Talk:Gary Birdsong

message: This article is mostly slanderous accusations and jokes and as it stands has no place on Wikipedia.  I nominated it for a POV dispute.
Any actual biographical information or a neutral assessment of the various points of view or controversies surrounding him would be valid but this article was obviously written by someone with a very strong point of view and an agenda to slander this man and make a mockery of him on the internet.  Almost everything stated in the article is hearsay, or specifically intended to mock this man or evoke a negative reaction against him.  
The author of this article has disrepected the purpose of Wikipedia and used it as a forum for his satirical writing, which is completely inappropriate.
-bjoleniacz
:I have removed the "Theories" section, since this was the most egregrious NPOV violation.  It appears here: --TexasDex 02:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs to be revised 

message: I have just completed an edit of this article.  I am a student journalist at NCSU and author of the photo of Gary and the guy with the thong.  I applaud the removal of the "theries" section.  I would definitely not publish those in a paper.  I can vouch what this article says on 1/5/06 is true.  I also removed subjection in the UNCC section - but did not change the content.  Before it was wordy but now it is straightforward.  I added a text description of assaults on Gary that I have both personally witnessed and photographed at NCSU.  Confirmed that Gary lives in Knightdale.  (Source: http://msweb03.co.wake.nc.us/bordelec/Waves/WavesSearch.asp  Voter # 000031256419 )
-robrcb
: What happend to the photo of the dude at NCSU who stood with fist raised in front of Gary in a thong? This would be an excellent addition to the article. AaronRoe 04:46, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the description of the pie attack on Gary.  I also witnessed it, and he was definitely hit on the top of his head, not in the face.  There was also another incident which resulted in his grappling with a student which I will probably add a description of at some point in the future.  I also have it on good authority that there is a group of like-minded people who pay his living expenses in order that he may spend his time preaching.  I will, however, talk with my authority and see if I can get more details or means of confirmation before I add that. --Keith Irwin24.225.84.177 08:00, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  edit Jan 5, 06 

message: Please somebody change "Evangelical Christian" to "Fundamentalist Christian" in the first sentence - Not that the current media seems to know the difference between the two (it seems to be en vogue these days to use the two interchangeably) but there is a difference.
I am a sophomore at NCSU, and I must say that the article is neither slanderous, nor misrepresenting. I think that even Gary himself would say the same. I enjoy chilling out at the Atrium between classes, eating Chic-fil-a, and listening to Gary "preach." His last round at State was about a week ago, where I personally heard him admit to "love tapping" his wife to keep her "in line." This dude is crazy; I don't know how much or if any of his history is true, but if it is, he is the true definition of hypocritical. Even so, I enjoy the unity of avid Gary-Watchers against his "preachings", whether they be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Bahai'i, Wiccan, Athiest, Agnostic, or whatever. 
152.7.52.18 04:53, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please? 

message: I just removed most of the article per our guidelines for biographies of living persons.  Please ensure all potentially-controversial material is well-sourced.  --ElKevbo (talk) 04:18, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: BLP

message: Is the picture of two college students doing...something or another to Garry Birdsong really necessary?  I feel like photographs of people abusing him are just going to be humor for some people, and while I don't know enough about what he says to champion or condemn him (I've never been there for much of any of his sermons, and the little bit of one that I saw wasn't all that controversial), I don't think that Wikipedia really needs to provide a platform to publicize immaturity. Chri$topher (talk) 20:33, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen probably a dozen of his sermons and they indeed get quite controversial. You might want to check out some of his sermons on youtube. It is also quite common to see him getting heckled by the croud, which is what the picture depicts. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:37, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's common for him to be harassed; that part I remember pretty well.  I just don't feel like Wikipedia should host photographs of someone's harassment without good reason.  In this context, though, the picture doesn't really serve much of a purpose, and no one would even know what it depicted without the questionable caption beneath it (which I would say makes light of it a little too much).  It might be better to just say that he's controversial, some students harass him, and be done with it that way without including a photograph of his harassment. Chri$topher (talk) 23:27, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Abuse Photo

message: I'm kind of curious whether the PitPreacher.com link is really helpful or useful in any way.  For now, it seems like it's just a link to a photoshopped picture of Mr. Birdsong holding a rabbit.  Is there any content there that I can't find, or should this just be deleted? 69.77.158.195 (talk) 23:50, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: PitPreacher.com Link

message: Substituted at 15:49, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: It seemed to me a bit strange that this article calls this man a fundamentalist preacher but then goes on to say that he is known for his unorthodox interpretations of the Bible. Vorbee (talk) 07:53, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Can a fundamentalist be unorthodox?

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