Talk:Tonderai Ndira

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Claims that Ndira assaulted an MP

Editor Analyzer99 inserted the following:

In 2006, Tonderai Ndira was also identified as one of perpetrators of the brutal attack against MP Trudy Stevenson and other members of the splinter MDC-M party.

The sources provided merely say that Stevenson identified him as her attacker. There is no source confirming that Ndira was indeed guilty of the assault. Consequently, bearing in mind Wikipedia guidelines on biographies, I moved the claim to a less prominent and more logical position (Analyzer99 had placed it at the top of the article, making it the first significant piece of information provided, and causing it to jar with the flow of the text), and I rephrased it to:

He was also, however, accused by MP Trudy Stevenson of having assaulted her in 2006.

Analyzer99 reverted my correction without explanation. I've restored it. I don't want this to descend into an edit war, so I'm bringing up the issue here, for other editors to weigh in. It seems to me that we should stick to facts. The facts are that Stevenson accused him of having assaulted her. That's what we know. To state that he was "identified as one of perpetrators of the brutal attack" is misleading and non-neutral. Aridd (talk) 18:26, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I restored the part about the assault on the MDC-M faction in a position lower in the text. The excerpt is fully sourced and mention other victims of the assault. Ndira having been identified by the victims is not an affirmation about is judiciary guilt. Please read the sources provided and don't delete sourced material. Thank you. Analyzer99 (talk) 04:20, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I read the sources. Kindly refrain from claiming that I "deleted sourced material". I did no such thing; I rephrased your POV statement to bring it in conformity with the sources provided. The phrase "identified by the victims", which you have now inserted, is more acceptable than your earlier phrasing. The Association of Zimbabwe Journalists is more neutral in its phrasing, but I'll let it be, if nobody else objects to it. Aridd (talk) 09:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]