[WikiEN-l] Anti-scientific bias has me hopping mad!

Tue Oct 7 21:21:01 UTC 2003

--- "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com> wrote:
> I'm getting awfully tired of watching environmentalists inject
> their
> junk science POV into articles. They palm off their own prejudices
> as
> scientific fact far too glibly for me to remain patient any longer.
> 
> We need to start cracking down on contributors who do this.
> 
> I'm talking about the dozens of places in which environmentalist
> contributors keep inserting their unattributed claim that there is
> a
> CONSENSUS that supports their POV. I'm talking about PhD scientists
> like
> William Connolley who insert statemnts like "Singer is wrong" into
> articles instead of NAMING the scientists who disagree with Singer
> and
> saying WHY they disagree.
> 
> I've tried being cordial affable. I've tried patiently explaining
> NPOV.
> Nothing works. These advocates keep injecting their POV back into
> the
> articles, even using smear tactics against scientists who report
> findings which disagree with environmentalist POV. 
> 
> I can't stop three dozen other contributors from injecting bias
> into the
> scientific articles relating to the environment. Not by myself --
> not by
> slowly and patiently undoing each mistake and explaining it. I'm
> outnumbered and outgunned.
> 
> I'm going to start issuing official warnings to NPOV violators. If
> that
> doesn't slow them down, I'm going to suspend them -- give them a
> temporary ban.
> 
> Jimbo keeps saying he's sorry to see me go and happy to see me
> back.
> Well, I call on him to back me up -- or fire me. 
> 

Document their activities, and take'em down. If they want to argue
their case, they can go the the arbitration committee.

=====
Christopher Mahan
chris_mahan at yahoo.com
818.943.1850 cell
http://www.christophermahan.com/

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