Talk:Douglas Layton

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Hi Kudpung

Re your comments

1) I have eliminated any links to networking sites and apparent disallowed sources per your request such as “bare citations”. Any major claims not substantiated by independent citation have been removed. Most textual links are to internal wiki sites that do not contain significant issues. All multiple citations for the same link have been removed.


2) Re the issue of WP:bio which states that “For Wikipedia:Notability (people), the person who is the topic of a biographical article should be "worthy of notice" – that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded”

The subject of this page meets all of those criteria. The page is the only one to my knowledge dedicated to Mr. Layton and is not as you have suggested part of a “Link Farm” - if I understand your meaning. Mr. Layton has consistently avoided publicity over the years and others have written about him in sometimes inaccurate and occasionally in a libelous manner – particularly in the Middle East. He is known to virtually tens of thousands of people worldwide for many different things he has done by people who find his life of “interest” and “significance” for one reason or another. This PAGE is merely a statement for the record of who he is and what he has done. Assertion of notability…


A) He is a published author of books recognized by other prominent authors who themselves have wiki pages or who have been NY Times best sellers (see “published works). His books have been recognized by a US Senator and Lt. Governor as substantially contributing to the effort to achieve democracy in Kurdistan of Iraq

B) He has testified before the US Senate on the issues of Genocide against the Kurds as an expert on the subject along with other notables (1 of 5 chosen for hearings for the Senate Foreign relations Committee hearings and he is listed in Library of Congress as such

C) He has been country director for one of the largest political and health care projects ever run by the US State Department in Kurdistan of Iraq (HCP)

D) He has consulted for the Kurdish government and represented them in Washington DC

E) He has directed a large British/Kurdish public/private development partnership in Kurdistan half owned by the Kurdish Government under the auspices of the Prime Minister Nichervan Barzani

F) He is recognized as a key promoter of religious freedom in Kurdistan of Iraq and has been referenced in numerous articles and magazines worldwide

G) He is an associate of The Next Century Foundation – a renowned conflict resolution entity in London

H) He served on the faculty of The University of the Presidents (YPO) an organization comprised of some of the top CEOs in the world


… To name a few of his accomplishments and pursuits that makes him a person of interest to potential Wikipedia readers. I have researched many Wiki sites and believe Mr. Layton certainly qualifies as a person of “significance and interest” compared with many others who have been included in Wikipedia


3) As for the issue of style – Apart from the issue of citation format I am not sure what you mean as I have researched a number of bio sites that seem to have the same style and in fact copied the style from another wiki site to insure the style was consistent with others in Wikipedia. However if style is an issue and I can understand what the issues are clearly I will make any necessary corrections.


Thanks again for your input and I hope this serves to resolve the issues you have raised.


Randaximus (talk)

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