User talk:TheForrest

Hi TheForrest, I have put a note on the article on the talk page but also wanted to reply to your message. I appreciate that you have spent a lot of time and effort in careful wording of your edits. I have also spent many hours editing the article - not in an effort to fluff Moore up but as a WP editor hoping to find some neutrality in the encyclopaedic entry.

I understand that there is strong feeling around the claims and counter claims. I think that the place to outline these are in the Controversy section - not in the lead. As an adult encyclopaedic entry it tries for neutrality and a pointing to different sides of the dispute. Citing an essay and Greenpeace's own website as sources are not very useful as they opponents in the dispute. I was in the process of shifting some of your sources down to the controversy section when you reverted the edit. As the article now reads I think it's confusing to anyone coming from the outside - like me - stepping into a war. It sounds like a rant. I have reviews Moore's reports, web material, the Greenpeace pages and book refs. I understand a lot of people are upset. But this is not a propaganda or counter-propoganda leaflet. I disagree that now the "facts are clear". Though important, it seems to be largely about specific months founders joined the fledgling morphing organisation, personal reports of what happened, when membership was ratified and subsequent enmity. I'd say it's all very personal, emotive stuff. I'd hope the article can reflect that difficulty.

I have no interest in an edit war. I hope we can find a way to write this without spin one way or the other.

Best wishes

Spanglej (talk) 17:10, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Opportunity to comment on Batavia
There is a discussion starting up at Talk:Batavia (disambiguation), that may be of interest to you. The subject is technically a page move discussion, but the purpose of the discussion is to decide where Batavia should redirect. Until earlier today, Batavia redirected to History of Jakarta, but during this discussion, it is redirecting to Batavia (disambiguation). Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks for your help. HuskyHuskie (talk) 22:39, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

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