User talk:Guppy313

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Since you made an edit in talk:"common law"
Maybe you want to look at this specific problem.

Some long time ago I created the article "fair comment". It was created because it was a good way to circumvent some stonewalling editors on another totally different Article. And also the article "fair comment" did not exist before.

The article is therefore politically charged.

I will not make any changes in the article as it is now but I will point out that it seems to be logically inconsistant as it is now.

As the meaning of "fair comment" is actually quite important I believe something has to happen...

I have made my comments on the talkpage "fair comment" If you have any questions just ask...

And thank you in advance...

--Zirkon 23:46, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Why I'm done with this
While I realize Wikipedia is not supposed to be censored, I don't see how this means it's supposed to be some sort of anti-censorship political action group. Moving the picture to the middle of the article, aside from having precedent in other articles, not only satisfies the "not censored" requirement but also demonstrably reduces the frequency of reverts. But, instead, the discussion seems to be dominated by those who seek to keep the image front and center, as if the article were some sort of digital Fort McHenry over which a beloved flag must be kept waving over (and, like the fort, the article will continue to be shelled). Just because we're not censored doesn't mean we have a duty to be Something Awful.

But the polls are all but final, and the pictures will be kept at the top of the article, apparently for little more reason than to proove a point. I'm unable to change peoples' minds, so I'm done. Guppy313 20:29, 3 February 2006 (UTC)