Talk:Gord Mackintosh

Recent reversions

I have removed material from this article that does not comply with our policy on the biographies of living persons. Biographical material must always be referenced from reliable sources, especially negative material. Negative material that does not comply with that must be immediately removed. Note that the removal does not imply that the information is either true or false. — Graham11 04:51, 10 August 2016 — continues after insertion below

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is not a "reliable source?" WpgJets4Life (talk) 16:43, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Please do not reinsert this material unless you can provide reliable citations, and can ensure it is written pursuant to WP:V, WP:NPOV, and WP:NOR. Please review the relevant policies before editing in this regard. Editors should note that failure to follow this policy may result in the removal of editing privileges. Graham (talk) 04:51, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Interesting that you start an edit war, then make threats when the editor reverts his original edit with RELIABLE sources. In YOUR world CBC and Global News may be unreliable sources. However, to normal Canadians, the CBC is the most respected Canadian media broadcaster. You may want to research the CBC and Global News before dismissing them as unreliable. Also, please refrain from threats. It's childish, and uncivil. Threatening to block an editor for adding a paragraph from a reliable source is not wise. WpgJets4Life (talk) 16:43, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi WpgJets4Life, I'm glad to see that you've finally taken the matter to the talk page.

WP:BLPSOURCES says the following:

Wikipedia's sourcing policy, Verifiability, says that all quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation; material not meeting this standard may be removed. This policy extends that principle, adding that contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately and without discussion. This applies whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable, and whether it is in a biography or in some other article. [emphasis in original]

While I appreciate that in your most recent series of edits, you didn't include the most problematic unsourced content (viz. "It has widely been suggested that the elder Mackintosh was able to secure his sons acquittal due to his position of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General." and "The true irony being that the true beneficiaries of these legal reforms are lawyers themselves, such as Gord mackintosh. [sic]"), there remains contentious unsourced material. Accordingly, I am reverting it once again in accordance with WP:BLP. I will ask once again that you do not reinsert content in violation of WP:BLPSOURCES, especially when the matter remains under discussion on the talk page.

Interesting that you start an edit war, then make threats when the editor reverts his original edit with RELIABLE sources. In YOUR world CBC and Global News may be unreliable sources. However, to normal Canadians, the CBC is the most respected Canadian media broadcaster. You may want to research the CBC and Global News before dismissing them as unreliable.
— User:WpgJets4Life 16:44, 10 August 2016

Firstly, I have not started an edit war. Please see the edit warring policy which reads in part: "Reverting to enforce certain overriding policies is not considered edit warring. For example, under the policy on biographies of living persons, where negative unsourced content is being introduced, the risk of harm is such that removal is required."

Secondly, you are constructing a straw man argument. At no time did I take issue with the credibility of Canada's national broadcaster. The reality is, however, that not all the material that you added could be sourced to the articles cited, and I think you already realize that given that the only inline citations in the new section are in the middle of paragraphs.

Also, please refrain from threats. It's childish, and uncivil. Threatening to block an editor for adding a paragraph from a reliable source is not wise.
— User:WpgJets4Life 16:44, 10 August 2016

I assume you are referring to my earlier post to this talk page. One should be able to see that there is hidden text following that post indicating that it was produced by a standardized template intended to be used for just this purpose. If you have any concerns relating to its language, I would advise that you raise the issue on the template's talk page.

Also, you have yet to explain why you removed an entire paragraph relating to the subject's career prior to seeking public office.

Aside from the content issues, please stop inappropriately marking edits as minor. If it happened once, I could assume good faith and figure it to have been a mistake. But when it has happened several times now, including after you received (and removed) a warning on your talk page about it, I can only assume it is to avoid drawing attention to your edits.

Finally, please refrain from making personal attacks. Calling me "childish", accusing me of making personal attacks (on what basis I do not know), and making comments like "You have a history of bias towards anyone with a left wing agenda. You are not impartial and not be trusted when editing articles political articles." is not at all appropriate. Graham (talk) 03:03, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Graham11. You are a gentleman, and a scholar. WpgJets4Life (talk) 04:46, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

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