User talk:AndrewRT
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Dear Sir,
My point of view is mine. How are assuming that it is less neutral than yours or than the others expressed on this page ? I really don't think that a neutral point of view exists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.204.65.5 (talk • contribs)
- Thanks for your comment. The Neutral point of view is a key foundation of wikipedia. It means that facts are stated neutrally and the balance of views is expressed, not that our views never differ or anyone's views are more valid than anyone else's. Although I can entirely see that the views of the European Armenian Federation on Turkey's EU bid may be interesting and valid, it is a little misleading to describe them as a "Fair point of view" as you did. Even they would probably admit to being biased! AndrewRT(Talk) 22:08, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your reply. Just two comments :
1 - The controversial article on "Accession of Turkey to the EU" is full of very subjective opinions (but always enlightening Turkey's image) . For instance, the allegation that "During World War II, Turkey fought alongside the Allied powers." is merely false. The opinions that The political reform program of the Erdoğan government continued. just fits the Turkish propaganda (actually, just words, no reform) and is by no way a fact...and so forth.
2 - The permanent recall of the European Commission's positions is also a clear bias as the EC has progressively become the best agent for Turkey in the EU against the European opinions. (check for instance the repeted positions of Olli Rehn or Günter Verheugen)
In this regard, the position of the European Armenian Federation has at least the same legitimity.
Does it mean that Wikipedia partakes to the global political correctness ?
- I would be grateful if you could let me know any non-neutral or inaccurate statements in this article (or better still if you could note them on the talk page of the article) and I'll try to correct them.
- You state "Turkey fought alongside the Allied powers is false". I quickly checked the article Participants in World War II and it does appear to be true. Are you sure you're not referring to World War I?
- I understand the abolition of the death penalty, crackdown on torture etc were clearly done by the Erdogan government and were part of a programme of reforms explicitly aimed at european accession. Do you disagree? If so, which part do you disagree with? That the reforms happened, that Erdogan did them, that they were done as part of a european accession programme?
- The European Commission has a clear legal standing in regard to the accession of Turkey to the EU. They are the ones who will decide whether to recommend their accession, with the final decision left to the European Council. Their opinion is clearly very important, and I cannot see how it would be right to equate their views with those of a pressure group. AndrewRT(Talk) 21:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism?
I am confused about your calling my editing of the page vandalism? I am citing a recent text by David S. Noss,"A History of the World's Religions" 12 ed. Pearson-Prentice Hall. Christianity is not a majority religion in Kenya; Shamanism is the the majority with a majority of Sunni Muslims in the north eastern boarder mostly with Somali/Ethiopian refugees. Please reference my citation and do not make false claims against me please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPTrainor (talk • contribs) 02:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Federalism in Iraq
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It was merged with Federal government of Iraq. Int21h (talk) 00:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- I've only just seen this tag. I'm afraid I dont agree - please can we talk on the reinstated article. AndrewRT(Talk) 11:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Cases before the International Criminal Court
Hi Andrew, I've suggested splitting Cases before the International Criminal Court into two separate articles and I'd appreciate your feedback. All the best, Sideshow Bob Roberts (talk) 12:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Bob. Thanks for the message and the suggestion. I've left my reply on the talk page. Best wishes AndrewRT(Talk) 23:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Hi
Always good to hear from you Andrew. If you need help with Iraqi related pages, please do ask of me. Chaldean (talk) 00:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- Hey Andrew, someone else has made the case for the other side at Talk:Persian_Mesopotamia#Christianity. Chaldean (talk) 23:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Rollback
I removed your rollback rights as requested by you (before self-rollbacking,the error?) on WP:RFR. If you need them back, just contact me on my talkpage. Happy editing, Poeloq (talk) 22:06, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks it was driving me mad! AndrewRT(Talk) 22:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Compliments
Compliments for you work on the Politics of German states! --Checco (talk) 09:28, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
- Many thanks! i thought they needed doing : AndrewRT(Talk) 22:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Template:Politics of Germany by state
Hi there. Why is no title in the header? can you fix it (I can't)? I think it looks better and is more usefull with a title -- Sebastian scha. (talk) 13:09, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- How odd. I'm sure there used to be one - I'll look into it. AndrewRT(Talk) 16:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- The parent template has been changed recently - I've left a comment at [1] asking someone to look into this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. AndrewRT(Talk) 16:59, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- Now corrected AndrewRT(Talk) 18:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, thx. Sebastian scha. (talk) 20:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- Now corrected AndrewRT(Talk) 18:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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