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tumnus
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 Posted - 2006 June 16 : 16:19:37
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On May 25, 2006, zenohockey requested semi-protection of the Wikipedia article on St. John's, and on May 26, Szvest approved this request. On June 13, the protection was removed on the hope that it would no longer be necessary. Zenohockey's request, Szvest's response, and the two paragraphs in question are reprinted below.
Semi-protection: Two (relevant and sourced) paragraphs on the school's political climate have been continuously removed by anons, despite requests in edit summaries that they go to Talk if they have a problem with it. This has been going on for nearly a month. --zenohockey 19:33, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Done. -- Szvest 20:11, 26 May 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up™
St. John's has a reputation for being politically liberal — in the past it has made several of the liberal lists on the Princeton Review. However, that reputation may not be completely accurate (even in the case of the Santa Fe campus which is often regarded as more liberal than Annapolis) — while the campus is left-leaning politically, one commentator in the Princeton Review warns: "This isn't really a good place for wandering hippie types who subscribe to a pluralist philosophy of absolute tolerance." In particular, the college's ethos does not support students who disagree with the fundamental principles of the Great Books program.
The college also has links to conservative political figures. The wife of Republican Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld served on the college's Board of Visitors and Governors, and through this connection a past college president, John Agresto, was selected to oversee the rebuilding of the higher-education system in Iraq.
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sjcodysseus
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Posted - 2006 July 21 : 18:22:22
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tumnus
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Posted - 2006 July 23 : 19:11:27
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| I commented on the deletion of this passage from Wikipedia because while it is easy to understand why someone would delete a passage uncomplimentary to the college, it is difficult to understand why someone would repeatedly delete a passage without explanation that is not obviously critical of the college. I hope to give people the opportunity either to give reasons why it should be deleted or offer possible explanations for why someone would want to suppress information about the college’s right-wing connections. Some people have suggested that certain tutors and administrators have a right-wing agenda for the college and that these college officials fear that their ideas would be rejected if openly aired. Perhaps the deletion of this short passage from Wikipedia represents an effort to hide this agenda. |
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