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Talk:Examples of Bias in Wikipedia (view source)
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'''REPLY'''Tim, you seem to be saying that the pseudonyms of users is NEVER useful information. But how about the name "poison pen" that invaded our site until I blocked it? How about the name "Antichrist"? Surely many names are indicative of the views of the users. What someone calls himself may tell us a great deal. Choosing a silly name from a Harry Potter novel increases the likelihood that the editor has views more like other Harry Potter readers than, for example, daily Bible readers. The Harry Potter name also suggests that the editor may be less than 16 years old. This is far from conclusive, but the probabilities do shift based on this information. Give the facts and let the reader draw his own interpretations. --[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:58, 29 January 2007 (EST)
'''REPLY'''Tim, you seem to be saying that the pseudonyms of users is NEVER useful information. But how about the name "poison pen" that invaded our site until I blocked it? How about the name "Antichrist"? Surely many names are indicative of the views of the users. What someone calls himself may tell us a great deal. Choosing a silly name from a Harry Potter novel increases the likelihood that the editor has views more like other Harry Potter readers than, for example, daily Bible readers. The Harry Potter name also suggests that the editor may be less than 16 years old. This is far from conclusive, but the probabilities do shift based on this information. Give the facts and let the reader draw his own interpretations. --[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:58, 29 January 2007 (EST)
'''REPLY''' Obviously a name like "antichrist" would be usefull information. It would say that the user was against christianity. I am saying that in this case the username is not very usefull, and clearly not an example of bias. What do you think are the views of harry potter readers? do you have any reason to believe that readers of Harry Potter generaly share the same views? What makes you think that this user ''isn't'' a daily Bible reader? Are you saying that most readers of Harry Potter are under the age of 16? Are you saying that people under 16 are not capable of being editors. Anyone who wants to know the facts about Wikipedia editors can look on Wikipedia itself. This is an unsubstantiated attack on an editor because of his username. If Wikipedia started attacking Conservapedia in a similar manner you would be up in arms about it. You would post it on the list of examples of Wikipedia Bias. --[[User:TimSvendsen|TimSvendsen]] 23:38, 29 January 2007 (EST)