Talk:Iraq War intelligence dispute

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The article is currently titled Pre-Iraq War Intel Conspiracy Theory.

I'm removing the term "conspiracy theory" (a pejorative term which is almost invariably used to dismiss claims as misconceived, paranoid, unfounded, outlandish, irrational, or otherwise unworthy of serious consideration) for the following reasons:


 * Unless we can cite a reliable source who refers to this as a conspiracy theory, our use of the term is original research. Wikipedia is not in the business of deciding who's a conspiracy theorist and who's not.


 * Use of the term is a clear violation of WP:NPOV. Articles should let the facts speak for themselves and let the reader decide whether a theory deserves to be dismissed.  Competing views should be expressed with a consistently fair and sensitive tone.  We should write articles with the tone that all positions presented are at least plausible.


 * Loaded terms like this one have no place in an article title, where they invite readers to make up their minds before reading the article.

Sideshow Bob Roberts 16:41, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Except this is a conspiracy theory, and it is outlandish just as the Roswell crash landing claims are outlandish. Especially as two government reports have since debunked these claims. -- Jfraatz 19:00, 26 July 2007

This page (as it now reads Iraq War intelligence dispute) has plenty of scope for improvement. I will attempt to expand it over the next few weeks. smb 21:35, 23 September 2007 (UTC)