On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM, George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Ken Arromdee <arrom...@rahul.net> wrote: > >> Again - I am not Cirt, and I find the article reasonably balanced. > > > > Having an article that associates someone with human waste be "reasonably > > balanced" is like claiming that an article about the Richard Gere gerbil > > rumor (as long as it stated the rumor was false) would be reasonably > balanced. > > The association of a living person with shit is inherently unbalanced; > > it spreads a negative POV towards that person, no matter how many > disclaimers > > we add saying that we don't think he's really like shit. > > You are conflating the term (which associates someone with human > waste) and our coverage of the term (which describes the term, > descriptively, historically, and cultural and political contexts). > > Our coverage of the term is NPOV and balanced, in my opinion. > > You seem to wish that the term did not exist. That's a fair wish, but > not relevant to Wikipedia. What's relevant to Wikipedia is that it > does exist, has numerous reliable sources, has had real-world impact, > and therefore is at least arguably notable and an appropriate subject > for a WP article. > > We cannot fix the fact that the term exists and was damaging to Mr. > Santorum. Censoring Wikipedia to attempt to right wrongs done in the > real world is rather explicitly Not the Point. > > > -- > -george william herbert > george.herb...@gmail.com > George, Can you please address a couple of points that I believe have been brought up in this thread. You may want to read the previous emails that more clearly elucidated the points first, or not. They are as follows: 1) This term deserves a Wiktionary entry at best, not a Wikipedia entry. 2) Wikipedia is being used as a platform to damage Santorum. Thanks, Brian _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
