Talk:The Power of Half

A fact from The Power of Half appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 March 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Power of Half describes how the Salwen family sold their home, donated half the proceeds to charity, and downgraded to a house half the size and value?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/March.

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Use of "cynics" not falling under NPOV?

I note a revision, and subsequent reversion, regarding the use of the word "cynics". I agree with the original edit. The article should reflect a neutral point of view. The word "cynic" is generally used in a derogatory way, and those holding a similar POV to the "members of the public" alluded to, could be made to feel their POV is being derided. This surely falls under the category of NPOV?

Why not use "skeptics", a far less derisory, and arguably, more fitting word? I doubt that anyone would argue that giving half your wealth away would be classed as "selfish" (from the first definition of the reverting editors citation), whereas some would certainly "question the validity" of giving it away (from the definition of "skeptic" - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skeptic) MrZoolook (talk) 00:06, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright problem

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