These single article experiences sure seem to crop up often, huh? Anyhow, I'm talking about many articles involving one subject: journalist Alan Cabal.
________________________________ From: Mark Nilrad marknilrad@yahoo.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 10:10:31 AM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie
Bill, It's not any good to make blanket statements about Wikipedia based on one article in your experience. This is what a lot of journalists do when writing about Wikipedia, and then proceed to lambast/praise/poo-poo or whatever based on that single experience. That is what it looks to me like you are doing.
I'm sure there are a good number of article that have "been maligned over and over again". But then, I am certain there are literally millions of articles that are great, and that have no problem with them (in that regard, anyway). As people have said, articles like the Cabal one are in a minority.
Noble Story
________________________________ From: Bill Carter billdeancarter@yahoo.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:24:34 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie
FT2: You must be a part of Wikipedia's propaganda ministry. I offer you facts about one striking instance in which journalist Alan Cabal has been maligned over and over again. Who knows how many other Wikipedia articles are being treated in such a way, and only if people come forward will we get a good idea.
________________________________ From: FT2 ft2.wiki@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:16:31 AM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie
This is (when stripped down) basically a "straw man" post. It uses quotes by others saying "A"as a rhetoric device in a question where the issue isn't "A" at all, and in effect, conflates the two to try and make its point. It then presents its point as made when in fact it hasn't made it at all, nor even contains any attempt to do so. It's either sloppy logic or a rhetoric device. Either way it has no place in honest communication, except as a mistake to be retracted when spotted.
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