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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Mann jess (talk | contribs) at 06:54, 21 December 2010 (Beck critics attacked Kipling piece when they thought it was Beck that wrote it: Reply). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Beck critics attacked Kipling piece when they thought it was Beck that wrote it

Why was "It was not immediately identified as the work of Kipling, leading some critics of Beck at the Huffington Post and elsewhere to attack the words and the rhymes themselves, being unaware of the source of these stanzas." removed from this article? Is that not pertinent, NPOV information? If HuffPo's mocking of Beck and the poem while under their assumption that he wrote the poem himself, thus making themselves look like idiots, is to be described in the article as "sparked a debate on several media outlets about the poem and its meaning," then surely the (factual, NPOV) sentence I highlighted is more than fair. In any case, it is definitely as relevant as HuffPo's attack in the first place. I am putting it back in place as I see no justification for its removal nor any attempt to justify its removal on this talk page. -- Glynth (talk) 09:59, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One problem is that it is unsourced. Secondly, as it is worded, it assumes to know the private thoughts of the commenters. For that information to be included, we need to source it and rephrase it. Can you put it in terms paraphrased from a reliable source? Jesstalk|edits 06:54, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]