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