Talk:Gary North

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I removed irrelevant info about the "other" Gary and made it a simple "should not be confused with." Paul 18:14, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

An excellent edit idea. Thanks.--Cberlet 21:20, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gary North is a Big Fat Idiot

I removed the link for the Gary North is a Big Fat Idiot website. I did this because the link description in the article included a comment about Gary North's "fanaticism." That is clearly not in keeping with NPOV. If someone wanted to re-insert the link with a description that actually described the site accurately, that seems like it might be acceptable. I have serious doubts about the site as a notable source. It is a satire/parody site, in part (as the page itself says), and it includes all sorts of claims, including unsupported claims of Gary North "smoking crack." That is hardly a source that should be represented as seriously analytical. Dick Clark 16:50, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

This is a late response, but the "note 2" at the top of that page has this line: "Gary North actually does not smoke crack." Nova SS 18:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Controversial in first line

We should not describe Gary North as being "controversial" in the first sentence before anything else has been said about him. By all means, we should mention that his views have been been (and still are?) controversial, and this can be stated clearly in the lead section (as we now do, I believe), but it's closer to NPOV to describe what he does first, and then how people react to him second; otherwise, we're giving his critics precedence. — Matt Crypto 17:51, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Political Beliefs" section

This part claims North would execute people for "being gay". If he is advocating biblical law, then this provides for execution for sodomy, but not for merely BEING gay. Should be cleared up. Also the section seems to have NPOV issues, especially with the remark about the feelings of someone undergoing execution. The writer of the section appears to want to discredit North, without using overtly partisan language.

Agreed. I've deleted the "little comfort" sentence, which is clearly POV. I've replaced "being gay" with "sodomy", but I still don't think that's quite accurate. — Matt Crypto 00:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)