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

[The Cunctator]

This is a mistaken understanding of what "unbalanced" means with respect to
Wikipedia.

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>wrote:

> >> Again - I am not Cirt, and I find the article reasonably balanced.
> >
> > Having an article that associates someone with human waste be "reasonably
> > balanced" is like claiming that an article about the Richard Gere gerbil
> > rumor (as long as it stated the rumor was false) would be reasonably
> > balanced.
> > The association of a living person with shit is inherently unbalanced;
> > it spreads a negative POV towards that person, no matter how many
> > disclaimers
> > we add saying that we don't think he's really like shit.
>
> Well said. That's the problem.
>
> Fred
>
>
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