Talk:Sol Invictus (band)

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[edit] deleted mention of Wakeford's NF membership

I've twice reverted the mention of Wakeford's former National Front membership by User: Caro7. I reckon it's a salient fact that does belong here and that readers may want to know. After all, if the fact he left Death in June is noteworthy enough to be in this article, surely the rather interesting reason why he had to leave and form his own band is noteworthy too. If you'd like to explain why this fact should be deleted, so we can avoid a revert war over what appears to me to be a vanity/POV edit (correct me if I'm wrong), then please do so here. --Aim Here 07:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I deleted it because there was no contextualising of the mention (namely, that Tony hasn't been involved in such things for 20+ years, which in this instance is important knowledge), and unfortunately it served to potentially inflame a particularly threatening and unpleasant section of the far-left who go around getting the band's gigs cancelled. I only deleted it twice - if the mention returned a third time, I was intending (not particularly being a fan of censorship) to add a line to the effect of what I've written here, and the reason I didn't do this initially was because I thought doing so would be over-emphasising the whole thing, given that it comes so soon in the entry. As it happens, I've been beaten to it. - caro7

Mentioning the fact he's no longer a member is fine. But, for future reference, whether or not the facts (whatever they are) make the antifascist movement (or anyone else) angry is not Wikipedia's problem. --Aim Here 04:57, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I understand that, hence the reason I didn't remove it from Tony's personal entry, where interested parties can discover it as they wish. As it stands, it's nothing to do with the band or the music; and given the brevity of the entry it's not really got much of a place within it. This is where sensationalism can get the better of fact - the argument that people will find it interesting is the same one the tabloids use, after all. On this basis, there are many things that could be inserted about either Tony or the current band line-up - for example, that it includes his Jewish wife and two lesbians - but I'm sure the (self-appointed?) Wiki police wouldn't be so concerned if those facts were inserted and subsequently deleted? I'm new here, so by all means correct me if I'm wrong. - caro7