Talk:Dinesh D'Souza
[edit] Stop
Can we have a serious discussion about fixing this article, instead of waging a rollback war? Madscientistjaidev (talk) 05:13, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- Good idea, but let's keep this stuff in mind. Bio information aside, I object to removing the snark and denunciation. ~ Kupochama[1][2] 05:19, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Nutty Roux - The intent is not to create a Wikipedia style personal biography, but we need to provide some background information to place his arguments in context, and to be able to provide relevant rebuttals.
Kupochama - The only fit place for snark and denunciation on this wiki is on the pages where we provide a point by point rebuttal to a speech or article these nutjobs may write, not on a page that is meant to provide information. Lets leave the low blows and insults to the other side, and keep a professional standard, ok? — Unsigned, by: Madscientistjaidev / talk / contribs
- Actually, no, that's not quite okay. Please read that link I posted, and maybe some other stuff. Referring to bullshit as "bullshit" is a standing theme here; until this article becomes considerably more thorough, there's no need to replace that with information anyone can get from Wikipedia.
- ...Incidentally, it looks like you mostly copied your edit from Wikipedia. Like those links mention, we're not trying to compete with them, no less copy them. ~ Kupochama[1][2] 09:53, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- You haven't been around nearly long enough to understand the culture here. Snark and mockery has always been encouraged (albeit not at the expense of accuracy). Excessive seriousness just validates tone trolls, and we really do not want to do that. EVDebs (talk) 00:15, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
- Then I'm a tone troll, being deeply concerned as I am about gratuitous and childish name calling directed against popular apologists in particular. I strongly believe we need to have a summer wiki-project to get our anti-creationism and counter-apologetics materia up to date and presentable. Honestly, everyone's got an idea of what "snarky" means, but it's so inconsistent as to be meaningless. And it makes us look like real assholes when meanspirited shit like ends up in these articles about prominent apologists substitutes for actual research and analysis.

18:22, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
- Then I'm a tone troll, being deeply concerned as I am about gratuitous and childish name calling directed against popular apologists in particular. I strongly believe we need to have a summer wiki-project to get our anti-creationism and counter-apologetics materia up to date and presentable. Honestly, everyone's got an idea of what "snarky" means, but it's so inconsistent as to be meaningless. And it makes us look like real assholes when meanspirited shit like ends up in these articles about prominent apologists substitutes for actual research and analysis.
- I agree with NuttyRoux. @Kupochama & EVDebs - I like snark. Its ok to throw in occasional, well directed snarky comments. Making it a standard policy is just juvenile. I dont object to pointing out bullshit when it is warranted, but right now, this article (like many others on this wiki) sounds like it was written by a kindergarten kid who just learnt his first swear word. The SPOV article is funny, but we still need to maintain a line between RationalWiki and Uncyclopedia. If you have a problem with the thoroughness of the article, roll up your sleeves and get to work. I did not copy the entire wikipedia article, just the first paragraph, so that (i repeat) we could establish a context for actual point by point criticism of this guy - the writing of which has been spectacularly stalled by the TrollArmy.Madscientistjaidev (talk) 09:09, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
[edit] TMI section
I added a bit of personal info on Dinesh's ethnicity and moved his dating habits tidbit up to the lede. It looks really silly to have it in its own section at the bottom, making it look like a petty jab rather than trivia.--
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01:58, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
dinesh D'Souza is in fact NOT capitalized. I have heard this was an homage to ee Cummings.