On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I've dropped Cirt a note and link to this thread,
in case they weren't aware
of it.
As mentioned before, what is at the root of this is a wider problem though:
to what extent we as a project are happy to act as participants, rather than
neutral observers and reporters, in the political process.
I'd say that neutrality is our best bet here, as anything else is likely to
come back to us eventually. We should not make *undue* efforts to promote
political or social campaigns.
There is little in present policy to address this. WP:Activist is an essay.
Andreas
I completely disagree with the direction of this thread that this was
some sort of hit piece by Cirt on Santorum.
When this started I re-read the article and found it neutral and
presenting Santorum's reaction to the situation in a reasonable and
thoughtful manner.
Dan Savage is certainly playing activist here - the claim that Cirt
was is not supported, and not in good faith.
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