Talk:Dale Farm

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[edit] Questioning NPOV

NPOV questions:

• The statement that the site is legal despite the local authority having an eviction order
• The statement that the travellers at the site have been illegally evicted from their previous sites needs references citing

--Dunstan 14:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

The site was bought legally - the planning permissions on SOME of the structures is what is the problem. Also, many are agreed that the council have acted illegally in past evictions and would also do so in this case, as they are not housing the people as they are obliged to do. There's a judicial review in process. see http://geocities.com/freedommarch2005/6-6-5.txt http://www.easf.org.uk/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Dale+Farm+Community -- Paki.tv 08:41, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Paki.tv, that's completely irrelevant. It's NPOV if you put words like "illegaly" with no final legal settlement. "Many are agreed" is simply not good enough for an encyclopaedic article. I'm removing some superflous words. I'm also calling for a citation on the "legal" travellers site.Mouse Nightshirt 00:47, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

So why is it that no citation is required for the fact that there is an eviction order???? Paki.tv 13:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

anyway, i've changed all that and added sources - so i've taken off the NPOV tag, as all your points have been answered. I do hope this is OK, Paki.tv 13:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

The link given doesn't say that the commission for racial equality say the eviction is racially motivated - it just says that they have intervened. We need a better source than the Council's rather bizarre newsletter (no black or asian people in Basildon??). We need a media report of the CRE's intervention, or preferably a CRE statement itself. Secretlondon 11:50, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[1] - this press release says the cre are involved - but this comes from dale farm not the cre. Secretlondon 12:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Balance tag added

The article is weighted very heavily in favour of the defence of the camp, even down to mentioning the support of the local vicar etc etc. Evidence is required to explain _why_ the travellers are to be evicted, and the pros and cons thereof. DWaterson 11:11, 1 July 2006 (UTC)