Talk:Les Murray (poet)

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[edit] Deletion of articles

Jasonedwardclapham - on my talk page you left the following message:

"Just to let you know that I removed the links to the Guardian and New Yorker articles on the Les Murray page (27 Aug 2007), because Les Murray asked my to do so (I edited as 86.158.130.97). He sees them as overtly political and potentially damaging. I have inserted two new links which give a more neutral overview of the poet; more detailed accounts can be had from his homepage, LesMurray.org. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonedwardclapham (talk • contribs) 09:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

—Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Meredyth"

I will not reverse your edit, but just add this comment saying why I don't agree with this censorship. On Les Murray's Homepage there will aways be the Les Murray version of his history in which the author can edit, emphasise and present information in a way that suits his purposes. The article deleted I found interesting as it added additional contextual information and it gave me an alternate viewpoint. I recognise that the removed article has it's own slant, gave edited facts and placed emphasis on certain areas of Les Murray's history ignoring others - you call this political emphasis, I disagree. My understanding of the world comes from - my acutal knowledge of the world (i.e. my own tiny window where I interact with it), information I read and have read over a long time and what I remember of that, and my ethical and moral framework. You should trust people more - I do not read Les Murray's view and discount all other, nor do I read the other article and ignore Les Murray's account. Having more information is not a bad thing. Stellar 23:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)