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Katie Hopkins article

Hi Philip,

I just wanted to drop you a line regarding your decision to remove the section I added on Katie Hopkin's page re: the Kensington Crash.

In your accompanying comments you explain 'rm non-notable incident with limited sources, says nothing new about Hopkins'.

I completely agree that the incident doesn't say a huge amount that is new about Hopkins, but I still feel it would be helpful to document an example of where Hopkin has taken a particular line on an issue, and subsequently been shown to be wrong. It may be that this content is better placed on the 'Kensington Car Crash" page, which has recently sprung up, but given it's clear link to Hopkins I think it would be helpful to include it on her page.

Re: the limited sources, I'm more than happy to add in some additional sources if this would help to strength the case for keeping the section.

Look forward to hearing your opinion! Jono1011 (talk) 17:10, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article is already quite long at nearly 76,000 bytes, much more than Hopkins really deserves, and I feel that a degree of selectivity is necessary. Hopkins has been shown to be wrong in two court cases in the last year, the proven libel of Jack Monroe involved her twitter account, and the deletion of a tweet. Admittedly, the current version does not indicate the legal action against Hopkins involved her use of twitter. You are, of course, perfectly free to raise the issue again on the article's talk page. Philip Cross (talk) 22:16, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Grant Shapps

'Public behaviour' is a meaningless term, no doubt designed to look as innocuous as possible. It is also inaccurate, if not 'Underhand' surely "Questionable' is more accurate than 'Public'. Perhaps 'Controversy' is a more even handed term. 86.180.159.80 (talk) 15:45, 12 October 2017‎

You are right, 'Public behaviour' was intended to look innocuous, although to be more precise on Wikipedia it is referred to as a neutral point of view. In truth it was not quite neutral enough, but 'controversies' is not appropriate either for a section which includes an attempt to remove Theresa May, except for those who still support her. I have changed the heading to 'other issues'. Please learn what is appropriate practice on Wikipedia to avoid nasty messages being placed on your talk page. The most important other policy pages are no original research, verifiability and notability. Philip Cross (talk) 17:22, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sally Jones

hi, I heard sally jones was killed by a drone today. I looked up her page and seem to remember it being different 5 years ago, so I looked at the history. the curious thing is that your name came upon more than half the edits, but on your user page you are not credited with being a contributor? I only ask to find out a bit how this wikipedia thing works. you can email me directly on igyuyguoyn at hotmail. 2.12.46.53 (talk) 19:10, 12 October 2017‎ (UTC)[reply]

I might add it in due course, but it is only a selection, mainly of those articles I am pleased with. Please use four tildes (~) when adding comments to talk pages Philip Cross (talk) 09:28, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Atzmon "Early Life" section

Thanks for contributing on the Gilad Atzmon article. There's currently an ongoing discussion on whether or ot the "early life" section has been turned into a Soapbox. Would appreciate getting your feedback, thanks. Drsmoo (talk) 17:05, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The other editor has opened the section Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Gilad Atzmon asking for what he terms "third party independent input". I have had problems with adding the issue of antisemitism to the biography of a now leading UK politician whose party has become notorious for the attitude in the last few years, so I am not confident the BLP:N discussion will resolve the problems with the Atzmon article. Philip Cross (talk) 13:21, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Owen Jones

Hi there Phillip, I hope you'll take the time to hear my case for the revision I made to the commentator Owen Jone's article. You see, I believe that the inclusion of the term "communism" in the place of the word "socialism" would be far more precise, and would hopefully engender a more salubrious critique of the man's body of work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.118.220.112 (talk) 20:01, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It does not have a proper source. In Wikipedia terms, you have attempted original research, which is not admissible. Philip Cross (talk) 20:05, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Fabricant

Thanks for highlighting. Sorry, I didn't notice; I will be more diligent in future. Have a nice day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.234.67 (talk) 22:08, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Colin Jordan

Just posting to discuss the revert on the edit I made on this page. I don't see how someone who is reckoned to have been far-right and neo-Nazi would not fit much more accurately into being ultranationalist than just nationalist. "Far-right nationalist" does not seem anywhere near as accurate as far-right ultranationalist. I fail to see how one can be far-right or neo-Nazi and not be on the extreme end of the nationalist scale. Also I changed another link which you may have accidentally reverted at the same time, this is because Britain and the UK are not the same, so Great Britain was linked instead. Helper201 (talk) 12:13, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ultranationalism is clearly not recognised as an established term, and Neo-Nazi is not a euphemism and an appropriate description for Jordan's politics; there is not a stronger term. I removed the hyperlink because we do [not] use links for common terms, although you are quite right about the UK/Britain issue. Philip Cross (talk) 12:31, 9 November 2017 (UTC) ("not" added 30 November)[reply]

I would advocate it should still be changed, perhaps to 'extreme nationalist circles', 'fascist circles', or just far-right circles and leave out the nationalism element. Nationalism on its own is too broad a phrase. Helper201 (talk) 12:47, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As it stands, there are probably reliable sources to sustain usage. Making such changes as you suggest risks expressing a personal opinion and "Neo-Nazi" is already the strongest possible term. Philip Cross (talk) 12:54, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why not just remove the word nationalism from the section, 'In the far-right nationalist circles ... '? This then avoids any controversy about what to change nationalism to or put in front of it. Its only this section that I'm referring to. Helper201 (talk) 13:04, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, perhaps it was one term too many. Philip Cross (talk) 13:27, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. 121.72.178.149 (talk) 04:15, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, IP address 121.72.178.149. Philip Cross (talk) 09:25, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Now permanently archived here: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 122#Luke Harding. Philip Cross (talk) 14:53, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia

Hi, I have initiated a discussion to merge this article with the whole John Pilger article. As you were a recent contributor to the YZ page, I would like to invite you to take part in the discussion. {{subst:Mergenote|Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia|[[John Pilger#Merger Proposal}}