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Request check-over re edits by Mel Etitis on Amerie re her age --84.203.32.242 21:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Talk:Alex Anatole Contested speedy deletion request per notability and npov concerns. VanTucky 21:13, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Dannielynn Stern paternity case. Could someone please go and comment to this page. Currently the page is being monopolized by Cfvh who has taken it upon himself to usurp the current conversation, facts, and the community. Two things need addressing: 1) Cfvh unwillingness to follow community protocol and discuss before acting and 2)Comments on what the page should morph into. As it stands user Cfvh is just changing at whim to keep up with current events, however we are wondering if it should morph into Birkhead v. Marshall, which would be more factually correct and would follow other cases in Misplaced Pages? Or should it morph into something like Paternity of Dannielynn Birkhead? Something it should not be is the current name, because when the case was filed, the father was not known, so it would have been impossible to name it after the father, and consensus was not sought for the name change. The current name does not lend accuracy to wikipedia. Any comments you could add to both issues would be most welcomed. --Maniwar (talk) 00:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
  • According to the opinion of the administrator who dealt with your false application for a 3RR against me, there is equal weight in our actions. If you call me a vandal then you are a vandal as well. Thankfully, I am more cool-headed than you are and will not seek superfluous actions for your laughable actions. Charles 00:22, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Joss Stone Could someone check-over the section about the Brit awards please. I think that there is too much detail, but another editor disagrees, and puts forward good arguements. I would like a 3rd opinion. Cheers 10:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Matt Sanchez#Fresh start. Dispute about whether the subject's early life as a porn star and escort are being covered neutrally and undue weight concerns. Subject of article, who edits as Bluemarine, is unhappy with present content. Article is protected due to edit warring. Input into how to resolve the dispute very welcome. 04:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

The problem is there are no reliable third party sources to establish the fact. The main source is a biased blog created by some of Robert Sungenis ex-employees. They state their bias and agenda. The other sources are related to this one (except perhaps one, but ultimately it can alsoe be shown to be related).

I have propsed a means by which the editors can use Robert Sungenis own words to indicate that he has been accused of anti-semitism, and of course that he denies it (which gets stated in either case). To me this removes the issue of using inappropriate sources per BLP (biased, agenda driven, partisan, blogs, etc).

Also, a list of sources he has used are listed , which really adds nothing to the article, but an attempt to tie hime to other Misplaced Pages and oher entries that claim anti-semitism.

I would appreciate anyone coming over and taking a look for yourself.Start at the bottom of the talk page and work up, because it gets much too long.

Truth_Seeker 16:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Talk:Bob Dylan#Request for Comment and Talk:List of converts to Christianity#Request for comment - There has been an ongoing discussion regarding whether or not it is reasonable to describe and or/categorize Bob Dylan as a Christian convert. 23:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Mike_Jones_(rapper)#Request_for_Comment - There is a disagreement over what is notable/newsworthy in regards to a recent incident involving a performance by rapper Mike Jones at a College festival. 22:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Joji Obara#Rfc Ethnic origin mentions There is a long-running dispute over whether the opening paragraph is an appropriate place to point out a rape-murder suspect's ethnic minority status. Would like as many comments as possible - any comments, long or short, are welcome. 09:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Jimmy Wales#Request for Comment: BLP -- Dispute whether a section describing "Misplaced Pages revisionism" by Jimmy Wales is neutral, appropriate to the article and meets requirements of WP:BLP policy - 05:12, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Samuel Hocevar. No reliable sources. There should be some newspapers or tech journals which talk about him. The sources all seem to be from himself or from debian. Corvus cornix 22:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Marc Ostrofsky again. Ostrofsky created the article himself and for a while was zealously defending it from any modification at all. However, he's backed off a bit and is now most offended by the fact that the lead includes the term "Cybersquatter" (he was called that by "Inc." magazine). Since Google loves Misplaced Pages so much, this means that the top entry on the first page of results when you search his name now includes the term he most despises in the page summary: Google search for "Marc Ostrofsky". He keeps removing it, previously under his own account, now (presumably) through IP edits. I stand by the fact that the term should be included, but is it appropriate to use the little Google synopsis lines as a reason to move the quote lower in the article? Or is "Don't make the mark if you can't take the Snark" the end of the matter. - 15:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:L. Ron Hubbard -- Can the article L. Ron Hubbard display a fake version of his DD-214 military form? 07:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC).
  • Talk:Walter ReMine: Dispute between article's subject and another editor: request for comment on WP:AUTOBIO and WP:NPOV issues.13:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Richard Gere#Request_for_Comment: Gerbil rumor: Should the Gerbil rumour be added to the page? 09:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Don_Imus#Request_for_Comment:_Bias_lead.: Whether or not straight out calling his comments "racial and sexist" violates NPOV.Wikidudeman 04:16, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Lewis Libby#Request for Comment: Whether or not Libby should be described as "Jewish", either directly or indirectly. 19:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Lewis Libby#Request for Comment: Content dispute re: bibliography.... Acknowledgment that Lewis Libby is a public figure and that WP:BLP#Public figures applies to content included in the article, relating to WP:POV and Misplaced Pages:Neutral point of view; blocking of such content by an administrator with a strong POV against inclusion of several sources in Bibliography. --19:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
  • There is discussion over whether Michael Phelps' DUI two years ago should be included in the article. See Talk:Michael Phelps. 21:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
  • It seems to me that the C.S. Friedman article -- particularly the "writing style" section -- is riding the "neutrality" line. Instead of simply being an objective summary of Friedman's common motifs and stylistic habits, the section includes a lot of value judgments about how successfully Friedman accomplishes her task. A critic of Friedman's work, for example, could easily dispute that her characters and the worlds they inhabit are "richly detailed and developed," or that "she has a penchant (and skill) for indirect writing." I could be wrong, and would appreciate some extra perspective before attempting to edit. 03:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Manfred von Richthofen#Sources claiming Jewish ancestry. The dispute is about the inclusion of two reliable sources which claim non-Aryan, Jewish ancestry respectively. Concerns have been about undue weight and NPOV. A previous request for third opinion resulted in agreement with the inclusion of the two sources. 22:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:David_Irving#RfC: "discredited" wording: The David Irving article states that Irving's status has a historian has been "discredited", based on longstanding consensus, and on the fact that 26 separate reliable sources (provided in a footnote) describe him as "discredited". An editor insists that the word "disputed" be used instead, regardless of the fact that no sources describe him that way. 19:55, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  • The Nadine Gordimer article has been the subject of an edit/revert war regarding one paragraph of text. The controversial text is a reference to an Oct., 2006, robbery of Gordimer's home, which includes the race of the perpetrators and a quote stating that it is "ironic" that Gordimer was attacked by 3 black men, given Gordimer's anti-apartheid position. Third-party comments greatly appreciated at Talk:Nadine Gordimer#RFC (April, 2007) on robbery. 20:36, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Joji Obara#Rfc: mention of ethnicity: a dispute over whether a serial rapist-murderer's ethnic origin should be mentioned in the opening paragraph. 19:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Catherine Bell#Request for Comments - Use of the "truthaboutscientology" website: A number of editors oppose use of the "truthaboutscientology" website (http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/), abbreviated TAS, as a reliable source in biographies of living persons and other articles while a number of editors support its use. This dispute affects a lot of articles in the Scientology series. 23:22, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Stephen M. Cohen: a dispute over whether the article is libellous based on whether currently cited sources are accurate. 20:20, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Juan Cole#RfC_on_causality: a dispute over whether a claim of causality should be attributed to its author or to Misplaced Pages in general, and whether sourced material should be deleted. 00:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Cat Stevens: a dispute over the way the subject's name is rendered atop infobox and lead sentence; he is a musician formerly known as "Cat Stevens"; he is now known as "Yusuf Islam" - both are covered in article but debate continues 05:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Avicenna: a dispute over the inclusion of several references describing Avicenna as being of Arab descent, being an "Arab Galen", and being the "climax of Arab science". Other primary references and biographies refer to Avicenna as Persian or of Persian descent. It has been claimed that the disputed references are incorrectly using "Arab" as a catch-all for Arab and non-Arab Muslim scientists. 01:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Purushottam Nagesh Oak long dispute/edit war about reliable souces for criticism of the Indian writer who claims that Christianity and Islam orginated from Hinduism, and that the Taj Mahal was once a Hindu temple. 00:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Danah Boyd Long dispute about the name of the article, idiosyncratic capitalization of her name is "danah boyd". The style guide is somewhat silent about this. I'd like to see the guideline be updated with some consensus in addition to this particular issue resolved. the lowecase version is possibly her legal name, and she is aware of Misplaced Pages's unwillingness to alter it. (She has edited) 22:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Master P Article is abhorrent, biased, unsourced. I'm not sure which parts of this article are up to Misplaced Pages standards. I have watched this article for a while and have seen no real improvements by numerous edits.20:46, 7 April 2007 (UTC)