User talk:Rushdamian

Debito Arudou
Hi Rushdamian, welcome to Wikipedia. I'm simply copying and pasting my comments from the talk page here in case you miss it.

Regarding your Debito Arudou box quote, can you think of good reason why the same Kerr quote ("I wholly support.....") needs to be cited twice in the criticism section? Also, can you supply us with a few Wikipedia articles that actually have a "supporters" section qua "supporters" section? (I'm asking--it could be useful to consider). The criticism section (not page) is supposed to be about criticism, hence the name; it's not about "adding more balance to this section." Provided that it cites a publicly verifiable source (personal blogs like Arudou's were always forbidden as sources of information as part of Wikipedia policy, anyway, but let's not get into that here --- see WP:RS for further details), and presented in a neutral tone, the criticism is acceptable. It's already understood that any sensible reader who wants to know more will look up those primary or secondary sources and continue to read all the various opinions. It's also understandable that Arudou Debito and his political supporters and friends would want to remove the criticism section entirely and play up the rest of the page. But that's not what the criticism section is about; it's about documenting for the reader what criticisms exist. This is consistent with so many other Wikipedia pages, I don't know where to begin really listing them all. Best, J Readings 08:54, 9 April 2007 (UTC)