On Thu, 26 May 2011, George Herbert wrote: > In this particular, I am vexed and confused. If the longer article > makes him look better, why in the flying spaghetti monster's name are > those advocating human dignity here asking to shorten it?
The main negative effect of the article on Santorum is not that it makes negative factual claims, it's that associating him with shit is inherently negative. Shortening the article (and especially, shortening it in ways which mitigate the Googlebombing effect) helps against this negative effect. I'm sure an article about the Richard Gere gerbil rumor which devoted an extra page to explaining why the rumor is false would make him "look better"-- if by "look better" you mean "prevent negative factual inferences". But that's not the only way in which an article can make someone look more or less better. We don't have such an article no matter how many reliable sources describe the rumor, because merely having the article is bad for him. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l