Talk:Alex Chumak

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This article appears to have been written by 1 person only. References to the subject's "right wing" or "social conservative" views are opinions, not facts. This article contains material that is unreliable and poorly sourced. There are additional problems with this article, including repetition, noteworthiness, objectivity.

With respect to Toronto Star citations, the following comments from the Wikipedia BLP policy must be kept in mind:

Not all widely read newspapers and magazines are equally reliable. There are some magazines and newspapers that print gossip much of which is false. While such information may be titillating, that does not mean it has a place here. Before repeating such gossip, ask yourself if the information is presented as being true, if the source is reliable, and if the information, even if true, is relevant to an encyclopedic article on that subject. When these magazines print information they suspect is untrue, they often include weasel phrases. Look out for these. If the magazine doesn't think the story is true, then why should we?

74.98.186.120 23:31, 27 May 2007 (UTC)superman

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The Toronto Star is a respectable journal, as is the Globe and Mail (which is also cited). The policy you've cited applies to tabloid journals, not to the legitimate press.

"Social conservative" is a fair assessment of the views that Chumak held in the early 1980s (I don't know if he still holds the same views now).

I'd be interested to know what parts of the article you believe are "poorly cited". CJCurrie 01:52, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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This is about tag cleanup. As all of the tags are more than a year old, there is no current discussion relating to them, and there is a great deal of editing done since the tags were placed, they will be removed. This is not a judgement of content. If there is cause to re-tag, then that of course may be done, with the necessary posting of a discussion as to why, and what improvements could be made. This is only an effort to clean out old tags, and permit them to be updated with current issues if warranted.Jjdon (talk) 18:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)