We *used* to have a category for controversial books -- reserved only for books that indeed generated large amounts of persistent and documentable controversy (Origin of Species, the Bell Curve, etc.), but unfortunately even that got nixed as being too POV (I disagree with that -- controversy does not in any way imply factual truth or untruth, and it is easy to document long-standing controversies). In any case, "controversial people" seems just as nebulous, if not even more so, so it'll probably go the way of the buffalo pretty soon itself, I reckon.
FF
On 3/20/06, jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com wrote:
We actually have a category "Controversial people"? I have a hard time understanding how assigning someone to that category could be anything but POV.
Jay.
On 3/19/06, Rob Smith nobs03@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/18/06, Chip Berlet c.berlet@publiceye.org wrote:
Hi,
Actually, this is the classic antisemitic conspiracy theory linking Jews
and Freemasons in a vast age-old plot. This was the theme of the hoax document, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
See:
http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/masons.html http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/protocol.html
The author also is complaining that Wiki entries critical of Holocaust
denial are part of the conspiracy of Jews.
See:
http://judicial-inc.biz/wikipedia_supplement.htm#Fredrick%20Tobens%20comment...
This is really nasty stuff.
Cberlet aka Chip Berlet Political Research Associates www.publiceye.org
Let's examine the latest Political Research Associates shenanigans. On March 10 Anon 71.193.216.103 did as follows:
01:21, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Jeffrey Dahmer 01:15, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Sean Hannity (→Anti-Hannity) 01:10, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Osama bin Laden 01:09, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Pat Robertson 01:08, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Jerry Falwell (→External links) 01:06, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Ann Coulter (→External links) 01:00, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Tom DeLay 00:59, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Saddam Hussein 00:52, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) David Irving 00:47, 10 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Ted Bundy
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=7...
What do Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy have in common? They no longer are in [[Category:controversial people]].
Who has taken their place? Holocaust denier David Irving, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Sean Hannity, and Ann Coulter. This is really nasty stuff. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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