User talk:Chrisdickenson

Re:Fur comments
Thanks for the feedback, but at Wikipedia everything needs to be presented in a balanced neutral point of view. Which I felt your edits weren't doing. If you verify these claims with citations of reliable sources, as I'm sure this is possible, feel free to reinsert the material. But please make sure that you do cite your sources, write it in a neutal-factual manner and don't just put it in as personal analysis. Also don't replace other material which is already in the article. Since it looks quite controversial, I would suggest you rule up some draft first and ask on the talk page of the article if the other editors find it acceptable to include.--Konstable 13:50, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Correction Actually I was thinking about something else. What you did is insert the same statement in a couple of places and an external link.  External links should be at the bottom in the external link section, statements like yours should be with references and in appropriate sections (probably just the "Controversy" section on that article).--Konstable 13:54, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

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Well, thank you for replying to me and for your assurance that if I word my comments in the correct way they will not be deleted. However I still object to the content of the article as it exists. The statement that animals are killed in humane way is presented as a fact which it cannot be - whether the killing is humane or not is a subjective issue depending on the viewpoint of the individual. This individual for one does not agree with the article.

Secondly the article goes to great lengths to discuss the benefits of real over synthetic fur without presenting the counterside of that argument. This is again highly subjective and one sided.

Finally the link which is included to websites of fur manafacturers is at best nothing short of propaganda for the fur trade and therefore surely inappropriate to the article - at worst it is free advertising for companies, that whatever I might personally think of their business, are commercial enterprises and, as such, should surely not be using an encyclopedia to advertise their products.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisdickenson (talk • contribs)


 * I actually have nothing to do with the Fur article. I am on what is called a Recent Changes patrol - I check recent changes to Wikipedia with a semi-automated tool and remove anything inappropriate or anything which can be deemed as vandalism.  I would suggest you take this issue to the talk page of the fur article and discuss it with the editors who are actually working on it.--Konstable 14:31, 9 July 2006 (UTC)