[WikiEN-l] [[New anti-Semitism]] and violations of NPOV re: top image

Scott Stevenson wikinetscott at gmail.com
Thu Aug 24 20:37:23 UTC 2006


Greetings,
Got a bit of a dispute going on over on [[New anti-Semitism]] that involves
[[User:SlimVirgin]] and [[User:Jayjg]] surrounding an image and neutral
point of view.
The article is prominently displaying an image with a caption that does not
establish the relevance of the image to the article.
I have tried to include in the caption that the image's source believes it
to be an example of Anti-Semitism but my edit have been reverted.
Due to text in the image being small and difficult to read, at first glance
the image does appear anti-Semitic but upon further analysis it is arguably
sooner an example of anti-Zionism. My edits to establish what the image's
source has said about the image (and thereby establish it's relevance to the
article) were removed with the reasoning that we should, "let the reader
decide".
I've explained that in accord with NPOV, text saying that "Source X says Y
about Z" needs to be added to the caption but Jayjg has Wikilawyerly asked
me to show specific NPOV text that applies to images. I pointed out that
WP:NOR states as much and yet I'm still rebuffed. Since, another editor has
joined the discussion and agreed that the image should have a caption
establishing it's relevance to the article but he too has been rebuffed.
Some additional eyes on this would be very helpful. See this talk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_talk:NewASAnti-Semiticposter.jpg  and
this talk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:New_anti-Semitism#Question_about_top_poster_image

Thanks,

-Scott [[User:Netscott]]



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