[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia article on [[Santorum (neologism)]]

[Fred Bauder]

> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> I've dropped Cirt a note and link to this thread, in case they weren't
>> aware
>> of it.
>>
>> As mentioned before, what is at the root of this is a wider problem
>> though:
>> to what extent we as a project are happy to act as participants, rather
>> than
>> neutral observers and reporters, in the political process.
>>
>> I'd say that neutrality is our best bet here, as anything else is
>> likely to
>> come back to us eventually. We should not make *undue* efforts to
>> promote
>> political or social campaigns.
>>
>> There is little in present policy to address this. WP:Activist is an
>> essay.
>>
>> Andreas
>
> I completely disagree with the direction of this thread that this was
> some sort of hit piece by Cirt on Santorum.
>
> When this started I re-read the article and found it neutral and
> presenting Santorum's reaction to the situation in a reasonable and
> thoughtful manner.
>
> Dan Savage is certainly playing activist here - the claim that Cirt
> was is not supported, and not in good faith.
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
> george.herbert at gmail.com

The matter can be resolved by editing which conforms the article to
Wikipedia policies.

Fred