Talk:Roger Helmer

message: As long as the contributed information can be verified through a third-party source, there is no risk of being considered libelous.  The removed section on "Homophobia controversy" is therefore not libelous, whether or not it casts the subject of the article in an unfavorable light.  Recommend it be returned to the article.  Alan (talk) 15:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potentially libelous information 

message: I'm trying to write a wp:npov article here, not an election leaflet and I hope that's true for everyone else.  If Helmer has made his views known and they are significant, reliably sourced, accurately and fairly reported and we give his reasons for saying them, then we have no right whatsoever to omit them on the ground that we later think he made a mistake.  This applies to his views on rape as well as his views on homosexuality. wp:blp allows criticism from significant people as well as praise.  RegardsJRPG (talk) 21:29, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: In that connection, this article in the Independent is surely helpful.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 10:45, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: According to WP:Suggested sources one should "generally avoid British tabloids such as the Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Mirror and The Sun."  I tend to stick to the Guardian, Telegraph, BBC & Independent & attribute statements of opinion.  We can't prove what Helmer did or didn't say & hence he couldn't have sued but I think a short summary of the Independent article quoting his stated views & avoiding wp:undue would be helpful. Having worked with a number of reporters -including the Mail, I've been impressed with the effort they've made to avoid inaccuracy & am astonished that such a disagreement occurred ..though its peripheral to this Wikipedia article.  Do you want to write it up?  JRPG (talk) 11:28, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, I was impulsive when I clicked the revert button on your revert, but if Hemer didn't want to be quoted by the Daily Mail then he shouldn't have agreed to be interviewed by them. The summary of the Independent article is just apologism and my edits reflect what he actually said. Meanwhile, nothing in that whole section refers to Helmer's "christian beliefs" - all of it is about his views on homosexuality and the word "homophobia". Change the section heading to "Views on homosexuality" if you like, though.Stroller (talk) 12:45, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Just recovering from a pulse of fury occasioned by the erroneous belief you had reverted without discussion:)   I'm an atheist but I know most politicians view religion simply as a vote winner. You're correct in thinking my main objection was to the title as the Mail article is supported by the Independent. Regards JRPG (talk) 13:54, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

text: I'm not inclined to take it on -- I've just been left in the lurch by my childminder and have charge of an urchin this afternoon…  I agree with sticking to the Independent as the key source here.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 12:04, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for a rapid response. I thought as a matter of courtesy I ought to give you first bite! JRPG (talk) 12:07, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent pre-election changes and removal of properly sourced information. 

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