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[edit] Links

All of the links to Michael Ruppert's pages are to self-published material. To delete a page on publiceye.org that links to dozens of pages with a variety of viewpoints--many published elsewhere, is simpy POV censorship.--Cberlet 03:02, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

But you can't add a link to an article you wrote hosted on the website of the organization you work for. See the Wikipedia guidelines about external links. This is important enough for NPOV and objectivity that it overrides the other guidelines about external links, according to those guidelines. If somebody else wants to link to one of your articles that's within the guidelines (unless they did so because you went on their talk page and asked them to, which is another issue), but you should not be doing it yourself. 68.239.87.12 04:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
I seldom do it. Only when a page is lacking any balance and I can't find something else on the Internet.--Cberlet 02:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
I believe the link to "Ruppert's Depopulation Agenda" under Critics is to a site that's a little bit kooky/cranky. Quoting from the link: "We know UFOs exist." "The Illuminists know this and plan to break this spirit with a harvest of blood reaped with war, famine and misery." and "Hidden from us is a multiverse that is awaiting the acceptance of its invitation to explore it intimately." So I've gone ahead and removed it. --Valwen 04:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I updated the "External links" section to move the redundant FTW link from the "supportive" list up to the main list (and replace the "Official site" link). I also deleted the "bio" page for Ruppert as this is redundant to the FTW link and hardly an unbiased "pro" site.99th Percentile 06:12, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Claims of harassment

Does anybody want to check this out? Apparently there is a woman who claims to have been working for him since the begining of the year. She claims that he leered at her, made innapropriate remarks about her cloths, gave her a cd containing pornography (under the claims that it as for a news article about the war), and even striped to his underwear during an overtime shift. Mr. Rupert claims that she was making innapropriate sexual advances on fellow co-workers, and that she was verbally abusive to Rupert when he took action, and that this is simply petty revenge on her part. The story is here.

Ruppert addressed these allegations in his latest article. Apparently he believes the woman in question was involved in the recent burglary of FTW's offices.--Baltech22 04:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
It would be nice if an outside source could be used for this. Here is one local paper article. I think this might be a little more objective.--Janet11 09:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
        • I checked out your linked article. At least it is independent. I am not sure it is objective. What I found more interesting is a post in the "Comments" section by Catherine Fitts on August 27. She appears relatively objective and explains her reasons for working with Michael Ruppert and From the Wilderness Publications.claimman75 02:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merging with FTW article

I think he is a distinct enough public figure apart from his website to merit a separate entry. For example some people may only know him from The End of Suburbia or some of his public lectures rather than his website. Actually, if the FTW article redirected here, that would be an appropriate merger, in my view. --Valwen 03:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

  • STRONG oppose, both articles are notable on their own. --Striver 15:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose, I agree that both the organization and the personality are distinct enough to merit separate treatment. This is especially true since his relocation to Venezuela and withdrawal from running the day to day operations of "From the Wilderness".
  • Support, not notable enough to merit two articles.--Peephole 14:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Someone has entered a redirect to Michael Ruppert from "From the Wilderness Publications". Did we ever reach consensus on that? I am not going to change it back right now. I want to "shake the bushes" for separate references to both Ruppert and "From the Wilderness" when I get some time. The problem is that it's so hard to find objective material about either one, especially material that doesn't link the two of them. Nearly everything written about them is either fanatical support or virulent attack. He has appeared and spoken at numerous conferences, written a book which qualifies as a tome, and is building another life and network in Venezuela. "From the Wilderness Publications" is not even under his direct supervision anymore, although I am sure he has significant input.claimman75 23:55, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
      • Something called 'From the Wilderness Publications' should redirect to the From the Wilderness website entry, not this bio, if you ask me. And since that site is now not published by Ruppert (he is Venezuela, apparently with a lot of health problems), I also think that's more reason to keep the entries separate. --Valwen 02:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Amazon Topseller

"Crossing the Rubicon" has recently been hovering around the number 30 spot on the Amazon Nonfiction Top Sellers (as of 11/23/2004). Is this relevant any longer? 2004 is no longer "recently." This would be a better article if it were changed to something like "Crossing the Rubicon reached a high of #30 (or whatever number) on the Amazon bestseller list on (date)." I don't have that info though. --Valwen 03:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

No one addressed this so I changed it to "reached as high as..." so the entry doesn't look so dated. --Valwen 10:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "[B]y many"?

"He is regarded by many as a conspiracy factualist." First off, why does this matter? Many people consider Loose Change a factually-based documentary, when it certainly isn't. Who are these "many"? GreatGatsby 20:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wing TV nonsense

I listened to some of the WingTV broadcast before deleting these links -- what kind of source is this? Bashing Ruppert seems to be their sole purpose for existence, and their main arg against him seems to be that he's not enough of a conspiracy theorist for them.... They also get basic facts wrong (e.g. the confrontation with Deutch was in 1996, not "some time in the 80s"). The Daily Tidings is more of a WP:RS, but I'm not sure the info there is that notable.csloat 07:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)