Talk:Political blog

message: Examples of Political Blogs
Many (dare I say the majority) of us that use Wikipedia are not American.
Therefore the inclusion of only American political blogs to this article is disregarding the existence of other countries in the world which have political Blogs.
Who agrees that international, and not just American blogs should be mentioned as well as "Notable American political blogs and bloggers"? Albert
*Personally I think the whole section of notable blogs needs to go, it's just a pandora's box of problems.  Who decides which blogs are "notable"?  How do we decide which ones to include and which ones not to, and who is going to deal with the inevitable and unending insertions of various blogs to the list? --Hetar 08:28, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

message: I am in favour of this merger, which in practice will mean that little of the existing content will be moved (because there isn't much) which is fine. Grumpyyoungman01 02:59, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So when can it be merged then? Considering that the yays have it, and no keep arguments have been put forward. Grumpyyoungman01 01:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have carried out the merge. I have restructured this article for clarity but no content has been removed or changed significantly. TerriersFan 22:59, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger of [[Political blogs in Australia]] to Political blogs 

message: This article is almost entirely about political matters and I invite editors to consider agreeing to merge this in where it would fit nicely. TerriersFan 17:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge in of [[New Zealand blogosphere]] 

message: I found some POV statements in the article. Tracker/TTV (myTalk|myWork|myInbox) 04:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Care to elaborate, TrackerTV? Maybe give some examples? -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 04:21, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the POV tag because no examples have been provided. If an editor identifies that there is a POV issue then the first step is for that editor to try to fix it. If it cannot be fixed by that editor then a detailed note should be placed on here so that other editors can address the issue. TerriersFan 16:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: Can someone look over the "notable" US blog list. Given that measuring web readership isn't exactly a rigourously defined process, the metrics used to generate these lists is suspect. Further, anonymous and newly-registered users have been adding links to thesse lists. I've removed some of them, but more attention is required. Frankly, I think the lists should be deleted, but I've left it for now. Mindmatrix 19:20, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Listcruft

message: Can we agree a policy in external links? Surely, they shouldn't just be links to political blogs, but good sources on the subject of political blogging in general. Which most of the current ones aren't. BobFromBrockley 16:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In absence of response, am removing those which are personal political blogs, leaving only resources about political blogging and portals/directories. BobFromBrockley 12:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: American Polity crept back in. I don't have the time/energy to check if it is a portal/directory or simply a political blog. BobFromBrockley 17:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Much the same point as expressed elsewhere goes to this section.  Who decides which blogs are named and what are not - and which ones are linked?  We need some consistency on this.  Either you allow major UK bloggers to put themselves up, or you permit none.  To play the games you are doing merely devalues the site. Richard North  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RAENORTH (talk • contribs). 
:I think that listing specific blogs should be kept to a minimum. The tiny number there now (Guido Fawkes, Harry's Place, Iain Dale and Tom Worstall are all fairly notable in the wider public sphere, as indicated by the fact they have WP articles, are regularly cited in the mainstream media, and have huge numbers of incoming links to their blogs. The links on the page are not to the blogs, but to the wikipedia articles about these people. By the way, it is unlikely that the bloggers themselves "put themselves up". There are others who could be added, e.g. Norman Geras, and the current list should not be seen as set in stone, but I think it is helpful. As for the list of sites where blogs are aggregated (which are linked directly), this is also helpful, although perhaps it could go to the external links section, and is neutral and balanced in giving sites that aggregate all UK political blogs or aggregate all those attached to a fairly good range of political perspectives. BobFromBrockley 09:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: After writing this, and then checking Richard North's user talk, I realise that the EU Referendum blog probably should be mentioned in the article. A Financial Times article in 2006 listed the top 10 "influential" blogs in a number of European countries, based on Technorati and Edelman (not sure what latter is), although with the caveat that "UK blogs are ranked manually, unlike other lists", whatever that means. The top 10 for the UK (which, oddly, lists 11 blogs, teh 11th being French not British) includes a small number of political blogs: no.3 EU Referendum blog, no.6 Samizdata.net, no.9 Iain Dale's Diary, no.10. The 2006 Weblog Awards  had a top 10 UK blogs, voted for by readers. This included a small number of political blogs: no.1 EU Referendum, no.3 Samizdata.net, no.4 Harry's Place, no.8 Unspeak (Steven Poole's blog), no.9 Slugger O'Toole. BobFromBrockley 10:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Another good source is the Guardian article "The new commentariat" (November 17, 2005), which features: Perry de Havilland and Adriana Cronin (Samizdata), Harry's Place, Oliver Kamm, Mick Fealty (Slugger O'Toole), Oliver Kamm, Norman Geras,  Justin McKeating (Chicken Yoghurt) and Tim Ireland (Bloggerheads). It also mentions Guido Fawkes. BobFromBrockley 10:34, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  British Blogs 

message: How influential does a blog have to be to be listed? And how is that judged? Seems quite subjective to me. Demosthenes, blog 15:32, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Prominence Question

message: From the first paragraph, "...but as a result may find themselves persecuted." - I think prosecuted would make more sense, although persecuted isn't incorrect: "prosecute" means hold a criminal trial against someone, while "persecute" is more like hunting down and then torturing or killing. Both could work, though I suggest "prosecute" based on the two sources cited. If you agree, please change it to "prosecute". Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.134.73.9 (talk) 20:09, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Persecution may take many forms, and need not got so far as "hunting down and then torturing or killing". You are using the most narrow interpretation of the latter term I've ever encountered. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 00:07, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Persectution or Prosecution

message: I've added some more content to the introduction section, as I felt this page was missing some info on political blog readership and participation.  I also added a citation that was missing.  I will continue to try and find more sources for this page.  I also changed the word 'peddle' in the first paragraph.  I felt that word had a negative connotation. Peplum (talk) 16:25, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Content and Minor Edits