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Facts.org.cn

This website is cited three times in this article: once for direct Chinese government propaganda , one for a Reuters article and once in the external links section. I believe the first should be purged because the source is unreliable and a hate/propaganda site; I believe the second should refer simply to the Reuters articles without linking to facts.org.cn's version, which by hosting it is probably perpetrating copyright infringement; and I believe the link should be removed from the EL section according to item 2 of WP:ELNO ("Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research, except to a limited extent in articles about the viewpoints that the site is presenting") and the copyright abuse issue mentioned above. If there are no objections I will do this soon. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 20:14, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I notice this page has an external link to this website. This website claimed itself on its homepage as a civilian anti FG website. However, one government document Main points to prevent cult showed this Facts.org.cn was created and run by 6-10_Office in the name of civilian organization. The document mentioned all governments at province, municipality and county level had listed submission to fact.org.cn as an evaluation objective for Leading cadres. Also one branch of CCP's Politics and Law Committee Awarding policy regarding propaganda work had a policy that urged staff to submit articles for this website and claimed each article with 500 words and more) would be awarded 500 RMB and each article with less words would be awarded 400 RMB. It seems that 6-10 office used such a fake web not only for attacking FG and but also generating high incomes for themselves from tax payers. I suggest the external link to such fake web should not be included in this page. Marvin 2009 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:16, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Inappropriate balance

I think this article have an inappropriate balance because contains few announcement of then Chinese Government but opinions from Falun Gong are widely used in this article, this reaches an inappropriate balance and I think if this problem are not fixed, this article shouldn't be marked as "Featured Article".--A20120312 (talk) 22:24, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

The above editor nominated this article for FAR minutes after making this comment. This is not enough time to allow for discussion and article improvements, and such time is required per step one of the FAR process. Due to this, the review is currently on hold, pending discussion and/or improvement. If such is not forthcoming, the review may be reinitiated after at least a week. Dana boomer (talk) 23:44, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

This issue of 'what is the appropriate degree of balance' has been addressed endlessly on the talk page. If you wish to pick up the discussion again---and by all means, you may---please do so with reference to previous discussion. The best answer to the question of the appropriate degree of balance was given here: . The diff contains the full text of the section from David Ownby's book dedicated to retelling this story. Ownby is arguably the leading scholar on this, and his treatment serves as the best guide we have to what is due weight. The article currently follows his narrative quite closely in terms of structure, weight, and balance (though ours is more detailed). If you would like to respond to that in specific, please go ahead. But rather than broad claims, discussion is most helpful when focused around specific facts, statements, views, or sources that are missing. May I suggest that if this discussion is to continue, it focus on center on specific problems identified, or specific suggestions for improvement. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 01:18, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Due to the lack of response by the FAR nominator, I have deleted the FAR page. If any editors still feel the article is not up to FA specs, they need to discuss the issues here, first. Dana boomer (talk) 13:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

The death cause of Liu Siying

As mentioned in the page "Twelve million children submitted writings disapproving of the practice" , I learned this is related to Liu Siying's death. Though the state media said she died of heart condition (it is suspicious), in Children textbook her death was blamed on self-immolation. I think the death cause of liu Siying should be one of the important topics in this page. Since it was almost not touched, I added the following content in the Falun Gong's Response section. Today I found it was deleted due to "primary source FLG material". The section title is Falun Gong Response, I feel FLG source should be acceptable. Is it right? The content I added was too long. Can anyone help summarize it? Thanks in advance.

"World Organization for the Investigation Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) exhibited the testimony of a doctor from Jishuitan Hospital where Liu Siying stayed before she died. The doctor claimed that Liu Siying's death is very suspicious and said, "Liu Siying's burn treatment was about completed, and her body had basically recovered to its normal state. She had already decided to leave the hospital. In light of these circumstances her death appears very suspicious." The doctor disclosed, on March 16, the day before she died, that the hospital did a comprehensive check up on Liu and found her condition to be completely normal. The hospital doctor also confirmed that on that morning of the day when Liu Siying died "Jishuitan Hospital staff and the Beijing Medical Administration Department's director even conversed with her, and at that time, Liu Siying's health was still normal". "WOIPFG points to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a suspect of single handedly directing the "Tiananmen Square Self-immolation" and murdering potential informers". World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

Falun Gong Minghui website reported that Liu Siying was denied for family visitation and died Mysteriously. It said "the authorities did not allow any reporters other than those from Xinhua News Agency to interview 12-year-old Siying, nor did they allow any of her family members to visit. They even threatened her grandmother, to such an extent that the elderly woman was terrified to be interviewed by any reporters. During the period of time right before she died, including Friday, March 16, 2001, one day before her death, Liu Siying’s electrocardiogram (EKG) and other tests all showed normal results. Then, on Saturday, March 17, 2001, between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., doctors suddenly discovered that Liu Siying was in critical condition. She died shortly afterwards. In addition, on the morning of March 17, 2001, between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m., the head of the Jishuitan Hospital and the head of the Beijing City Medical Administration Division paid a visit to Liu Siying at her hospital room and talked to her for quite a long time. At that time, Liu Siying was still quite animated and active. The autopsy of Liu Siying took place at the Jishuitan Hospital, but the autopsy report was issued by the Emergency Center. In addition, the autopsy report didn’t disclose any discussion of the case. It only made a general statement that her death was likely due to problems with her myocardium." Before Liu Siying's death, the state media never mentioned Liu Siying had any heart conditions. Falun Gong practitioners analyzed that "among the people accused of self-immolation, Liu Siying is the person who was most likely to divulge the secrets because she was so young that the threats would not have been as effective as they would be used on the adults. The adults could be sentenced to jail or isolated from the outside world, at least temporarily. But Liu Siying was under the legal age of being detained. Therefore, to detain her publicly would have an extremely negative impact, but releasing her would leave them vulnerable that she might speak-out, and let the truth be known. The only way to guarantee her silence and avoid divulging any secrets to the public was to kill her." "54 Facts That Reveal How the "Self-Immolation" on Tiananmen Square Was Actually Staged for Propaganda Purposes - Part 2". Falun Dafa Minghui.org. Retrieved 13 October 2012." Marvin 2009 (talk) 03:20, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

It's fine to have some primary sources used appropriately to describe FLG's response, but this is not just FLG's response. This is presenting new evidence, and passing it off as facts, without stating where that information came from. I guess that's probably why it was removed (that and it's really long). Just to give one example, how does Falun Dafa Minghui know that the head of the Jishuitan Hospital visited Siying just before her death? We can't give this angle more emphasis than what good, independent sources give it, but if you think it isn't given enough weight and need help figuring out what to write, maybe I could look into it.TheBlueCanoe (talk) 04:06, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your reply. It seems that Minghui got the information from WOIPFG's Jishuitan Hospital Medical Personnel Investigative Report. WOIPEF mentioned that this report was kept confidential for the purpose of protecting witness, but WOIPFG is willing to provide it to international criminal courts) . There were so many different issues involved in this case, so maybe other independent organization simply did not notice Li Siying's death cause report from WOIPFG. If you can help make a simple summary, that will be great. Marvin 2009 (talk) 11:15, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately I did not have the time to closely examine this and pick out the key parts. How about this, Marvin2009: summarize the key point you would like to get across in the above, in about three sentences. That will save us some time, then we can add it to the article. It was far too long as it stood, especially introducing these important factual claims as a primary source. Please summarize the most important point in a few sentences, and if there are no objections we can include. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 01:52, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice. I would like to sum it up as below. Please feel free to modify. Thank you.

The cause of the death of Liu Siying was highly suspicious. WOIPFG exhibited the following testimony from one of medical staff who treated her in Jishuitan Hospital: during the period of time right before she died, including March 16 one day before her death, Liu Siying’s electrocardiogram (EKG) and other tests all showed normal results; On March 17 between 8 am to 9 am when the head of the Jishuitan Hospital and the head of the Beijing City Medical Administration Division paid a visit to Liu Siying at her hospital room and talked to her for quite a long time, Liu Siying was still quite animated and active; On March 17 between 11am to 12pm, doctors suddenly discovered that Liu Siying was in critical condition and She died shortly afterwards. Marvin 2009 (talk) 21:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

There's a sentence in there that says "The documentary also addresses the medical treatment and ultimate death of Liu’s 12-year-old daughter." Just build on that. Something like "The documentary also says that Liu's 12-year-old daughter died under unusual circumstances in hospital, noting that she was recovering well before dying suddenly on March 17th. Some Falun Gong sources argue that she may have been killed by the government as a way of guaranteeing her silence." Is that good? And would the government have any response to that allegation that should be noted? TheBlueCanoe 01:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to The BlueCanoe. I cannot find any response from CCP media to such an allegation from WOIPFG. However, some inconsistency could be found between CCP media's March 3rd news (2 weeks before she died)Jishuitan Hospital's 39 days Rescuing and CCP media's March 18th news (the 2nd day after Liu died )Liu Siying's Sudden Death. In March 3rd news, a reporter from Health Newspaper wrote: Liu Siying was relatively stable after over one month treatment and there was no serious Complication. No mentioning any heart conditions. In March 19th news (2 days after she died), the head of Jishuitan Hospital said: Liu Siying in the past had a Myocarditis history and had never been healed. After she was sent to the hospital on January 23, the burn was cured through medical staff's great effort, but Liu Siying's heart function had been out of the way all the time and her heart rate had been at about 140-170 times per minute. In response to these two news, one mainland medical doctor argued (on April 5 2001's Minghui news Liu Siying really died due to Cardiogenic sudden death?) the the hospital head's words 'Liu Siying's heart function had been out of the way all the time and her heart rate had been at about 140-170 times per minute for over one month' showed Liu Siying experienced serious Complication, which could lead to death anytime, because ... If so , how could the mainland media said on March 3rd there was no serious Complication happened to Liu Siying. The doctor also questioned why the hospital and any mainland media never mentioned Liu's Myocarditis history (and it was never healed) before her death when many Chinese had been very concerned about Liu Siying's health. The doctor deduced that the answer was simple, the 'stage' was temporarily built for covering up Liu's real death cause. Marvin 2009 (talk) 12:36, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Featured article review

Today, an editor created a FAR for this article. Because there was no previous talk page discussion, as is required, the review has been placed on hold. Below I am copying the nominator's rationale. Please discuss. Dana boomer (talk) 21:43, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Start copy: I am nominating this featured article for review because it doesn't seem to have a neutral viewpoint, and there is a significant change between original FA and current article. When I read this article, I feel it always tries to tell me the "truth", and leads me to the conclusion that the incident was staged by someone. In recent time it's current version was translated into Chinese Misplaced Pages, and frankly I am disappointed in it's neutrality. I do not think this article fits all of the featured article criteria to be identified as one of the BEST article in English Misplaced Pages. I earnestly request reconsidering the quility of this article. Thanks. InstantNull (talk) 21:29, 4 March 2013 (UTC) End copy

I appreciate your assist. I noticed some concerns have been posted on talk page and if it is inappropriate I accept it.--InstantNull (talk) 21:55, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

There has been no discussion that resulted in the need for a FAR. Basically, the talk page step is there to make people try to talk things out on the talk page first. As this article has editors interested in maintaining its quality, you are quite likely to get a response from one or more of them here. It is best, if possible, to work these types of things out on the talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 00:58, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

A lot of the reliable source coverage of the incident deals mainly with the matter of whether or not the event was staged. Since that's the question that has animated the debate about the self-immolation, it would be problematic if the article didn't present that evidence and counter-evidence.

The role of Misplaced Pages is to describe the debate in a neutral and complete way, and not to take a side or pass judgement. So the language used has to be dispassionate and factual, and shouldn't appear to be endorsing one view or another. I don't think this article has any major problems in that sense, but if you do, maybe you could explain how, and then we could try to figure out how to make improvements. TheBlueCanoe 01:40, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

That is what I am talking about, describing the debate neutrally instead of the fact asserted by any side. But it seems to be an unfair debate since the very begining, the selection of sources results in the bias on expression. And some primary source is overused to prove arguement. Besides, some content is still unclear without source such as "public sympathy". Limited to my English proficiency, it is better to be reviewed by peer editors, and that is also my main purpose.--InstantNull (talk) 08:44, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

InstantNull, it has been reviewed by peer editors, who found it to meet the featured article criteria. The burden rests upon the person nominating an article for FAR to articulate the problems that they feel prevent the article from being of featured status, with examples. So, what sources do you contend have been left out, or mis-used? What information do you contend is missing sources? With regard to the use of the phrase "public sympathy", I see it used twice, once in the lead and once, with a reliable reference, in the Media campaign section. Why do you feel it is unclear or unsourced? You need to give details and examples on what you feel is wrong if you want editors to work with you to improve the article. Vague statements of unfair treatment of one side or another, biased source selection and primary source over/misuse will get you nowhere without specifics. Dana boomer (talk) 01:28, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it had been reviewed, which was almost four years ago, and now more than 500 time edits were made. You can see how different it is with the cur version.

• The FLG's denial that the self-immolators were practitioners was left out in leading paragraph, while at first it denied the incident had nothing to do with its practitioners. Instead, it emphasizes that belief self-immolation would lead them to paradise is not supported by Falun Gong’s teachings.
• In Washington Post's report by Philip Pan, the original text "no one suspected that Liu, 36, might have joined the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong." was distorted into "no one ever saw practice Falun Gong." which was "included" by FLG's editor.
• Regarding to "public sympathy", I still cannot find the phrase in any sources may related, could you please point out which reliable one it is? The only article I find containing the word "sympathy" so far is in TIME's article.
• In Chinese state media reports section, a "guest comment" titled "Beijing is Burning" dated on February 13, 2001. However, at the end of this comment, it says "Are the 2008 Olympics worth all that?" The strange thing is, we had to wait 5 months later to witness Beijing was elected as the host city of 2008 Olympics. I doubt the authenticity of this source, is a featured article worth all that?
• In The death of Liu Siying section, "one mainland medical doctor argued on Minghui website...", who he/she is, does s/he have a medical qualification, why do not interview a more convincing medical expert? I do not think it is reliable.
• Why a medical official's visit is related to Liu's death? The implying heavly relies on WOIPFG's source, an organization founded by FLG, which both of them are primary sources.

Above, you can find more problems if you want.--InstantNull (talk) 23:17, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

The changes the article has been through since the FA review in 2009 have been rigorously discussed and debated, with the exception of a couple more recent changes that maybe didn't receive the same amount of scrutiny. The net result of edits over the last few years has been very positive—for example, the article that passed for FA in 2009 omitted several major aspects of the story, and there were instances of original and inaccurate synthesis, etc. So the fact that it changed is not itself a problem, as long as those changes are based on sound rationale.

To your points:

• I don't understand your first concern. Clearly there is a change between the current lede and the one in 2009, but those changes were all discussed, and there were reasons behind the choices that were made. The fact is, contrary to the Chinese government's assertions, falungong's teachings do not include a doctrinal support for self-immolation. That's pretty important, so it makes sense that it should be in the lede, in my view.
• Philip Pan's article does include the phrase "no one ever saw her practice Falun Gong", so I don't think it's fair to say this is a 'distortion.' In this case, a decision was made that the current quote more effectively encompasses the most important finding of Pan's investigation.
• The decline in public sympathy for falungong following the self-immolation is a trend that received broad coverage in academic and journalistic works. The specific term "public sympathy" doesn't necessarily appear in all that coverage. It's a paraphrase, a concise way of summarising what happened. By example, the Washington Post noted that the party-state sanctioned systematic violence against falungong, and that its campaign was aided by the "turn in public opinion against Falun Gong" following the self-immolation. A Reuters article gave a lengthy exposition on how the self-immolation marked the turning point in the state's propaganda campaign, and enabled the government to establish a "popular consensus" around the necessity of the anti-falungong campaign (again I'm paraphrasing). David Ownby wrote that "Up until the self-immolation incident, many Chinese within China seem to have reserved judgment on Falun Gong, and outside of China, diligent Falun Gong practitioners had managed to wrestle the Chinese state to a standstill, having succeeded in keeping at least part of their message in the public eye. After the self-immolation incident, however, Chinese within China increasingly came to see Falun Gong as dangerous and untrustworthy, and media outside of China slowly began to disengage as well." Do you see why paraphrasing is a good choice in the lede? Do you think there is a better way to summarise this idea?
• I don't understand your complaint about the "Beijing is Burning" piece by Ann Noonan. The reason this article is referenced is to support the information about possible charges against foreign journalists, and there's another reliable source supporting the same thing. Secondly, Beijing was vying for the Olympics at the time, and lots of western commentators were weighing in on its bid in light of human rights concerns. There's nothing strange here. But if you think the source itself is unreliable, you could consider bringing it to the reliable source noticeboard.
• Your final two concerns deserve closer examination. This material was added relatively recently and I don't think it was scrutinized too much. But it does appear to be too heavily reliant on primary sources. —Zujine|talk 13:32, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

For now, I just removed the section about Liu Siying's death because none of the sources used seemed very solid. It might be a bit heavy-handed, but the section as a whole was pretty flimsy. A better version if possible using better sourcing.TheBlueCanoe 13:50, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

• In chronological order, Falungong first denied self-immolators were practitioners, that is important. Falungong's teachings do not support suicide, which is their own explanation arose after the incident happened. on this page only, it records dozens of suicide incidents, all with sources, many of them happened before the famous self-immolation incident.
• Also in TIME's article, "it's impossible to tell how many people still practice secretly", shows it was quite normal if no one ever saw someone practicing falungong. "no one suspected Liu may have joined Falun Gong" do not mean these people can be as witnesses to prove she has nothing to do with falungong like an evidence.
• The public opinion could be positive or negative, the reserved judgment could be from favourable impression to disgusted, why it has to be necessarily public sympathy. I do not think it is a good choice, actually it makes the article unneutral.
• I doubt the neutrality of the book written by Danny Schechter, Falun Gong's Challenge to China. it is sorted in the third-party research, but it can be obviously see that there are ralation between the author and falungong, the author's new book was published by falungong's publisher, he was invited by falungong to introduce his book.

--InstantNull (talk) 20:37, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

• “on this page only, it records dozens of suicide incidents, all with sources, many of them happened before the famous self-immolation incident.” — you linked to a website affiliated with the Chinese government’s 610 office, whose mission is to propagandise against and suppress Falungong. It’s been agreed in previous RS/N discussions that that website is not a reliable source on Falungong.

To my understanding, no independent or reliable sources have ever corroborated the Chinese government’s claims about Falungong suicides. So we can’t assert those allegations as facts. That being said, there are reliable sources that describe the role of the suicide claims in the context of the Chinese government’s propaganda campaign against falungong. So if you think this is important background, we might include a paragraph somewhere. Of course it would need to be presented in the way that reliable sources frame it. If you want, I can collect some sources to show you how this has been discussed in reliable sources.

• You’re sort of arguing against the sources here. Here’s the deal: the Chinese government claimed Liu was an avid and obsessed Falungong practitioner. But when that claim was investigated by the Washington Post, neighbours described a woman who had no known affiliation with Falungong, and whose lifestyle was highly inconsistent with the profile of a Falungong practitioner. These are the conclusions as described by experts like David Ownby. Ownby also allows that it is possible Liu and the others were “new or unschooled” Falungong practitioners, which is something already described in the article. I am not sure what change you're suggesting here, or on what basis. Everything is cited to quality sources.

• I don’t really understand your third point. What are you proposing?

• Danny Schechter is a respected journalist and media critic. His book “Falun Gong's Challenge to China” was one of the first major studies of the Chinese government’s treatment of Falun Gong, and a lot of the book was commentary on the surrounding media coverage—an area where he’s an established expert. His book is also frequently cited in more serious academic texts as being a valuable resource. Schechter clearly does not like the Chinese government and he certainly seems sympathetic to Falungong, but there are other third party sources who may be biased in the other direction, and we include their views in this article as well. Finally, Schechter’s book was published by Akashic Books, which does not appear to be a “falungong publisher.” Is there is a something specific where you don’t think Schechter is reliable? Or is it just that you don’t think he’s a third party? He is quite clearly a third party. —Zujine|talk 06:50, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

If government’s propaganda against falungong is not reliable, according to what you said, those falungong media affiliated directly with falungong, whose mission is to propagandise for and advertise Falungong, are unreliable either. I appreciate if you can collect more reliable source, but I think it may be difficult because what you can find are basically either from falungong or from anti-falungong website, I have been tired of this.

My third point argues about your point made earlier, hope I stated it clearly. The last, bout Danny Schechter, I am not sure if he is respected in English world, but it is clearly he may not meet Misplaced Pages's notability guideline. I am talking about his Chinses version of his book, and the picture shows the scene about his book launch. Is a third party supposed to get pay from an object, even the one he is sympathetic to?--InstantNull (talk) 05:13, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

The notability guideline relates to articles, not to the sources used in articles. Danny Schechter wrote a popular book on Falun Gong, so he's a very relevant source for this article. Also, if Danny Schechter speaks at an event organized or promoted by Falun Gong practitioners, that does not mean he is getting paid by Falun Gong. On the issue of Chinese government sources and Falun Gong sources, both are primary. As much as possible the article should use secondary sources to describe the debate, though there are some appropriate use cases for primary sources. Cases where the Chinese government is making exceptional claims about Falun Gong are not comparable to when Falun Gong sources make verifiable statements about their own beliefs, though, for example.TheBlueCanoe 12:36, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

I'd argue the Chinese government's propaganda is not reliable, according to several reliable sources - from Amnesty and HRW to any scholarly source on Chinese propaganda. Actually, for a rather minor example ,"China's state-owned media calls Nobel committee an 'evil cult' while state security abducts rights campaigners from the street and cuts their communications," says the Guardian.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/10/china-still-furious-over-nobel If the regime's state media were a reliable source, the article on Nobel Peace Prize would be a rather strange kind of an encyclopedia article. 101.63.222.42 (talk) 16:52, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

I'll be trying to rest the article more on western media sources, and in context of the documented fact of propaganda from the CCP, using the propaganda from the regime to a lesser extent in this article. Definitely not presenting any of them as facts. Wiki Chymyst 17:15, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Revert

I reverted the latest edit by an IP, who is presumably the same person as "Wykymyst." I have not had time to look through the other edits. I don't know how many of them are useful and how many are along the lines of the one I just undid: not very helpful and don't read well. When I get a moment I will go through the rest of them and make more changes as I consider due, and then make some notes on this page explaining my thinking. The reciprocal will be appreciated by this new editor. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 18:19, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

I have reverted the revert of this edit. No explanation as to why. You need to justify the original huge raft of changes. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 06:18, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

It seems you didn't go back far enough to effectively undo this huge raft of changes. I just restored the lede and background sections to be much closer to what they were under the previous version, adding a few bits here and there of research that I read recently and was reminded of. There were other places in the article where I found that someone had inserted repetitious points of evidence pointing to a hoax in various places where it didn't belong, and other instances of sub-par writing, so I tried to clean it up where I could. Every time I read this article I feel that there's a lot we could do to tighten it up, though I recognise that would be a difficult and potentially controversial thing to do.—Zujine|talk 05:18, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Looks like it happened again. I'm reverting this, and here's why:

• The government didn't initially claim that this was a protest against mistreatment.
• It's repetitive, with the Falun Gong perspective repeated twice in the same short paragraph
• There's extraneous information that should be buried much deeper in the article, instead of in the establishing paragraph
• Overall it detracts from the clarity and objectivity of the introduction.TheBlueCanoe 14:33, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I am the Wykymyst editor who had done the changes. And my rationale was going by the best of sources available - Peter Pan, Ian Johnson, to documentaries done by respectable folks - ALL OF WHICH say the same thing. IT WAS STAGED. And a bit of human sense - I mean how much more obvious could it be. But then human sense has no place in an encyclopedia you can argue. And my edit and each sentence were supported by multiple source. Do not let other users set up an inital bias in your brain, which then will lead you to echo things from their biased viewpoint. Wiki Chymyst 12:10, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

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