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*] Disputed statements originating from an affidavit. 12:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC) *] Disputed statements originating from an affidavit. 12:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
*] One user objects the use of the ] despite having widespread use on official basketball and volleyball jerseys. The main point of contention is that it's not official. 11:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC) *] One user objects the use of the ] despite having widespread use on official basketball and volleyball jerseys. The main point of contention is that it's not official. 11:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
*] White people edit war on the relation of the term to the literal meaning of white prompted protection. In larger discussion, there is debate about whether (1) to describe white as literally inaccurate; (2) skin pigmentation/melanisation might be a better description; (3) the European historical context and/or Eurocentrism should be specified in the text; (4) whether color metaphors for race is an acceptable link. (5) Relevancy of definition of white in ] 16:47, 26 January 2007 (UTC) *] White people edit war on the relation of the term to the literal meaning of white prompted protection. In larger discussion, there is debate about whether (1) to describe white as literally inaccurate; (2) skin pigmentation/melanisation might be a better description; (3) the European historical context and/or Eurocentrism should be specified in the text; (4) whether color metaphors for race is an acceptable link. 16:47, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
*]'''Do we need a section regarding "Biological definitions" for Black people?''' Certain editors feel that only people of a recent African origin are Black, and would therefore like to include a "biological definition"/"racial definition" section that states that Black people are always of recent African ancestry (this is in fact an ancestral definition). Other editors feel that this is a North American point of view, and that the term Black people includes many different groups of dark skinned people that are not all of recent African origin, and do not represent closely related descendants from a recent discrete single population. This group would like the "Biological definitions" section removed altogether, and the article to include a broader perspective. 08:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC) *]'''Do we need a section regarding "Biological definitions" for Black people?''' Certain editors feel that only people of a recent African origin are Black, and would therefore like to include a "biological definition"/"racial definition" section that states that Black people are always of recent African ancestry (this is in fact an ancestral definition). Other editors feel that this is a North American point of view, and that the term Black people includes many different groups of dark skinned people that are not all of recent African origin, and do not represent closely related descendants from a recent discrete single population. This group would like the "Biological definitions" section removed altogether, and the article to include a broader perspective. 08:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
*] ] is contesting the statement that ''White Americans have historically faced the least ] of any racial demographic and have as a result had more time to built up wealth.'' The sentence is stating that Whites have over the course of history suffered the least discimination and cites two widely used college textbooks published by Pearson as references. ] refuses to let the sentence stand as he seems steadfact in his beleif that the textbooks are wrong. 03:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC) *] ] is contesting the statement that ''White Americans have historically faced the least ] of any racial demographic and have as a result had more time to built up wealth.'' The sentence is stating that Whites have over the course of history suffered the least discimination and cites two widely used college textbooks published by Pearson as references. ] refuses to let the sentence stand as he seems steadfact in his beleif that the textbooks are wrong. 03:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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  • Talk:Transcendental Meditation Disputed statements originating from an affidavit. 12:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Ateneo Blue Eagles One user objects the use of the Ateneo logotype despite having widespread use on official basketball and volleyball jerseys. The main point of contention is that it's not official. 11:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • White people White people edit war on the relation of the term to the literal meaning of white prompted protection. In larger discussion, there is debate about whether (1) to describe white as literally inaccurate; (2) skin pigmentation/melanisation might be a better description; (3) the European historical context and/or Eurocentrism should be specified in the text; (4) whether color metaphors for race is an acceptable link. 16:47, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Black peopleDo we need a section regarding "Biological definitions" for Black people? Certain editors feel that only people of a recent African origin are Black, and would therefore like to include a "biological definition"/"racial definition" section that states that Black people are always of recent African ancestry (this is in fact an ancestral definition). Other editors feel that this is a North American point of view, and that the term Black people includes many different groups of dark skinned people that are not all of recent African origin, and do not represent closely related descendants from a recent discrete single population. This group would like the "Biological definitions" section removed altogether, and the article to include a broader perspective. 08:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
  • White America User:Rbaish is contesting the statement that White Americans have historically faced the least discrimination of any racial demographic and have as a result had more time to built up wealth. The sentence is stating that Whites have over the course of history suffered the least discimination and cites two widely used college textbooks published by Pearson as references. User:Rbaish refuses to let the sentence stand as he seems steadfact in his beleif that the textbooks are wrong. 03:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk Page on AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE has a conflict between two editors. The first (author of the piece) has written a piece that amounts to Defamation without sufficient evidence of his own piece. The second (TALK PAGE) takes a more neutral and objective stand. The second has tried to introduce a para in the main article and also tried to introduce a URL under SEE ALSO but the first author has repeatedly removed these references suppressing another point of view. The second author considers the first author to have a biased point-of-view that does not admit to another opinion 08:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Circumcision#The current "Sexual" is primarly about the Glans The current Sexual Effects of circumcision is Extremely short and the frenulum is not even mentioned, while discussion is devoted primarily to the glans (which is relatively insensitive) via Medical Association statements.00:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_France#Anglicisation Should we be using French words in articles when a direct English translation exists in the Oxford English Dictionary and is used by the French government, and statistical organisations in English texts. 16:16, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • The Orient -- Comments are requested on 1) the tone of the article, particularly Perceptions and connotations 2) the appropriateness of the sources used to document various positions in that section. 22:51, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Save Indian Family. Article about Indian Men's rights organization. Article accussed of not been notable, verifiable and of using spam. Editor's who attempted to address this labelled censors.21:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Therianthropy (subculture)#Why? Following an AFD debate on therianthropy with a "keep" verdict, the section of the article dealing with subculture usage was split into its own article to prevent confusion. The proposer of the AFD has immediately stated that, now forked, he continues to consider it WP:BOLLOCKS (per AFD nom) and proposes to keep that subarticle blanked as a redirect to the original article, and has so blanked it unilaterally on two occasions, thus effectively deleting it anyway. This seems a possible breach of WP:POINT and WP:NPOV, and lacks agreement with either the AFD conclusions, or WP:DP policy (articles needing improvement but potentially capable of encyclopedic reference - as identified in the AFD debate - should be brought up to standard). Brought to RFC for review and opinions. 02:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Fruitarianism#RfC Questions about using sources that do not explicitly discuss topic, reliability of sources and inclusion/exclusion of non-notable individuals.20:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC) Lack of willingness of some contributors to improve the article, instead of deleting relevant material while inserting questionable or irrelevant references in an effort to discredit any positive input about frutarianism.04:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
  • If Americans Knew Pro-Israel individuals are using unsubstantiated accusations and ad-hominem attacks to insert false material and inappropriate websites into the entry about If Americans Knew. They are using a sort of tag-team approach, so that they can commit more than 3 reversions on edits that have proved to be factual. They don't substantiate their edits with factual proof but instead resort to mud-slinging and censorship. I badly need anyone who believes in the Misplaced Pages process and Misplaced Pages goal of producing accurate, factual, substantiated information to all people to intervene in this process.
    Please read the If Americans Knew webpage, review the many comments on the discussion page -- particularly those from the last few days -- and help to produce an accurate entry that does not contain false statements, and does not refer people to external links by anonymous individuals and/or that contain proven false accusations.18:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Médecins Sans Frontières (RfC on talk page). Should this FA continue to be titled Médecins Sans Frontières or should it be renamed Doctors without Borders? 03:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Richard Ofshe#RfC - Can primary sources such as court records and affidavits of an expert witness testimony, be used as sources for an article about a person who one of his areas of notability is being an expert witness? If plenty of secondary sources can be found, should editors strive to use them instead, and not risk inferring personal POV judgements from primary sourced material? 16:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Scottish people#Request_for_comment Long-running dispute regarding the sourcing and appropriateness of extensive claims about the R1b genetic hapgroup in the article. 11:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Mudaliar#Request_for_Comment:_Mudaliar_Title Misunderstood Rfc process on disputed article, so I am linking here as an outsider. What goups can, should or do use the title or surname Mudaliar? 17:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Marriage: Should marriage, as defined in the article, be classed as only a union of a man and woman, or a union of two individuals? 12:34, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Talk:pseudoreligion: How should the article on pseudoreligion properly cite an essay that includes feminism and "PCism" as pseudoreligions? 12:46, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Talk:List of groups referred to as cults: Should a list of purported cults published by the Parliamentary Commission about Cults in France, be placed in that article, in the article List of groups referred to as cults, or in both locations? 16:13, 26 December 2006 (UTC)