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Hagia Sophia

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Choudary

"I think we're all shocked" is the kind of waffle that is being omitted. If you look at the top of the section you will see that the statements of the Queen, Politicians, Church leaders atc that are "non-notable" have all been reduced to a single sentence.

Choudary saying "I think we're all shocked" is a non-statement. He thinks we are all shocked. He is not say saying I am shocked. What he makes clear, repeatedly, is that he doesn't condemn the attack. The fact that he doesn't condemn it is significant. Making a statement like thinking we are all shocked is of no significance what so ever. Don't imagine that this is being somehow unbalanced towards Choudary. It is what he refuses to say that makes his position clear. This is why the head of Ibrahim College took him to task.

Amandajm (talk) 14:45, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

"directly". I have just discovered your insertion of that word. Please do not insert words that add a coloured slant to the reporting. Choudary was given multiple opportunities to condemn the action and refused to. If you have seen the whole interview, then you are aware of this. Amandajm (talk) 14:58, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Choudory is not being neutral. His "I think we're all shocked" is the most non-comittal thing that he could possibly say.

He then says that he blames Government policy, but significantly repeats the words of the assailant as the justification. So when he says that he blames the Govt, he is repeating what the assassin said, and he makes this very clear by repeating precisely the assassins words.

Note that he doesn't use the assassins words in order to say This is the assassins opinion. He repeats the words (including the condemnation of the Government) as a justification for the action. He doesn't condemn the "radicalisation" of young Muslims, because he himself is very much part of that process, and sees it as a "means to and end".

As for him being "neutral", what he is being is "cautious". If the Government had anywhere to which they could deport him they would do it. But he was born in England. They could throw him in gaol, but there are very good political reasons not to. If he had lived in Britain in the 17th century, his head would be sitting on a spike on London Bridge by now.

You don't get to be the leading radical cleric in England without learning how to mince words cleverly, and take in naive people who imagine that "I think we're all shocked" is a position of neutrality.

Amandajm (talk) 01:47, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I have just put in this whole quote:"I'm not in the business of condemnation or condoning. I think if anyone needs to be condemned it is the British government and their foreign policy."

Observe that it is a classic example of "double-speak". He claims that he is not in the business of condemning or condoning, and the immediately informs his listeners who their condemnation should be directed against. Right?

If you only look at the first sentence, then his position appears neutral.

He also states that he tells Muslims that they are living in Britain under a covenant i.e. that if they break the law, it is their responsibility.

He then leads the 9/11 celebrations every year. Neutral?

Amandajm (talk) 02:21, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Just watched Choudary again. He is brilliant. He is asked when it was that he last spoke to Adolabajo and he replies "I last saw him about three years ago." Amandajm (talk) 02:39, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

2013 Woolwich attack

Hi, welcome. I'm sorry, your edits were reverted when I reverted the reversion before you edited. I hope that's clear. You may wish to add them again. Rothorpe (talk) 17:49, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

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re: Islamic terrorism

We're in good shape using the word, as it says precisely what Friedman says in his article. I didn't read the whole piece but towards to the top of the page he states "The Virtual Afghanistan is the network of hundreds of jihadist Web sites that inspire, train, educate and recruit young Muslims to engage in jihad against America and the West." If you can improve on the wording that'd be great. I'm just a long-time watcher of that article and don't feel to strongly about it. Thanks :) Dawnseeker2000 04:25, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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May 2013

Do not edit disruptively to make a point. Your recent edits to SlutWalk are preempting the procedure to delete articles which you enquired about at Talk:Boobquake. It is poor form to ask about deletion procedures and initiate measures unilaterally a few minutes later. Further, declaring articles to be "horseshit" is inappropriate. (FYI, Boobquake is far too well documented to be deleted.)Novangelis (talk) 00:32, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Well documented by who? Feminist blog sites and gossipy news sources? Any actual newspapers involved?Oxr033 (talk) 00:37, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Reference #1 is the New York Times.Novangelis (talk) 00:56, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

That's not Boobquake. That's a 'and finally' type story.Oxr033 (talk) 01:01, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Toronto Star and National Post. Non-newspaper sources such as ABC and Vanity Fair are more than sufficient. The requirement is breadth of coverage, not that events are front-page news.Novangelis (talk) 01:45, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Everything besides NatPost is a total nonentity of a publication. TheStar. Really? It got 'broad coverage' because it's a quirky, unusual story, and it cheers people up, and gets clicks through thumbnails from gawkers who just want to look at women's cleavage. Like I said. "And finally, in other news, this local cat was rescued from a tree by an 93-year old woman" might get picked up by a few blogs. Next time it does i'll write an article about it with 'see also' including 'cats, women, tree'.Oxr033 (talk) 01:54, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

1. Do not threaten to disrupt Wikipedia by making non-contributory edits for the purpose of making a point as you have done here.
2. Do not delete material as you did at SlutWalk under inappropriate minor edits tags and misleading edit summaries ("put in alphabetical").Novangelis (talk) 13:08, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

My edits were all contributory. Oxr033 (talk) 13:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

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References

Hi Oxr033, When you add Ukpollingreport references to election boxes, would you be kind enough to add them into the header of the boxes rather than for a particular candidate as the given ref will cover them all rather than just the one. I'm afraid I've had to take out some of your refs also as the ref for both St Ives and West Lancashire was already included on the article. Regards - Galloglass 14:02, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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Assassination

I don't think this guy was assassinated. Neither me nor anyone I know had ever heard of him until his death. To be assassinated you need to be a prominent person, no disrespect but writing a few columns in WSJ does not merit prominence.Oxr033 (talk) 00:12, 21 October 2020 (UTC)