Wiki is only as good as the people who know about the article and who decide to contribute to writing and editing it -- so fair enough.
However, my post referred to the resources at the end of the wiki article, not the article itself.
Second, I was only speaking of the local fellas. I cannot possibly know about all the various groups.
Lastly, thanks for the links. Interesting albeit a bit old.
Nature of newspaper and magazine articles -- the stories are usually only written when the topic is "hot."
I just think the whole thing is really sad.
When the authorities took the kids into custody, there was evidence of child abuse, including old injuries. I don't care how well "mannered" a person is when they hurt children. I listened to some of the testimony from the last trial. It was disturbing.
Anyway, if I want to check up on what Wiki, Rick Ross and AD's own Sally Lou says, they each offered sources that I can refer to and follow up with. Ross and Sally Lou even offer original sources, e.g. I could probably find a way to get access to the trial's transcripts.
Not to put you on the spot, but frankly you haven't done the same. We can't always rely on our impressions or on a very small sample (the two or so families you spoke to personally) to get the actual facts It's the least reliable form of evidence.
As a society we make decisions through laws, etc on how we can treat each other including where family discipline ends and child abuse start. We can't do this fairly unless we have good quality of information to work with.
So for example, if I am trying to decide whether to invite a new family to the neighborhood barbecue -- its OK for me to go by my impressions of them that I got the other day at the grocery store. If I'm on a jury trying to decide if they are guilty of a crime, or if I'm a lawmaker trying to decide if I should vote to revise family laws and allow for polygamy -- I need a lot more information and evidence before I cast my vote.
I occasionally go off on a mini-rant about the importance of citations, sources, etc. as its one of the issues I care strongly about. /end mini-rant