User:Barneygumble
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[edit] About me
I'm an American and work as a mechanical engineer.
[edit] Political Views
I am a fiscal conservative, and otherwise generally conservative with some libertarian leanings. I am NOT a neocon.
[edit] Personal interests
I have interests in Poker, Chess, boxing, and traveling. I've been to 24 countries across 6 continents (S. America is missing).
[edit] People I admire (growing)
Ronald Reagan, Thomas Sowell, George Foreman, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas
[edit] Views about Wikipedia
I think Wikipedia can be a tremedous source of information, if you are researching something that does not have to do with religion or politics.
With regards to religion or politics on Wikipedia, many people try to present their own POV (point of view) and pass it off as fact. Many of those users also have stated on their user page "I believe strongly in the NPOV policy of Wikipedia."
Their tactics include repeatedly reverting without discussion. See here: [1] No one has refuted my arguements, yet they routinely add back in their propoganda. [2]
An other tactic is to try to move information to less frequented pages. [3] People try to have relevant information moved to another page, so as to present the Iranian election as completely legitimate, where anyone can run.
The other tactic is to try to delete entire pages that do not meet their point of view. [4]
The problem that people don't realize is that over time, strong points of view on pages reduces the global credibility of the wiki project. The founder stated today that they will try to implement stricter editorial rules: [5] which could be good against obvious vandalism as mentioned in the story, but it could create an atmosphere where it is harder to correct subversive claims.
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