Talk:Bennelong Society

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[edit] Neutral POV?

More about the BS as a conservative political body would be helpful and worthwhile. A brief look at the BS weblinks page is ample proof of their strong political position: verbatim example: Quadrant Website: www.quadrant.org.au Australia's independent review of literature and ideas. Quadrant has been a leader in new thinking in Aboriginal policy.

Keith Windschuttle Website: www.sydneyline.com Keith Windschuttle has almost single-handed forced the insular history and anthropology fraternity to think about their scholarship in Aboriginal affairs.

Many moderate people would see these links as radically conservative opinions. mangonorth


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Am not sure how to tag something to contest a neutral POV. Suffice to say, the Bennelong Society is viewed from some perspectives as a means to advance conservative polemics about the "Aboriginal Question(s)", rather than to facilitate open discussion. This entry doesn't address any of these criticisms, which I thought were supposed to be included as a part of Wikipedia policy.

Could someone tag this as having a potentially non-neutral POV?

Raverant2006 12:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Firstly, you can of course fix it by adding something to the article. Wikipedia is not a platform for debate - see WP:NOT. The article documents the society's existence, history and aims, albeit briefly - I do not see that the article as it stands breaches WP:NPOV. If introducing a discussion about criticisms of the society, please ensure reliable sources are cited - ref WP:Cite policy and WP:RS guideline.--A Y Arktos\talk 19:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I have reverted the clean up tag. "maybe the words "conservative" and "supports the abolition of indigenous welfare programs" sould appear somewhere" is not grounds for clean up. Nor as above are they grounds for NPOV. If you want to add material, do so - don't merely tag. Make sure referenced. Present material not merely cut and paste though obviously draws heavily on the referenced sources since it is not original research.--A Y Arktos\talk 07:11, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

    • I have reverted the second clena up tag which was placed with the edit But it still needs a better structure and at least a token attempt at presenting a dissenting voice. - that comment applies to most Wikipedia articles and we don't tag 1 million articles.--A Y Arktos\talk 07:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Of course we don't, but let's not make false equivalencies. uranium is in a much better state than this article. The article is basically a "list of objectives" and it has been, not withstanding wikification, since it was created (by a person who, incidentally, claims to be Gary Johns - i.e. a promiment member of the society). This society is a think tank - i.e. in this context a group that aims to disseminate certain policies and viewpoints into the public debate - and we are currently allowing it to self-define (indeed, to promote its own agenda in that self-definition). If the article on the ALP was simply the "objectives" portion of the ALP constitution, there would certainly be a cleanup tag on it at the least. All wikipedia articles cry out for improvement, yes, but this one does as a matter of urgency, and I can see nothing in it to reduce that urgency. Slac speak up! 07:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Many articles are in a better state than this one. Even more are not. If you want another POV introduced, do so - don't merely tag. Also review WP:NPOV#Let_the_facts_speak_for_themselves which I think amply applies to this - look who they have given awards to and for what reason! Note a a very cursory google was not very good on producing strictly reliable sources criticising the society - didn't try too hard but I am not the one trying to introduce a different perspective. When I get more time I will have another go.--A Y Arktos\talk 08:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, they give awards to Aboriginies for reasons that don't contradict three particular policy directives they have; anti-land-rights, anti-self-determination and pro-assimilation. Raverant2006 15:13, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
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