Talk:Peter Yarrow

message: I deleted this link but it's been re-inserted.  The Awareness Center is controversial and, arguably, its website is slanted.  It also reproduces scads of copyrighted material from newspapers.  Not just lines, but whole stories.  That's what it does on its Yarrow page.  Please see WP:ELNEVER.  I'm looking for a consensus to redelete the external link.  Or a reality check telling me I'm wrong.  Thanks. David in DC (talk) 16:38, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks to me like you are probably correct. It does copy entire stories from various newspapers, in what I would think would be a manner violating copyright. Aleta Sing 19:02, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I also think that that link is inappropriate because it is mostly irrelevant. I have already contacted the person who added it last and  dod not find his explanation compelling.  Albion moonlight (talk) 01:26, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be ommitted if for no other reason than our policy against linking to copyvios. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 19:15, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems appropriate and relevant, but it's all copyvios so we shouldn't link to it.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 21:19, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Link to a page at The Awareness Center's website 

message: As Wikiquote doesn't have quotes for any of the PP&M members, and I don't have sources suitable for Wikiquote's current standards for citations, I think it would be appropriate to have a link to an outside page. However, as the best page I know of happens to be on my own quotation site, I'm not about to put the link in myself. (I've gotten in trouble for that before!) If other agree, I would encourage someone to add the following link to the External Links section:
*Peter Yarrow quotes on QOTD.org
Vanhorn (talk) 11:17, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: Today, Peter performed and spoke at a rally against Scott Walker's budget repair bill to a crowd of over 100k people.  He drew connections to his time at the rallies when the I Have A Dream speech was made.  This MAY be something of interest for his page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkdeadite (talk • contribs) 22:03, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Madison protests 

message: I think there is a concerted effort to try and whitewash Peter Yarrow's pedophilia incident. In 1970 Yarrow was convicted and imprisoned for taking improper liberties with a very young female. He has admitted to it "In that time, it was common practice, unfortunately –– the whole groupie thing." Given the age of the individual some reports saying 11, others 14, it is unlikely that the girl was a groupie at all.
Its interesting to see any attempts to bring these facts to light and even the talk pages for it are suppressed. 
mickrussom (talk) 06:45, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have previously stated it should be more prominent.  There have been attempts to completely erase it from the article.  His felony conviction deserves a section and the appropriate category, instead of being buried in the article.Racingstripes (talk) 18:58, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Personally I would not object to erasing it from this article altogether, not as a whitewash but as a courtesy to Peter Yarrow. Years ago Jerry Lee Lewis was accused of Killing at least one if not two of his ex-wives in Rolling Stone Magazine: The editors an that Bio brushed it off as if it did not happen. That definitely seems like an attempt to protect Mr Lewis. Michaelgossett (talk) 00:36, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: "Courtesy to Peter Yarrow" should be factor in decisions like this only as a corrolary to WP:BLP. The subject committed a crime, was convicted and apologized for it. The incident has received coverage in reliable, secondary sources. A due amount of well-cited coverage is therefore warranted in the article. Jerry Lee Lewis is a poor comparison if there was no conviction, which is why we base this sort of decisions on policy rather than comparison to other articles. VQuakr (talk) 00:49, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Courtesy?  This isn't a place for the fans of Peter Yarrow to ensure that he is portrayed in their liking.Racingstripes (talk) 03:18, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

text: Yes I am a fan of Yarrows and as I said, I would not object to erasing the negative stuff about him. I am also a fan of  Jerry Lee Lewis but he was accused of murder by Rolling Stone Magazine. I made the comparison hoping that the editors who want to hang Yarrow might go to an article that is truly controlled by fans. Michaelgossett (talk) 22:27, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whitewashing of Sex Abuse case in both article and talk pages 

message: I'm looking for clarification on the conviction and pardon.  Was he convicted of federal crime? From what I understand the president can only pardon for federal crimes.Racingstripes (talk) 01:56, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: it is probably related to the fact that the crime was committed in Washington, DC. VQuakr (talk) 08:30, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, that's correct. The hotel where it happened was on federal land so he was prosecuted in Federal District Court rather than in the local D.C. courts.  It's in one of the cited articles.  I'll try to find which one. David in DC (talk) 22:29, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Pardon