Chas wrote:

I recently noted that in the article on [[New Age]], there are several quote lengthy direct quotes (with attribution and permissions), but these quotes are 7 or 8 lengthy paragraphs long; and contain some POV material (as well as some incorrect material, as noted in the wiki commentary for the article).

What is the correct approach here? Summarize with attribution?

I would reduce that drastically. IMHO 7 or 8 paragraphs in almost any wikipedia article is too much to be "fair" use (most of our articles are probably not even 7 or 8 paragraphs long!). It's also a backdoor to insert bias, since you can't change direct quotations. I'd edit furiously, and summarize. But that's just me, and you're you, so there's that. ;-)

kq