Talk:Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter

Inclusion of responses

There will be numerous responses to Carter's death; as I'm writing this, senator Jon Ossoff and the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, Josh McKoon, have already issued statements. A criteria for inclusion should be established before including any responses. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 21:44, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

I included Biden and Trump's responses, as the president and president-elect respectively. Limiting the section to world leaders and those who knew Carter personally should keep it easier to maintain. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 23:12, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

President Michael D Higgins of Ireland and the Taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris both made statements. Additionally former Irish president Mary Robinson made a statement live on the national news broadcast as they had a close connection both from their respective time in office aswell as their shared partnership in “the Elders” :) 2001:BB6:2468:8900:F8CB:27A3:61BA:8314 (talk) 15:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Nobel Peace Prize

I think mention of Carter's Nobel Peace Prize in the article on his death and funeral is both appropriate and relevant. His post-presidential activities—particularly his contributions to global peace, human rights, and humanitarian work—are what earned him the prize, and have shaped how history remembers him and are an integral part of his identity and public legacy. The mention of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize in Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. provides clear precedent for including such a recognition in the context of notable public figures. Had Carter had never been president, but had been deserving of a separate article on his death and funeral for other reasons, as with King, there is no question that the Nobel Peace Prize would be mentioned in it. BD2412 T 00:39, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Carter is not known for his peace prize. What makes his death significant is that he was a former president, not a Nobel laureate. I ask you to revert your edit to restore the status quo. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 00:44, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

The sources disagree.

• ABC News leads with "Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president known as a champion of international human rights both during and after his White House tenure and who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his lifetime of dedication to that cause, has died at 100";
• The Washington Post leads with "Jimmy Carter, a no-frills Southern governor with a mile-wide smile who was elected president in 1976 and served only one term before leading an extraordinary post-presidential life that included the Nobel Peace Prize, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia...";
• BBC News reports, "after leaving the White House with low approval ratings, his reputation was restored through humanitarian work which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize";
• The Guardian reports that "Carter spent the decades afterward focused on international relations and human rights, efforts that won him the Nobel peace prize in 2002";
• The Associated Press blurb on the subject says "Former President Jimmy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the longest-living chief executive in U.S. history, has died";

We will go with the sources. BD2412 T 01:31, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

The argument is not whether Carter's Nobel Prize was important to him as a person—it was—but whether it was important to his death and state funeral. The vast majority of people recognize Carter as a former president, not a Nobel laureate, and those who know that he received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 will recognize that he was a former president first. A Nobel Peace Prize is important, but by no means is it relevant here. Should Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan state that Reagan once received the Presidential Medal of Freedom? How about George H. W. Bush and his medal? Including that Carter was the 39th president of the United States indicates why he is important, per the third paragraph of MOS:LEAD. A Nobel laureate would not normally receive a death article. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 01:34, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

If you think Carter's Nobel Prize was unimportant to his death and state funeral, then perhaps you should contact all the media outlets listed above and ask them to retract that piece of information from its prominent position in their articles. Literally the title of the Washington Post article currently cited as a source in this article is "Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says". Did the comparable news reports on the deaths of Reagan and Bush Sr. indicate in their titles or leads that the subject was the winner of a Presidential Medal of Freedom? You're not really arguing with me here, you're arguing with the sources. While it is true that not all Nobel laureates receive death articles we have a clear straight-line precedent with Martin Luther King Jr. BD2412 T 02:02, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

In fact, here's another one, Reuters: "Jimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100". BD2412 T 02:32, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 December 2024

In the "Memorial service and state funeral" section (changes in bold):

"Eulogies will be delivered by Steven Ford on behalf of his father, Gerald Ford, Carter's predecessor who died in 2006, and Ted Mondale on behalf of his father, Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president who died in 2021." Adding context for the eulogies. Bingus04 (talk) 03:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done – Infobox details have been modified. Drdpw (talk) 03:28, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

That's...not the change I requested. The paragraph in my comment is an actual paragraph in the "Memorial service and state funeral" section of this article. The words in bold are additions that I'm requesting. Bingus04 (talk) 04:08, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

@Bingus04:  Done, for real this time. I specified that Ford was Carter's predecessor as president, since there are other ways in which one might be a predecessor here. BD2412 T 05:07, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Bingus04 (talk) 07:37, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Gov. Abbott's condolences "oops": Should it go in in Carter article or this one?

Pre-death obituaries are often written in advance for famous people but sending them out without checking happens much more than it should and as Gov. Abbott's office shows, more than the media does that.

The boilerplate official condolence message that Gov. Abbott's office sent out seems to have been written sometime in 2023, after President Carter went into home hospice but before Mrs. Carter died in November of that year. [1] 180.150.37.138 (talk) 15:16, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

I am for excluding such faux-pas from this article, as they are not all that important or consequential to the narrative. Drdpw (talk) 15:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

I would agree, it does not rise to the level of encyclopedic coverage under this title. BD2412 T 21:51, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

I have removed the "Incomplete" tag from the Reactions section

There have been tens of thousands of statements of reaction to this event at all levels, ranging from current national leaders to retired city council members. The section currently contains dozens of the most prominent reactions, and while it will always be incomplete with respect to the potential total universe of reactions, the degree to which it should be further expanded at this point as a matter for talk page discussion, not a tag on the article itself. BD2412 T 21:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 January 2025 (2)

Change main image to File:Jimmy Carter lay-in state at U.S. Capitol.jpg Lolipopzs (talk) 15:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

I vote against that proposed change because nothing about the image tells you it's Jimmy Carter lying in state, as opposed to an older picture of someone else. But I won't close the request in case others feel differently. 1995hoo (talk) 15:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

I think we should change, because Death and state funeral of George H.W. Bush also has a lying in state picture in the infobox. Also previous U.S. presidents death and funeral articles have lying in state pictures, Etc. Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford.. as their main image, not the president's face. MAL MALDIVE (talk) 15:18, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Clearly not an uncontroversial request per the people opposing the change. cyberdog958^Talk 15:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 January 2025 (3)

Remove 'Ongoing' from the short description. Per WP:SDAVOID: "avoid time-specific adjectives like "former", "retired", "late", "defunct", "closed", "current", "new", "recent", "planned", "future", etc." 2A02:C7C:CC80:8200:B4FF:FC7A:8941:66A3 (talk) 18:20, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done I took out the entire short description per WP:SDNONE. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Tense

The article currently reads "he lay in state... from January 7 to 9." It's currently Jan 8, so shouldn't this be written in present tense somehow? Or is 'lay' present tense in a strange rule I'm forgetting? 42-BRT (talk) 23:55, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, Carter is currently lying in state in the Capitol rotunda, and the sentence probably should be written in the present tense at this time; but that will change tomorrow morning. Drdpw (talk) 00:28, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 January 2025

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See list

• • Eulogists
    • Joe Biden
    • Jason Carter
    • Steven Ford (on behalf of Gerald Ford)
    • Ted Mondale (on behalf of Walter Mondale)
    • Stuart E. Eizenstat
    • Congressional Service
      • Kamala Harris
      • John Thune
      • Mike Johnson
  • Congressional Service
    • Barry Black (invocation)
    • Chuck Schumer (wreath laying)
    • Hakeem Jeffries (wreath laying)
    • Doug Emhoff (wreath laying)
    • Margaret G. Kibben (benediction)
  • Washington National Cathedral
    • The Very Reverend Randolph Marshall Hollerith
    • The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde
    • The Most Reverend Sean Rowe
    • Pastor Anthony 'Tony' Lowden
    • Joshua Carter
    • Jason Carter
    • Andrew Young
    • Phyllis Adams
    • Leila Bolden
    • Garth Brooks
    • Trisha Yearwood

  To

2601:240:4180:CB80:556C:7736:9C69:DA42 (talk) 16:51, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Ultraodan (talk) 06:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 January 2025 (2)

Add the following in the section of Dignitaries

Add Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff in the list of dignitaries under Senator Raphael Warnock. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjdjz3pdd0o

Add Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in the list of dignitaries. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjdjz3pdd0o

Add Netherlands' Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau in the list of dignitaries under the foreign section. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjdjz3pdd0o

Add Former Irish President Mary Robinson in the list of dignitaries under the foreign section. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjdjz3pdd0o

There were many presidential children there as well (Hunter Biden, Ashley Biden, Chelsea Clinton, Jack Schlossberg) Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/01/09/jimmy-carter-funeral-guests-attendees/ 138.88.178.122 (talk) 21:55, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

 Partly done:

•  Already done Ossoff
•  Done Jackson and Mabel
•  Not done: Robinson is not mentioned in the source
•  Done Hunter Biden
•  Not done: Other presidential children aren't mentioned in the source

Ultraodan (talk) 06:51, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Here is a link to the BBC news-report interview with former President Robinson after attending the funeral. https://www.instagram.com/caitriona.perry/reel/DEoP66DgGTs/

Both herself, the current president, and the Irish prime minister made statements following the announcement of Carters death, could these be added in the “Reaction” segment as I see someone previously suggested also?

Current president Michael D Higgins statement - https://president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-by-president-michael-d-higgins-on-the-death-of-president-jimmy-carter

Former President Mary Robinson News interview - https://youtube.com/ydeUR1cnyK4

Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris statement - https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/e2ab1-statement-from-taoiseach-simon-harris-on-the-death-of-jimmy-carter/ Shane b123 (talk) 01:01, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

James Carter

James Carter is James Earl Carter IV, fwiw. I've edited the name, as such. GoodDay (talk) 22:06, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Addition of Funeral and Burial Services Taking Place on Same Day

The only reason I added about the final funeral and burial services taking place in different parts of the country on the same day is because this is something rare. The only times this had happened before was for LBJ and Ronald Reagan. SnoopyAndCharlieBrown202070 (talk) 18:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)