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Contents 1 Regarding disputed sources 2 Wikipedia Signpost: 15 June 2009 3 Wikipedia Signpost: 22 June 2009 4 Request for mediation not accepted 5 Wikipedia Signpost: 29 June 2009

[edit] Regarding disputed sources

Hi there, I have a question about this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_and_blood_transfusions

This article is often edited by the same person, and many of the references that are cited are not public, verifiable sources. For example, references numbered as follows:

19, 36, 39, 42, 46, 47, 59, 60, 97, 98

Those above numbered references as cited in the above article are "letters" written from one party to another. While these may be "authoritative" to the parties involved, they do not constitute publicly verifiable third party facts, so I feel they should not be included. Thus, by extension, the information that these letters support should also be removed, as they would then be without citation and would by default become the opinion of the editor, and nothing more. Just as a reminder, the wikipedia guidelines state:

"Articles should rely on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."

So, I find the reference to the "letters" inappropriate.

As a side point, the person involved in adding these references is known online as someone who is a former member of Jehovah's Witnesses and does not agree with Watchtower and Jehovah's Witness teachings, therefore I feel it is not appropriate for this person to be allowed to continue editing articles on JWs and the Watchtower. I personally made a few edits to some of the material in that article because it was distorted and biased compared to what was stated in the actual cited references. (As an even further side point, I have reason to believe that the person involved in making those edits is in actual fact the same person that the Watchtower wrote to in citation #46 -- but I realize that could be irrelevant.)

Thank you for your assistance and any further information you can provide on this issue and how we can ensure that this article is not being edited by biased, self-serving individuals.

[edit] Wikipedia Signpost: 15 June 2009

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 12:14, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Signpost: 22 June 2009

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 03:23, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Request for mediation not accepted

A Request for Mediation to which you were are a party was not accepted and has been delisted. You can find more information on the case subpage, Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Use of Sports Logos. For the Mediation Committee, Ryan Postlethwaite 02:27, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikipedia Signpost: 29 June 2009

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 02:32, 30 June 2009 (UTC)