Talk:Martin J. Walker

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[edit] POV-check

This article appears to be unbalanced, and reads like promotional material for the subject. A lot of the content is unsourced and appears to be original research or opinion. --ascorbic (talk) 15:56, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree. This is a BLP and all statements should be sourced. The article should also be Neutral, and not make OR assertions or editorialising. WP:FRINGE, WP:UNDUE, WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:RS, WP:V and WP:BLP are all very relevant.
I've undone the anonymized and untraceable hatchet job. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:92.227.87.158 Sam Weller (talk) 16:14, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
This is not a subject I know much about, but the article does seem highly slanted. I have attempted to do some rewriting to make the article more balanced. It was clearly written by a supporter, to the extent of referring to the health freedom movement in the first person. It still needs some more work. It could probably also benefit from some judicious editing to remove some of the content. --ascorbic (talk) 18:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for both your work on this. I'm happy with a POV check, but I reject the COI completely. Please see my talk page for the history. Looking for info on Walker, I discovered that the original article had been removed for non-notability, while he was still referred to on WP as one of the most notable individuals associated with the Health Freedom Movement. The deletion was overturned on the basis of the information I found without any effort at all on the internet, and without any connection with the subject. Much of that info ended up in the current article. Sam Weller (talk) 16:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)