Talk:James Pike

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Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Started some work 3 More work 4 Is this NPOV?

[edit] Cleanup

Jumps around - for example "following his son's suicide" without previous reference to the event. One of several examples of poor prose. I don't know enough about the topic to do it myself. Interesting article though. Wikipeterproject 04:45, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Started some work

Edited line stating that Pike marched with King (he met with King before the march) and cleaned up the issues surrounding his son's suicide. I'll continue to fill in the bibliography and add citations.

--RFlynn1000 12:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More work

Added standard infobox for Bishop, expanded early life, include complete (I think) bibliography of books published.

--RFlynn1000 14:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is this NPOV?

I wonder if the conclusion drawn at the end of this sentence is NPOV (italics mine):

"In his personal life, Pike was a chain-smoker, an alcoholic, craved attention, and was likely addicted in some way to romance and relationships."

I didn't write this phrase and while it seems a correct conclusion based on the research I've done, it seems a little biased and judgmental. Any thoughts?

--RFlynn1000 19:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

It's a psychological opinion rendered by a church source, so it's not exactly an authoritative source, but at the same time, it draws the reader in to the article. If a corroborating source can be found, leave it in, otherwise remove it. —Viriditas | Talk 12:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)