User talk:Ravensfire

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Controversies in Science/Water fluoridation
Regarding your edit at Controversies in Science/Water fluoridation, keep in mind that the content on Wikiversity is frequently the result of a class project, and the posted effort is their assignment. Since this content was posted two years ago, there's no real concern regarding whether or not the student still needs that content for their project, but from a teaching and learning point of view, it would be helpful for you to not just remove the content you deleted, but to also explain on the talk page why you deleted it and why you believe it is not a valid resource supporting the article's position.

Also, please keep in mind that Wikiversity tries to focus much more on the learning than the content. You will find things here that are from a 'minority' viewpoint. We don't require a neutral point of view (NPOV), only a willingness to accept that there are alternate points of view, and a willingness to split or 'fork' projects into multiple subpages if participants decide that more than one page is necessary to express both perspectives. Rather than deleting content you disagree with, it is more educational to add other perspectives to what is already there, to help readers learn for themselves how to judge the validity of a source.

Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 01:56, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I mainly deleted that information because it was pulled from Infowars which was just reposting a press-release from a fringe group is not research. And yes, insanely POV phrasing (statement said "proven" when even the press-release only said "maybe").  Before I removed it, I read WV:RS just to confirm that at least some measure of RS was desired.  I understand that this project is a great deal more flexible that WP, but those statements were anything but research.  Note that I left everything else untouched as they had much, much better sourcing (actual research!).  Ravensfire (discuss • contribs) 21:43, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I understand. That's why I didn't revert.  I just want to be sure you also appreciate the benefit of educating users as to what are bad sources, rather than simply eliminating the bad sources.  We want to focus on the learning here, not just the content.  Thanks!  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:40, 24 February 2014 (UTC)