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  • Talk:Lewis Libby#RfC Dispute about whether inclusion of Libby's religion has satisfied WP:BLP, and about appropriateness of including his specific house of worship. Notmyrealname 02:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Abu Zubaydah#RfC_on_article No disputes (so far). I reorganized the content and it appears that a whole separate article is contained within the original article. The separate article is related to criticism of the incarceration/interrogation of Abu Zubaydah. It is |substantially longer than the article on Zubaydah himself. I would like comments on whether this should be a separate article. Secondarily, I wonder, if we keep that information in the biography, should it take up that much room? 03:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Stephen Barrett#Request for comment: Board certification - Disagreement over whether Barrett's board-certification status is relevant or notable enough to include in his article. 18:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Pearse Jordan#British army fired CS gas into the family home - Disagreement over whether a source (Tirghra, "a book honouring 364 IRA volunteers who lost their lives during the Troubles" [1]) is a reliable secondary source, or an unreliable primary source. No previous familiarilty with the book is required. 22:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Manfred_von_Richthofen#Jewish_ancestry.3F A very heated argument/Edit war involving suitability of a reference and much uncivil behavior from multiple parties. 00:59, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Ward_Churchill - Disagreement over inclusion of Churchill in Category:Conspiracy theorists. 13:29, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Israel Shahak#Request for Comment A discussion is ongoing as to whether recent changes improved the neutrality. Input would be appreciated. 18:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Paul_Myers_(record_producer)#Request_for_Comment There is some disagreement over the biography of this individual, and to what extent it should include all this person's work, his commercial services, industry awards, etc. 18:30, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Yisroel Dovid Weiss#Request for Comment: Repetitious/excessive criticism? Dispute over whether approximately two thirds of the article should be taken up with criticism of Rabbi Weiss, is most of said criticism repetitious and/or tangential? 13:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC) Bumping, hasn't been much response. Added specific proposals here.17:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Reza Shah#Request for Comment - Dispute over whether a section detailing the subject's dealings with Nazi Germany is based on Allied propoganda or not. 22:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Dispute over whether a section detailing the subject's dealings with Nazi Germany should be included or not. 22:55, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Michael Cherney - Several anomalies here. A team of editors has been excising all links and information that shed a negative light on Cherney's activities. On the other hand, an anon has recently added some questionable personal information. I am concerned that the article has been penned and patrolled mostly by PR people who wish to present Cherney in the best possible light, possibly at the expense of Oleg Deripaska. See also the gushing prose at Michael Cherney Foundation. 09:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Kent Hovind#FreeHovind.com - Some editors removing all "pro-Hovind" links while keeping lots of "anti-Hovind" links, while others view this as biased and trying to make it look like Hovind has no support 01:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Creator of the website wanting to add a link to his website that has videos not made by the webpage maker and contains material taken from wikipedia. Arbustoo 03:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
  • James Buchanan - Two editors at odds over the use of certain information about James Buchanan's sexuality. --G2bambino 15:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Gillian McKeith - Is Google a reliable source? Can editors say 'she took legal action' when lawyers sent a letter for their unnamed client? 20:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Johann_Hari#Request for Comment: Disputed Photo - A dispute whether an image that the Mr. Hari denies is a picture of him, but looks like him and is captioned as him on Flickr, is usable on the article consistent with WP:ATT and WP:BLP. 13:27, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Muhammad/images - A dispute over the inclusion of depictions of Muhammad vis-a-vis aniconistic beliefs.09:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Burt Reynolds#Request for Comment - A dispute over the proper way to show that reliable sources differ on Burt Reynold's birthplace. 20:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Michael Richards#Request for Comment - A dispute over whether per Wikipedia guidelines about "notable controversies" being mentioned in the lead applies relative to the Worldwide publicized Michael Richards Laugh Factory incident. 21:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Ralph_Nader#Request_for_Comment - a Dispute over whether a given quote is appropriate for the lead of the article. 20:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Steven Hassan#Request_for_Comment I thought I already posted about this issue here, I guess not. I have become involved in an edit war regarding this biography. I would like someone not involved in this issue view the discussion page and offer to neutral advice. The Discussion page should explain everything. What upsets me about the other user is he/she says one thing, and then says another. For example, I am asked what changes in content would satisfy me. When I state what changes I would like to see, he/she says that I should really stick to problems about him/her. That was not what I was asked in the first place. This jumping around by this member is really exasperating
  • Joseph McCarthy Requesting comments on the introduction; specifically how much of it should be devoted to purely biographical info on his early life, etc., vs. how much it should try to give an overview of the actions that made him famous and the historical context of those actions. See discussion at Talk:Joseph McCarthy#User:Kaisershatner's recent edits. 16:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Jon Katz The novelist, technology writer, and rural commentator. On the validity of the controversy section of his article which includes un-cited claims and has prompted a response from the author in its talk page. 21:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oliver Kamm The politics of Oliver Kamm, a blogger and occasional Times op-ed writer, who self describes as left wing, but supported the Iraq war and voted for the Conservative Party. Edit war just starting concerning the inclusion of a quote of Kamm's about socialism, which indicates his stance towards it. Claims that the inclusion of this is OR (and POV). Opinions sought.[[2]] 21:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Joe_Scarborough#Request_for_Comment A GA reviewer pointed out there is an ongoing edit war regarding this article, but myself is unaware. He suggested to bring it to arbitration, but I put it here first to see what's going on. 19:34, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Giulio Clovio#On Clovio's origin (16th century painter) - Do the sources used in the article suffice to mention his Macedonian ancestry as a clear fact, or only as a supposition ? - Ev 03:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Giulio Clovio#On GiorgioOrsini's sentence (16th century painter) - Do editors' personal comments on the sources belong in the body of the article ? - 03:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:John Funder - slow moving edit war over the inclusion of a passage alleging that this individual falsified a report. 22:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Talk:Tilman_Hausherr#Proposed deletion and Talk:Tilman_Hausherr#Lutheran Sect Commissioner If it can be established that the subject of the article has written pieces which appeared in a publication put out by a different individual, should information about the profession of that second individual be included in the subject's article, or is it original research to assume that information about the second individual reflects on the first? 22:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Heather Mills McCartney. Should the article be titled Heather Mills or Heather Mills McCartney and how should she be refered to in said artcle? 15:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


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