[WikiEN-l] what to do with religious POV?

Sat May 28 12:18:53 UTC 2005

Peta Holmes (holmespeta at yahoo.com) [050528 22:03]:

> I recently blocked an account for what looked like
> link spamming. All the edits were adding a link to an
> external  website that has something to do with Branch
> Davidians vs. Koreshians and to a bunch of unrealted
> articles like poverty and sex. I now have an 32kb
> email in my inbox suggesting changes to the articles
> they're concerned with so that they are more ''NPOV''.
> I'm really not familar with anything to do with Waco
> and the mess that followed, would anyone be willing to
> take a look at the changes and get back to
> the-branch.org, or should I just unblock the account
> and let them edit in good faith and hope that the two
> groups will sort it out between themselves.

As for the actual dispute - email them and point them at the NPOV page,
particularly the "writing for the enemy" bit. Get them to use talk pages.
Get them to write as individuals, 'cos we really don't do role accounts.
That sort of thing :-)

- d.