Talk:Briarpatch
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[edit] POV problems
Article is written with biased language and weasel words. Agent 86 21:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What?
"Briarpath magazine" !!!! ????
"Briarpatch is Saskatchewan's independent alternative news magazine committed..." !!!! ????
Those two quotations appear to be in conflict. Are they both true?
< http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Briarpatch&oldid=64350979 >.
I, only, got that looking f/ a definition. Does anyone have a definition?
I've found none, @ anything:
< http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/briarpatch >;
< http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?briarpatch >;
< http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/briar_patch >;
< http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?briar+patch >;
< http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brier_patch >;
< http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brierpatch >;
< http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?brier+patch >;
< http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?brierpatch >.
Hopiakuta 13:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
This is, sort-of, a definition, though not quite:
Hopiakuta 13:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Adding Cleanup Tag
This article is about two thirds POV, unencyclopedic, and just plain patent nonsense. Wind-powered servers? Hauling stuff around on zero-emission SUVs? Suits? Eh? Time for a cleanup. --Hiddekel 22:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I believe the article refers to Sport Utility Trailer (ie. pulled behind a bicycle), not an SUV, and I assume the wind-power reference means that they or their service provider pays a premium for wind-power-generated electricity. I disagree that it is patent nonsense. Hopefully though, someone with more information than either of us can work on this article. If it is less encyclopedic than other similar articles on Canadian political magazines like Peace Magazine, Straight Goods or This Magazine, a possible solution is to remove/rewrite the POV material? Any takers? --Delzen 17:46, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
I can confirm that the Sports Utility Trailer, as in behind a bicycle, is used by the Briarpatch editor and I suspect you are correct regarding how wind-powered electricity works. I have lived in the province the magazine is published and there is a premium you can pay for electricity that supposedly goes toward supporting/using alternative energy sources, mostly if not entirely wind. Admittedly it is a gimmick as the power grid does not separate power sources, but it is the government's gimmick not merely the magazine, and the magazine can be understood to be doing its best to support alternative energy.
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Briarpatch Cover.jpeg
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