Talk:Jim Cowan

message: Electoralist Please note that you removed material that was sourced. That Senator Cowan was the subject of controversy is not a point of view; it's a fact. 
(above post is by User:Stoneacres)
:Your edits read more like an argumentative essay than an NPOV article:
:1) "A good deal of controversy has swirled around Senator Cowan since his appointment as Liberal Senate leader." - that's a POV statement. 
:2) "First, Senator Cowan was criticized for allowing Senator Joyce Fairbairn to continue voting on legislative matters, while he knew she had Alzheimer’s disease and had been declared incompetent." - the actual source can be found here - the article doesn't criticize Cowan, you've added your opinion to make that claim. 
:3)"Second, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau removed all senators from the Liberal Caucus as a result of the Senate expenses scandal, in which Senator Cowan was directly involved." the source is here - your claim that "Senator Cowan was directly involved" in the Senate expense scandal is not made in the article, that's your interpolation. Secondly, your suggestion that Trudeau's decision to remove all Senators from the caucus is somehow Cowan's fault is again, your opinion, and not supported by your source.
:4) "Fourth, Senator Cowan’s leadership has been called into question as a result of his inappropriate expenses" - the source you gave can be found here - the claim that Cowan's leadership has been "called into question" is again, your interpretation and given that he was re-elected Senate leader your interpretation is exaggerated. 
:Please review Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons policies. Articles are supposed to be neutal and factual and biographies of living persons must be so in particular. You appear to have a partisan point of view, or at least a bias against Cowan which is colouring your edits. This is particularly the case in headers you previously tried to add to the article with titles such as "Trudeau Dumps Cowan as Leader", "Leadership Called into Question", and "Liberals Booted out of Caucus Under Cowan's Leadership" which are biased headlines not substantiated by yoru sources or the facts. Electoralist (talk) 19:04, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You wrote: "In 2012, Cowan was criticized for allowing Senator Joyce Fairbairn to continue voting on legislative matters, while he knew she had Alzheimer’s disease and had been declared incompetent." Here is your source. Please show me a direct quote from the Global News article where it says Cowan was criticized.Electoralist (talk) 20:56, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

text: "Implicit" isn't good enough. If you found sources that have explicit criticism, fine, use them but the source you were using before had no explicit criticism. Electoralist (talk) 00:59, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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