User talk:Mann mit Kabel~enwiki

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Fred Singer
Hi. Can I suggest that you attempt to explain your proposed changes on the article talk page? And please, don't alter direct quotes William M. Connolley (talk) 08:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello again. You're new, so I've moved your talk to here: please reply here, I'm watching: you say:


 * 1) Mr Singer insists that the original quote is "fraudulent", not "fabricated"
 * 2) He also told me, that the citation about UVA is wrong, therefore I changed it.
 * 3) The last paragraph in the tobacco section is pure nonsense. It ends with a hint, that there is no direct evidence. It should not be published. This would be against the rules of Wikipedia.

You need sources for what you say. "Singer told me so" isn't good enough. We don't know who you are, and even if we did it wouldn't be good enough William M. Connolley (talk) 09:33, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, as to fabricated/fraudulent: this says its ''ABC News showed Singer's most recent report on global warming to climate scientists from NASA, from Stanford University and from Princeton. They dismissed it as "fabricated nonsense."'' Why do you expect us to accept your version of "fraudulent"? . Also, please note that at the bottom of the edit window is a little box called "edit summary". If you're making an edit you know to be controversial, or indeed any time at all, its a good idea to add text into the window to explain your edit. This is then visible on the article history page William M. Connolley (talk) 09:38, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Singer, again. Moved from my talk page
You said:

Hello Mr Connolley

first of all: You say, that You don’t know who I am. So what? How can I know, who You are? And: Does this really matter?

I am an investigative journalist from Germany, and I am concerned about the entry of Mr Singer. He insists that the word “fraudulent” has been used instead of “fabricated”. I’ve questioned him personally. He e-mailed me this:

“On the actual TV World News broadcast, Dan Harris used the words ‘fraudulent nonsense’-- seemingly quoting three unnamed scientists from NASA, Princeton, and Stanford. It's recorded, so ABC cannot deny it. However, on the ABC website it appears as ‘fabricated nonsense.'”

He is also convinced that ABC changed "fraudulent" from the TV broadcast to "fabricated" on the web, on advice of its lawyers. I will stick to my view as long as the opposite is testified.

The other thing is this: I deleted a paragraph, because it says in the end that there is no direct evidence that Mr Singer is paid by Philip Morris. If there is no evidence, then there can be no paragraph. These are the Wikipedia rules. So why don’t You agree with me?

Sincerely, Mann mit Kabel —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mann mit Kabel (talk • contribs) 07:20, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, let me try to explain to you. You are anonymoous: we don't know who you are. You say you're a journalist, and from WP:AGF I'm happy to believe you, for the purposes of this conversation. You say FS has said such-and-such, then ditto. However, if you want to edit the text of an article, then your good word is no longer good enough (and this would be true even if you weren't anonymous). I hope the reasons for this are fairly obvious: to give but one, suppose "Homme sans Corde" turns up and says "no! FS said to *me* that what he really said was X", then how are we to decide which is correct? WP solves this with the concept of WP:RS which I recommend that you read.
 * You are, of course, quite welcome to stick to your view; you just can't put it into wiki.
 * As to the deleted paragraph, I restored it because you gave no reasons for its deletion. I'm still not sure exactly what you're objecting to; perhaps you could clarify? William M. Connolley (talk) 17:35, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

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