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:As much as possible we try to keep balance. The amount of information about John Hagee was dwarfed by the controversy section. Reading the article you would think the main aspect of John Hagee's life is controversy, and that would be misleading. What we try to have contributors do is expand the totality of the article. If the contributor knows enough that they've followed a controversy thread, then they probably know enough or know where to check up information that they could add additional content on Hagee's life, theology, accomplishments, etc. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 10:43, 23 May 2008 (EDT)
:As much as possible we try to keep balance. The amount of information about John Hagee was dwarfed by the controversy section. Reading the article you would think the main aspect of John Hagee's life is controversy, and that would be misleading. What we try to have contributors do is expand the totality of the article. If the contributor knows enough that they've followed a controversy thread, then they probably know enough or know where to check up information that they could add additional content on Hagee's life, theology, accomplishments, etc. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 10:43, 23 May 2008 (EDT)
:: I guess this comes down to what "balance" means from the conservative perspective. The article on Obama is incredibly biased against the man, and dismissive of anything positive about him. The article on George W. Bush doesn't mention anything negative about the man, including his track record running companies, the state of the economy and the national deficit as of 2008, his response to Katrina, and so on. I has added a recent quote from Ben Stein to his page that one sysop considered accurate and added in good faith, but another sysop censored it because he considered it unflattering despite its validity. A trustworthy encyclopedia should publish the maximum number of accurate, properly-sourced facts as a reference, as long as it's done in a fair and honest manner, and leave the interpretation to the reader. As Fox news would say, it should be "We report, you decide", and more & more, this site is about "We decide what to report". --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 11:28, 23 May 2008 (EDT)