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Stop Adding Unscientific Internet Polls

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Anybody with a website can do a random unscientific self-selected online poll. That does not make it a legitimate source, nor should it be presented as if they were. These polls are also being cherry-picked to push a POV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources ARClitePangloss (talk) 20:01, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This feels like it was written by fans/supporters

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It has a very non objective feel to it. It does not feel like this is an unbiased and objective write up from an encyclopedia. Tech12 (talk) 15:47, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Following the sources and NPOV

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I have partially reverted some of the changes by JLMadrigal. The removed content suffers from a variety of problems: (1) some was unsourced; (2) some did not comport with the sources; and (3) some violated the NPOV policy:

  • "Johnson detailed the counterproductive nature of the US policy of regime change in Syria ... Despite his answer, the initial slip prompted charges by the media ..." - clearly POV text, and not in source given. The text implicitly and unnecessarily praises the source by using the word "detailed" (see WP:CLAIM). It also repeats in Wikipedia's own voice the idea that U.S. policy is "counterproductive." If Johnson's position is that the U.S. position is counterproductive, we can repeat this in his voice ("Johnson believes..." or "Johnson contends...") and cite to a source. The text "charges by the media" is not supported by the cited source and exists only to blame the media.
  • "met by further media criticism" - Unnecessary and also POV text (implies that the criticism was media-driven or somehow the fault of "the media"). The source says nothing of the kind.
  • Insertion of "a leader he respected" and deletion of direct quote - doesn't make sense. Matthews asked him for his "favorite foreign leader" or a leader "that you look up to" - no reason why we should paraphrase when the direct quote is very short and precise.
  • The "almost 24 hours" tweet - unsourced, doesn't appear to be in the CNN source. Also unnecessary, since the summary of the CNN interview gives Johnson's explanation more completely.
  • Syrian civil war comments - the multiple cited sources already in the article directly describe the comments as "a misstep," "stumbling," and "embarrassing." If we omit this, we're not giving the full story.

--Neutralitytalk 18:07, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Weld for Hillary?

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Bill Weld has come out and trashed Trump, and "vouched" for Hillary. Seems noteworthy, that the Libertarian VP nominee is focusing on attacking Trump to the point of almost endorsing Clinton, right? – Muboshgu (talk) 21:29, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would err on the side of caution in reporting on how news outlets report the meaning of Weld's words, especially since almost the exact same thing happened a couple weeks ago and he had to issue a clarification. In any case, what exactly do you propose being added? FallingGravity 00:45, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
My thought was this could be a sentence or two somewhere in the "campaign" section. Mentioning that Weld gave interviews where he said what he said about Trump, said what he said about Clinton. It's unusual for a third party candidate to act this way. We can't say outright that he prefers Hillary, but we should detail his actions. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:34, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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