  Why don't you move that section out into a debate page?  Leaving a pointer for JohnZ and everyone else?  It would be very interesting.  [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 12:10, 14 February 2017 (EST)