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Talk:Examples of Bias in Wikipedia (view source)
Revision as of 19:08, January 26, 2007
, 19:08, January 26, 2007→...but Conservapedia does!
I have to point out that as I write this, there are currently ''two'' online self-described "encyclopedias" containing this item: Wikipedia and Conservapedia. I'm not sure how you can best deal with this particular Catch-22.
I have to point out that as I write this, there are currently ''two'' online self-described "encyclopedias" containing this item: Wikipedia and Conservapedia. I'm not sure how you can best deal with this particular Catch-22.
:I took the liberty of rewording item 21 so that it does not directly retell the story. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:08, 26 January 2007 (EST)
P. S. There are two questions to be asked about this item: a) is it appropriate for an encyclopedia, and b) is it accurate? Looking only at the ''second'' question, I see that Wikipedia gives no source for the item, and a few quick searches on the Web and in Google Books don't immediately turn one up. I've marked the item in Wikipedia as needing a source, identified the editor who inserted the item, and left a note on his Talk page saying "I don't hold much admiration for Senator Tower, but an item like this really needs a good source citation." If a source citation isn't provided I'll remove the item, and if nobody finds a source, my removal of the item will probably stick. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 09:59, 26 January 2007 (EST)
P. S. There are two questions to be asked about this item: a) is it appropriate for an encyclopedia, and b) is it accurate? Looking only at the ''second'' question, I see that Wikipedia gives no source for the item, and a few quick searches on the Web and in Google Books don't immediately turn one up. I've marked the item in Wikipedia as needing a source, identified the editor who inserted the item, and left a note on his Talk page saying "I don't hold much admiration for Senator Tower, but an item like this really needs a good source citation." If a source citation isn't provided I'll remove the item, and if nobody finds a source, my removal of the item will probably stick. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 09:59, 26 January 2007 (EST)
P. P. S. The New York Times obituary for John Tower spells her name "Lilla," not "Lila," as the Wikipedia article did until a few minutes ago when I fixed it. The Times obituary does not mention the flower-rejection story, but does judge it appropriate to devote two of the article's twenty-one paragraphs to the topic "Bitter divorce in 1987," which is not irrelevant to his career since it says his wife's allegations "probably cost him the Pentagon post...." [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 10:23, 26 January 2007 (EST)
P. P. S. The New York Times obituary for John Tower spells her name "Lilla," not "Lila," as the Wikipedia article did until a few minutes ago when I fixed it. The Times obituary does not mention the flower-rejection story, but does judge it appropriate to devote two of the article's twenty-one paragraphs to the topic "Bitter divorce in 1987," which is not irrelevant to his career since it says his wife's allegations "probably cost him the Pentagon post...." [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 10:23, 26 January 2007 (EST)
P. P. P. S. Unfortunately I found a source for the story myself, so I added the source to Wikipedia's article. I expanded the quotation, because Towery's point was to show Tower's civility. I added a note on the Wikipedia talk page saying I wasn't sure the incident needed to be in the article and asking for comment. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:08, 26 January 2007 (EST)
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