Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin H. Freedman

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The result of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 16:10, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Benjamin H. Freedman

User:Martha Ramsey added the AfD tag to the article saying it's a well known hoax. I'm subst:ing and finishing the nomination to make sure. I have no comment as I don't feel like web searching. Optichan 20:17, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, first off it is a copyvio of the opening here: [1]. I've tagged it as such. The second problem here is verifiability based on reliable sources. The book referenced exists [2], but whether or not is was actually authored by "Benjamin H. Freedman" is subject to debate. Basically the "Benjamin H. Freedman" story is printed and reprinted by the usual anti-Zionist crowd: Jew Watch, National Vanguard, and a bunch of other groups watching out for the Illuminati boogyman. His story is basically used as "proof" of the one thing these groups desperately want to believe: that Jesus of Nazareth was not of Jewish origin. None of these sources comes even close to WP:RS and all basically just reprint the text of his attributed book... no verifiable biographical information. But just for the sake of argument lets pretend someone can prove Mr. Freedman did exist. He still doesn't meet WP:BIO as an author. No evidence his book ever exceeded readership of 5000. Pretty clear cut delete to me.--Isotope23 20:49, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

This AFD is being relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that a decision may usefully be reached; please add new discussion below this notice. Proto||type 11:57, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete, theres a lot of info on google, ala "A Jewish Defector Warns America", but nothing to tell weather a real person ever existed, or if he did, where reality and myth separate. Not varifiable - nothing atm more than propoganda. San Saba 14:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, verifiability. Mukadderat 17:52, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Unless something more substantial is revealed. Startup account 23:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

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