Talk:Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton
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This article should be moved to John_Mark_Lancaster to make it more correct given that it is his birthname Froo.au (talk) 12:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
- We use the common recognizable name for article titles, so it's correct here. SeveroTC 14:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Edit-warring and three revert rule violations
User:Bbcbbcdddddd and User:Bastin are engaged in an edit war with very terse explations for their reasons in doing so. Would they please use this space to justify their positions so that other users can comment and hopefully reach consensus. Immediately and before any other edits to the article, would they each review the Wikipedia policies WP:Bio and WP:3RR. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 00:27, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's rules are subject to numerous instances of breach that amount to character assassination. Witness:
- My deletion of sections are deleted per WP:BLP. If you disagree, WP:CITE. You are required to follow the rules under WP:CITE to protect Wikipedia from accusations of both impartiality and libel. Please respect policy.
- The change back to an illegitimate version was performed without justification.
- The change back to an illegitimate version was performed by a user without ANY edits that aren't related to Mark Lancaster.
- I put it that the rules of Wikipedia have been put somewhat aside in the interest of character assassination. This so-called 'edit war' seems quite easy to resolve. Bastin 02:01, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- The material on Mark Lancaster was taken from newspaper & web sources, as you can easily check. There is no character assassination involved, just citing of things that Mark Lancaster has done. Although I thought I'd cited everything adequately, I have put in the extra citations you wanted.Mphammer (talk) 18:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
- Edit war is continuing, a new user has been removing all negative content from the article. I restored it the first time, but it looks like it may violate NPOV as half of the article was about the expenses scandal. Another user has restored the sections; I think the information should stay but it probably needs to be rewritten. I've removed the personal life section as the only source cited is a tabloid (the Daily Mirror), and controversial material such as this needs multiple reliable sources. snigbrook (talk) 12:26, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
I think 'Springbrook' should read more newspapers. The Personal life section is accurate. Maybe he should take some time to do some proper research - and also not slate tabloid newspapers in such a way.
- The problem is that it is disputed, and would need more sources even if the Daily Mirror was a reliable source. Maybe some research is needed, but content that violates the biographies of living persons policy should be removed immediately, instead of waiting until better sources can be found. snigbrook (talk) 12:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
I always thought Wikipedia was for relevant information only. Therefore character assassination, personal deformation etc should not be included. Do onto others as you would have others do onto you and all.
- The article was biased (I noticed this after I reverted the first edits you made to the article), however some of the controversy is verifiable and should be mentioned in the article if there is enough relevant coverage in reliable sources – it looked like it was properly sourced before, but some of the sources cited in the article didn't mention Mark Lancaster, so probably shouldn't be used. snigbrook (talk) 13:42, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Unbiased eyes
I don't know the first thing about UK politics, except that you are still a backwater Monarchy or something, being Yankee scum, myself. I've shrunk the section in a way similar to how I'd do the same to a US politician - if the scandal was unique to the individual, or was highly linked to the individual, it should be mentioned in the article about the indiviudal, otherwise it's appropriate for a more general article. If I removed too much, or too little, I welcome you Royalists telling me about how your angry-yelling political system works, and why some other info should/should not be included. Hipocrite (talk) 14:42, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
- The United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal was a major scandal; MPs generally were criticised, and some were specifically mentioned but it doesn't look like Mark Lancaster was one of them. The "personal life" section was also disputed (although it's been removed now) – I don't think the one source cited is enough, as it has been suggested by Fatzulu that it is biased and doesn't tell the full story (also there are slight contradictions in different sources I can find). snigbrook (talk) 18:10, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Ridiculous to say that Lancaster was implicated in the British Council row which was all about not declaring trips as Lancaster clearly declared his trip the day he returned with the electoral commission as can be seen on their website www.electoralcommission.com
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