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.
--
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch