<DIV>I VOCIFEROUSLY object to Ed Poor's taking these POV matters into his own hands. Banning people is a last resort, not something to do because he disagrees with their edits. If he tries to ban them, I will immediately unban them unless he can prove that they deserve to be banned. Do we really want to start a banning war?</DIV>
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<DIV>RickK<BR><BR><B><I>"Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I'm getting awfully tired of watching environmentalists inject their<BR>junk science POV into articles. They palm off their own prejudices as<BR>scientific fact far too glibly for me to remain patient any longer.<BR><BR>We need to start cracking down on contributors who do this.<BR><BR>I'm talking about the dozens of places in which environmentalist<BR>contributors keep inserting their unattributed claim that there is a<BR>CONSENSUS that supports their POV. I'm talking about PhD scientists like<BR>William Connolley who insert statemnts like "Singer is wrong" into<BR>articles instead of NAMING the scientists who disagree with Singer and<BR>saying WHY they disagree.<BR><BR>I've tried being cordial affable. I've tried patiently explaining NPOV.<BR>Nothing works. These advocates keep injecting their POV back into the<BR>articles, even using smear tactics against scientists who
report<BR>findings which disagree with environmentalist POV. <BR><BR>I can't stop three dozen other contributors from injecting bias into the<BR>scientific articles relating to the environment. Not by myself -- not by<BR>slowly and patiently undoing each mistake and explaining it. I'm<BR>outnumbered and outgunned.<BR><BR>I'm going to start issuing official warnings to NPOV violators. If that<BR>doesn't slow them down, I'm going to suspend them -- give them a<BR>temporary ban.<BR><BR>Jimbo keeps saying he's sorry to see me go and happy to see me back.<BR>Well, I call on him to back me up -- or fire me. <BR><BR>Ed Poor (aka Uncle Ed))<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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