On May 20, 2006, at 9:40 PM, Dan Rosenthal wrote:
With all apologizes for top-posting, and with no discussion or position to/on the merits of this debate (if any):
In my time spent in the middle east, I've met a large number of men with the nickname Abu Hamza. I'm no arabic naming expert, but from what I understand, Abu _________ is a common nickname scheme over there. I wouldn't be surprised to find multiple Abu Hamzas in the arabic wikipedia community. Coincidence in name is just that: coincidence, AFAICT
You might have a point there. But if you (a) call yourself Abu Hamza, (b) have an obsession with the idea that Harold Shipman was Jewish, (c) denounce Israel/Zionism, and (d) the notorious Abu Hamza in England *also* has the same Harold Shipman obsession and denounces Israel, I think enough of a pattern has been drawn.
"Benito" is not an uncommon Italian name, but if I called myself Benito and came to Wikipedia making biased edits in favor of fascism, you'd draw connections to other Benitos too.