Talk:Final Solution (disambiguation)

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[edit] Indian Removal Act

The article by Mattias Gardell is mainly about the history of racial segregation in Oklahoma, but the parts used as source for the claim here is "Andrew Jackson, landets president mellan 1829-1837, gick till val på ett program innefattande den "slutgiltiga lösningen" (the Final Solution) på indianfrågan - mig veterligen första gången i västerländsk politisk historia som termen användes som eufemism för folkmord och folkfördrivning." that means "Andrew Jackson, the president of the country betwen 1829-1837, went to election on a program including the "final solution" (the Final Solution) on the indian issue - as far as I know the first time in western political history the term was used as euphemism for genocide and ethnic cleansing.". // Liftarn (talk)

[edit] Removed

* Euphemism for ethnic cleansing, final solution was according to Mattias Gardell[1] used by Andrew Jackson for describing the Indian Removal Act of 1830 but the seventh annual message to Congress does not contain the term [2] nor does the law[3]. Fellman writes that William Tecumseh Sherman was using the euphemism in 1867.[4]

For the following reasons "I've spent hours on your claim when WP:PROVEIT is how I should have handled it. The first usage of the term by Andrew Jackson is unusual and a WP:REDFLAG is up so exceptional and reliable sources are required so WP:RSUE is required and since it says right in his article Mattias Gardell he is an anarchist WP:RELY Extremist Sources applies when citing him."
Find some single English reliable primary source or an additional English secondary source corroborating Mattias Gardell's claim. Alatari (talk) 17:42, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, ad hominem attacks and citing of bogus reasons is not enought ot remove the sourced addition of a section sourced with a reliable source. "any material challenged or likely to be challenged should be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation" Check! "Certain red flags should prompt editors to examine the sources for a given claim" A quick googling shows that the phrase "final solution" is often used in this context, so it's not unusual and as we already have a very solid source it doesn't apply anyway. Mattias Gardell is a respected scolar so calling him an "extermist source" is utter nonsense. English sources are preferable if available, but not necessary. Sorry, I reverted your blanking since there is nothing in policy to support it. We could bring it to Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard if you want. // Liftarn (talk)
Wikipedia clearly allows for denials of extremist sources under WP:RELY Extremist Sources. Your claim of Mattias Gardell being a reliable source is unsupported. Claiming Andrew Jackson used the phrase Final Solution is only made by one source. NO other evidence of his usage can be found. Bringing Andrew Jackson, the man on the United States $20 bill's moral equivalence up to that of Adolph Hitler is a WP:REDFLAG and will need to be heavily sourced. You have only provided one non-English, extremist source. The subject is already on the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Alatari (talk) 13:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Mattias Gardell is clearly not an extremist source, but a respected scolar in the very area of racism in the USA. There is no dubt about Andrew Jackson policy, what you are arguing is about if he used those exact words or not and we have a reliable source saying he did¨(there may however be other that had usied it before him, but the burden of evidence for that is on you). // Liftarn (talk)
I've already raised the WP:REDFLAG in so many ways listed above. Read "...It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information, but it is particularly true of negative information about living persons." about where the burden lies. I can not find any English references to Stockholms Fria Tidning: Svart vildavästernhistoria, by Mattias Gardell and will oppose it's inclusion until you provide and collaborating source in English (I have already spent 4 hours trying to do so). I've opened a case on the reliability of the Mattias source. If you want to add specific references and information then start adding to the articles not here on the disambig page. "By definiton, a dab contains no questionable information and hence doesn't need citation". Attributing specific comments to specific people is serious business especially if it defames that person. Lawsuits of Defamation of character can be slapped so heavily referencing Andrew Jackson (who was considered an American hero) with genocidal language needs heavy sourcing. Yes I know he is dead but his legend status in the States makes this important. See you on the related pages. Alatari (talk) 16:23, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Andrew Jackson is quite dead so WP:BLP is not an issue and rasing false flags doesn't really help your case. Notice "unless it can be sourced" and it is sourced with a very reliable source. And as for his legendary status that is not really an issue. Compare for instance with how the Turks feel about the issue about the Armenian genocide. // Liftarn (talk)

O please!!!

"Anarchism (from Greek ἀν (without) + ἄρχειν (to rule) + ισμός (from stem -ιζειν), "without archons," "without rulers")[1] is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which reject compulsory government[2] (the state) and support its elimination,[3][4] often due to a wider rejection of involuntary or permanent authority.[5] Anarchism is defined by The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics as "a cluster of doctrines and attitudes centered on the belief that government is both harmful and unnecessary."

is the doctrine Mattias Gardell adheres to and he has the POV of tearing down any authority figure. If his attributions about Andrew Jacksons comments can not be corroborated by another more moderate scholar in the English language then the source remains questionable. Better yet a primary source with Andrew Jackson stating final solution would be preferred. I don't really care if Jackson's name is smeared I just want a collaborating source and instead of finding one you just want to push a single extreme leftist POV here. Alatari (talk) 10:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
I've said it before and I seem to have to say it again, ad hominem attacks is not a valid argument. It's perfectly OK to want more sources, but you may not require more sources as we already have a reliable source (from a scolar specialising in racism in the USA no less). // Liftarn (talk)
I can and will attack your translation of the text and since the source has an agenda his veracity can be attacked and is not ad-hominem. Continuing to attack a source who's knowledge can be verified by yourself or through other sources would then constitute ad-hominem. The failure of of any corroberating sources leads me to believe in your failed translation or Mattias Gardell made a mistake or is an extreme point of view which again are against WP:RELY Extremist Sources (which I suggest you read again). Alatari (talk) 14:37, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Do you have any real reason to beleive the Gardell "has an agenda"? Do you think his research is flawed just because he has a certain political view? Then every reseacrh is flawed because the researcher must have some political views, nationality, ethnicity, religion, skin colour and so on that can be used to cast dubt. It seems all you have is ad hominem attack on either Gardell or me. As for WP:RELY you should read it yourself as it is quite clear on the subject "Wikipedia relies heavily upon the established literature created by scientists, scholars and researchers around the world. Items that fit this criterion are usually considered reliable. /../ Wikipedia articles should point to all major scholarly interpretations of a topic." and as for extremist soures it says "Organizations and individuals that are widely acknowledged as extremist". Ok, where are your sources that says Mattias Gardell is widely acknowledged as an extremist? // Liftarn (talk)

[edit] Grammar

Okay, I'll discuss it here: it's only a minor thing, but the grammaticaly correct german adjective for "final (feminine)" is not entgultig but endgültig. It's only a detail, but hey, it's an Encyclopedia;) I tried to fix it, did so in two edits, but it was reverted as some sort of vandalism or "unconstructive edits"; well I see that editing a detail twice in some 2 minutes by a dynamic IP could look suspicious, but...could anyone be so kind and fix it for me (and others as well;)). P.S.: Ow and if you want a reference, take a look here: [1]. Cheers.--84.163.117.158 (talk) 23:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Isaiah Berlin

Isaiah Berlin used the deliberately emotive term 'Final Solution' in his essay Two Concepts of Liberty to mean the reconciliation of all disparate and possibly conflicting human goals, a condition he believes impossible, and the desire for which he considers dangerous.--Mongreilf (talk) 16:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)