<DIV>I, for one, feel that ALMOST anything goes on the Talk page. I did blank a racist rant once, and then someone came along behind me and deleted the Talk page (the rant was the only thing on the page.) But other than that, I think Talk pages should be left alone.</DIV>
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<DIV>If we're talking about a User's talk page, on the other hand, it's up to them how they want to deal with them.</DIV>
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<DIV>RickK<BR><BR><B><I>Sheldon Rampton <sheldon.rampton@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Viajero wrote:<BR><BR>>I am the last person who want to see Wikipedia turned into a repository<BR>>for flaky, New Age esotericisms, but at the same time the scientism which<BR>>has manifested itself in the past few days in response to Mr Natural<BR>>Health's questionable contributions is also profoundly disturbing and<BR>>likewise a very insidious form of non-neutrality.<BR>><BR>>Take for example this comment by user Snoyes on the [[Alternative<BR>>medicine]] talk page:<BR><BR>Setting aside the question of scientism's merits, isn't the talk page <BR>_supposed_ to be a place where POV statements are allowed?<BR><BR>Actually, what are the terms of allowed discourse on talk pages? I've <BR>had a user recently on the Disinfopedia who hasn't done any damage to <BR>actual articles, but he has made a number of nasty remarks on talk <BR>pages, accusing other users of
"paranoid ravings" and referring to me <BR>personally as a fascist. I've been operating on the assumption that <BR>even intemperate remarks like this should be acceptable if they are <BR>limited to comments on talk pages. At what point do Wikipedians draw <BR>the line on this sort of thing?<BR>-- <BR>--------------------------------<BR>| Sheldon Rampton<BR>| Editor, PR Watch (www.prwatch.org)<BR>| Author of books including:<BR>| Friends In Deed: The Story of US-Nicaragua Sister Cities<BR>| Toxic Sludge Is Good For You<BR>| Mad Cow USA<BR>| Trust Us, We're Experts<BR>| Weapons of Mass Deception<BR>--------------------------------<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org<BR>http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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