Talk:Mordechai Levy

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Citations

Are those cites ok? I don't really know how to do proper references but I'll give it a go if you like.

  • Fascinating. I didn't read the documents too closely but they look quite interesting. You might want to provide a proper legal citation (court, parties, case no, etc) because these URLs change all the time (and are moderately difficult to find when they do go lost.) Whiskey Pete 18:43, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Misconception of BLP policy[edit]

This section has been removed twice, using BLP as a reason:
n April of 2007, the JDO launched a campaign to get Professor Norman Finkelstein fired from De Paul University, referring to him as a "long time Marxist-Communist hater of Israel" and "that piece of human excrement"[1]

This is well sourced, should not be removed. --Leatherstocking (talk) 19:14, 2 March 2008 (UTC);[reply]

It's sourced to a personal website sourcing the organization's website. Find a WP:RS. this cant be included just because you want to make a point. Boodlesthecat (talk) 19:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
:::Ah, but the personal website belongs to Norman Finkelstein. It's permissable under WP:SELFPUB. --Leatherstocking (talk) 17:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC);[reply]
Read it--"in articles about themselves." This isn't an article about Finkelstein. Boodlesthecat (talk) 18:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This seems to have reappeared. I agree with Boodles. That story concerns the JDO and doesn't mention the subject of this article. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 08:13, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

COI[edit]

There is a gang of non-notable Yippie attention-seekers, including Dennis King and AJ Weberman, who go around inserting references to themselves in Wikipedia articles. In this article, King's edit is about promoting his book. This is COI and should be so noted. --Leatherstocking (talk) 15:40, 12 September 2008 (UTC);[reply]
Is the edit in question reliably sourced, and non-controversial? Boodlesthecat Meow? 15:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
::I doubt it. But even if it were tip-top, it would still be WP:COI. If it's a great source, someone other than the author should add it. --Leatherstocking (talk) 01:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC);[reply]
The citation to my book was already there before I made the edit yesterday. All I did was clarify the statement that Levy "claimed" to have done such and such. The cited source did not say he had claimed to deceive the LaRouchians, it stated flat out that he had done so. This was based on my listening to his conversations with LaRouche's Security staffers on a speaker phone, interviewing people involved in the deception, reading Security's transcripts and notebook summaries of their conversations with Levy, interviewing ex-LaRouchians, consulting court depositions and trial testimony, etc.--Dking (talk) 02:23, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Leatherstocking, you're not answering my simple question. Is the edit in question reliably sourced, and non-controversial? That questions pertains to the source as is, irrespective of Dking's elaborations above, which are not really relevant to judging the inclusion of the source as is. Boodlesthecat Meow? 02:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
::::::::The book is comprised of factual research mixed with hyperbolic speculation, e.g. standard conspiracy theory on a par with 9/11 truthers. However, I still don't see what the quality of the source has to do with COI. --Leatherstocking (talk) 01:04, 14 September 2008 (UTC);[reply]
I don't see what adding reliably sourced information has to do with COI. the policy states

Editing in an area in which you have professional or academic expertise is not, in itself, a conflict of interest. Using material you yourself have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is notable and conforms to the content policies. Excessive self-citation is strongly discouraged. When in doubt, defer to the community's opinion.

Does this addition violate that policy? Boodlesthecat Meow? 01:46, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
::::::::::If you look at Dking's contribution history, you will see a pattern of excessive self-citation. That's why I compared him to AJ Weberman, who also uses Wikipedia to try to boost his own public profile. --Leatherstocking (talk) 00:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC);[reply]
The book, Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism, meets the standards of reliability at Wikipedia. It was written by a de facto expert on the topic and wsa published by a mainstream publisher. Despite having filed several libel cases against others, LaRouche never filed one against King. While the LaRouche campaign conisders the book to be entirely false and the product of a conspiracy against LaRouche, they've never issued a detailed indictment of the book.
Not only is the source reliable, but the claim isn't controversial. Levy talks about infiltrating the movement in a long letter here: GUNS, HATE AND VIOLENT FANTASIES IN THE LAROUCHE MOVEMENT: AN INFILTRATOR SPEAKS OUT. I don't see any need to attribute the claim to King since the subject admits it. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 08:43, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Postings by sock of banned user struck-through.   Will Beback  talk  03
41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Organization[edit]

The article now appears to jumpa back and forth in time with no clear rhyme or reason. I suggest that we put the material in this article into chronological order. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 01:35, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perennial IP vandalism of this page[edit]

This page, along with the Jewish Defense Organization page, has been being vandalized for close to a year by an IP in the range of 216.194. The most recent addy is 216.194.60.219. Looking at this edit and this edit, this edit, for instance, it seems obvious that this IP belongs to someone trying to promote the Levy organization. Boodlesthecat Meow? 14:31, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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