[WikiEN-l] Pity the admin....

Peter Mackay peter.mackay at bigpond.com
Thu Mar 2 09:47:26 UTC 2006


> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org 
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Brian Salter-Duke
 
> It looks like I may be the only person who reads this list 
> who has been involved in this "mess".
> 
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 12:03:05AM +0100, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
> > I'm not sure that info should go anywhere. Surely it's a 
> fringe theory?
> 
> No, it is not fringe. It is from the most modern researched 
> biography of Baden-Powell. It does not state he was 
> homosexual. It raises some serious issues about a man who 
> started a major youth movement. These are important.

Deserving of mention, perhaps. But not to the extent where speculation and
debate are given equal time to the real achievements of a historical figure.

Peter (Skyring)





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