Talk:Alger Hiss
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Birth Dates Are Incorrect
The bio box with birth dates says Hiss' birthday is November 11, 1904, but it shows his children as "Bosley Hiss (1898-1926)" and "Mary Ann Hiss (c1900-1930)." Shawn D. (talk) 12:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- I've removed the obviously incorrect "Children" info and the suspect "Parent" info for now. RedSpruce (talk) 13:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Weasel words in use
"Some reliable sources have suggested that those who believe in Hiss's innocence are in the minority of scholarly opinion."
This is clearly a weasel statement. Thus it does not belong. The previous sentence mentions the controversy. This statement following serves one purpose, and one purpose only: to color and characterize the article in favour of Hiss being a spy. The writer probably wanted to imply Hiss's conviction was justified when clearly the evidence did not support it. I personally think he probably was a spy, but I have a big problem with people trying to re-write history, particularly in the case of these witch hunts. If there is so much controversy on this particular statement, then the appropriate way to deal with this is to make a request for comment to the community. I can't imagine this statement will survive this process, none-the-less, if you think it belongs here then feel free to make the request. When I deleted it, I specifically pointed out that this should be the appropriate response, not reverting it. I tried to find the appropriate discussion as suggested on the page. All I found was a jumble of barely cogent arguments and contributing there would come to nothing but a revert war which I assume was what happened previously. It is possible I wasn't able to find the discussion you are referring to. Feel free to provide directions there and I'll look at it, but as it stands, this statement just does not fit wiki criteria. Cheers.
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