Talk:Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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[edit] list of trustees

Adding alleged "list of trustees" (collected by dubious means) of mostly Jewish names is a classic well poisoning propaganda technique. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 23:19, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

No dubious means. It came of the organization's form 990 see link below, which they report to the IRS. This is a proud organization, and the trustees are prominent members of society. It is publicly available on Guidestar http://www.guidestar.org/

Why are you ashamed of them? Why do you assume this is nefarious propaganda? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.108.165.240 (talk • contribs).

Please try no to break format on almost every page you touch and explain why do you insist on adding it here. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 23:40, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't have to defend adding valid, relevant information to a page. Stop censoring my contributions, or I'll ship your resume to Google China.

It does not belong. See Poisoning the well. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 02:45, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

It belongs, and will remain on the page. See Censorship

It belongs. See Censorship

I don't believe so. Explain why. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 09:40, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Because the key individuals of the organization, ARE the organization. Right now the article says a lot about who is not in WINEP, such as "crude right wingers". This leads the curious to ask, "well, if they're not in, who is?" As mentioned before, this is a prominent group of individuals, and their names will ring a bell as benefactors of many charities, and leaders of many causes.

All the reader sees is a bunch of names. What do you mean, "their names will ring a bell"? ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 09:59, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

As you can see, I am beginning to link the names that have biographies, and write for those who don't. This is a very prestigious group.

Since the anon provided no answer, I am removing irrelevant list of trustees. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 12:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

It is, of course, entirely nonsensical to stuff this page with a huge, unreadable list of non-notable people, so that the list devors 80% or so of the whole article. I have never seen this sort of idiocy on the Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Use common sense. Pecher ^Talk 13:04, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand the controversy. Why not just add a link to the list of names? At the same time that I don't see the point of pasting a list of names longer than the article itself, I came here looking for just that, to see who has been involved in the instutite and how it has changed over the years. I disagree that the names will not ring a bell. As the article itself says, they are distinguished politicians, academicians, and policy makers that come from both sides of the political divide.

The source of that list is not a reputable source, rather it seems like some Jewish conspiracy website. The list in question doesn't show "who has been involved in the instutite and how it has changed over the years" - only a long list of scary Jewish names. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 01:12, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unprotecting

As there seems to be no significant ongoing discussion here, I'm unprotecting this article. --Tony Sidaway 16:34, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RS and WP:NOR

I strongly object to attempts by certain editors to present WINEP as "a Jewish organization", especially basing on questionable sources. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 21:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree that it is not a "Jewish organization" but rather a "pro-Israel" one unless someone can find a reputable source on this. --LuckyLittleGrasshopper 01:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)