Talk:Saint Dominguito del Val
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This article needs some serious POV help. The translated story is useful, but it clearly asserts a POV against the "wicked Jews". Also, is this the same saint as Saint Dominic? Perhaps Dominguito should only be a redirect, then. --cprompt
No, this saint's definitely not the same as St Dominic, who founded the Dominicans and died of fever as an adult in Bologna in Italy, not of ritual murder as a child in Saragossa in Spain. The story does assert a POV against the "wicked Jews", but that's the whole point of it: St Dominguito is an example of the blood libel. Jacquerie27
Thanks for clearing up St. Dominguito and St. Dominic. I think I'll try my hand at reorganizing the story. Clearly, it is an example of the blood libel like you said, but I think that some parts of it may appear to actually be asserting the POV. I will try to not change the story or facts in the process, but if you're watching this article, let me know if I've failed in that. --cprompt
I'd ask you not to change it for two reasons: first, it is asserting the POV, if you mean the POV of people who believe the blood libel: it's an example of how anti-Semitic stories are still found in mainstream Spanish-speaking Catholicism, despite the church's attempts to repudiate them. Second, it's a translation, so if you change it you will be falsifying what is in the original Spanish. I don't think the story should be on the original site and publicizing it here may help get it removed.Jacquerie27
Hmm, I'll cede to your judgement on this one. Still, changing the translation should be allowed. I'm not sure if we have rights to the original text (or for that matter, rights to translated text), but we shouldn't foster a culture of leaving text the way it is. I think you've made a good point though. The issue I had with the article was that it was asserting the POV, when it should just be presenting it objectively. I think the article is fine now, since the beliefs of the blood libel believers are properly attributed. --cprompt