Talk:Statistical Assessment Service

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A previous edit of this page selectively removed some information and added other information to make it appear that this organization puts out nothing but conservative material. All the additional references to research findings were at least seven years old, and none of them gave any indication of the writer having actually looked at the material in the current website at stats.org. Srlichter (talk) 23:26, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Astroturf groups category

(First two comments below moved from User_talk:DickClarkMises)

Your argument for removing the astroturf cat is that the cat itself is unencyclopedic, and I see you've nominated it for deletion. Fair enough. But assuming the cat "survives", then your argument for keeping the cat off of STATS will be invalid, and I'll be adding back in. So you might want to start thinking of another reason for keeping it off, depending on how the deletion discussion goes.... Yilloslime (t) 23:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, you are right. If the category is kept, my argument will be that the STATS article must make it self-evident that such a category is appropriate, per the same guideline that I cite at CfD: Wikipedia:CAT#Some_general_guidelines, #7. If an article doesn't assert the quality to which the category is associated, the category is simply unwarranted. DickClarkMises (talk) 23:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

It seems that #8 of the guideline I cite above is relevant too.

7. Categories appear without annotations, so be careful of NPOV when creating or filling categories. Categories that are not self-evident, or are shown through reliable sources to be controversial, should not be included on the article; a list might be a better option.

8. An article should normally possess all the referenced information necessary to demonstrate that it belongs in each of its categories. Avoid including categories in an article if the article itself doesn't adequately show it belongs there. For example, avoid placing a category for a profession or award unless the article provides some verification that the placement is accurate. Use the {{Category unsourced}} tag if the article is in a category but no sources demonstrate the category is appropriate.

DickClarkMises (talk) 23:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC)