Talk:John Dale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material of any kind that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. [FAQ]

John Dale is part of WikiProject Kentucky, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Kentucky on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.

For the sake of NPOV I recommend that the controversial material in the second paragraph of the introductory material on this figure be transferred to a section designated “criticisms” or “controversies” as deemed relevant.

It is of the utmost importance that the introductory paragraph maintain a NPOV and that it contain only empirical biographical material. See other notable religous figures for examples of this. His birth year, should he approve of its publication, would also be more relevant than the date.

Although further additions may be desired, it is my opinion that this article no longer requires the stub designation.

--Victoria h 03:21, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm the article's primary contributor so far, and have implemented the suggestions you made...thanks. Please tell us here if you have further thoughts on how the article can be improved. Your contribution is appreciated. Alan Canon 18:51, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Diploma mill"

I removed this POV characterization from the sentence describing Louisiana Baptist University as a diploma mill:

(the latter considered by some a diploma mill.)

I'm no fan of the school, but the linked article describing the school goes to great and effective length to describe the denying of accreditation as well as the above characterization. It seemed like weasel words to me in the context of the current article: anyone who really wanted to get to know the article's subject can easily go and look at the relevant school article and find out all about the diploma mill business. The coupling of the weasely nature of it compounded with the fact that it's off topic that's led me to delete it. But, I don't take censorship of others' words lightly, so I'm placing this comment here to draw attention to what I did, and would encourage others with good reasons to feel free to revert my edit (and to perhaps comment as to why.) Alan Canon 22:13, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree that is a bit smarmy. NPOV and fully accurate would be to simply call it "an unaccredited institution". I think that it is necessary to mention, as it suibstantially affects the characterisization of the institution's scholarship and, by implication, that of its students. -Will Beback 22:45, 20 April 2006 (UTC)