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>> Holm describes Bingham as a brave, competitive man, saying, "He hated to lose — at anything."
Need a citation for that.
Randal Oulton ( talk) 05:25, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
For an August 2004 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Rodney Dickens et al
Paul Holm was not Mark's partner of eight years. Paul was Mark's former partner of 6 years. The two had not been together for a couple of years.
9-11-03 You are not forgotten. Thank you for your sacrifice - you gave us all hope on a hopeless day.
I would like to see some references for the claim that he prevented the deaths of "hundreds of thousands" of people. Less than 3000 were killed during the entire 9/11 attacks, was this passenger jet loaded with nuclear weapons or something?
-- 66.153.153.59 ( talk) 12:15, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
This image problematic on several counts.
If there are no objections, based on policy, I will remove the offending image in violation of WP:FAIR. Lionel ( talk) 00:28, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
It's fine based on policy, he is certainly known for playing rugby, that is his recreation. STL1989 ( talk) 04:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
It a shame the author is afraid to mention that Mark Bingham was gay. Gay American would take pride in having that fact mentioned in the article, because that's part of who he was. -- Eddylyons ( talk) 01:57, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
This article mentions several people who've honoured and character-played this victim in the media; but neglects to explain his significance. Beingsshepherd ( talk) 01:01, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Beingsshepherd
As a gay man, Bingham has been widely honored posthumously for having "smashed the gay stereotype mold and really opened the door to many others that came after him."
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In general, this article needs some tightening up. While it's clear that Mark Bingham acted bravely with his fellow passengers on that airplane, the article is tends to glorify him and includes information such as he had saved lives on several previous occasions, including that of his partner's twice. This may be true (and documented) but is it really relevant here? The events of 9/11 caused many people to act in heroic, extraordinary ways no matter what they had done previously. Also, I cleaned up some extraneous information, such as the names of many of the Hoagland (his mother's) family who survived him; such detail weighs down the more relevant parts of the article. ChiHistoryeditor ( talk) 13:03, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
In the 9/11 section it says: "Bingham, Burnett, and Glick were each more than 6 feet (1.83 m) tall, well-built and fit."
Is this necessary? Bingham's height is noted elsewhere in the article, but this sentence feels superfluous and doesn't add anything, nor is there an explanation of why it matters. Lindsey40186 ( talk) 22:45, 27 March 2023 (UTC)