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Wikipedia:Attack page with most of the article being negative material/communist propaganda. See this discussion
[1]. Unless the page improves significantly as far as complying with Wikipedia policy, we will need to remove the link to it as it contains BLP violations.
Mrandsl (
talk) 11:01, 4 December 2009 (UTC)reply
On second thought, I will remove the link right away. It can be reinstated if or when the material complies with BLP and other policies of this project.
Mrandsl (
talk) 11:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)reply
Pseudohistory
The article Categories include "Pseudohistory" but nothing in the article to justify it!
Hugo999 (
talk) 14:03, 19 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Well add something in English for the English article saying what he has written that is "pseudohistory"; he seems qualified as a historian
Hugo999 (
talk) 14:27, 19 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Yes. The articles in German Wikipedia often reflect
left-wing bias + the two IP ranges 78... and 92.229 are known for POV pushing at various articles, e.g.
Heinz Nawratil, where it seems the subject himself had to register in order to defend himself against the mudslinging. I wouldn't trust a word those IP users say.
Miacek and his crime-fighting dog(t) 17:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
This is not about what you would trust or not, but based on statements of government officials. Not neutral enough? --
78.53.41.86 (
talk) 17:53, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Where does the name Seidler occur in a “statement of government officials” that you imply you have provided? Where have government officials related the publishing house together with all its belongings to 'pseudhistory' or even definitively classified it as 'far-right', to use your favourite 'Totschlagsargument'?! Nowhere! What you so far have, is synthesis, political insinuations, falsifications, '
guilt by association', biased generaliuzations (aka personal POV pushing) etc, refuted already at
Talk:Heinz Nawratil.
Miacek and his crime-fighting dog(t) 18:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
What you added was a request by the left-wing/liberal Green Party politicans to the German government. It is their opinion, nothing more. What you did not link was an answer by the government, that would confirm any of the reproaches. You have not provided evidence for your classification. This is just your POV, and gluckily for you you have found some politicians of the left-wing spectrum that might agree with you. Per
WP:V, The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an
inline citation. The source should be cited clearly and precisely, with page numbers where appropriate, and must clearly support the material as presented in the article.
Drawing inferences from multiple sources to advance a novel position is prohibited by the
no original research policy. Adding not properly verified POV into various articles is exactly what you've been busy with here since (at least)
December, 2009.
Miacek and his crime-fighting dog(t) 18:35, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Then try: Albert A. Feiber, Phantom der Berge in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung vom 13. Februar 2001, S. 10
Seit seiner Emeritierung publiziert er ein Buch nach dem anderen, mit denen er sich schon lange aus der seriösen Geschichtswissenschaft verabschiedet hat“ ("Since his retirement he publishes one book after the other, with which he distances himself from serious historical research.") --
78.53.41.86 (
talk) 18:42, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
The fact that he published with Pour la Merite can easily be verified via Amazon
[3].
radek (
talk) 19:27, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
By now it should be obvious that people with political or ideological agendas try to label anybody with smearwords like "pseudohistory", when they suspect them of saying things they disagree with. --
41.146.30.81 (
talk) 21:43, 3 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Another source
[4]German History, journal of German Historical Society, published by Oxford Journals describes Seidler's work in these words: "Franz Seidler's highly biased and unreliable work".
radek (
talk) 18:58, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
What exactly is it supposed to prove? That he has been criticized by some? Did I dispute this? Have you read what is really being disputed here? For comparison, Viktor Suvorov has also been severly criticized by some, and - believe it or not -
some Poles too by other scholars, this does not really prove the need to enrich the corresponding articles here with 'category: pseudohistory? Or fill it
with own synthesis.
Miacek and his crime-fighting dog(t) 19:13, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
(ec)Opinions of other academics are most certainly notable. Furthermore, academics usually do not express themselves in such strong terms in relation to other people's work (usually they use a lot of "it suggests", "imperfect" - etc.) without a good reason. Criticisms of Suvorov or Gross by academics most certainly belong in their respective articles as well.
radek (
talk) 19:15, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
And another source
[5]. It lists Seidler's work as one of a number which "In light of the massive evidence, these publications must be rated as apologetic and hence useless for scholarly research".
radek (
talk) 19:21, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
[6] - Seidler has most definitely published with Pour le Mérite Verlag (as shown by the Amazon link I give above) and the publishing house is owned by Dietmar Munier (who probably needs a Wiki article of his own) who is associated with the far right. The same publishing house has also apparently published works by such authors as
David Irving,
James Bacque and
Günter Deckert, the former leader of the
National Democratic Party of Germany, a "a far right German nationalist party".
radek (
talk) 21:43, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Ok, that is factual then and could be added back - sorry, I should have checked. However "Since his retirement, Seidler has published mostly with
far righthistorical revisionist publishers," is not supported by either the source provided or the fact that he published a book with them. It is a broad statement that needs a citation I think :) --ErrantTmorton166(
Talk) 21:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
The source which was removed also stated that the publisher was "rechtsextremen" - extreme right wing. I think the source was intended to source the fact that the publisher was indeed extremist, not that Seidler published with them. However, the fact that he published with them is easily verifiable. Is the Amazon link to his books which list this publisher enough?
radek (
talk) 21:52, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Yep, seems reasonable - maybe something like "Since his retirement Seidler has published books with right wing publisher Pour le Mérite Verlag." --ErrantTmorton166(
Talk) 21:58, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply
Tmorton was totally right in removing the sentence
. We need sources that he mostly publishes with far-right publishing houses, especially Pour le Mérite Verlag. Otherwise it is concoction remindful of
guilt by association. The Bundestag source that stood there in fact connected the publishing house Pour le Merite with far-right authors and owners, noting that some authors that they publish are not far-right, so it is questionable, if the notion is necessary here, unless we also have sources connecting Seidler especially with that particular publishing house. It should be noted, though, that Pour le Mérite publishes other military historians like
Viktor Suvorov, who may be neither Germans nor politically far-right or anything.
Miacek and his crime-fighting dog(t) 22:31, 23 August 2010 (UTC)reply