These single article experiences sure seem to crop up often, huh? Anyhow, I'm
talking about many articles involving one subject: journalist Alan Cabal.
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From: Mark Nilrad <marknil...@yahoo.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 10:10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie
Bill,
It's not any good to make blanket statements about Wikipedia based on one
article in your experience. This is what a lot of journalists do when writing
about Wikipedia, and then proceed to lambast/praise/poo-poo or whatever based
on that single experience. That is what it looks to me like you are doing.
I'm sure there are a good number of article that have "been maligned over and
over again". But then, I am certain there are literally millions of articles
that are great, and that have no problem with them (in that regard, anyway). As
people have said, articles like the Cabal one are in a minority.
Noble Story
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From: Bill Carter <billdeancar...@yahoo.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:24:34 PM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie
FT2: You must be a part of Wikipedia's propaganda ministry. I offer you facts
about one striking instance in which journalist Alan Cabal has been maligned
over and over again. Who knows how many other
Wikipedia articles are being treated in such a way, and only if people
come forward will we get a good idea.
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From: FT2 <ft2.w...@gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:16:31 AM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie
This is (when stripped down) basically a "straw man" post. It uses quotes by
others saying "A"as a rhetoric device in a question where the issue isn't
"A" at all, and in effect, conflates the two to try and make its point. It
then presents its point as made when in fact it hasn't made it at all, nor
even contains any attempt to do so. It's either sloppy logic or a rhetoric
device. Either way it has no place in honest communication, except as a
mistake to be retracted when spotted.
<snip>
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