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== Holocaust denial == |
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I strongly object to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Institutes_of_Biblical_Law&diff=789660169&oldid=789612815 this] edit by [[User:StAnselm|StAnselm]], which censored all material relating to the Holocaust denial views expressed by Rushdoony in ''The Institutes of Biblical Law''. The reason given for this content massacre was, "That's certainly not a "Summary" - to spend so much space on one line in a 890-page work is undue weight, and the issue is already covered at Rousas Rushdoony." The first part of that comment apparently suggests that the word "summary" is somehow a crucial issue. I do not propose to respond to that point, except to say that sections titled "summary" can and do often go into considerable detail about the contents of a book, and that there is nothing wrong with this. I reject the suggestion that the addition was [[WP:UNDUE|undue]]. The fact that Rushdoony's Holocaust denial in the book has been discussed in reliable sources, by authors such as Carl R. Trueman, is enough to show that the addition was perfectly reasonable. Finally, the last point raised by StAnselm, "the issue is already covered at Rousas Rushdoony", is preposterous and bears no relation whatever to Wikipedia's content policies. Nowhere in Wikipedia's policies or guidelines does it state that because something is discussed somewhere in some article, that it cannot be mentioned in another article. The content, since it is specifically about ''The Institutes of Biblical Law'', is in fact ''more'' relevant to an article specifically about that book than it is to the article about Rushdoony himself. [[User:FreeKnowledgeCreator|FreeKnowledgeCreator]] ([[User talk:FreeKnowledgeCreator|talk]]) 22:02, 8 July 2017 (UTC) |
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Holocaust denial
I strongly object to this edit by StAnselm, which censored all material relating to the Holocaust denial views expressed by Rushdoony in The Institutes of Biblical Law. The reason given for this content massacre was, "That's certainly not a "Summary" - to spend so much space on one line in a 890-page work is undue weight, and the issue is already covered at Rousas Rushdoony." The first part of that comment apparently suggests that the word "summary" is somehow a crucial issue. I do not propose to respond to that point, except to say that sections titled "summary" can and do often go into considerable detail about the contents of a book, and that there is nothing wrong with this. I reject the suggestion that the addition was undue. The fact that Rushdoony's Holocaust denial in the book has been discussed in reliable sources, by authors such as Carl R. Trueman, is enough to show that the addition was perfectly reasonable. Finally, the last point raised by StAnselm, "the issue is already covered at Rousas Rushdoony", is preposterous and bears no relation whatever to Wikipedia's content policies. Nowhere in Wikipedia's policies or guidelines does it state that because something is discussed somewhere in some article, that it cannot be mentioned in another article. The content, since it is specifically about The Institutes of Biblical Law, is in fact more relevant to an article specifically about that book than it is to the article about Rushdoony himself. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 22:02, 8 July 2017 (UTC)