Talk:Canadian Philosophical Association

NPOV
The page meets neutrality and verification guidelines. There is therefore no conflict of interest. The material has been rewritten to avoid copyright infringement BSpenceH (talk) 09:33, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The page hasn't been rewritten since it was tagged by an automated copyvio bot, although close inspection of the original text shows a lot of paraphrasing and word juggling that keeps the entry on shaky ground in terms of copyright. As for conflict, no philosopher worth their salt would offer the argument that neutrality and verification are met, therefore there's no conflict of interest.... Hairhorn (talk) 11:34, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

You're right. It was late. Should have said there is no Wikipedia conflict of interest (COI). I was basing my argument on this: "A Wikipedia conflict of interest (COI) is an incompatibility between the aim of Wikipedia, which is to produce a neutral, reliably sourced encyclopedia, and the aims of an individual editor." Conflict of interest Incompatibility I took to mean those aims would not, or could not, be met by the individual editor (i.e. me.) I was asserting that the page was both neutral and verified, therefore that the aims could be met (since they were), therefore no Wikipedia COI. Maybe the incompatibility arises at my assertion? I.e., maybe the proposition "the content isn't neutral or reliably sourced" can't be neutral or reliably sourced? I guess I could be blind to some lack of neutrality...I don't see that this is a case of self promotion, for instance, but perhaps I'm wrong? These are sincere questions. As to copyright: Yes, perhaps on shaky ground (though how many ways can you say the ACPA was founded in 1958?). I'll try again. I've added the, admittedly lazy, reference at the bottom for now. P.S. I consider "philosophers worth their salt" to be those who read arguments charitably, recognize an enthymematic argument when they see one, and use context in attempt to evaluate the soundess of same...regardless of what we ask for in Logic 100. Just saying... :) BSpenceH (talk) 16:54, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I've removed the previous "admittedly lazy" reference from the bottom of the article, adding quotations and citations to text lifted directly from the description of the association on their (our) homepage. There [i]shouldn't[/i] be any more copyright issues. Still not sure about COI. The Canadian Philosophical Association is mentioned in the Philosophy in Canada article, therefore seems a legitimate entry. I had nothing to do with that (other than I corrected the year of the founding of the association from 1957 to 1958.) BSpenceH (talk) 18:09, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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