Talk:Ivor Browne

Shameful DYK blurb

I repeat here what I put on the DYK errors section of the main page:

I came here as the blurb about Professor Ivor Browne is wholly inappropriate. It focusses on his denounciation by the Catholic Church (and of course it would denounce him as it doesn't like people who air the Catholic Church's dirty laundry) rather than his many achievements. And even if you thought such a blurb was acceptable, it is weaselly-phrased as the only denunciation was by the Catholic Church itself, rather than a universal denunciation, and of course the church would denounce him. It reads like an attack DYK blurb, to be honest. Shameful 86.133.210.177 (talk) 06:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

As another user asked: "What happened to rule #4: "Articles and hooks which focus unduly on negative aspects of living individuals should be avoided"?" 86.133.210.177 (talk) 06:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

I have responded to your concerns on the errors page. Quasihuman (talk) 11:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

The conversation on the errors page has been deleted, I have moved it here if you wish to continue it:Quasihuman (talk) 12:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes - I came here as the blurb about Professor Ivor Browne is wholly inappropriate. It focusses on his denounciation by the Catholic Church (and of course it would denounce him as it doesn't like people who air the Catholic Church's dirty laundry) rather than his many achievements. And even if you thought such a blurb was acceptable, it is weaselly-phrased as the only denunciation was by the Catholic Church itself, rather than a universal denunciation, and of course the church would denounce him. It reads like an attack DYK blurb, to be honest. Shameful 86.133.210.177 (talk) 06:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

I have to disagree with this, it did not occur to me that this might be read negatively, to me, it reads more like a negative fact about the Catholic Church. The reason they denounced him was because he supported Phyllis Hamilton's story , this is stated clearly in the hook and in the article. No objections were raised about this on the DYK nominations page. Quasihuman (talk) 11:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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