Talk:Bill Haslam

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[edit] NPOV

This article does not conform to a neutral point of view due to one-sided arguments and weasel words. This issue is more serious because this article falls under the Biography of living persons guidelines. This article is well sourced, so opposing points of view should be added (and sourced) and the weasel words should be removed to make it fall into WP:BLP complaince.--Burzum 16:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Others, on other forums, have addressed the neutral point of view issue with me. Sorry, but the facts are the facts. I agree that opposing points of view should be included, but frankly for four months Mayor Haslam has not responded (beyond a promise to respond that never materialize). While I could attempt to paint the Mayors Against Illegal Guns as not being controversial and with the intent to erode second amendment freedoms, that would not only be inaccurate, but also fail to fully and fairly describe the controversy that has eroupted over this. I assume by weasel words you mean "liberal big city mayors." I see that as a very fact driven description. If there is something else you consider a "weasel word" please let me know (seriously, I am new to this). In addition, I think more information on his general biography needs to be added, but someone else can do that.--Countertop 04:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

This morning I was informed of a radio interview that Mayor Haslam gave right when the controversy broke, where he intended to explain his action but actually created significantly more questions and led to the current heightened state of the controversy and added a link to it and a paragraph summarizeing the main gist of Mayor Haslam's discussion (I didn't mention that elevation of controversy) --Countertop 20:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, this is Wikipedia and we'll discuss the neutral point of view according to Wikipedia rules. "Liberal big city mayors" is a personal opinion, and a pejorative term by the way - please don't try to present it as fact. --Folksong 06:22, 17 April 2007 (UTC)