Talk:Monica Wehby

Attack page

This article looks more like an attack page than anything else. Never seen so much content on a failed politician. --CNMall41 (talk) 00:28, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

I have attempted to publish two news articles to balance this page, one from the Wall Street Journal and the other from the Washington Post. The first one was stripped out by a wiki editor and now I have quoted the source and placed it in with the other news sources to balance the news coverage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TruthWarrior62 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

@TruthWarrior62: Posting the entire contents of an editorial is problematic for two reasons:

1. it is a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy;
2. an editorial is inherently a single person's opinion, and as such has no place at Wikipedia because it is inherently non-neutral.

There is sufficient information on Wehby's political career (including its ups and downs) in the body of the article; there is no need to excoriate her in the lead. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:28, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

In attempting to balance out this pure attack page Its clear there are people on here that do not want to balance this out. The majority of the issues that matter are ALL opinions from sources such as the Willamette Week which is a very well established left wing tabloid. On the other hand certain wikipedia editors reject opinions from Nationally recognized outlets like the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TruthWarrior62 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

@TruthWarrior62: Wikipedia always strives to seek balance in all its articles. However, that does not allow us to copy entire newpaper editorials into an article, for the reasons stated above. I disagree with your characterization of this article as a "pure attack page"; I read the article about Wehby as quite well-balanced. Where controversies are raised, such as accusations of stalking against her, mitigations are also presented (such as the former boyfriend's regrets over the accusations). Whether the local newspaper covered the event in as even-handed a manner as you would like is immaterial; the fact that Wikipedia gives equal weight to the accusation and to the expiation is what matters. Since you clearly have a side to take in this matter, I would recommend that, rather than editing the article directly, you make suggestions as to ways the coverage might be unfair and what changes you would like to see here at the talk page, and try to gain consensus for your suggestions. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 19:03, 16 September 2019 (UTC) @wikiDan61 - No what I am insisting on is the other opinions in major newspapers since you appear to have a strong bias against them. I am aware of most all the tricks. If your biased accuse everyone else they are biased first. WikiDan61, You are using one of the oldest tricks in a journalists bag of tricks - something like this question: "when did you stop beating your wife WikiDan61? You have won for now.