The article was not promoted by GrahamColm 22:41, 16 January 2013 [1].
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I am nominating this for featured article because it has recently received a peer review and GA review, and - to my mind - fits the necessary criteria; I also think that it would make a very nice addition to the FA collection. Midnightblueowl ( talk) 20:08, 22 December 2012 (UTC) reply
TomHolland initially responded to his critics through the social website of Twitter, where he summed up the public response as "you win some, you lose some." Heproceeded topublished what he described as a "brief response" to his critics on the Channel 4 website, in which he stressed that the documentary was not created as a critique of Islam but as "a historical endeavour". ... Heproceeded toanswered some of his critics' points one by one. (So? preceding sentence says nothing, whole thing should be struck) Admitting that it was impossible to "articulate all the resonances and implications of every argument" in a 74 (missing hyphen here ) minute documentary, he directed those who wanted to learn more to his recently published bookon the subject. Holland's Twitter criticsalsocame under attack from fellow popular historian Dan Snow, who tweeted "Dear angry mad people on twitter, it is conceivable that you know more than @holland_tom & the world's leading scholars, but very unlikely".
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:22, 29 December 2012 (UTC) reply
One section: keep working. And are there no alternate views of the cancellation, balancing Jenny Taylor? Seems POVish to present only one voice in favor of the film. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:14, 29 December 2012 (UTC) replyAfter security fears were raised
,on 11 September 2012, Channel 4publicly announced the cancellation ofcancelled a planned screening of the film for "opinion formers" (what the heck are "opinion formers"?) at its London headquarters (who cares where it was? what is the relevance of the location?). Theynotedsaidthatthey were nevertheless "extremely proud" of the film and would continue to provide access to it on their website, 4oD. Their decision to cancel came under criticism fromDr(we don't do that, what is she, PhD or MD?) Jenny Taylor, the founder of Lapido Media, a consultancy specialising in religious literacy in world affairs. Invited to attend the event, Taylor described the documentary as a good historical study and its cancellation as the "appalling" result of protest whipped up by the media. She argued that in the western world, the discussion of history was a core value (how can "discussion" be a "core value"?) that had to be upheld, and that Islam should not be exempt from historical inquiry.
The article was not promoted by GrahamColm 22:41, 16 January 2013 [1].
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I am nominating this for featured article because it has recently received a peer review and GA review, and - to my mind - fits the necessary criteria; I also think that it would make a very nice addition to the FA collection. Midnightblueowl ( talk) 20:08, 22 December 2012 (UTC) reply
TomHolland initially responded to his critics through the social website of Twitter, where he summed up the public response as "you win some, you lose some." Heproceeded topublished what he described as a "brief response" to his critics on the Channel 4 website, in which he stressed that the documentary was not created as a critique of Islam but as "a historical endeavour". ... Heproceeded toanswered some of his critics' points one by one. (So? preceding sentence says nothing, whole thing should be struck) Admitting that it was impossible to "articulate all the resonances and implications of every argument" in a 74 (missing hyphen here ) minute documentary, he directed those who wanted to learn more to his recently published bookon the subject. Holland's Twitter criticsalsocame under attack from fellow popular historian Dan Snow, who tweeted "Dear angry mad people on twitter, it is conceivable that you know more than @holland_tom & the world's leading scholars, but very unlikely".
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:22, 29 December 2012 (UTC) reply
One section: keep working. And are there no alternate views of the cancellation, balancing Jenny Taylor? Seems POVish to present only one voice in favor of the film. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:14, 29 December 2012 (UTC) replyAfter security fears were raised
,on 11 September 2012, Channel 4publicly announced the cancellation ofcancelled a planned screening of the film for "opinion formers" (what the heck are "opinion formers"?) at its London headquarters (who cares where it was? what is the relevance of the location?). Theynotedsaidthatthey were nevertheless "extremely proud" of the film and would continue to provide access to it on their website, 4oD. Their decision to cancel came under criticism fromDr(we don't do that, what is she, PhD or MD?) Jenny Taylor, the founder of Lapido Media, a consultancy specialising in religious literacy in world affairs. Invited to attend the event, Taylor described the documentary as a good historical study and its cancellation as the "appalling" result of protest whipped up by the media. She argued that in the western world, the discussion of history was a core value (how can "discussion" be a "core value"?) that had to be upheld, and that Islam should not be exempt from historical inquiry.