Talk:Virginia Abernethy

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Paleoconservative

The term "paleoconservative" used to describe the subject is from salon.com, which is primarily oriented to progressive politics, it is an opinion and lifestyle website, but not a source of serious news. Is this is the only citation regarding Virginia Abernethy that describes her as "paleoconservative"? If so, should we use fox news for a description of Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama? (of course not!) The administrator (Will Beback) that restored this has also restored a false citation to Chronicles magazine regarding it as "paleoconservative". The citation is available for search on google books and is false. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.65.221.36 (talk • contribs)

The task of Wikipedia editors is to verifiably summarize reliable sources using the neutral point of view. Salon.com is a reliable source. The characterization of Abernethy as a paleoconservative is not an astonishing assertion. I am not aware of any source that provides a contradictory characterization. While I wouldn't use these as sources for the article, here are links to paleoconservative sites that mention the subject.[1][2] Also, the subject has copied this article onto her own website but doesn't dispute the characterization there.[3] Finlaly, please register an account and sign your talk page posts. Will Beback talk 17:00, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think that it is okay to include the mention of the subject's paleoconservatism, but it would be MUCH better to use a news piece, or at least one from a less-opinionated/activist source; Max Blumenthal is known for his activist-based "reporting," rather than NPOV reporting, the latter of which is also a core principle of Wikipedia - in addition to being (in theory!! ;-) a core ideal of journalistic professionalism. I'm sure we should be able to find a more balanced, and more objective, source for Prof. Abernethy's paleoconservative positioning, advocacy, and leadership than the one currently being used.

I think that that's the best way to resolve this issue. 70.226.210.139 (talk) 10:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for signing your post. It's also beneficial to register an accont, which is free and has several benefits. Since you mention "NPOV", I presume you're an experienced editor here. But even some experienced editors aren't fully aware of that policy. WP:NPOV says, in a nutshell:

All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view, representing significant views fairly, proportionately, and without bias.

All significant views must be represented. Blumenthal, even if an "advocacy journalist", has a significant point of view in this matter. While it'd be great to add more sources and more views, let's not delete the ones we have. Will Beback talk 10:15, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Carwil (talk · contribs) This user has declared a connection. ((Optional) I am an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. I will be making a couple edits here that clarify that Abernethy, while perhaps an anthropologist, was not affiliated with that department. These are factually true and sourced.)