User talk:Maunakea

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Talk:Haunani-Kay Trask[edit]

I left a comment on talk. The criticism was unsourced, and the poetry is probably non-free content. See this link for how to quote appropriately, but you will need secondary sources for the criticism as well. —Viriditas | Talk 06:20, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is a wiki, so all edits are "hasty". :) The original text stated the following: "Trask has faced criticism for her incendiary language. Her work "Racist White Woman", featured in Light in the Crevice Never Seen, begins..." This is essentially original research. Unless we can quote a reliable secondary source that makes this criticism, we should not include it. It's also taken out of context, lending doubt as to the objectivity of its inclusion. —Viriditas | Talk 06:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:BLP: "Editors should remove any contentious material about living persons that is unsourced, relies upon sources that do not meet standards specified in Wikipedia:Verifiability, or is a conjectural interpretation of a source." —Viriditas | Talk 06:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The partial quote was contentious. Choosing a partial contentious quote out of many doesn't appear to be very objective. See also WP:NPOV. —Viriditas | Talk 06:52, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just so I'm clear about your position, are you just interested in including a quote from the poem on the article page? Perhaps you can rephrase so I can understand you better. —Viriditas | Talk 04:27, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]