187:. The fact that you guys remove Gabriel Al Amin section 3 times a day proves that you guys are biased towards one side. I am sure if someone, whom we will call "Person A," actually invented a fabricated character, whom we will call "Person B", and "Person A" would say that "Person B" is a famous columnist who published an article that Israel failed miserably in the Lebanon War, and that Israel is an evil occupier oppressor, I am sure you guys would not care about getting proof of "Person B's" existence as much as you guys would care about proof of the existence of Al Amin! But when someone like Al Amin, who does not share a 100% bashing Israel perspective (as much as you guys are), then you guys go bazerk and look for any excuse to have him taken down and hush him up. Even if "Person B" would not have even ever been published in even one newspaper you guys would probably let his section stay. But Al Amin has been published in 6 different newspapers. I found this too:
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144:. Many blogs and forums have the exact same copy-and-pasted message pointing to a single article by this otherwise unknown author, published on a non-neutral political site. It would appear that one person (possibly the author themself) is trying to build up this persona by linking to it from all sorts of various places. This author appears to have zero noteworthiness outside of this single article, and none of the personal claims in the Knowledge entry can be verified (which leads me to suspect this is a personal bio). ←
381:: The hnn.us blog seems to be a reliable source, as the blogger is apparently a noted expert in the field, but more sources are needed. Also, I disagree with those who say that the subject is a hoax. And the topic is more important than much that is found on Knowledge. That having been said, the fact that the article uses the self-published sources as a primary means for verification is a major weakness. On balance, I would say there are satisfactory arguments both for and against deletion.
249:"But Al Amin has been published in 6 different newspapers." All of which are obscure Israeli or US web sites and of the same article. That hardly makes 'him' a balanced authority of the Lebanese position, especially given the complex nature of Lebanese opinion. For someone who claims such an esteemed education (Oxford) and a public speaking record you would expect a better understanding of the English language as well as some record of activity outside Knowledge.
430:: Please don't remove the Gabriel Al Amin section, if you guys want to remove it because it lacks reliable credibility, well i am sure that there were some entries on Knowledge that had a million times less credibility than Al Amin and they got to stay. But I doubt Al Amin is a made up character because his article was published in 6 different places. So please let it stay. This is Knowledge, not Encarata or Britanica.
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275:"Anti-Semitism on Knowledge... please don't delete" Yeah, and please don't throw Brer Rabbit in the briar patch either. Skip the reverse psychology crap. If you want it deleted, just say so, rather than trying to make it look as if people who want this kept are trying to play a race-card of some sort.
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