Talk:Richard Rohr

message: Hello everyone interested in Richard Rohr and his bio on Wikipedia !
I just came across this article from the point of knowing Richard quite well and having translated his talks and works into my language.
I do believe that the article has most of the facts right but fails to convey the core of his efforts/teaching. Especially the "Richard’s Responses to Common Accusations by His Detractors" seems rather counterproductive in putting accent on confrontational topics - which is the exact opposite of what Richard does.
I would like to propose a change here and discuss this with everyone interested before attempting any edits here.
Regards
Tomas Svoboda (SvobodaT)
Svobodat (talk) 13:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Due to the current editing dispute with this article - and my concerns about another editor's apparent personal agenda - I have brought it to the attention of the BLP Noticeboard at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Richard_Rohr_article I would invite the other editor to also discuss matters there. Anglicanus (talk) 08:57, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP Noticeboard notification 

message: I have tagged this article for multiple issues. Another editor has been systematically removing or burying negative points of view on Rohr in violation of WP:NPOV. There is analysis presented which is not supported by the cited references, and I have tagged inline a few instances of this as WP:OR. Those cited references are WP:PRIMARY and should not be used for analysis, and not used at all if reliable secondary sources are available. Elizium23 (talk) 20:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a tag for conflict of interest due to the single-purpose account  who may be closely associated with Rohr. Elizium23 (talk) 20:38, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for removing the POV tag. I did not intend for it to stay if my proposed changes to the article were retained. The editor above seems keen to remove them, so we will wait and see what the next revision of the article looks like, and whether the tag should make a return, at which point I can spell out my objections if Anglicanus so desires. Elizium23 (talk) 04:13, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

text: I am clearly new to the editing process and procedures for Wikipedia, and I have had limited time to learn, for example, how to even participate in Talk. I am planning to make some edits soon to address the problems Elizium23 has raised and hope to do so in a way that honors the Wikipedia guidelines. Thank you for your patience and understanding.Dmckee2020 (talk) 21:17, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tagged for POV, OR, and primary sources 

message: This is not encyclopedic but is rather PR. Moved here in case the source can be used to generate encyclopedic content
Rohr is a contributing editor and writer for Sojourners magazine and a contributor to Tikkun magazine and the Huffington Post. He has been a featured essayist on NPR's "This I Believe," a guest of Mehmet Oz on the Oprah and Friends radio show, and a guest of Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday. He was one of several spiritual leaders featured in the 2006 documentary film ONE: The Movie and was included in Watkins' Spiritual 100 List for 2013. Rohr has given presentations with such spiritual leaders as Rob Bell, Cynthia Bourgeault, Joan Chittister, Shane Claiborne, James Finley, Laurence Freeman, Thomas Keating, Ronald Rolheiser, Jim Wallis, and the Dalai Lama.
-- Jytdog (talk) 22:35, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  PR 

message: Moved here per WP:PRESERVE.  Per WP:BURDEN please do not restore without finding reliable sources, checking the content against them, citing them, and checking overall for WP:WEIGHT.
Scripture as liberation, the integration of action and contemplation, incarnational mysticism, community building, peace and social justice issues, male spirituality, the Enneagram of Personality, and eco-spirituality are among the many subjects addressed in Rohr's writings and teaching. He founded the international movement known as Men As Learners & Elders (M.A.L.E.s), which focuses on ritual and rites of passage to encourage men to greater spiritual consciousness. In 2013, Illuman  took on the mission of continuing and expanding the M.A.L.E.s programs.
- Jytdog (talk) 22:36, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced 

message: What does this paragraph mean?   It is murky and obscure.  "Bryce Sibley writes that Rohr asserts that God holds both the masculine and the feminine together rather than either or binary dualistic thinking and criticizes ecumenical religious rituals that focus on rules rather than the paramount centrality of relationship with God, and neighbor."  NaySay (talk) 22:05, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear writing 

message: I'm not very familiar with Rohr outside of a few quotes, which is why I looked him up here. However, I can't help but feel this article is extremely unbalanced. Basically half of it is devoted to quotes from people who don't like him, and the reader is forced to wonder how and why he has become "one of the most popular spirituality authors and speakers in the world" if everyone hates him so much! I recommend the Criticism section be trimmed some (not completely obviously, but not all these quotes are needed) and/or quotes from people who actually like him be added to explain the attraction he has for some people. The biography section itself could probably also be expanded and improved assuming there are more refs out there. For instance: Has he done anything notable other than write and endorse Soulforce? The lead says he's a speaker so I assume he's spoken somewhere. Has he taught anywhere? Is he still a Franciscan friar? What is his involvement with the church? Hopefully an editor with more knowledge can improve the page to tell a reader about him, and not just quote from people who hate him. 2600:1700:A240:7010:11D7:CD7:5EC9:9B86 (talk) 15:00, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: If you think he has some reception, then WP:PROVEIT. See the past NPOV and COI discussion. The material of the section is sourced and there isn't a point in watering down the criticism for the reasons you mentioned. And selectively including reception of Rohr's fringe writings is WP:FALSEBALANCE. WikiLinuz (talk) 18:14, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unbalanced