The profile of Modi in the signpost seems a bit grotesque. Linking him to the assasination of *Gandhi? Seems a stretch. Guilt by association? Looks like systemic bias at its worst. Rather embarassing really. According to the RSS article " a former RSS member, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi", and I can't help but wonder how old Modi was at the time? Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:25, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Sure enough, Modi was -2 when Gandhi was murdered. So tying him to the assasination does indeed seem completely out of line. Disappointing. And the "slick ad campaign" is pretty pointy too. Effective might have been a better word choice? Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:30, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Seriously, this kind of pin-pointing and seems like systematic bias, linking Modi with assassination of Gandhi, is so far fetched. Moreover, Modi is not the governor but the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Amartyabag TALK2ME 05:58, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I edited it. Candleabracadabra (talk) 06:15, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't really care, but in my defence I was simply saying he was a member of the group, not that he was directly involved with Gandhi's assassination. All this is very weird sometimes; should I consider myself a journalist at this point? If so I wish I could earn money doing it; maybe then I'd dedicate more time to my research. As is, I owe as much to journalistic ethics as a youtube commenter. Serendipodous 10:45, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- The political bias and prejudice in the traffic report's notes does seem to be increasing over the recent weeks. In the end, WP:NPOV doesn't apply here and the editors of the Signpost putting in the time and effort are just volunteers and should be commended but you don't want the bias to go too far. Readership may decline which will be contrary to one of the Signpost's main aims. At least Godwin's law wasn't invoked this time :). Gizza (t)(c) 11:59, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Serindipodous, I did not realize the Signpost is editable. So these issues were fixable. I think it's cool that you make the updates provocative and thought provoking. In this case I think the perspective was skewed in a partisan way that wasn't constructive. But we all make mistakes. Thanks for your efforts. Candleabracadabra (talk) 13:13, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, I've rewritten it. The original version was way too biased. Even for me :) --regentspark (comment) 13:26, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I did not at first realize the Signpost was a newsletter I could edit, so the mistake is mine. I could just have fixed the problems and have done so now. Thank you for your efforts to keep us informed, updated, entertained, and challenged Serendipodous. Candleabracadabra (talk) 14:24, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I saw the note that Google Doodle articles tend to be C class. Any chance Google would be willing to share upcoming plans so we could alert editors to work on them? I realize there may be some secrecy involved, but I bet we could come up with a workable solution.--S Philbrick(Talk) 14:19, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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