[Cz-politics] Greater Nepal article

[John Stephenson]

Hi,

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Greater_Nepal&action=history is the 
edit log, which says who uploaded it. No-one has approved it - remember 
anyone can contribute to CZ. If it had been approved there would be a 
notice at the top.

If the uploader has permission to reproduce the article, they should say 
so - otherwise it will have to be deleted. If we do have permission, it 
cannot remain in its present form because it violates neutrality. Your 
options, as a politics editor, would be (a) advise deletion, if you feel 
the article has nothing to recommend it, or (b) advise move to 'Cold 
Storage', part of the CZ site where we archive biased material that 
might serve in the future as a resource.

I have left a note for the author here:
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User_talk:Indra_Adhikari#Greater_Nepal

John.

Robert M Cutler wrote:
> This article appears to be a verbatim plagiarism of 
> http://newsblaze.com/story/20060606130709nnnn.nb/topstory.html
> 
> On that basis alone, it may be a candidated for deletions. Also, it is 
> unsourced in that, despite a short bibliography, no individual statement
> in the body of the article is sourced to any individual citation.
> 
> I have tried to consult the edit logs for this article after logging in, 
> but cannot find any. I cannot even discover from where the original text 
> was uploaded or by whom. Am I missing something or is this a bug?
> 
> Many passages of the article make clear that it is intended to be polemic. 
> Probably some of the information is high quality, but it is unsourced. The 
> title "Greater Nepal" is not justified or explained by the probably 
> well-informed but partisan author.
> 
> I have to admit I'm a bit of a newcomer to wiki protocol and procedures. 
> Where do you think we go with this, and why can't I figure out who wrote 
> it, or presumably approved it, since that kind of transparency of 
> responsibility is what Citizendium is supposed to be about? Should 
> Sanger's attention be drawn to this?