Thank you all for your replies.
Yes, it may have been a mistake of me not to mention my efforts to
verify Bard's claim. But I have referred Jayjg to the text of the
document in question at UNISPAL. Plus, I have also mentioned that that
document (which Bard gets his 472,000 claim from) states that there
were "some three hundred thousand Arab refugees." In short, I have
tried very hard to explain why I think the way Jayjg wants the source
to be written is bad. I have written all this multiple times at the
talk page.
But I should have mentioned my e-mail conversation with Bard on the
talk page. The reason I hesitated to do so, is that I wanted to give
Bard enough time to answer. I didn't want to embarras myself by first
saying that Bard is a liar and then have to withdraw that if he shows
me his sources. After my 24 hour ban is up I will post it. Personally,
I very strongly doubt that he has ever looked at the documents he
purports to be citing from. A common technique when you write
something that has to fit a particular view is to use second hand
sources. Search for "472,000" and "UN Mediator" on Google and you
will
see what I mean. Hundreds of articles, forum messages and mailing-list
postings, all claiming to be citing the UN Mediator. But how many of
them have taken a look at the original documents?
Here are some more sites I've used trying to locate the missing source:
http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/
http://lib-unique.un.org/
As we offer no alternatives to you other than giving
up or breaking Wikipedia rules
yourself, the problem must be solved using our dispute resolution procudure. Your
request for comment is a good start, as is continued discussion with Jayjg. If those
actions do not result in agreement, you may try mediation. If mediation fails after
a good faith
I'm prepared to try mediation as the revert wars are not limited to
"Estimates of the Palestinain Refugee Fligt of 1948," are present on
other pages as well that I and Jayjg has edited. Or rather, that I
have edited and Jayjg reverted.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I will not support
anti-Semitism masquerading as "balance"
but I will welcome responsible insistance on our Neutral Point of View
I hope this comment about veiled anti-Semitism is not directed against
me. If it is, it is a very strong and offensive insult. Not to
mention, entierly baseless.
--
mvh Björn