On 12/22/07, michael west michawest@gmail.com wrote:
Should I be bold and delete the text which offends me? I am unfortunately a congregant of the church and I know that the person who has written most of the new text is a cleric in the order. From both sides there is a conflict of interest. comments?
It's a question of priority. I think we'd rather have a mediocre article than no article. I think we'd rather have an ok article with "conflict of interest" than no article. Don't get too worked up: the "conflict of interest" rules are there to provide guidance when there is both someone from a company writing about the company, and someone who's objecting. In your small case, it sounds like there's a decent article, which probably mildly violates NPOV and V, but save your hand-wringing for more serious cases.
Steve