Friday, December 30, 2005

Wikipedia on Archbishop Raymond Burke

Rabidly anti-Catholic and/or anti-Burke forces are and have been in the process of "updating" or attempting to update the Wikipedia on-line encyclopedia article on Archbishop Burke.

While a seemingly concerted effort is underway to calumniate Archbishop Burke, we nust not lose sight of the fact that truth will always be victorious, eventually.

Here is an example of the current effort to hijack the truth:
While articles are supposed to be neutral in the sense of factually representing both sides, in my mind there may be some questions in this article on the selection of the facts and neutrality of point of view.
The primary issue is that it seems to be primarily supporters of the Archbishop who are creating the article. This may not produce the best balance in an article on a controversial topic.
And this:
By the way have you seen the Wikipedia article on Archbishop and St. Stans on Wikipedia?
It appears to have been written by supporters of the Archbishop.
Your insights and calm could be useful in editing the article subject to Wikipedia’s appropriate rules for neutral presentation of all sides and literary calm.
Calm? From the individual who goes by the moniker "Martin Luther" and who has been anything but calm on the PostDisgrace's blog? Spare me, please!
Hummm, It is possible that I could submit [an] article that present (sic) a complete view of what this man really is about.
http://www.jsonline.com/lifestyle/religion/dec03/190661.asp
And this:
You could write another article but editing the existing would be an interesting challenge versus supporters of the Archbishop and possibly including direct staff from the Archdiocese and related facilities such as Kenrick Pastoral Center.
And finally:
would be willing to write information to add if you could all assist by finding additional sources on the web to support our position. This will get us started. I think we need a formalized approach by first understanding clearly our thesis. Please post what you can find. I started with a few articles that I was able to locate. We may eventually need to take this away from the blog.
After nearly 550 bog entries, many of which were vehemently anti-Catholic and anti-Burke, another venue has been found in Wikipedia to vent their contempt. It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out and if the Wikipedia policy of avoiding bias is enforced. Articles should be written from a neutral point of view, representing differing views on a subject factually and objectively. According to Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales, the Neutral Point Of View Policy is "absolute and non-negotiable".

We shall see.

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