[WikiEN-l] Opus Dei article

Fri Apr 22 17:50:44 UTC 2005

> The Opus Dei article is a total propagdana piece.  It makes
> no attempt at all  to objectively describe Opus Dei. 
> Rather, it reads like an Opus Dei proselytizing tract.
> 
> There are many serious, sustained and important criticisms
> of Opus Dei, especially from Catholics!  There are similar 
> criticisms from many people worried about their cult-like 
> behaviour.  However, the article only minimally mentions 
> these controversies, glosses over them, and then disposes of 
> them with generic apologetics.  That style of writing 
> violates our NPOV policy.
> 
> The article, as it stood when I read it, is an embarassment
> to any work that claims to be an encyclopedia.  The
> problems with it are not merely that it is part of a "work 
> under construction".  The problems are:
> 
> * It represents agressive religious proselytizing which
> clearly flouts NPOV.
> 
> * It offers no serious academic or critical-historical analysis.
> 
> * It minimizes and makes apologetics for the vast amount of 
> criticism in such a way that one might rightfully call the 
> article "censored."
> 
> 
> Robert (RK)

So when is your ban going to end, so you can log in and help fix the
article? (Or at least, request early parole from the arbcom to write
comments on talk pages!)

Helpfully,

Uncle Ed