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Tex · 11-09-2007, 02:58 PM

Cali Coug's post about Monson made me curious when Harold Lee was called as an apostle. I Googled, and of course Wikipedia was among the first results.

The section on "Service in the LDS Church" contains just seven short paragraphs, half of which is back-and-forth on his role in maintaining the priesthood ban. For a man who served as an apostle for 30 years, it seems like a pretty foolish distortion to spend half of an already too-short entry on such a peripheral issue.

So if you need an example of a badly distorted Wikipedia entry, there you go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_B._Lee

jay santos · 11-09-2007, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

Cali Coug's post about Monson made me curious when Harold Lee was called as an apostle. I Googled, and of course Wikipedia was among the first results.

The section on "Service in the LDS Church" contains just seven short paragraphs, half of which is back-and-forth on his role in maintaining the priesthood ban. For a man who served as an apostle for 30 years, it seems like a pretty foolish distortion to spend half of an already too-short entry on such a peripheral issue.

So if you need an example of a badly distorted Wikipedia entry, there you go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_B._Lee

You're out of touch, Tex. One paragraph out of 7 is not half, and it doesn't feel unbalanced in any way.

PS I love wikipedia.

FMCoug · 11-09-2007, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

You're out of touch, Tex. One paragraph out of 7 is not half, and it doesn't feel unbalanced in any way.

PS I love wikipedia.

In Texipedia, the priesthood ban would never be mentioned anywhere.

Tex · 11-09-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

You're out of touch, Tex. One paragraph out of 7 is not half, and it doesn't feel unbalanced in any way.

PS I love wikipedia.

Actually, I guess there's really only two. It just seemed like the theme of the latter half, since it's mentioned twice. The second time seems quite out of context.

I disagree, though, that it's not unbalanced. And I'm actually a Wikipedia-fan too. Be careful though, you might send Cali Coug postal by saying so.

MikeWaters · 11-09-2007, 03:10 PM

If denying an entire race the blessings of the priesthood was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life, I would have considered myself to have lived a charmed life.

Tex · 11-09-2007, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FMCoug

In Texipedia, the priesthood ban would never be mentioned anywhere.

You know, for someone who accuses me of being nothing but argumentative, you have been antagonistic in every single response you've ever made to me.

You don't have to try so hard to be a jerk, it seems to come naturally.

SoCalCoug · 11-10-2007, 06:43 PM

The entry seems fine to me. I think you're over-sensitive to the issue.

SteelBlue · 11-10-2007, 07:14 PM

I fail to see what you're talking about here. Do you dispute what's written or do you just think there was too much focus on that one issue? Seeing as it's one of the most discussed issues re: the history of Mormonism I think it warrants all the mention it got.

11-09-2007, 02:58 PM	#1
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	Hey anti-Wikipedia'ers, here's one for ya Cali Coug's post about Monson made me curious when Harold Lee was called as an apostle. I Googled, and of course Wikipedia was among the first results. The section on "Service in the LDS Church" contains just seven short paragraphs, half of which is back-and-forth on his role in maintaining the priesthood ban. For a man who served as an apostle for 30 years, it seems like a pretty foolish distortion to spend half of an already too-short entry on such a peripheral issue. So if you need an example of a badly distorted Wikipedia entry, there you go. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_B._Lee __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

11-10-2007, 06:43 PM	#7
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	The entry seems fine to me. I think you're over-sensitive to the issue. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

11-09-2007, 03:10 PM	#5
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	If denying an entire race the blessings of the priesthood was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life, I would have considered myself to have lived a charmed life.

11-10-2007, 07:14 PM	#8
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	I fail to see what you're talking about here. Do you dispute what's written or do you just think there was too much focus on that one issue? Seeing as it's one of the most discussed issues re: the history of Mormonism I think it warrants all the mention it got.