User talk:FriendlyBanjoAtheist

FriendlyBanjoAtheist (talk) 00:03, 22 August 2017 (UTC) FriendlyBanjoAtheist (talk) 00:03, 22 August 2017 (UTC)July 31, 2017, Evangelist Ravi Zacharias filed a public lawsuit against a married woman with whom he had an online "friendship" that involved him receiving nude photos. This is a matter of public record in the United States. His followers are already trying to keep this information off Wikipedia (as they have successfully done before with other unflattering material.)

PLEASE see and discuss on the talk page. Please not that I am not a follower of the subject; the editing history of the page should satisfy you of that. MarkBernstein (talk) 00:07, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. I do follow the article; however, I'm no follower of Zacharias (I'm not even Christian). Wikipedia is not a news service nor a place to put original research. The lawsuit is a matter of public record and one might be able to argue for its inclusion (minus any commentary) though it would be tricky. However given the nature of the lawsuit, it will likely hit the regular press sooner or later and it might be better to wait. --Erp (talk) 03:07, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

I propose the following language in order to reach consensus amongst editors regarding new Ravi Zacharias information in the public record. 

On July 31, 2017, Mr. Zacharias filed a federal lawsuit against a married woman with whom he had an online friendship that involved him receiving nude photos. Mr. Zacharias accused the woman and her husband of attempting to put him in a compromising position so that they could extort money from him. Mr. Zacharias's complaint maybe viewed at www.RaviWatch.com n

You need to bring this up on the article talk page not here. However you will not be able to use www.raviwatch.com as a source. It counts as a personal website/blog (and doesn't fit the exception of being run by a recognized expert in the field in question). Add in that the website is run by you (I assume, given your handle) and it becomes a possible conflict of interest. Your best bet is to be absolutely factual and neutral and present it on the article talk page and even then little chance until the press has picked up the story that the consensus will allow it to be put in the entry. --Erp (talk) 05:54, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

August 2017

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