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Revision as of 22:16, 26 March 2008 by Bobblehead (talk | contribs) (Create FAQ page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)- Q: Why isn't Barack Obama's Muslim heritage included in this article?
- A: Because Barack Obama does not have a Muslim heritage. Please see this article on Snopes.com for a fairly in depth debunking of this myth:
- Q: This article is over 100kb long, WP:SIZE says that it should be broken up into sub-articles. Why hasn't this happened?
- A: Please re-read WP:SIZE. The guideline is only for readable prose. As of March 26 2007, the article has 37kb of readable prose. As a suggestion, please consider adding Dr pda's prosesize tool to your monobook.js so you can see the size of the readable prose on an article.
- Q: Why isn't there a criticisms/controversies section?
- A: Because a section dedicated to criticisms and controversies is no more appropriate than a section dedicated solely to praises and is an indication of a poorly written article. Criticisms/controversies/praises should be worked into the existing prose of the article.
- Q: Why isn't a certain controversy/criticism included in this article?
- A: Please remember that this article is a biography of living person and, as such, only the truly notable controversy/criticism is included in this article. That being said, because the subject of Barack Obama is rather large, a number of sub-articles have been created. Some controversies/criticisms have summarized per the summary style guideline here in the main article and then covered in detail in one of the sub-articles. Please check the sub-articles to make sure your controversy/criticism isn't already covered in a sub-article.
- Q: But this controversy/criticism is all over the news right now! It should be covered in detail in the main article, not buried in a sub-article!
- A: While it may be true that the controversy/criticism is all over the news right now, Misplaced Pages has to make sure to try and avoid recentism and providing undue weight on something just because it is in the news right now.
- Q: OMG! This article doesn't have any criticisms/controversies at all! What are you? A bunch of Obama staffers/fans/sheeple/etc??
- A: If you have read the above and still feel that your criticism/controversy should be included or included with more detail, please start a new discussion on the talk page or join one that is currently in progress. Additionally, please try to assume good faith. This is a highly visible and highly visited article, it is highly unlikely that any undue bias (positive or negative) can remain on the article for long. Starting off your discussion by accusing the editors of this article of having a bias is the quickest way to get your comment ignored.