On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
We knew who he was by any reasonable standards,>>
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The {{fact}} tag is by definition a Wikipedia standard, and therefore is unsuitable for use when I'm pointing out that we knew who he was by non-Wikipedia standards.
I don't know why you would trust anyone who said "I'm so-and-so". Many times I've had people say this when it's not true.
Common sense. He was a relatively minor figure, making a statement about himself which was neither overly promotional nor overly damaging. Someone in that situation is far more likely to be real than fake.
And he was complaining about something which, by our own rules, doesn't require that the complaint comes from the subject anyway.