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:::Ed, see template "Liberalism". --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 12:22, 24 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Ed, see template "Liberalism". --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 12:22, 24 August 2009 (EDT)
==NPOV==
My concern here is that Mr. Reid be treated with some NPOV. Wikipedia has a policy of long standing, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_wp_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox]
:" Wikipedia is or '''''a vehicle for propaganda ... advocacy...an article can report objectively about such things, as long ''as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a neutral point of view''. ... some topics, particularly those concerning current affairs and politics, may stir passions and tempt people to "climb soapboxes" (i.e. passionately advocate their pet point of view), '''''Wikipedia is not the medium for this'''''....
and so on. In February 2006, when the Rothenberg Report stated,
:"Democrats will gain Senate seats in November, but a net gain of six seats, which they would need to get to 51, '''''continues to be a stretch'''''." [http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-print-edition-2006-senate-outlook.html]
Even Wikipedia's own entry on the subject at that time anticipated Republicans holding the Senate [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Senate_elections,_2006&oldid=40762807]
Nonetheless, a high level Wikipedia Adminstrator and the Arbitration Committee chairman, Mr. Fred Bauder wrote to Wikien-1 mailing list,
:"HarryReid will likely be Majority leader of the Senate. I have not followed any controversy regarding his article, but some attention needs to be paid to the quality of the article." [http://markmail.org/search/?q=Harry+Reid+will+likely+be+Majority+leader+of+the+Senate%22#query:Harry%20Reid%20will%20likely%20be%20Majority%20leader%20of%20the%20Senate%22+page:1+mid:sj7mewis6hlx5eq3+state:results]
Mr. Bauder is recorded in [http://conservapedia.com/Examples_of_Bias_in_Wikipedia Examples of Bias in Wikipedia #69] refering to WP's "unwritten rule" (albeit speaking about [[Health care]] & [[Michael Moore]]'s film [[Sicko]]) as saying,
:"we need to make an exception for prominent people whose viewpoint we support." [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/082987.html]
This statment comes from the man entrusted to enforce WP's policies. In conclusion, I'm not an lawyer, I couldn't judge if WP's treatment of Harry Reid was an unreported campaign contribution. However, for encyclopedic and informational purposes, Conservapedia needs to offer the balanced POV that WP's own cabal has publicly abrogated. [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 23:42, 24 August 2009 (EDT)