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Yorkshire post says she studied genetics at Oxford (contra the article) but her Linked-In says Cambridge so we should go with that. NBeale (talk) 14:07, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Haven't seen the Yorkshire Post article, but recent pieces in The Times and the Catholic News indicate that the subject did her undergrad work at Cambridge in genetics, then post grad teaching qualification at Sheffield Hallam University. At this point, however, I see that some editor has used the subject's own website as the source, so that wants fixing. MatthewDalhousie (talk) 11:01, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm pretty sure Miriam Cates was never a councillor in Sheffield. There were no conservative councillors 2008-2021. Prior to that only Dore and Totley had conservative councillors for some years, Anne Smith being the last. This seems to be a category error.
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Cates has been a member of St Thomas Philadelphia Church on Gilpin Street for over 10 years, and served as a senior leader on its board from 2016 and 2018.[1] After revelations that the church had subjected people to a "gay exorcism", and practiced gay conversion therapy, Cates said that she was 'not aware of any such therapy taking place' and that it was 'never something raised with me.'[2]TrellyL (talk) 10:23, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —Paper9oll(🔔 • 📝) 16:42, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This article appears to have significant biased & argumentative language, particularly paragraph 10 of the 'political career' section. The pre-loading of context that this was a 'fringe' event and that the statement was made 'without evidence' are unusual and loaded phrasings clearly designed to portray Cates in a negative light - especially given that the quote itself notes explicitly that Cates' is making an 'anecdotal' observation.
The middle of that paragraph, the sentence "She also said that an increase in the number of young children who are still wearing nappies when they start school was the fault of working mothers, since "[it] is increasingly impossible when our GDP-obsessed economic system demands that even mothers of small children leave their infants in daycare to return to the workplace" and modern parents were unwilling to greatly discomfort their children enough" is based on a opinion editorial, not factual reporting, which goes against Wikipedia guidelines.
The final line in that paragraph, "Charlotte Lytton noted in The Daily Telegraph that Cates seemed to have no concern for the effect of fathers' employment on children's toilet training." is of highly dubious relevance, and its inclusion only furthers the impression that this section was constructed with the direct intention of painting Cates in a negative light.
Her views and actions mentioned in this paragraph - commenting that 'you see an awful lot of trans women, so men, saying it was trans porn that led them into the trans arena' and '[it] is increasingly impossible when our GDP-obsessed economic system demands that even mothers of small children leave their infants in daycare to return to the workplace' are clearly notable and have been picked up by the press for being so, but this paragraph, and perhaps other sections of this article with similar problems, should be re-written to reflect a factual and neutral style. 195.188.14.222 (talk) 09:57, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there Anonymous ISP,
I have likewise felt this article is badly skewed, but I hadn't realised that the quote about "young children who are wearing nappies" is from an opinion piece, rather than reportage. That is concerning and, you're right, does go against Wikipedia guidelines which looks for reliable sources.
Short quotes that reflect the political outlook of the subject are okay, but I would like to see a spread, covering notable views, rather than one or two sensationalist statements.
Strongly encourage you to consider becoming a registered contributor, and begin making improvements to the article along the lines you've discussed! Why not get started here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F then come back to the article and make your edits.
Actually, the distortions are even worse than I first thought. Just removed three sentences because they used company websites and whatnot for the citations. An attempt at original research which is not what we're doing here. MatthewDalhousie (talk) 10:41, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 16:42, 30 June 2023 (UTC)