Talk:Mark Burns (pastor)

Army reserves

@BlackAmerican: My concern is that the source you keep on adding doesn't mention Mark Burns. It's pretty much throwing in a detail that could somehow relate to his claim of being in the Army Reserves (see WP:SYNTH). The sentence might as well read, "He was a member of the South Carolina National Guard which is a reserve component of the US Army in addition to the Army Reserves, the Navy Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Air National Guard, the Air Force Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve." ^Falling_Gravity 02:56, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

@FallingGravity: We might as well remove the CNN quote. Since he stated "The Army South Carolina National Guard is Reserves" [1] The CNN statement implies that this isn't the case. We have to either elaborate or remove the CNN statement as this could be a violation of WP:BLP. I am fine with the bigger statement that you put in. It won't violate BLP. BlackAmerican (talk) 03:13, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Um, what quote are you referring to? The CNN article also explains how the Army Reserves and the National Guard are different. Please read WP:OR. ^Falling_Gravity 03:42, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

The sentence "But in August 2016, those longstanding claims in his biography were disproved after CNN fact-checked them" The Army Reserves and the National Guard are Reserve Components. [2] He stated the National Guard is the Reserves. Which is factually true. I know this because I have family in both. I simply want a balanced article with no violations of BLP. BlackAmerican (talk) 04:31, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

I agree completely with User:FallingGravity that this content is obviously WP:SYNTH (it neither mentions Burns nor refers to him) and is improper. Neutrality^talk 03:52, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

CNN defense of Roy Moore

Nov 16 2017, CNN a must see and inclusion in article.--Wikipietime (talk) 14:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

External links

his website, http://markburns.org, is only a subscription entry page, so its even worse than a paywall. please do not add this link, as it doesnt help with the purpose of the encyclopedia.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:23, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Tweet

He tweeted; “I think it's offensive & racist for a Black person to make another Black person feel like a traitor to their kind when your loyalty shoukd 1st be to God, your Country, then your own family. I want prosperity for ALL Americans including Black Americans just like ”

Wikipietime (talk) 20:47, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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Antifa comments

I've removed the section added by 2604:2d80:6984:3800::1f5f on Burns' recent comments about "antifa" and violence, as I don't think Right Wing Watch is a reliable source for contentious claims about living people. In the 2019 WP:RSN discussion I linked to (Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 271#Right Wing Watch), though, several editors did suggest RWW is a reliable source in at least some cases, so it may be worth discussing here whether this material is a good addition and whether the source is sufficient. Alternatively, and ideally, there might be a less questionable source reporting on his comments, though I've yet to find one. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 13:40, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Good to know

"He further called for their convection for treason; further reminding the Peters that the penalty for treason is death."

The rest is left as an exercise for the reader. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:2670:D6A0:3CEA:3C53:D242:18DC (talk) 04:13, 15 June 2022 (UTC)