This is a talk section with purple text. Sorry if you only like your b/w world.
I did say that I was coming up to the end of my semester. At the moment, I have several papers to finish up, and I don't have enough time to do major article work. --Stephen Gilbert
No problem. when you got time.
My last day of classes is this week, so I should be able to some work then. Of course, exams come soon after. Just wait till my holiday comes, and I'll be on fire. ;-) --Stephen Gilbert
Sure Stephen when you can do it, always welcome. I revised some of New Age already. Nobody altered it as of this writing.
You wrote on my page:
Here is a collection of reactions, since you asked. You asked my opinion, so don't be upset if you don't like it.
Some edits were done again on New_Age, Larry. The definition looks ok in paragraph 1. "New Age" replaced NA. The special permission copyrighted sections, which I obtained, were completely messed up by others, who apparently couldn't see quotation marks. Nor do these people, who, as you have said, have "every right to edit any article", even the one done by an MD, SE, understand the effort involved in researching an article and obtaining permissions from well-written sources. What these people do do is take a cursory inspection, remove content, and change the developing context to enhance their inward biases on the subject in general! I may not be a good writer by Wikipedia standards, but I certainly have worked enough, trying to show the actual flavor of the fruit from within its sweet sections. You or others call that bias and non-NPOV. I call it experiential. How do you describe the taste of an orange ? The terms are too vague-- one must taste the orange, and many will say "sweet, slightly burning, juicy." Each orange eater's experience is correct and factual. This is why New Age is a difficult topic; I repeatedly stated in all the talk sections that it is an experiential article. Most of the changes were done by people who never bothered to taste the orange. Another example might be people blind from birth who suddenly recover their eyesight! The analogy suggests people who have never seen the truth, and now do. New Age spirituality is the drastic wake-up call alikened to the blind who now see the light.
Wikipedia is not for subjective reports. Leave that to open forums. Wikipedia is for science. The scientific method requires that some rules be followed. You have not followed there rules. So don't be surprised when you are edited mercilessly. Foolishben 23:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Been A long long time since I edited anything. Guess I'm not the girl I use be. Maybe a rocketeer!
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