Talk:Eric Abetz

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The statement "However he refused to discuss his feelings about his family's dark history." is defamatory to say the least so I removed it. To imply he must somehow apologise is a sly attempt to slur him as having sympathies with his uncle, no doubt some Jew wrote this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.1.133 (talk) 04:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] knee-jerk it-was-in-the-media reactions

As in many other articles of many other topics, can we please stop suddenly adding things to an article the moment they make a splash in the newspapers, and instead add them in on the basis that they add merit to the article. In this case, a great big "Controversy" section is absolute utter bull[expletive deleted]. When the article is large enough to justify a family history (as is the case with articles of FA-length) then it should be included. Do I have any support with regards for this? Michael ^talk 04:59, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I would suggest a less ascerbic, more WP:CIVIL attitude in your edit summaries. You catch more bees with honey. Timeshift (talk) 05:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Keep removed. Hardly notable at all. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 05:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)