Wikipedia Entry on Obama/Biden ‘Forward’ Slogan Scrubbed of References to ‘Leftwing Newspapers & Publications’
- Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:52pm by
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Writing on President Obama’s recently unveiled campaign slogan, one anonymous Wikipedia user contributed the following: “On April 30th, 2012 the Obama–Biden campaign announced the slogan ‘Forward.’”
“The name Forward has been frequently used as a name for influential leftwing newspapers and publications, denoting an urge for progress,” the entry added in a section titled “controversy.”
However, after the entry came under heavy criticism, the “controversy” section has been scrubbed:
The article as it appeared before the “controversy” section was removed. Click for larger image.
Furthermore, the original entry had three citations: an NPR article, “Microform review, Volume 10,” and “Body Cultures: Essays on Sport, Space, and Identity.” But since the writing of this article, both “Microform” and “Body Cultures” have been removed.
A number of online users have flagged the entry as junk and called for its deletion. Consequently, if you go to the “Forward” slogan entry, you’ll be greeted with this:
This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia’s deletion policy. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article’s entry on the Articles for deletion page. Feel free to edit the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed.
And per Wikipedia’s suggestion that users weigh in on the matter, several users have done just that. On the “Keep” side of things, one user writes:
KEEP all information related to FORWARD as it is current and a relevant discussion.; If you delete this slogan, then that would set the precedent to delete all campaign slogans of any type, and there are many Wiki entries. That’s censorship. Keep Wikipedia about fact and not political opinion.
Another user on the “Keep” side of the debate writes:
Other political and presidential slogans DO have pages of their own. Witness: It’s the economy, stupid, Stay the course, Read my lips: No new taxes, Morning in America and even Tippecanoe And Tyler Too, not to mention a host of other political slogans. The important part is: does the slogan rise to a measure of being of interest in and of itself, because of its impact or its controversial nature?
In this case, it does – there is sufficient press coverage and controversy. If nothing else, just witness this discussion as a measure of the controversial nature of the slogan.
However, on the “Delete” side, one user thinks:
Political silly season has no business on Wikipedia. Can be mentioned on 2012 U.S. presidential election, but any linking to socialist/communist causes would be original thought. Let’s let the readers make that jump and judge the accuracy of that link for themselves.
Another writes:
[N]o relevance, no connection, no citation to make genuine connections, just random connections of arbitrary words to create a link for another political campaign. John Kerry V George W Bush “Flip-flopping” primarily because most of the arguments for keeping state that obama is a socialist as a means at making him look bad means that it violates WP:NPOV and sadly it cannot be salvaged.
The debate is ongoing and the question as to whether the Wikipedia entry should be deleted is still up for discussion. However, seeing as how the part that alluded to “leftwing newspapers and publications” has already been removed, it seems like one side of the debate has won.
Wikipedia’s reasons for deletion. Click for larger image.
This article has been updated.
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Comments (63)
HYPNOTOAD
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:03pmI think a better slogan would be “Forwarned”. We have been warned people. Elect this monster at our own peril.
Report Post »TaraDodrill
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:35pmLOL, I agree. Pefectly honest slogan to describe what a second term for Obama would be like for America.
Report Post »http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-forward-slogan-points-america-wrong-direction-205300717.html
Hayabusa
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:44pmI was thinking the same exact thing last night.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 11:33pmhow about Foreskin? Foreshadow? Forewarned?
Report Post »Mike Benton
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 10:00amI think Romney should have this one word slogan: ENOUGH
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 11:57amI never use Wikipedia as a resource. The entries are often slanted, if not completely inaccurate.
I once signed up to be a contributor. There’s a huge section where contributors posted ideas for the site that were junked by the editors. The single most often suggested and rejected idea is “We should write articles that are intentionally incomplete or have minor inaccuracies in them. That way, when users read them, they’ll be motivated to add their own material to complete or correct the errors they find!”
Is that not circular logic at its finest? If so many contributors have suggested this, do you think they don’t do it just because the idea was rejected? Right.
There’re also plenty of proven situations where a contributor intentionally edited an entry to make a political or historical figure look bad by adding erroneous information to the entry. Wikipedia has also been rocked by at least one scandal involving a spy who posted hundreds of entries pushing a certain point of view.
Wikipedia is a digital garbage heap.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 10:20amI concur
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:58pmNot just a Commie saying, but the Wisconsin State Motto: “FORWARD” Reflecting Wisconsin’s continuous drive to be a national leader, the state adopted “Forward” as the official state motto in 1851. FORWARD is on the banner at the top of the State flag! I think BO did that on purpose as a DIG to Walker and the others being recalled!
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:56pmIn Wikipedia’s defense, and God knows they need one, they are trying to cite sources and keep the information informative rather than opinion. Thus the reason for possible deletion. Really about you can say about “Forward” is it is a campaign slogan for the Obama’s election of a second term. Anything else is unnecessary drivel.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 12:02pmRight, because we all know that political parties never choose their slogans based on ideology. Clearly, it would be intellectually dishonest to look at a candidate’s choice of words and his political philosophy, and then try to match them up with other philosophies and words used by other parties or candidates as a way of looking for a pattern.
Presenting that information to a user on the web would prevent him from being able to make his own informed opinion on the subject, and he certainly wouldn’t have convenient access to check out other potential sources to validate or invalidate the comparison.
I mean, we all know that whatever is published on a web page indelibly etches itself into the mind of the reader and instantly deletes all other material on other webpages that would refute it.
God forbid we should have dissent on the internet.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:25pmI only quote wiki to libs – nobody else is dumb enough to believe it a reliable source.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:54pmSomeone has a sign on I-40 sayng, – “A taxpayer voteing for Barack Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.”
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:18pmI never expect objective truth on Wikipedia. I wish I still had my real encyclopedias (a flood destroyed them)… :-(
Report Post »p51d007
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:03pmAnyone with 1/2 a brain doesn’t rely on Wikipedia for reliable information.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:54pmSO TRUE! It is manipulated and changed constantly! I am shocked by some of the “EDITS” I read under “view history.”
Report Post »doublee
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 11:55amCase in point is the Critical Race Theroy debacle, when the cnn reporter got her wires crossed with “her” definition the libs went in and changed wiki to make her look like she knew what she was talking about, what a farce.
Report Post »AndySchmandy
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:58amAll these people are bitching about Wikipedia like its a vast leftwing garbage bin. Its ridiculous. How bout you dont use it for anything important? Of course its going to be slanted or inaccurate at times. I personally use Wiki recreationally ONLY, and I think it is great. I would say its probably about 90% accurate.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:50pmAren’t we sooo surprised. This lib idiots are feeding the conservative change that is indeed, coming.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:50pmConservatives are too busy working to keep up with the liberal censorship on Wikipedia.
Believe me… I’ve fought this battle dozens of times. Just look at the Mike Malloy article. I QUOTED the man, and it was all deleted. And when you read the excuses for deletion, you’ll laugh. Look at the revision history.
Wikipedia is patrolled by liberal bullies. I honestly believe they are paid to be there… probably by Soros.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:50pmTry Googling Avanti, Vorwarts or Bpered–then, I suppose, Google Translator.
Report Post »RedManWalking
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:47pmForward to econmic destruction. Forward to bad times. forward to more dead babies. Forward to more racial conflicts. Forward to more crime. Forward to more poverty. Forward to more unemployment. Forward to more of the worst we can imagine. Forward to Communism. Forward to more Islamic influence. Forward to hollywood making the worst movies you can think of. Forward to stupidity.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 12:40amForward to Hell if you follow the left.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:38pmCome on Wikipecker I thought you were an open source for the truth? Guess not, the left can’t afford to let the truth ring out. Gee, thought you were different!
Report Post »Clmsadjman
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:27pmThey had to change the slogan that two syllable word Forward was too complicated for most the Democrat voting base to grasp. Hope and Change now Forward, forward into what bankruptcy, communism, total economic collapse? Let’s face is the shine on this turd is gone and no slogan is going to bring it back. it should be WTF We Tried!
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:24pmMore protection from corrupt media.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:31pmThey can attempt to push forward with all their might, come November they will crash & burn if not before then…..
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:23pmThe scrubbing of FORWARD did not take long, even with the hep of RT.com.
Report Post »It is the WH WWing that did not do its homework, no-one expects BHO to be paying attention.
RANGER1965
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:20pm“Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.”
Joeseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, Nazi Germany
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:33pm@Ranger….just think how stupid and uneducated his ‘advisors’ are to even consider using ‘Forward’ as a slogan…either stupid or evil and calculated…sadly, I do believe it is the latter reason…which is truly twisted.
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:39pm@MARK0331
It’s pure arrogance Mark. They just don’t care. It is a symptom of being so…“Enlightened” and a complicit media.
RANGER
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:45pmOr maybe they knew exactly what they were doing and toying with us like a cat and a mouse. It would not be the first time.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:47pmHere is a little ‘intel’ you may like as well…after Barrys speech last night, the one in which he clearly stated he wanted to work with the Taliban…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Taliban struck back less than two hours after President Barack Obama left Afghanistan on Wednesday, targeting a foreigners’ housing compound with a suicide car bomb and militants disguised as women in an assault that killed at least seven people.
It was the second major assault in Kabul in less than three weeks and highlighted the Taliban‘s continued ability to strike in the heavily guarded capital even when security had been tightened for Obama’s visit and Wednesday’s anniversary of the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in neighboring Pakistan.
Arrogant and naive…the only words to describe this ‘Man’ and his cohorts.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:18pmWe need to scrub our whole lives of this ungodly mess as though it never happened. What a nightmare.
Report Post »contkmi
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:17pmAnyone who gets their info from WP deserves any smackdown they get. Are there people that actually think WP is factual and/or accurate? And why is it they think that?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:17pmjust another of a long list of companies who have chosen to cave in to the intimidation tactics of the radical left, what is amazing is the truth is the truth,obama does have socialist tendencies,he even has communist friends in high places in the government,so if the socialist / communist picture is a true one,then why hide it,any company that caves to the pressure of this administration or left wing commie tactics, should just continue to please the furrier,because once you give in,it is all over,your company depends on the people,not the government,but when you choice to be bullied by the government or left,you have chosen to tell the people any lie in which the government tells to to say, and you deserve the consequences you or your company gets.
Report Post »SingerGuy
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:10pmI don’t trust anything I read on Wikipedia regarding politics or religion. People with an agenda use it to push their version of the truth. It is _not_ an unbiased collection of facts and can not be trusted to show all sides of an issue.
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:26pmKinda like snopes.com….full of malarkey
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:09pmThis crap is NOT normal, what is wrong with people has the majority of Americans lost their minds?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:25pmyep,a lot of Americans have lost there minds,they continue to drink the communist flavored kool aid, and eat the rainbow stew,by the time they realize they have been fed poison,it will be to late not just for them but this great country.what i don’t understand is,they see Europe and the way the people over there live but yet these people believe that socialism and communism is a lot better way to live,little do they understand is that “” the people work for the good of the state { government }”" not for the better of their own life.what a shame,we must stop the craziness before we all are lined up and forced to work in rock pits and hog slop pens.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:08pmThe links these obama worshippers will go to in order to protect this marxist pos amazes me still….
Report Post »WeaponizedGreyMatter
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 3:17pmLengths, not links. Proper grammar in criticism adds weight to your opinion.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:06pmFORWARD Comrades… regardless of the Costs nor Casualties! Old Stalinism!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:06pmMany Communist and radical publications and entities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries had the name “Forward!” or its foreign cognates. Wikipedia has an entire section called “Forward (generic name of socialist publications).”
“The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications,” the online encyclopedia explains.
The slogan “Forward!” reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism.
The Obama campaign released its new campaign slogan Monday in a 7-minute video. The title card has simply the word “Forward” with the “O” having the familiar Obama logo from 2008. It will be played at rallies this weekend that mark the Obama re-election campaign’s official beginning.
…Worth posting twice….so We, The People can know and never forget…
Report Post »dgremark12
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:05pmI guess they don’t want you to know the truth!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:39pm‘And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’…1984
Report Post »grimmy
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:01pmWikipedia is just a forum for left wing idiots. 90 % or or more, of the information in the “articles” written there are flat out lies,especially anything to do with American history…
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:18pmIt’s the most convenient place for Mochelle to rewrite our history.
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