User:JerryM

Dear Jerry: I am writing to welcome you to SourceWatch! I wanted to thank you for your contributions to the Fox News and Glenn Beck articles. And, I wanted to ask you for your help making sure to add references/citations to your additions because SourceWatch's standards required references. Here is more information on citing sources: SourceWatch:References. Thank you!! Lisa Graves lisa AT prwatch.org

Suggestions
Hi Jerry,

I removed some of the text from the Discovery Institute you added yesterday on Intelligent design & creationism. Some of it was unreferenced and some did not coincide with the references I found and added.

I also removed the internal link to creationism, because I according to my references, DI refers more to the abstract view of creationism (not young earth creationism). The SW article appears to merge the two, which does not coincide with what I have been able to find on I.D. or creationism. (See also ID section).

You might want to glance at the Wiki articles on both, they are fairly extensive and well written.

It's good to be specific and not generalize too much, particularly in matters of religion (a touchy, emotional subject).

Lisa L. January 16, 2010

Additional note on creationism article and ID
Hi, Jerry: Thank you for jumping into SourceWatch and being so enthusiastic about adding knowledge. I have made some notes in some of those entries, either in the main article page or on the articles talk page, indicating where references are needed. SourceWatch has a policy of strict referencing in order to make it most useful to visitors. Here is the link to how to do that: SourceWatch:References.

On the new page called "creationism,"" I have saved that material for you in your talk page (the second tab above) but I have deleted that page, at least for now. The reason is that the article consisted primarily of opinion and as such was off topic for this specialized encyclopedia which focuses on the interest groups/front groups behind public policy debates. If your entry focused on the groups that were advancing these policies, their ads or strategies/tactics, and other information such as the other groups involved in this debate--as with the intelligent design article--it would be more applicable to SourceWatch's focus.

Thank you!! Lisa Graves