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I can understand removing biased material, but it looks like factual material was also deleted. Isn't it acceptable to quote from factual biographical material from his own website? See WP:SELFPUB - "Material from self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources in articles about themselves..." Do we really need a Department of Justice source to document that he worked for the Department of Justice? Mdmcginn ( talk) 00:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I have lifted the second paragraph from Alliance Defense Fund. Not sure if it should be removed from there too. Bangers 14:41, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I am nominating this for a POV check because:
1. The websites cited do not appear to be neutral or reliable. One is the site of the organisation of which he is CEO, thus is not objective, and the other is a news site for which he writes. Neither appears neutral to me, they both seem to be conservatively biased to a great degree, although others may disagree. A lot of text appears in both sources, in some cases even word for word.
2. The article, seemingly uniformly, shows him in a good light and focuses mainly on the achievements mentioned on those sources. Nothing is mentioned of the controversy surrounding his views, which are no-doubt seen by some as extreme right-wing. As he co-wrote a book entitled 'The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today', it is hard to believe there are no criticisms that have been made of him in the press that are worthy of note on his wikipedia page, given the contentious nature of the topic. In fact, one only needs to look at the book's page on Amazon.com to find plenty of criticisms of his work (although I won't pretend for a second that Amazon.com is an appropriate source!)
-- 84.71.192.222 23:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article.-- Jreferee 00:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
The thing sounds like a PR release with Alan this and Alan that. I'm going to change the references to "Alan" to "Mr. Sears" to make it (at least!) sound better.
It does, indeed, have some serious POV problems anyway, but at least it won't read like someone introducing him for a speech.
Perm Dude 02:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I just made a bunch of changes to the article. A list follows:
-- slakr\ talk / 04:19, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I simply removed all uncited material. I will add back if I find sources. WhisperToMe ( talk) 22:56, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
"...dealing with freedom of religion, abortion, marriage, and the composition of families." I suppose I understand the first three, but what, exactly does the last one mean? It seems excessively vague and oddly euphemistic. Is it in reference to gay adoption? If it's about (opposition to) gay-rights, then it should say so without the soft-pedaling. Grayfell ( talk) 07:20, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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