On 2/24/07, William Pietri <william(a)scissor.com> wrote:
I hesitate to bring up something that's apparently pretty contentious,
but let me ask one small question.
Rob Smith wrote:
The problem is *why *the Brandt bio was created
in the first
place. This
was *before* BLP, and strong evidence exists it
was created with
malicious
intent to defame Brandt, using a questionable
source. This evidence has
been reviewed, presumably at the Foundation level.
Do you feel the current article doesn't meet BLP and other standards?
Thanks,
William
Yes. The article was created primarily so nested criticism in another
article could be removed, using a source citation to allege Mr. Brandt was
associated with, or somehow aligned with an entirely unreputable
organization. In fact, that claim remains in the PIR article, although I
have thoroughly documented the source of the claim is ( a ) self
publishing, ( b ) violates WP:ATT Questionable and self published source.
a ) the slanders in PIR wiki entry are cited to a self published source,
Chip Berlet, *Right Woos Left: Populist Party, LaRouchian, and Other Neo-
Fascist Overtures to Progressives, and Why They Must Be Rejected*,
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Political Research Associates, December 16, 1991.
( b ) the genesis of *Right Woos Left* was Chip Berlet, *Right-wing
Conspiracists Make Inroads into Left*, The
*Guardian<http://www.publiceye.org/rightwoo/rwooz9.html>
*(NY), September 11, 1991 <http://www.publiceye.org/conspire/hulet.html>, p.
3.
( c ) the *Guardian* is the subject of Chap. 9, p.
125<http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58647856>of
*Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism
in
America<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazis%2C_Communists%2C_Klansmen%2C_…
*, John George and Laird Wilcox, Prometheus Books (Buffalo, New York), 1992,
ISBN 0-87975-680-2.
Brandt's bio was created *prior *to BLP, and a different standard was used
to determine notability. BLP was created largely out of the
Siegnethaler/Berlet/Brandt/Marsden controversies. Mr. Brandt was never
afforded the opportunity for fair input into his article, not knowing the
reason *why* it was created. All he knew was he work up one morning and had
been smeared.