Talk:National Association of Scholars
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[edit] POV
This organization has a very strong POV. There's nothing wrong with that in principle (most organizations have their own POV), but this should be explained in more detail. For instance, "Discrimination based on race, gender, and other identity preferences" is mentioned as one of the "Issues" that concern the NAS (not to be confounded with the other NAS - the National Academy of Sciences), so it should probably be specified that this means that the NAS is opposed to any form of affirmative action. Etc.
--Crusio (talk) 15:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Neutrality
Dear Crusio,
Thank you for your comment. My hope is to make this page as neutral as possible, and I am working toward that goal. And while I appreciate your suggestion, I can't write it on the page because NAS does not oppose all forms of affirmative action. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adebter (talk • contribs) 21:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks Adebter, I think the current text is already an improvement. Concerning affirmative action, you have written that "While NAS does not oppose all forms of affirmative action, it strongly opposes racial and gender preferences." Even though I lived at one point in the US for several years, I still am not familiar with all fine points of US life... So for my education, what other forms of affirmative action than those based on race and gender exist?? --Crusio (talk) 12:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
- The re-insertion of the illustration bothers me, because (aside from copyright issues) it aligns us with the NAS' assertion that they are the true custodians of the tradition of the original Academy. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
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- I think that many organizations can claim that they want to follow the example of the original Academy and see no real problem with that. What is needed here is a figure caption that explains this. Of course, if the NAS claims that they are the "only real" custodians, that would be a legitimate topic for the article, as long as the article would keep an NPOV on the question of whether this is true or not. --Crusio (talk) 12:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to settle the dispute about neutrality. Is the page now ready to be called neutral? If not, please specify exactly which passages are problematic. If I don't hear back from anyone, I will assume that the dispute is resolved. Thank you --Adebter (talk) 14:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
