Talk:Bernard Darnton

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This guy is a non-entity. He hardly rates a one liner let alone all this... And his Court case is just a stunt Kiwimw 18:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He's the leader of a political party, man. And of course its a publicity stunt, thats what politicans DO. What got up your nose? Ppe42 01:07, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Of a political party that used to get fewer votes than McGillicuddy Serious... and at least there stunts were funny --Limegreen 01:33, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a soapbox Everything on this page (bar the biographical minutiae) is on the Libertarianz page. That page is embarrassingly bad too, but what do you expect? Neil Leslie 06:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get it. Everything on the page is verifiable fact, and the court case is important enough to warrant publishing in newspapers and magazines, eg the National Business Review. IMHBBO, the page is also NPOV. Please don't simply remove NPOV facts for no apparent reason other than that you personally disagree with the subject of the article. Ppe42 09:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That my cat has four legs is a verifiable fact, but that doesn't mean it rates a mention on Wikipedia. As I'm sure you are aware the text is sourced from a Libertarianz press realease (see [[1]], for example: that was the first place google found the phrase "Darnton is calling for the High Court to make a declaration that this expenditure was illegal." Adding this sort of rubbish to wikipedia makes it a poor a resounce for everyone. Please try to make wikipedia better rather than worse.Neil Leslie 09:36, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Way too much info was removed. I mean look at it. Biographical details should be restored, election stuff. Indeed all of it. Is there any reason that it was removed? I'm sensing a POV against the libz here... --Midnighttonight Remind me to do my uni work rather than procrastinate on the internet 10:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I probably did remove too much (back to your Uni work BTW) *but* chunks of this were verbatim from a libertarians press release. Even a party memebr might concede that the party is not exactly free from a point of view about itself. The same text also appeared on the wikipedia page about the party. The purpose of wikipedia is not to promote political parties. Neil Leslie 19:49, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edit by Mr Bluefin no. 65289710[edit]

This comment accompanies edit no. 65289710.

The main section renamed to "Involvement in the Libertarianz party" --just having "Party" made it sound to me like Dalton was a member of "the party"---while it is obvious what party is being talked about, the emphasis on the Liberterianz Party should be removed.
The reference to his becoming leader was moved down to the Party Involvement section.
External links. The link to the party homepage removed (irrelevant to anyone wanting to know personal information about him---it can go on the party's article). The link to his profile retained.

Mr Bluefin 23:57, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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