Talk:Eileen Barker

message: I believe that there could be different wording used instead of the word 'unsuccessful' twice when talking about her political career. It also appears that the 16th citation no longer is an existing link. Otherwise this appears to be a very well written page. Thank you for contributing your information! Rosburn (talk) 05:44, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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message: Hello,
it would be helpful to the reader to know more about her approach and conclusions, as she describes it in 
Barker, Eileen "The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must Be Joking!" Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 34 (1995), pp. 287-310.
There she describes the position of the sociologist, the concepts of scientific research of these movements, the position of a scientist within a field of differing viewpoints which are not or much less scientifically based, how she made this researched information available to the public etc.
I think this artcle should present more on her viewpoint, and then can have "controversial viewpoints of other personalities".
Then I suggest to make a difference between a "controversial" person and a specific opinion or scientific interpretation which can be controversely dicussed.
English is not my first language and I do not know enough about your editing procedure due to time constraints, but I like to read wikipedia and appreciate your work! Thank you so much for your efforts!
Kind regards!
Thomas  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.57.54.87 (talk) 09:20, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
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message: I met Ms. Barker at an AAR conference in November. When I gushingly praised her Making of a Moonie, she acted suspicious, immediately asking What do you want and complained that I was "love-bombing" her. J. Gordon Melton, sitting next to her, made no comment.
She interviewed me briefly and took my address. Uncle Ed 14:37, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What is she doing at the AAR. I thought she was British. Why don't you write the article The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing? ? Seems like a notable sociology book. I only send her a video over the post  upon her request. I never met her. Andries 22:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A personal encounter

message: *See multiple warnings and finally text ban by administrator on BabyDweezil's talk page.  User in question has been banned from removing material from article mainpages, unless consensus is first achieved on talk page for said activity.  The issue of inappropriate commentary in edit summaries was also brought into question.  Smee 19:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Smee, the Talk Page is for discussion about improving the article, not for incessant denigrations and snide comments about users you disagree with. Your posting of the same comment on multiple pages is creepy stalking behavior. Also, please refer to WP:NPA for further guidance on relating to fellow editors. BabyDweezil 19:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: alright, I'm not going to ask you again--if you continue to discuss me on Talk Pages, including lies about me "ignoring several warnings", I will have to file the standard complaints about you, which I usually hesitate to do.BabyDweezil 20:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You must do what you must do.  If I am advised that I am acting inappropriately in any way then I shall be happy to correct my behavior. Tanaats 21:04, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ban

message: For a respected scholar as Barker, this article is unbalanced, as the criticism section is as large as the rest of the text. The article needs to present other material about Barker, such as her work at INFORM and more about her views. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 02:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just for the record - I don't mind this at all. I always appreciate when the reader can get both sides of a controversy. --Tilman 06:57, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been working on adding more positive and neutral info to the article. I will go ahead and take off the unbalanced tag. Steve Dufour 16:57, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
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