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Why was the controversies section removed?

WP:NOTAFORUM and WP:SOAPBOX.— Shibbolethink ^(♔ ^♕) 17:33, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just a standard reader. It seems like this article has been "cleaned up" by advocates. It does not even state why the former President was fired. It states why separately but if you don't know why he was fired you won't be able to link the two yourself. Why was the controversies section removed? 174.251.192.254 (talk) 11:22, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Because we try to avoid controversy section, and rather work in into the body.Slatersteven (talk) 11:38, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You don't create any goodwill when you accuse other editors of being advocates. FYI the article says Dees was fired for "unspecified reasons" and mentions the allegations against him. We cannot say why he was fired because there are no reliable sources that explain this. TFD (talk) 15:36, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fruitless to debate against the stooges of the SPLC and related advocacy groups unless you have much free time. The Impartial Truth (talk) 19:15, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can agree to delete this entire section as it is thinly veiled comment to draw out advocates and create a hostile discussion. Wikipedia:SOAPBOX. The Impartial Truth (talk) 17:21, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a loaded comment by an IP address that has never made any edits besides this one single comment on the SPLC talk section. It doesn't add anything or talk about improving the article. Isn't that odd? The Impartial Truth (talk) 18:01, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can we hat this wp:soapboxing? Slatersteven (talk) 17:17, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sanitizing SPLC

WP:NOTAFORUM.— Shibbolethink ^(♔ ^♕) 17:32, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The controversies surrounding SPLC continue to mount, but I see the "advocates" have done their best to edit out as much material as possible to sanitize the organization.

216.152.18.132 (talk) 21:56, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Controversies that are mentioned in reliable sources may be included: do you have any specific examples? P.S. see the above for why "Controversies" sections in articles tend to be looked down upon by Wikipedia editors. QueenofBithynia (talk) 22:01, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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This page needs to address the New Yorker's reporting of racism within the SPLC, specifically the treatment of black people as "help" and the restriction of roles of substance to white people, along with the other criticisms. There is a bias here unfitting of wikipedia.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-reckoning-of-morris-dees-and-the-southern-poverty-law-center 98.169.80.132 (talk) 06:12, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The New Yorker's article is mentioned briefly in this section, and similar reports are described in other parts of the page. Llll5032 (talk) 07:40, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No critique in the "Lawsuits and criticism against the SPLC"

There's not a single point of critique in the Lawsuits and criticism against the SPLC section, only a list of lawsuits against the SPLC. Surely some actual critique must exist. I propse the section is renamed to simply "Lawsuits against the SPLC", as to not confuse people of its real content. 89.239.195.102 (talk) 16:15, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Needs a comma

"In March 2019 founder Morris Dees was fired, and in April Karen Baynes-Dunning was named as interim president and CEO"

In this part of the article, there should be a comma after "April". It would fit the natural rhythm of reading, and particularly, prevent people thinking her name is "April Karen Baynes-Dunning", since April and Karen are both capitalised proper nouns, with no punctuation between them. At least, I made that mistake! April is also a woman's name, of course.

Somebody who's verified as not an online Nazi hatemongering troll, please make this correction for me?

84.71.95.220 (talk) 21:11, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 "In March 2019 founder Morris Dees was fired, and in April Karen Baynes-Dunning was named as interim president and CEO"
-In this part of the article, there should be a comma after "April". It would fit the natural rhythm of reading, and particularly, prevent people thinking her name is "April Karen Baynes-Dunning", since April and Karen are both capitalised proper nouns, with no space between them. At least, I made that mistake! April is also a woman's name, of course.
+In this part of the article, there should be a comma after "April". It would fit the natural rhythm of reading, and particularly, prevent people thinking her name is "April Karen Baynes-Dunning", since April and Karen are both capitalised proper nouns, with no punctuation between them. At least, I made that mistake! April is also a woman's name, of course.
 Somebody who's verified as not an online Nazi hatemongering troll, please make this correction for me?
-:[[Special:Contributions/84.71.95.220|84.71.95.220]] ([[User talk:84.71.95.220|talk]]) 21:09, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
+:[[Special:Contributions/84.71.95.220|84.71.95.220]] ([[User talk:84.71.95.220|talk]]) 21:11, 16 December 2022 (UTC)