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Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy (book)

Hey, I just wanted to say I think you're doing a GREAT job on that article. I was going to start it myself but I've got one last project that is due Jan 27 before I receive my MBA so I will not be able to contribute a lot until then. The NPOV tag that User:Zantastik has seen fit to label the article with should be addressed. On the article's talk page, I'm going to ask him to explain why he thinks it should be tagged in greater detail and/or suggest how the article could be modified so it wouldn't be POV. Keep going, though...great job!  :-) Lawyer2b 16:22, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Non notable article?

Hi, I have placed a tag on the article Scott Salem, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. I did this because the article seems to be a biographical account about a person, group of people, or band, but it does not indicate how or why he/she/they is/are notable. If you can indicate why Scott Salem is really notable, I advise you to edit the article promptly, and also put a note on Talk:Scott Salem. Any admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles. You might also want to read our general biography criteria. Please do not just remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Grandwazir 04:29, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

The page Scott Salem was deleted by User:Enochlau within 2 hours of the above posting. Scott Salem, aka "Scott the Engineer", is the engineer for the Howard Stern radio show and has his own IMDB page, which should at least make a prima facie case for notability. Even if determined to be non-notable under Wikipedia criteria, the page's content may be worthy of being included in the Howard Stern article. DHowell 02:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Mongoloid

What is the verifyable reference for the change In the mongoloid article

From: Turkic Mongoloids n Central Asia, the Uzbeks, the Uighur, the Kyrgyz, and the Kazakhs are Turkic Mongoloid, the Western cousins of the Mongolians. Historically, the Huns and the Tatars have been considered to belong to the Mongoloid family. The Turkmen, while are still Central Asian, Turkic-Mongoloids, have mixed heavily with Caucasoid neighbours to the west, and most of the even more westerly Turkic-speakers of Turkey and Azerbaijan appear to have little or no Mongoloid ancestry.

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In Central Asia, the Uzbeks, the Uighur, the Kyrgyz, and the Kazakhs show strong Turkic Mongoloid elements, which would make them the Western cousins of the Mongolians. However, among them, and especially among Uzbeks and Uyghurs in particular, one may notice a continuum of physical types that ranges from Mongoloid to Europoid Caucasoid. This tends to also be true among the modern Tatars (Bulgars) and Bashkirs. Historically, the Huns and the ancient Tatars have been considered to belong to the Mongoloid family. The Turkmen, while are still Central Asian Turkic-Mongoloids, have mixed heavily with Caucasoid neighbours to the west, and many of the even more westerly Turkic-speakers, such as those in Azerbaijan appear to have little or no visible Mongoloid ancestry, although many may have less visible Mongoloid features. Turks in Turkey have an amount of Mongoloid features that is related to the amount of actual Turkic ancestry present in the individuals considered. This is variable in Turkey due to the varied ancestry of most of the population. While many scholars explain the variablity of the physical characteristics of Turkic Mongoloids as the result of intermixing with Caucasoids, some propose that there may have at one point been a distinct Turkic Mongoloid group, with particular and distinct physical characteristics AverageTurkishJoe 06:19, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Some Progress

1. While moaning seductively for a criticism section, I don't think Lani Guiner is POV anymore.

2. Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy doesn't have a NPOV tag anymore. Lawyer2b 01:48, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Fatal Blow

Fatal Blow has been proposed for deletion. Please see the article for details. NickelShoe (Talk) 05:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

3rd Opinion

I've asked for a 3rd Opinion WP:3O & submitted a Wikiquette alert WP:WQA regarding our "discussion" on the Bill Moyers page. (Wikiquette alerts are an option for a quick, streamlined way to get an outside view). (Antelope In Search Of Truth 09:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC))

Debra Wilson

Hi! Could you point me to some news reports about this? I've been unable to find anything about it, and, Debra Wilson being one of my favorite comediennes, I'd like to read moe about it. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 01:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

• Ah, I thought it might be something like that! Well, I guess "she said so" works well breaking stories! It would be nice to be able to reference the wedding in the story; probably it will hit the news soon. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 18:44, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

By the way

"Just please don't try to make the ridiculous assertion that "progressive" and "liberal" aren't the same thing in American political jargon again."

The main thing that got lost (I think) was that while they are similar, the only difference I was trying to point out is that Progressives state that they specifically focus on "economic and environmental justice, and sustainability,".

I have been looking at this whole conversation as an opportunity to better ourselves. This is more curiosity than who is "right" or "wrong". I see more value in approaching things with curiosity than judgement. I am sorry that things got a little heated.

I understand your assertion: progressives = liberals. The reason I am questioning your assertion is because it appears to me that there are liberals who focus on issues other than, "economic and environmental justice, and sustainability." Like abortion, victim rights, etc..

Just like not all conservatives push the same exact issues. (Antelope In Search Of Truth 00:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC))

Eurasian

The Eurasian genetic supercluster does neither belong in the Eurasian (mixed ancestry) page as a section nor linked to because its a different concept than racially mixed. I made it its own page entitled Eurasian genetic supercluster.--Dark Tichondrias

The Eurasian genetic supercluster should not be on the Eurasian (mixed ancestry) page or on its see also section, because they are unrelated concepts. I think if the Eurasian genetic supercluster page were to be ever resurrected it should be linked to from the Western Eurasian and Eastern Eurasian pages and maybe the Genetic views on race article. I don't know who deleted the Eurasian genetic supercluster page. I believe the page was deleted because it supports the idea that race is genetically verifiable which is not a NPOV.--Dark Tichondrias 02:40, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Anti-racialists & Asthma

I like your attitude towards anti-racialists expressed in Talk:Caucasoid. I would like you to take a look at Allergic Asthma & Asthma. The latter is very long and (at least in my oppinion) very offencive. The word "asthma" seems to me to have been used incorectly in a large number of ways, creating great ambiguity. There even seems to be an implication that asthma is a disease. Perhaps this comes from the misuse of the word "disease" rather than "asthma" . If you are tempted to stop assuming good faith in regards to those that state that asthma is a disease on wikipedia, please bare in mind that a DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS News Release (475/06) also seems to imply that the word disease applies to "asthma".

Alec - U.K. 04:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to Caucasoid race, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. In your edit [1], you have deleted a whole cited section, without any explanation or prior discussion. Lukas19 19:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppenheimer

Glad to see you representing Oppenheimer's thesis in the Cro-Magnon article -- and to hear that it's gaining wider acceptance. I'm a real fan of his work. TimidGuy 11:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Mia Sable

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Michael moore

You just need to find a non youtube source. Maybe a transcript. Thanks. Turtlescrubber 18:28, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead and put it back in using youtube as the source. Don't use the other source you added. I can't promise anything about anyone else but I will leave it alone. Turtlescrubber 14:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Center for American Progress

Heya! To make the section you inserted regarding the "Structural Imbalance..." NPOV, it needs to have information regarding what the report actually says, and not just criticisms of the contents. I apologize for reverting the section -- I should have come here to let you know of the issue with it first. Please help balance the section by giving information about the contents of the report along with the criticisms. cheers, --guyzero | talk 19:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, or at least an overview of the points that are being criticized. cheers, --guyzero | talk 19:34, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice edit! [2] Do you have a cite for the last bit? "Taxpayer-subsized universities and television programming offered on the public airwaves are not addressed in the report."? I think that is an important point -- both LA stations that broadcast NPR are via universities. cheers, --guyzero | talk 08:27, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Ah ok. I moved the statement regarding the report not including analysis of universities or public radio to the para regarding the contents of the report (and since that para is already cited, I removed the cite.) It would be better if we had a commentator or other RS stating "they didn't analyze these important bits..." rather than us saying they didn't and providing the report as a cite -- thats stepping into original research. Whatcha think? --guyzero | talk 08:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi! Welcome back =) No, my last edit (and the last edit to the page as of this writing) was moving the statement that I mentioned above. Off camping for the weekend, take care! --guyzero | talk 08:34, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Bill Moyers

Hi. I thought this might be a better place for this discussion than Bill Moyers. I have apologized without any irony for implying that you characterized Moyers as an "insignificant liberal whacko". But please understand, you're trying to compare him to Bill O'Reilly, who (in many people's estimation, conservatives and liberals alike) is an insignificant conservative whacko. Bill O'Reilly is on the level of a Michael Moore or a Howard Stern. They are all sensationalistic shock jocks. One's conservative, one's liberal, and one's "non-partisan". Chances are you're pretty familar with O'Reilly, MM and HS, but how much of Moyers stuff are you familar with? What sets him apart from the gang of three is that he has integrity, a reputation for impeccable facts and an astute comprehension of both sides of an issue. But the thing that most separates him from the others is that even when he disagrees with someone (which does not make him biased) he treats the opposition with respect. He engages in honest and valuable dialogue trying to explore the complexities of any given subject. He does not fabricate or willfully misconstrue facts. He does not try to verbally bully people. He respects others who hold different opinions and is respected in return. Nonetheless, it was poor form on my part. Again, I'm sorry.

But like I said, per WP:BLP, the controversial claim can be included if you find an impeccable source - a well-known peer review academic journal or a standard reference text. If you can find this, I will support its inclusion and "other editors" really can't say anything about it. It's not a vote, it's WP guidelines. Ok? I hope this helps.Phyesalis (talk) 04:37, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I have been very busy of late but will try to be very concise while I am here. Bill Moyers is a very biased journalist but not a sensationalistic one. He should, IMO, acknowledge the liberal slant his program, just as O'Reilly should acknowledge the conservative slant of his. His style is quite different, as Fox News is very sensationalistic while PBS is not. Moyers contention that the right-wing has taken over the media is absurd. The NY Times, The LA Times and a large portion of the "mainstream media" are as liberal as ever; even Harvard University Kennedy Center backs this up. A media where Pat Robertson is a "religious right" leader while Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are "civil rights leaders" does not distort the news in the manner Moyers claims it does. He contributed to a book denying the existence of liberal bias in the media with Eric Alterman, a noted left-wing commentator. This may not be a sensationalistic claim, but it is outright false and biased. Just ask Clarence Thomas how fair the media were during his confirmation hearings in 1991; I seriously doubt Moyers ever will.-- Gerkinstock (talk) 02:07, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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