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Contents 1 Brighton bombing 2 Office 3 Racism 4 Controversy 5 Recent edits 6 Cool it please

[edit] Brighton bombing

I've removed the claim that Anderson was convicted in relation to this, because she wasn't. It's confusing because although all five people arrested in Glasgow were tried at the same time, only Magee was charged over the Brighton bombing but he was also charged in the conspiracy case involving the other four as well. See this Guardian article for more information. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 10:50, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Office

Is it an apprpriate use of the template to list her office as "Director of Unionist Engagement"? This is her job in Sinn Fein, not an official (ie government) post. beano 13:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Racism

A revert has been made without any new edit summary. What has been added is a extended quote that repeats much of the background earlier in the para. Wikipedia is not a soapbox.Traditional unionist (talk) 21:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

LEditors cannot ignore discussion. The article is currently a soapbox for Anderson. It repeats the same piece of information twice in the same para.Traditional unionist (talk) 18:30, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

TU you added "Employment monitoring by the Equality Commission records solely religion, and not political affiliation." I have attempted to now put it into context, though as a footnote it would work equally as well. --Domer48 (talk) 19:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

The article still reads like a propaganda sheet. The extensive quote is unnecessary.Traditional unionist (talk) 11:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The editor who first introduced this section intended it to be negative propaganda, with the addition of text not contained in the sources. I simply placed the context of the remarks in their true light and based on the sources provided. It was not me for example who titled this tread "Racism," which was also the context that was implyed on the article itself. --Domer48 (talk) 12:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

What that user intended is irrelevent. She said it, and it was reported. What Wikipedia should not be doing, is reproducing extended quotes. What you should not be doing is turning on POV into another.Traditional unionist (talk) 12:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

What that user intended is not irrelevent. I put what she said (qouted) in context, with no POV at all. --Domer48 (talk) 12:22, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

What you did, was add an extended quote, which largly remains. That is not encylopedic.Traditional unionist (talk) 12:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Your an editor, change it. Just make sure the substance and context remains, and not this racism spin. --Domer48 (talk) 12:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

And you know very well that discussion is how concensus is arrived at. Yet you seem reluctant to engage.....Traditional unionist (talk) 12:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

This has nothing to do with concensus, I have suggested you change the text. In place of a quote, insert text which reflects what she said, and avoide the rasism spin which was placed on it. Simple! --Domer48 (talk) 12:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, thats not my spin. It was brought up at what is in effect a journal of note on NI politics.Traditional unionist (talk) 15:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I have re-insted the encyclopedic content of the original edit, and have provided a reference to justify the "controvercy" word, it is a published piece by an elected representitive, this is a primary example of a controvercy prompted by Ms Anderson's words. My edit is free from any agenda, and conforms to all wikipedia policy and has good encyclopedic value, extended quotes, which can themselves be found in the references DO NOT. Case closed.Ulster_Vanguard (talk) 01:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

At the most, the letter-to-the-editor only proves that a Unionist politician wrote a letter complaining about Anderson's comments. That hardly indicates a larger controversy. All-in-all, Mr. Vanguard, you have failed utterly to prove your point or back up your POV. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 01:54, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, Mr Jacobite, or may I call you Republican, I have now supplied a full article and reworded my edit to read "attracted criticism" rather than "caused controvercy". In the words of Margaret Richie; "no surrender"....Ulster_Vanguard (talk) 04:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I have undone some recent edits, the revision to my edit were not encyclopedic - if you want to includes all that then write a new page about it. Also, describing them as "migrant workers" is not correct, as they are perminantly resident in the UK and have no intention whatever of returning to their country of origin, if in fact they are not already "second generation" as it wereUlster_Vanguard (talk) 07:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Well get your references? --Domer48 (talk) 08:03, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Try the latest edit for sizeUlster_Vanguard (talk) 08:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

letters to an editor from an opponent are hardly relaible. BigDunc (talk) 09:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I reverted this unreferenced information per WP:BLP. --Domer48 (talk) 10:37, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Recent edits

This article has recently come under POV attack with WP:BLP violations being repeatedly added.

• First attempt - Claims of controversy and racism were sourced by a blog, which is a BLP violation. Not only were they sourced by a blog, they were not even sourced by the original blogger, but random people commenting on it. This is totally unacceptable per BLP. Also nowhere in either the original blog or the BBC article was the term "Eastern European" ever used.

• Second attempt - as above.

• Third attempt - claims her remarks caused controversy and solely sourced by the BBC article which says no such thing, and again makes the unsourced Eastern European claim. This despite a BLP warning on the editor's talk page.

• Fourth attempt - claims her remarks caused controversy because some Loyalist councillor had written to complain to a newspaper. Sorry, but the best that sources is something along the lines of "Her remarks caused a Loyalist councillor to write to a newspaper". Agains makes claims about Eastern Europeans not supported by the source, and similarly with just the PSNI. Second BLP warning ignored.

• Fifth attempt - claims she attracted criticism. The source says nothing like that. The exact phrases used by the source are "DUP MP Gregory Campbell said Sinn Fein was trying to obscure the true picture" and "He said Sinn Fein had a problem with what the figures were showing" - nowhere is Anderson criticised. And yet again, unsourced claims about Eastern Europeans and just the PSNI.

• Sixth attempt - yet again unsourced claims about Eastern Europeans.

• Seventh attempt - and again!

In addition there has been constant removal of what Anderson actually said, claiming it is not a soapbox for her. Well neither is it a soapbox for Loyalist councillors to criticise her without giving her the right of reply and being quoted properly as the secondary sources do. NPOV demands both or neither are included. BigDunc (talk) 13:02, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Calling Ross Hussey a loyalist could be deemed defamatory, and is highly pejorativeTraditional unionist (talk) 13:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

TU is that really the best you can do?--Domer48 (talk) 13:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

In what way is calling someone a loyalist going to harm the reputation of an individual, which is what is needed for Defamation. Are they not loyal to the crown. Or is loyalist a dirty word not to be uttered? BigDunc (talk) 13:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Loyalist has come to be a term for paramilitaries. Ross Hussey has 30 years service in the RUC reserve. If I were him, I'd consider myself defamed.Traditional unionist (talk) 13:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cool it please

Please can all participants in this dispute calm down and if necessary take a break from the subject.

I have protected the page to bring an end to the edit war, because the discussion on this talk page seems unlikely to lead to any agreement soon unless there is a marked change of tone, with an assumption of good faith on all sides. (And yes, I probably have protected The Wrong Version).

So far, I see multiple accusations that people have been libelled, and too many editors who seem to be excessively quick to take offence as provocative political labels are exchanged.

This does not appear to be a particularly complex issue: a politician made some remarks and got criticised. Both sides perspectives should be reported fairly, using reliable sources, and with care taken about how much prominence is due to the different perspectives.

I want to remind all the editors working on this page that Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The_Troubles#Probation_for_disruptive_editors can be applied to this article and to the editors involved in this dispute. Please take care to assume good faith and to ensure that any comments made on this talk page are designed in tone and in substance to help to reach a consensus, not to score points off opponents.

Thanks. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I tried discussion and was criticised for not edit warring!Traditional unionist (talk) 13:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)