Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hillel Neuer


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. The headcount is exactly split between keep and not keep (merge, redirect, delete). The basic issue, in terms of policy, is whether the subject is notable independently of his organization. Contributors address the relevant sources in greatly varying level of detail, but all that becomes clear after reading (or, in some cases, admittedly glancing over) the walls of text below is that there is no agreement on how independent / in-depth / relevant the sources at issue are, and that such disagreement is not amenable to a resolution by fiat because it's a matter of editorial judgment. Both in terms of numbers and of strength of argument, therefore, we have no consensus about what to do here, and as a result the article is kept by default. A merger discussion can still be had on the talk page.  Sandstein  21:19, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Hillel Neuer

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Puff piece about person who is not independently notable. All press mentions are related to UN Watch, nothing about anything Neuer has done. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 23:58, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep I rarely vote "keep" at BLP AfD's, but, while I agree that this is a shitty article in need of clean up, Neuer does seem to pass WP:GNG. He's been published in multiple notable media. Joefromrandb (talk) 00:38, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Neutral (changed from "keep"). Upon a more-thorough examination of the sources, I'm no longer fully convinced of his notability. Joefromrandb (talk) 01:41, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Meet WP:GNG For example  also meets WP:AUTHOR as widely quoted in WP:RS--Shrike (talk) 09:24, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. He is covered as a subject here -   - as well as being very widely covered for his duties at UN Watch.Icewhiz (talk) 09:25, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the its original target article. Come on guys, be objective (like Joefromrandb) please. You cannot pass those interviews and the subject's own material off as passing GNG; we all know those are primary sources. And whoever wrote this article may have mislead you: hardly any of the sources in the article actually describe the subject! The UN Watch is notable but notability is not inherited hence a redirect is the only reasonable solution when we evaluate this puff piece objectively.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 10:19, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems a bit too obvious and clear to even explain the reasoning. Per users Shrike and Icewhiz, who provided useful addtional links that should be integrated into the article. Shalom11111 (talk) 10:51, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I encourage editors to read WP:NOPAGE and consider whether Neuer is ever in the news without being cited as the embodiment of UN Watch. Is it his opinion that is widely published, or are policy briefs from UN Watch being widely republished? — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 12:01, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comments: Before I begin I will state that this article should be scrutinized in depth. As it stands consensus is leaning towards keep. I might not have even looked at it but for the changed !vote expressing notability doubts, on an article with 38 references, and considering the nominators comments. Otr500 (talk) 14:43, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Indeed, this is a puff piece (note the paragraph I just removed...typical of such articles), and the cited sources all cite him as the boss of the organization he runs, which was the reason for the redirect in the first place. In that respect he is like the non-notable member of a notable band, where we also redirect to the band. Delete, or maybe merge some of the material if that isn't already in the (also puffy) UN Watch article. Drmies (talk) 16:32, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I have already run into refbombing issues. Most of the time references concern content, but WP:OVERCITE can be an issue of masking. Otr500 (talk) 16:53, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * The second reference establishes through reliable sourcing the subject is the Executive Director of UN Watch. Since that has not been contested there only needs to be one or two if relevant but references 3 through 6 (4 of them) appear agenda based and certainly appear as weasel references. Otr500 (talk) 17:06, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete or at most Redirect to UN Watch. Notability isn't inherited, so being executive director of a notable organisation doesn't automatically make one notable enough for a stand-alone article, only notable enough for a redirect to the organisation. If even that... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 17:29, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: I find it important to note that since the article has been updated with additional links and information and now meets all WP:BLP criteria, the argument that "he's only the executive director of this org" may be less relevant than before. Shalom11111 (talk) 07:42, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to UN Watch. The first 20 media sources I found mentioning Neuer do so in the context of UN Watch. Binksternet (talk) 18:17, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The fact he has a highly prominent role in UN Watch does not preclude notability as a person. The top-20 media hits of just about any long-time leader of an organization (or company, country, etc.) would typically be to the person in the context of the organization. The question should be whether he is also covered as a person (which he is), and whether there is additional coverage (not actually necessary, but in this case - there is).Icewhiz (talk) 19:41, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * But his notability as a person is wholly tied to his leadership of UN Watch. Per WP:NOPAGE, we should discuss Neuer's work at the UN Watch page, to make that article more complete. Binksternet (talk) 16:56, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Here's a brief timeline of Neuer's career:
 * Grew up in Montreal
 * Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University in 1993
 * Masters degree from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (no date)
 * Fellow at Shalem Center think tank (no dates)
 * Clerk at the Israel Supreme Court (no dates)
 * Passed the New York Bar as Hillel Calman Neuer in 2001
 * Associate attorney at Paul, Weiss in New York, including team work on the 1997–2001 Raytheon/Hughes case, and team work on the PG&E bankruptcy case which ended in 2004
 * Replaced Andrew Srulevitch as Executive Director of UN Watch ca. 2004
 * None of the career prior to 2004 gives Neuer any notability with relation to Notability (people). The only career element that puts him in the media is being the executive director of UN Watch. It's not like UN Watch hired an already-famous lawyer to be their executive director. Binksternet (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep Well sourced article on widely published and widely cited human rights advocate who champions controversial causes. Note that Users Shrike and Icewhiz link to a long interview with Neuer in the Canadian Jewish News, Hillel Neuer: Jewish eyes on the United Nations, and to a profile in the Jerusalem Post A Zionist at the United Nations.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:13, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep There appears to be enough WP:RS sourced in the article as mentioned above to fulfill WP:GNG. -  Galatz Talk  19:40, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep he is notable, is in the news, and passes muster. He speaks and gives testimony and this should have been a snow keep from the start. I echo Icewhiz as well. Sir Joseph (talk) 19:47, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to UN Watch. We dont need an article on each and every selfpromoter out there. Huldra (talk) 20:04, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I fail to see how "selfpromoter" applies to Neuer, a man whose work is widely discussed by others. For example, Chapter 3 of Land of Blue Helmets: The United Nations and the Arab World, By Karim Makdisi, Vijay Prashad (University of Califonria Press, 2016), is by Richard Falk. Starting on p. 79, Falk details what he describes as Neuer's ongoing efforts to discredit Falk by documenting Falk's activities, documentation that Falk disparages, but, nevertheless, Falk credits Neuer's documentation of Falk's writing by Neuer with resulting in condemnations of Falk by Ban Ki-Moon, Susan Rice, Samantha Power.   This backhanded homage to Neuer as a notable player at the U.N. from Falk, a vocal opponent of the Jewish State, is just one example of the WP:INDEPTH and WP:SIGCOV of Neuer's work in scholarly books and articles.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:44, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect.Try rewriting that garbled piece (' Falk credits Neuer's documentation of Falk's writing by Neuer') piece of nonsensical misreportage. Illustrating 'widely discussed' by citing a passing comment by Richard Falk, (someone who, unlike Hillel, is profoundly committed to human rights, as opposed to 'Jewish' rights only) dismissing his absurd monomaniacal brashness can, only in the most peculiar type of reading, be construed as 'crediting' Neuer in a kind of 'backhand homage' and proving in-depth scholarly coverage of Neuer's work. If you think a universally known Ban Ki-Moon is a Dutchman (Van Ki-Moon) perhaps you are googling too quickly to understand these topics. Nearly everything I google on Neuer and Falk, to take one topic, turns out to be a meme cycle going back to UN Watch's self-promotional garbage.Nishidani (talk) 15:34, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for showing your bias Neuer does indeed give a lot of time to Israel, but that is because the UNHRC does. I did not know there is a large population of Jews in the Congo. Maybe you are just too focused on Israel to see where else the UN Watch, and Neuer, criticize the UNHRC. Regardless, it is quite clear that Neuer himself is notable. Sir Joseph (talk) 15:40, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Your selective use of 'bias' reminds me of what David McLellan said of 'ideology'. Users of both words tend to think it refers to what people other than themselves display. As to Neuer's passionate concerns for human rights in the Congo, the details of that story were anticipated a century and a half ago by Charles Dickens in Bleak House. His marvelous caricature, Mrs Jellyby, is passionately devoted to human rights in the Congo, much to the negligence and detriment of her household and the children in its backyard. The whole logic of inanity in these things is summed up best by a simile.If a mafia thug goes public, joining a general chorus of outraged complaints that some chap in the city is given to punching up his neighbours, that fellow would be entitled to come back screaming 'hypocrisy'. A neutral observer would say that both are pseudo-moralists, since they decry behavior they themselves engage in, and do so only to take the heat out of criticism of their own continued and committed contempt for an ethical life.Nishidani (talk) 16:39, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * OMG can you go anywhere, Sir Joseph, without throwing in "bias" as if it is magic pixie dust? At any rate that dust seems to have clouded your vision: you are actually supporting the argument that the subject's notability is intertwined with that of his organization, and thus I take your comment as support for a redirect. Drmies (talk) 16:59, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * "someone who, unlike Hillel, is profoundly committed to human rights, as opposed to 'Jewish' rights only)" is a biased statement. That you can't see it as such is not surprising. It is disgusting on Nishidani's part to claim that the Neuer is only concerned with Jewish people. Just today UN Watch released a critique of Iran's representative. And no, just because Neuer is executive director of UN Watch, doesn't mean that is his only notability. And you speak of clouded vision, when it's clear that Nishidani's vision is so clouded that he will take any opportunity to put in an anti-Israel comment and pontificate given the opportunity to do so. Again, when someone defends Falk and says Neuer is not committed to human rights, that is bias, and that has no place here. Sir Joseph (talk) 17:06, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Give me one, just one, example of UN Watch and, specifically, Hillel Neuer speaking directly of their concerns for the systematic injustices meted out to Palestinians over 50 years of military occupation, and I might believe you. For it is commonplace for the very men who execute these policies, on retirement, like Ami Ayalon, Carmi Gillon and Yuval Diskin to come out publicly(also here) and state that the disastrous effect of this dehumanization is a threat to Israel's democracy. If the Shin Bet, Israel's intelligence service, admits Palestinian human rights are systematically abused, and praised soldiers who blow the whistle, Neuer, who kept nagging at Richard Falk for saying precisely this, which is obvious, if he is, as claimed, a 'human' rights activist, should have an equally strong record of speaking up along similar lines rather than branding decent men who happen to be Jewish 'anti-Semites'. I can find none. All I can find is that the external enemies of Israel are targeted for their human rights abuses. To note this is not 'bias'. My comments are not 'anti-Israel', any more than marching in anti-war protests during the Vietnam war, as millions of Americans did, is proof I was 'anti-American. Nishidani (talk) 18:27, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note that some editors appear to be drawing their descriptions of Neuer from aggressively anti-Israel sources,such as Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, which has described Neuer as UN Watch's "self-promoting" director".(open access link here: Will Samantha Power Be Loyal to Her Principles or to the Israel Lobby?. However, unlike Nishidani, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'' has the honesty to assert that because Neuer and UN Watch had been criticized for "general insouciance about the U.N.'s work in any context other than Israel. Sensitive to that criticism, it has indeed worked with other organizations to highlight human rights abusers" in other parts of the world.  Note also that published criticism of Neuer underscores his notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:57, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Indeed, and typical of Nishidani. Reading his comment one would assume that it's only Neuer calling out Falk. One just has to do a quick google search to see all the other government and UN officials calling out Falk and his antisemitism. Indeed, someone who posts antisemitic cartoons is not a "decent" person. The UN chief himself, rejected a Falk authored report. Let's not forget Falk is a "former" UN official specifically for his antisemitism and antitruth statements. That a person can say the US government and not Al-Qaida was behind 9/11, or that the Boston bombing was justified doesn't make a person "decent." I guess in your world, as long as you criticize Israel or the Jews, then you are decent, regardless of how evil you are with everything else., , ,  Sir Joseph (talk) 19:03, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Glad you are using your time wisely, Sir Joseph. Likewise to you Gregory.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I thought you said you were going to stay out of these discussions? -  Galatz Talk  19:54, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * is Neuer a terrorist? I don't think you should be commenting on my editing habits if you have no idea what I voluntarily prohibited myself from. "Voluntarily" being a key word.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 20:06, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You, SJ, realize of course that in writing here:
 * "Let's not forget Falk is a 'former' UN official specifically for his antisemitism and antitruth statements. . . .I guess in your world, as long as you criticize Israel or the Jews, then you are decent, regardless of how evil you are with everything else."
 * That you have violated WP:BLP by asserting that he is (a) anti-Semitic (b) a deliberate liar and that (c) you have made a surmise about my personal beliefs ( WP:NPA) in adding that (a) I criticize Jews  (b) think anyone critical of either Israel or Jews is ipso facto decent and (c) such people are 'evil'. That's not a bad effort for an editor frequently complaining about me for some putative 'incivility' that is deleterious to wikipedia. I note that your list of smears against Falk is copied straight from Un Watch's smear-sheet, with nary an effort to check the truth of that crap. Editors are supposed to ensure that, whatever their personal beliefs, articles are to be composed 'neutrally' and not serve as excuses for lobbying for more exposure to the meme cycle of self-referential clichés which, as in this article, are out there as part of the campaign for a politics of national self-justification. It looks like the boots are on the ground in lockstep to have this trivia accepted, whatever the quality of the arguments, so further comments would be foruming pointlessly.Nishidani (talk) 20:14, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll take the Secretary General of the United Nations at his word over CounterPunch. It is quite clear that certain subjects should not be discussed with you as you apparently are unable to dialogue with people without resorting to your usual. I also have no BLP violation, I said he was fired due to his antisemitism and antitruth statements and that is 100% correct and RS. The UN and HRW fired Falk for antisemtic and antitruth statements, about Jews, the US, 9/11 and the Boston Bombing. Don't feel that you have to get the last word in, I have no interest in debating with you. Sir Joseph (talk) 20:19, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * "I said he was fired due to his antisemitism and antitruth statements and that is 100% correct and RS. The UN and HRW fired Falk for antisemtic and antitruth statements, about Jews, the US, 9/11 and the Boston Bombing."
 * If you cannot be patient enough to reach beyond youtube and examine each of those furphies, you shouldn't be editing here. None of that is true, and you cannot document that Falk was fired for anti-Semitism and antitruth statements by both the UN and Human Rights Watch. The story of his exiting Human Right Watch is elaborately explained by Phyllis Bennis in her essay. 'Human Rights Watch: Time to stand with human rights defenders,' Al Jazeera 9 January 2013, which notes that HRW, when asked by 40 Human Rights groups throughout the world to apologize for insulting Falk, admitted that Neuer's UN Watch statement, which caused Ban Ki-Moon and Rice's furore was full of 'inaccuracies and falsehoods'. The UN never fired Falk. He left when his 6 year term expired. It coincided with the appointment of his wife Hilal Elver's UN appointment as special rapporteur on the right to food, which meant Neuer went for the jugular and tried to get at the retired (and unpaid) Falk by attacking his wife's job at the UN as 'nepotism'. Not a word of the history of UN Watch's smear campaigns or its reputation for gross distortions and inaccuracies in 'reporting' on critics of Israeli policies regarding Palestinians is registered on Neuer or Un Watch's page. It's all boosterism, and I suspect, has an odour of self-promotion. So, you are wrong, you smeared a living person by gullibly repeating demonstrable falsehoods, of which the most egregious is that UN Watch distortion of his remarks re blowback concerning the Boston Marathon attack.Nishidani (talk) 21:07, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * A few non-paywalled sources on Falk: Canada lambasts UN official for saying Boston bombings caused by 'American global domination project'; (Falk) Evangelist for anti-Semitism strikes again; Richard Falk’s hatred of USA, Israel and Jews; Here's how to dump UN official who smeared US after Boston attacks. It's not a "smear campaign" because Neuer was citing the racist, hate-filled, antisemitis statement Falk actually made.   Coverage of Neuer calling Falk out over his anti-Israel and anti-America statements is yet more evidence of Neuer's notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:23, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Again, you haven't done the minimal amount of work to read all relevant sources on this smear campaign, but cite paywall protected sources that just state the smear, and not, as several articles do (2 cited above) check the details in contrary sources that argue Neuer and his group fabricated the smears. Neuer did not cite 'racist, hate-filled, antisemitis statement Falk actually made'. A strong case can be made from sources that his UN Watch doctored the evidence, (according to Human Rights Watch's own statements and according to a serious scholar, Phyllis Bennis, partisan yes, but held to higher standards of accuracy that any of the rubbish cited here), in order to make it look as though Falk was engaged in making a 'racist, hate-filled, antisemitis statement.' Both you and SJ have, by taking Neuer and UN Watch's trash at face value, arguably discredited your reliability as editors obliged to write to WP:NPOV standards, and you both are repeating WP:BLP remarks about Falk, which should, at this point, be reported. Even a beginner here is supposed to grasp the elementary rule that what a source reports about a person is not 'the truth' but a POV regarding that person, nothing more. To take a partisan smear as the truth is to attack, on these talk pages, a living person. Nishidani (talk) 21:35, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * The Neuer v. Falk stuff doesn't make Neuer any more notable apart from his role as leader of UN Watch. Neuer and UN Watch are parallel stories and should be merged. Binksternet (talk) 21:42, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * summary of wall of text: It would seem Neuer also has grounds to notabiliy via Falk and alleged antisemitism. Conversely we should redirect Falk to United Nations special rapporteur and likewise redirect all bios whose primary notability arises from an organization or position.Icewhiz (talk) 21:43, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to UN Watch, for lack of independent, reliable sources that discuss the subject directly and in detail. A plausible search term, but not independently notable of the org. I’m only seeing mentions Neuer in the context of his activities for the group, as in “Hillel Neuer of UN Watch said…” “…commented…” “…wrote…” etc. The fact that he criticises a notable person does not help his own notability; not every critic of a notable figure is notable himself/herself, since notability is not inherited. In any case, the criticism from Neuer in his capacity as UNW executive. The scope and influence of the NGO in question is not such that we would presume notability for its director. Everything worth saying about Neuer can be said in the target article. Sources presented above, such as interviews – even if extensive, – are WP:SPIP and do not count towards notability.


 * Re: Users Shrike and Icewhiz link to a long interview with Neuer in the Canadian Jewish News, Hillel Neuer: Jewish eyes on the United Nations, and to a profile in the Jerusalem Post A Zionist at the United Nations – I reviewed these, and they are both interviews and not suitable for establishing notability. The other links offered by Icewhiz are passing mentions. “Being in the news” is not the same as “encyclopedically notable”; Neuer is not a celebrity. Even if he were, we’d need something else besides being a director at an NGO. On the balance of things, “Redirect” seems to be the best option here. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:32, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Comment Another source that asserts notability --Shrike (talk) 06:27, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to UN Watch: Not independently notable outside of his capacity as the UN Watch leader. There are primary, mainly UN Watch related sources, that gives the appearance of being "well sourced" or "enough WP:RS sourced in the article". That may be true ---BUT--- when the great majority are related to a single event, other than the subject but attributed to him or her, we end up masking that there is no independent notability which is not inherited. Otr500 (talk) 02:24, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Great, another interview (primary source) that doesn't assert notability despite multiple attempts to change policy for this particular subject to say it does.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 06:40, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * In all those interviews background is given.Such background is more then enough to satisfy WP:GNG.Also cite policy according to which interview is a primary source.The interview is leaded by the questions its not autobiography.--Shrike (talk) 07:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Certainly, though I doubt directly citing the policies will change your POV. WP:PRIMARY states: "Do not base an entire article on primary sources, and be cautious about basing large passages on them"; WP:Interviews also writes: "There we have a specific definition requiring that others not connected with the subject take note and that they do so by offering their own secondary thoughts in reliable sources. Under this definition, anything the interviewee says about himself or herself or their own work is primary. If it's primary, our guidelines make clear that it does not contribute to notability". A few introductory sentences prior to the interview doesn't magically overrule our policies. And you do realize most, if not all, interviews are leaded by questions, correct?TheGracefulSlick (talk) 08:21, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:INTERVIEW is an essay and not policy.Again on what policy you base that interviews are primary source?Moreover in my opinion the introduction in long enough and give WP:DEPTH hence satisfy WP:GNG.Also please stop commenting about my POV as everyone have its own you including--Shrike (talk) 09:13, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Lead sentence of WP:Interview:"This is an explanatory supplement to the Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research policies". According to WP:SUPPLEMENTAL, "Where essay pages offer advice or opinions through viewpoints, information pages should supplement or clarify technical or factual information about Wikipedia in an impartial way". Seriously, either you didn't read the opening statement of the page or you are falsely calling it an essay to gain leverage for your losing argument. I'm not going to continue this discussion with you if honesty continues to be an issue.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 09:31, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Fine, then from your link "An independent interviewer represents the "world at large" giving attention to the subject, and as such, interviews as a whole contribute to the basic concept of notability. The material provided to the interview by the interviewer and the publication is secondary" I consider number of interviews and background given in each one sufficient to establish notability per our policy.--Shrike (talk) 10:26, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * , I provided below more than an interview or primary sources. Please take a look and judge for youself. Shalom11111 (talk) 09:41, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: Google can be helpful sometimes. Hereby, provided are even more secondary, notable and reliable sources, in addition to dozens mentioned before here and in the article. They cover Mr. Neuer, not just mention him, and refute the above arguments of 'K.e.coffman, TheGracefulSlick and others regarding lack of independent, secondary sources that don't just mention his as the head of the UN Watch. These include law university publications, news organizations and magazines, some are interviews and in others he is main subject. A man of international influence in the human rights realm, listed on annual lists of most powerful Jews on earth, given a "Hillel Neuer Day" in his honor in Chicago.


 * Remember, if you think one source is insufficient, it doesn't automatically imply the same about the rest, that is simply false logic. Stating that there's a WP:PRIMARY issue here has no grounds. While it is okay not to like this person (who dedicates all his time to fighting tyrannies as well raising awareness and improving lives globally!), not being neutral here because of that isn't. Shalom11111 (talk) 08:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Remember, if you think one source is insufficient, it doesn't automatically imply the same about the rest, that is simply false logic. Stating that there's a WP:PRIMARY issue here has no grounds. While it is okay not to like this person (who dedicates all his time to fighting tyrannies as well raising awareness and improving lives globally!), not being neutral here because of that isn't. Shalom11111 (talk) 08:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Remember, if you think one source is insufficient, it doesn't automatically imply the same about the rest, that is simply false logic. Stating that there's a WP:PRIMARY issue here has no grounds. While it is okay not to like this person (who dedicates all his time to fighting tyrannies as well raising awareness and improving lives globally!), not being neutral here because of that isn't. Shalom11111 (talk) 08:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Remember, if you think one source is insufficient, it doesn't automatically imply the same about the rest, that is simply false logic. Stating that there's a WP:PRIMARY issue here has no grounds. While it is okay not to like this person (who dedicates all his time to fighting tyrannies as well raising awareness and improving lives globally!), not being neutral here because of that isn't. Shalom11111 (talk) 08:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Remember, if you think one source is insufficient, it doesn't automatically imply the same about the rest, that is simply false logic. Stating that there's a WP:PRIMARY issue here has no grounds. While it is okay not to like this person (who dedicates all his time to fighting tyrannies as well raising awareness and improving lives globally!), not being neutral here because of that isn't. Shalom11111 (talk) 08:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Remember, if you think one source is insufficient, it doesn't automatically imply the same about the rest, that is simply false logic. Stating that there's a WP:PRIMARY issue here has no grounds. While it is okay not to like this person (who dedicates all his time to fighting tyrannies as well raising awareness and improving lives globally!), not being neutral here because of that isn't. Shalom11111 (talk) 08:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Remember, if you think one source is insufficient, it doesn't automatically imply the same about the rest, that is simply false logic. Stating that there's a WP:PRIMARY issue here has no grounds. While it is okay not to like this person (who dedicates all his time to fighting tyrannies as well raising awareness and improving lives globally!), not being neutral here because of that isn't. Shalom11111 (talk) 08:50, 11 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect to UN Watch – The person is not independently notable while independent notability is a requirement for a standalone article per WP:NBIO. — kashmīrī  TALK  09:06, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: But this is simply incorrect, I think you didn't read my comment (because you wrote yours in between the lines of mine, so I just moved it down here). Did you look at the article and all the sources provided, which show independent notability? Shalom11111 (talk) 09:36, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Shalom11111 (talk) 10:27, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes I did. But I saw no quality source that would convince me that the guy is a sufficiently notable person outside of his organisation to warrant a Wikipedia article. — kashmīrī  TALK  23:16, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We happen to have a source which explicitly affirms that UN Watch itself, and implicitly Neuer as its vociferous director, is not notable.
 * "Most of the attacks are the result of pressure campaigns launched by a small Geneva-based right-wing organisation called UN Watch. While hardly known outside of UN headquarters in Geneva, UN Watch has tried to make a name for itself among those bigger players also committed to undermining the United Nations and to uncritically defending every Israeli violation of human rights and international law. Undermining and delegitimising Richard Falk has been an obsession of UN Watch since he became Special RapporteurPhyllis Bennis, 'Human Rights Watch: Time to stand with human rights defenders,' Al Jazeera 9 January 2013,"
 * The Neuer page will only reduplicate the Un Watch page, noting all of the targets of Neuer's polemical venom, i.e. just one more WP:COATRACK article pleading the cause of the aggrieved.Nishidani (talk) 11:47, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The fact that Al Jazeera makes an attack of this kind, an apparent effort to denigrate Neur's notability and effectiveness, is yet another source supportive of his notability as a player in Israel vs. anti-Israel politics.E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:11, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Nishidani's POV-citation is irrelevant; that article is from over 5 years ago and so much has happened since, and his argument itself is simply invalid in its nature: It is clear it ignores Neuer's article and the additional information/links I provided above (which neither he nor TheGracefulSlick responded to) showing Neuer's notability goes way beyond being the executive director of said organization. Shalom11111 (talk) 12:41, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The article today and the enormous amount of BLP material that has been brought up here on Hillel Neuer is different than what we had in the past (a year ago, the article was in a bad shape, I agree). It's okay to change one's mind, like Joefromrandb chose to do in the very beginning, and consider the all the new evidence and look at the article again. His writings, publications and coverage in the field of law and human rights would themselves justify his article as a notable author. Shalom11111 (talk) 12:46, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I mean I could respond to those links but it is just more of the same; heck you are even trying to pass off one of Neuer's own articles as a secondary source. At this point, I have to assume all the ignorance displayed toward our guidelines for notability and sourcing is intentional -- a bi-product of the subject and the POV that unfortunately cannot be shaken by the same usual editors.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 13:27, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * One of the article was written by Neuer, indeed, not intentional, but why not talk about the other five? I totally agree with your second sentence though. Maybe, for some users, Wikipedia guidelines simply don't matter nor does it matter how many media sources, from the left and right, from local to international, cite Hillel Neuer, interview him, write about him as the main subject; nor do dozens of books that quote him and talk about his activity, or the hundreds or publications he has written - as long as he hold a position in an organization that (among other things) fights bias at the UN for singling out and passing resolutions against Israel more than any other and in some cases all other countries of the world combined. It matters not that there are lists ranking him among the most influential individuals in law and or Jews globally, or that he is praised and even gets "Hillel Neuer Day" in his honor in a major American city - it will not change some minds. Sad but not surprising. Shalom11111 (talk) 13:59, 11 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Sources: Here is a 1998 essay by novelist Haim Chertok dedicated to taking issue with a Hillel Neuer article "Feisty and Contrary" ([[Azure (magazine)|AZURE]: Ideas for the Jewish Nation, Winter 5758/l998, No. 3}. We might put more effort into sourcing the article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:05, 11 January 2018 (UTC) Supplying missing link to source.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:55, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We might put more effort into reading articles broadly around the issue. this is the second time you cite a source without a link, so we are supposed to take your word for it when there is no evidence you have read the source itself (The first case was 'Starting on p. 79, Falk details what he describes as Neuer's ongoing efforts'. I provided the link and 'starting' is wrong. Falk just mentions Neuer en passant). Editing like this replicates what UN WATCH does: creating a self-referential universe on its site, occasionally managing to blitz someone with lies or hyperbolic if not indeed paranoid inflation that lead the unwary to take them at their word and capture a blip in the 24/7 newscycle, which is then cited on their blog to underline how important they are. The more one looks into this, the sleazier the image of UN Watch: it witchhunts in McCarthyist fashion, as one can see, after the bizarre disinformation spread re Falk, it published all of Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth's twitter comments on the Gaza War, with Neuer stating things like: 'If anyone can identify any meaningful difference now between Hamas' social media feed and that of HRW director @kenroth, please let me know.' Hillel Neuer on Twitter   July 20, 2014. This  going-ballistic-discursive-overkill is perhaps why he is generally ignored in serious articles about the I/P conflict.   By the way, you were wrong to take the article by Phyllis Bennis (9 books - innumerable articles, hence we have an article on her. How many books and articles has Neuer written?) as criticism by Al Jazeera. Her remarks there were a smaller version of what she wrote elsewhere:
 * "Many of those attacks resulted from smear campaigns launched by UN Watch, a right-wing outfit in Geneva known for its anti-UN, anti-Palestinian, pro-Israel and anti-human rights agenda. It has attacked Richard many times before, but this time, sadly, it managed to influence none other than Ken Roth and the leadership of Human Rights Watch, despite a history of even attacking HRW itself. In response, a broad coalition of Palestinian, Israeli, U.S., and international human rights organizations mobilized in Richard’s defense; so far Human Rights Watch has yet to adequately respond. My al-Jazeera article, “Human Rights Watch: Time to Stand With Human Rights Defenders,” appeared a few days ago, noting how sad it is that HRW collapsed under the pressure even while its Middle East staff is doing such good work.' Phyllis Bennis It’s a New Year, But Old Wars and Occupations Continue Institute for Policy Studies  11 January   2013"
 * I was originally wary of denying Neuer a page, - the sourcing at a lazy glance seemed ample. But the more I look into it, the stronger the impression that this is just another example of a raucously polemical POV-pushing lobby trying to get wiki space for its director as a noted critic of human rights abuse when he is just one of numerous people who go berserk at the least hint that Israel is not quite immaculate 'light unto the nations.' but rather more or less behaves historically as other colonial powers tend to do, if their bona fides is questioned.Both articles are essentially booster pieces with editors simply showcasing what the organization anjd its director are proud of, and how they see themselvesNishidani (talk) 18:06, 11 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Here: is a long profile of Neuer from his college alumni magazine: .E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:59, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * And here: is an article about Neuer by Moshe Ronen, with extensive quotations from Neuer that ran, presumably as an opinion column, in the [[Edmonton Journal] in 2007 UN rights agency can censor speech, but can't hide truth.[[User:E.M.Gregory|E.M.Gregory]] (talk) 19:18, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Again, are you reading this stuff or just googling and plastering anything you come up with on this page, with dysfunctional links? The first link is against the UN Watch, not an independent source. The second link doesn't work, at least for me. I get a blank request for an article in Pro Quest. Have you ever thought that all putative independent sourcing goes back to what the UN Watch site does in self-promotion of its director? If so, there's no need for a separate page.Nishidani (talk) 19:54, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Nonsense on wheels, please WP:AGF. Of course I read articles that I reference, or cite.  I used the link to UNWatch to reference that article, because it is an open source. The link to Proquest copy of the Edmonton Journal article works when I try it .  and WP:HEY I added a handful of additional sources, facts to the page.  A great deal more WP:RS information on Neuer exists, going back about two decades.  Article on Neuer can ahd shoudl be expanded, it needs, for example an article on his work with Durban II, a subject (Neuer's involvement) on which plentiful sourcing exists.  This, however, is a classic example of WPBLUDGEONING an Afd on an individual whose political commitments are uncongenial to Nishidani.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:32, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * As to WP:BLUDGEON, read the page and count our respective comments. At AfDs we have both commented on, you will recall, it is a policy associated with you, not myself, by third parties. To repeat, asserrtions that 'a great deal more WP:RS information on Neuer exists, going back about two decades,' are just that, and pointless if we are just sent to some UN Watch page. WP:AGF again, is, wrongly cited. I didn't mention editors here, I referred to my feeling that nothing UN Watch writes on human rights is credible because, though its comments on many tinpot dictatorships represented in the UN state the obvious, amply documented by serious Human Rights NGOs, they are unreadable because Neuer and UN Watch refuse to apply the same criteria to Israel's behavior as a belligerent occupant of another country, and therefore the moral outrage is hollow, and 'instrumental' (it means, in laymen's language: 'those bastards get away with it, so they have no right to criticize us for doing the same.' So I don't assume their putative 'human rights activism' obliges me to assume their good faith. Au contraire.Nishidani (talk) 21:48, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comments on "the subject" and notability: Neuer is a contributor/writer and not an author. Why is there confusion on this? Where are the peer reviewed publications and ISSN/ISBN numbers with him as the author and the Published works section in the article? Where are publications not associated with Neuer as "Director of UN Watch" or variations to show independence? Refbombing links that continually show the subject, through interviews, blogs, and press releases (etc...), always associated with UN WATCH, just muddy the waters and still points to person A (Neuer) has a relationship with well-known organization B (UN Watch). This BLP has become a battleground of the subject championing a cause when that is not relevant. He is NOT a renowned international lawyer but an individual that practiced international law. This is particularly important (concerning notability) if sourcing shows Lawyer A has a relationship with law firm B. This is acceptable content and sourcing in a BLP but there is nothing to show individual notability. Neuer is in a field with many thousands like the 16,000 member International Bar Association. His notability began and is solely associated with UN Watch. 1000 more interviews or press releases (etc...) that include "Director of UN Watch Hillel Neuer" (or variations) still point to UN Watch. There is too much politicizing his cause that is not the issue. Even the blog by Neuer The 10 most insane UN anti-Israel actions of 2017 states, "In response, UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer took the floor...". Otr500 (talk) 11:35, 12 January 2018 (UTC)::::Here is a journal article from before he joined the NGO,, he is also quoted in other journals, and he also co-authored if I'm not mistaken a book on Canadian law or process. Regardless of all that, it is quite clear that Neuer is notable. Sir Joseph (talk) 14:45, 12 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to UN Watch Not sure he is notable outside of this.Slatersteven (talk) 14:43, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Just looking on Gbooks shows more that enough sources to show he passes GNG Darkness Shines (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment
 * If the shameful decision to delete or redirect this page takes place, it is important to provide the following information for the record.
 * Nishidani is distracting the discussion from the issue, and violates the WP:IDONTKNOWIT rule, proved by completely off topics comments (and I quote him) ..."what UN WATCH does: creating a self-referential universe on its site, occasionally managing to blitz someone with lies or hyperbolic if not indeed paranoid inflation that lead the unwary"... And "concerns for the systematic injustices meted out to Palestinians over 50 years of military occupation", and ..."UN Watch refuse to apply the same criteria to Israel'"
 * How are these related to the discussion about Hillel Neuer's notability? They undoubtedly aren't.
 * Otr500's claims that all secondary sources cite Hillel Neuer as the UN Watch and nothing more have been debunked over and over (see below the collapsed info) but the user keeps repeating them. You can call him a writer if you prefer, not an author, and say there are thousands of other lawyers, it doesn't change a thing, his writings and coverage are way more than enough to justify his damn article.
 * The basis of the argument of those in favor of deleting or redirecting the page is the false notion that the man "is only referred to as the director of UN Watch" and that there are no secondary sources, so since all of you refused to look inside the sources provided, I will quote them and provide the text that refutes these claims.


 * Open the below content


 * Neuer, an international lawyer, diplomat, writer and activist, runs UN Watch, an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that monitors and reports on the actions of the United Nations. He was one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Jewish People in the World" listed by Israel's Ma'ariv newspaper. In his remarks, Neuer discussed the various ways in which the U.N., and especially its Human Rights Commission, singles out Israel for negative resolutions. The Commission, whose first chairperson was Eleanor Roosevelt, had been "hijacked by dictators," he said, to the degree that in 2005, it was disbanded and reformed
 * Neuer, an international lawyer, diplomat, writer and activist, runs UN Watch, an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that monitors and reports on the actions of the United Nations. He was one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Jewish People in the World" listed by Israel's Ma'ariv newspaper. In his remarks, Neuer discussed the various ways in which the U.N., and especially its Human Rights Commission, singles out Israel for negative resolutions. The Commission, whose first chairperson was Eleanor Roosevelt, had been "hijacked by dictators," he said, to the degree that in 2005, it was disbanded and reformed

[full coverage about him as the topic of the article]

...Neuer said in the talk on Oct. 1, presented by Jewish Law Students Association. “Countries do not want to be shamed on the international stage—even powerful countries like China. … It harms their international prestige, it erodes their international standing, it can have economic and political consequences.” Neuer is an outspoken critic of the UN in his position with UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights NGO. He appears regularly before the 47-nation Council and has intervened on behalf of the victims of Darfur, the rights of women, political prisoners in China, Russia, and Zimbabwe, and the cause of Middle East peace. In his talk, Neuer discussed the history of the UN Human Rights Commission, which began in 1946 with Eleanor Roosevelt as its first chairperson. The organization drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights​—which, Neuer said, continues to be a “beacon of hope.” But the legacy of the Commission (which later evolved into the Council) has been tarnished in recent decades, Neuer said. A particular low point: Jean Ziegler, who previously helped create a human rights prize in the name of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, was named to a UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee in 2008 and reelected last year, Neuer said. (Ziegler also has been named a winner of the prize, along with Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro, and others). On a larger scale, countries Neuer referred to as “tyrannies”—specifically China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia—have sought and won membership on the Council. Still, he is optimistic that some improvements can occur. “We need our countries to step up to the plate. … I couldn’t get any democracies to join me when we did a campaign to fight against China’s selection” to join the Council, Neuer said. “We need democracies to find their backbone, to risk at time trade ties with China because it’s the right thing to do.”
 * Here, he is cited by the respectable Cambridge Core - not as the head of the UN Watch which is not mentioned at all
 * Here, he is cited by the respectable Cambridge Core - not as the head of the UN Watch which is not mentioned at all
 * Here, he is cited by the respectable Cambridge Core - not as the head of the UN Watch which is not mentioned at all

...In March 2015, the United Nations (U.N.) Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict will release its report to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Read below for an in-depth analysis from leading expert, Hillel Neuer"...
 * The article then goes on to provide Neuer's analysis, it is not a Op-ed written by Neuer, so it is not primary source and not just a "single mention"


 * "Hillel Neuer of the Shalem Center (which is partially funded by Sheldon Adelson) looks at the role of the court described by Justice Barak and he sees dangerous activism limiting the rights of the majority to pass laws as it sees fit, even if such laws may be profoundly undemocratic and discriminatory."
 * Look, again, no mention UN Watch at all.
 * Look, again, no mention UN Watch at all.


 * "[Hillel Neuer] faces some of the world’s worst perpetrators of human rights abuses as they deny their crimes and scapegoat Israel at the same time. Talking with Neuer, two things become clear. The first is that he cares deeply and passionately for human rights. The second is that he is Canadian and that he credits his nationality with helping him in fighting for No. 1. It is a strange mix of poised seriousness and a good sense of humor – another thing he says helps him do his job. Anyone who follows the UN to even a minimal degree knows that Israel is singled out disproportionately for resolutions and condemnations. I asked Neuer: What is behind this seeming bias? How entrenched is it? What can be done about it? A few of his answers surprised me"...
 * No good either?
 * No good either?

Concordia University Magazine

And then there is this interview. The original link is dead so it is accessed from the UN watch but the point as the user E.M.Gregory said still stands of course.

" THE TALENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

“Editor’s Voice,” by Howard Bosker

When I met Hillel Neuer, BA 93, at a Montreal café in early spring, he apologized for being a few minutes late. Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, explained that he had been on the phone with a writer from the Wall Street Journal. I was truly humbled. After all, as Neuer soon related, he and UN Watch are quoted about 250 times per year by international news agencies and publications and major TV networks, making him one of the Concordia graduates who is most frequently cited by the media. I wondered how enthusiastic he’d be to meet with someone from a publication with a circulation in the tens of thousands rather than hundreds of thousands — or more. It turns out my worries were unfounded. Hillel admitted that he was only too happy to be interviewed because our university is in his blood: both his parents and three of his six siblings are Concordia alumni! Over the next hour, he described his work at UN Watch (see “Watching the watchers” on page 16). He was so eloquent and forthcoming that only a question-and-answer piece could do his story justice. The non-governmental organization for which he works advocates for human rights, fights anti-Semitism and keeps an eye on the UN and the UN Human Rights Council — a tall order to be sure. The inappropriately named council typically ignores or apologizes for the world’s worst human rights offenders — some of which are ironically among its 47 members. Still, Hillel contends that the council wields international influence and must be held accountable for sticking to its own mandate, which includes upholding the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Hillel said that politics captivated him at age 10, when he and a neighbour recreated historical political scenes, such as the John F. Kennedy assassination,”which we then forced our parents to watch!” he recalled. Hillel added that his time at Concordia’s Liberal Arts Collegeand Department of Political Science set him on a path toward human-rights advocacy.Today, he’s not recreating but actually helping to shape history. […]

Hillel Neuer, BA 93 (west. soc. cult. & poli. sci.), is a busy man. Neuer is executive director of UN Watch, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that keeps a close eye on the controversial United Nation Human Rights Council based in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN in New York City and human rights abuses around the world. “And human rights issues arise 24 hours a day,” Neuer says.

UN Watch (unwatch.org) was founded in 1993 by Morris Abram, an American lawyer who worked at the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal after the Second World War, was a leading advocate in the civil rights movement, served under five American presidents and was the United States’ ambassador to the UN in Geneva. UN Watch’s stated mission is to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own charter. It also is often called upon by international media organizations to provide analyses and commentaries on UN and human rights issues. “In a given year, we may be quoted in 250 separate articles, in Reuters, The Economist, The International Herald Tribune, The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal. And I’ve debated on CNN, Fox News, BBC, Al Jazeera and other TV networks,” Neuer points out.

Neuer graduated from the Liberal Arts College and also majored in Political Science at Concordia. He then earned civil and common-law degrees from McGill University, completing his final year at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He remained in Israel to clerk for an Israeli Supreme Court justice and completed a master’s of law degree at Hebrew University. Neuer then took a position at a New York City law firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and in 2004, became executive director of UN Watch.

"Neuer has written widely on law, politics and international affairs for publications such as the International Herald Tribune, Juriste International, Commentary, The New Republic Online and the Christian Science Monitor. He appears regularly before the UN Human Rights Council—intervening for causes ranging from the rape victims of Darfur to the pursuit of Middle East peace—and recently testified as an expert witness before a hearing of the U.S. Congress. Neuer is frequently quoted for his analysis of UN affairs by major media organizations around the world, including the New York Times, Die Welt, Le Figaro and Reuters. In the past year he has debated UN human rights issues on CNN, Fox News, and the BBC. Prior to joining UN Watch, Neuer practiced commercial and civil rights litigation at the international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Active as a human rights defender, Neuer was cited by the federal court of the Southern District of New York for the high quality of his pro bono advocacy on a precedent-setting case for prisoners’ rights and freedom of religion. He holds a BA in intellectual history and political science from Concordia University, a BCL and LLB from the McGill University Faculty of Law, as well as an LLM in comparative constitutional law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Neuer is a member of the New York bar."
 * An article solely about Hillel Neuer and his work in Hebrew on Mida (website)


 * And this is a partial list, it excludes tens of other sources that cover the man to lesser extent (NY Times and other media outlets, news appearances, books, articles in other languages which are an issue to cite here). We are witnessing the definition of Wikipedia censorship in full force. Shalom11111 (talk) 15:27, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * And that is (in effect) a PA accusing other users of trying to censor WP. No one is trying to remove all mention of him.Slatersteven (talk) 15:32, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Read it again. No user was mentioned in the last paragraph. See WP:BOOMERANG. The article has been deleted before with no discussion, is that in accordance with WP rules? Is that no censoring it? If you are "not sure he is notable outside of this" as you wrote, I kindly encourage you to take a glimpse over the sources. Shalom11111 (talk) 15:50, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

All I can see is a hastily run-up complete editing mess from self-referential sources, provincial newspapers, or some mainstream news outlets whose content just repeats the UN critic meme. WP:GNG reads: (A)If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list
 * Keep passes threshold at WP:GNG. There are plenty of reliable sources independent of the subject that cover his life and work in sufficient detail. -- Jayron 32 15:52, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Well, let's go through it systematically and see how it is sourced.
 * This is not quite Winnepeg University, a conference which has left no mark on the Winnepeg U pages, apparently. It is a brief note introducing Neuer, who was to speak at a conference there in February 2007, and is just a reprint of his curriculum vita This bare CV source is used 5 times.
 * This is a primary source registration at the Chicago City Clerk’s office. If this gesture was noteworthy, rather than the mayor’s doing him a personal favour, where is the secondary source?
 * Paul Lungen Hillel Neuer: Jewish eyes on the United Nations 10  January  2016 Canadian Jewish News An inrteerview which recaps everything that is repeated elsewehere. It has one notable quote we don't use.
 * "I try to recall the tradition of Abraham, who was one of the world’s first non-conformists and at a time of idolatry, he spoke for the one God. That’s what I try to do here."
 * I don't know why the editor or Neuer didn't realize he was going public identifying Israel with God, and himself in the UN as an Abrahamic figure contesting idolatry of the Palestinians. Go figure.

This appears to be wrong attribution. The screed is an essay by Hillel Neuer, which begins with the usual hyperbole:
 * Baker, Amb. Alan (June 27, 2012). "The Demonization of Israel at the United Nations in Europe". Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs
 * "If an alien from another planet visited the United Nations and listened to its debates, read its resolutions, and walked its halls, the extraterritorial observer would logically conclude that a principal purpose of the world body is to censure a tiny country called Israel."
 * The type of hyperbole analysed by one of his sharpest critics, Scott Long
 * "In the other corner: the appalling Neuer and his organization. “UN Watch” can be said to watch the UN (which certainly bears watching) only if I could be said to read the New York Times by doing the crossword puzzles obsessively and throwing the other 100+ pages away. Scott Long, Hillel Neuer: Liar. Mona Seif: Hero. a paper bird 3 May 2013"
 * Neuer's UN Watch team screened 93,000 tweets by Mona Seif, an extraordinary human rights critic of Egypt's regimes, Israel's ally, and found just three they thought could be twisted to show she was a blood curdling anisemite, an imputation Long tears apart in great contextual detail. Please note that, this Neuer page has zero mentions of the many criticisms made of him, UN Watch and their smear tactics. Sheer boosterism. Nishidani (talk) 22:22, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

"The keynote speaker at the June 18 gala will be Hillel Neuer, the Montreal-born executive director of UN Watch in Geneva, Switzerland, which combats anti-Israel expressions made by the United Nations Human Rights Council.A former student of Krantz’s at Concordia’s Liberal Arts College, Neuer is one of a cadre of students trained at CIJR who have gone on to be effective advocates for Israel.Neuer, a McGill University law graduate, was editor of the CIJR student publication Dateline: Middle East. His writings today are published widely and he is a frequent commentator on major TV networks. On June 19, Neuer will speak at a CIJR cocktail reception in Toronto."
 * Jewish Federation marks year of challenges and solutions at 116th Annual Meeting of Jewish United Fund Chicago News September 15 2016 Has one line on Neuer as having delivered a keynote address.
 * (11) Edwards, Steven (31 March 2007). "UN's 'noble Dream' A Nightmare". National Post. This is a fudge: The link, sends you to Pro-Quest, when the article is online without that, but where? The Unwatch website.
 * (12)Philologos (1 November 2013). "The Great Bagel Mystery Solved!". The Forward. This is a fudge again. The article is directly on line but the link directs us to Pro Quest for access. This is cited to ‘prove’ Neuer comes from Montreal, which is mentioned everywhere and the article just mentions him emailing the writer to explain the origin of the verb ‘to bagel’.
 * (13) Arnold, Janice (4 June 2013). "Pro-Israel think tank CIJR marks 25th anniversary". Canadian Jewish News
 * (15) Paul,Weiss Represents Raytheon Company in Settlement of Merger Dispute With Hughes Electronics Company, Paulweiss.com. 2001-10-17. page not found not RS.
 * (16) "Paul, Weiss Achieves Another Victory for the California Public Utilities Commission in PG&E Bankruptcy Case|News|Resources|Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton&Garrison LLP" page not found. not RS.
 * (17)Ronen, Moshe (16 April 2007)"UN rights agency can censor speech, but can't hide truth; International community urged to condemn deplorable, corrupt organization". in the provincial Edmonton Journal which once more is not accessible unless you can get through Pro Quest
 * (18) Australian Taxpayers' Alliance: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights at the UN". Atlas Network. August 24, 2015. Annoucement Neuer will talk to the Atlas Network, which is a free trade libertarian group, in September 2015. All it has is a resumé of his curriculum and puff quotes re his criticism of the UN
 * (19) "holds NGO Activist Summit on Darfur (3/28/07)". UN Watch. (I get a 404 note)
 * (20) Daniel Beaudoin is a retired Lieutenant colonel from the IDF  Community: ’s Israel-Bashing Season Again At The U.N. The Forward December 11, 2017 just cites this:
 * "“Sadly,” says Hillel Neuer, the director of UN Watch, “with members like China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Qatar, the UNHRC today may possibly rank as a more corrupt international organization than FIFA.”"
 * How does our editor spin that thin quote out. He writes:
 * "Neuer has represented human rights victims in testimony before the UN Human Rights Council, a body which he highly criticized"
 * which is classic WP:OR, totally unrelated to what Neuer states. (I must dine, will continue later) Nishidani (talk) 18:15, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Here's what just happened, for those who would understandably have a difficult time following the entire thread. I re-listed independent secondary sources that cover the man in question extensively in various ways, and the comment above dismissed them all by labeling them as "self-referential sources, provincial newspapers, or some mainstream news outlets whose content just repeats the UN critic meme" - and I ask, does anyone agree with this assertion, considering they're coming from a variety of places: From hard left magazine Mondoweiss, to academic Concordia University (and we've seen here that there are additional academics books talking about Hillel), to Zionist AIPAC and as well as the National Jpost. Instead, the comment then reviews trivial and insignificant sources from the article that were not in question right now (with some rather inaccurate information, such as that the JUF News site mentions the subject of discussion just once. Search for "Neuer", not Hillel, because he's referred to by his last name). Shalom11111 (talk) 08:27, 13 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep I can see the point of discussing a merge, but this is something that should be proposed on the talk page.  This topic is a world-class figure, as shown by sources in the article that show the topic involved in California, Massachusetts, New York, Canada, Switzerland, and Israel.  This isn't a valid deletion nomination, because we know from the edit history that the nominator believed that the topic had merit as a redirect with its edit history, diff.  Unscintillating (talk) 06:17, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, amply passes GNG with articles in CNN, the Forward, Die Welt, Le Figaro, etc. While it's true that his name is often found next to the organization he heads, the same can be said for Ken Roth. Shall I hold my breath until the same people who nominated this article or want it redirected nominate that one as well? No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 21:52, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The possibilities opened up by the redirect rationale (always mentioned in conjunction with the organization) are endless. We could redirect congressmen notable just for being congressmen to their congressional seat article. Many significant CEOs to their companies (if they were only in 1), and so on...Icewhiz (talk) 22:03, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: Not just for the preponderance of evidence, but also due to the relatively acceptable quality of the sources. Nonetheless, the article is clearly biased in favor of Hillel Neuer. This is a problem because Neuer is a controversial figure. The page merits a revision for WP:NPOV, but not a deletion.--MarshalN20 ✉ 🕊 02:19, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * A world class figure who's so notable that the main editor can document two events in 2007, and then a scatter of reports 2012, 2016 where or his UN Watch are repeating the same basic story. The UN Human Right Council is corrupt, hypccritical. We know that, but you don't become a distinguished figure by recycling the same story for what is it, 2 decades? The lead had the extraordinarty statement that

"In 2016, the City of Chicago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel adopted a resolution declaring “Hillel Neuer Day”[10] recognizing 'one of the world’s foremost human rights advocates,” and for his contributions to “promote peace, justice and human rights around the world.”"
 * WP:Undue. A one-offer. Rahm Emanuel doing Hillel a favour declared one day in one year 2016 as ‘Hillel Neuer Day’ and it is spun out as if from that day, 15 September 2016, onwards  Chicago will celebrate every 15 September as his day, which is not in the sources. Secondly, the two sources do not mention  that Neuer was recognized as ‘one of the world’s foremost human rights advocates’, as implied. That phrase comes from Neuer’s own UN Watch site, quoting, apparently Rahm Emanuel's resolution. Claims like that need peer-proof, not matey puff at a minor provincial event.


 * Well. I see few if any are actually scrutinizing the quality of the sources, and are making judgements on numbers. So I'll continue trawling through them. This is a recap of 1-20 or so, which looks substantially like a Potemkin Village fudge. Briefly, this is the sort of coverage our article says this ‘world class figure’ is getting (1- :
 * University of Winnipeg (advertisement for a talk). Zero content
 * Canadian Jewish News Provincial community newspaper
 * Registrary Office of Chicago’s Clerk (primary source, with a one line entry on Hilllel Neuer day)
 * The Plain Dealer Provincial newspaper (Cleveland)
 * Edmonton Journal Provincial newspaper from Canada.
 * Yale UP. Wow! Yale University. Looks impressive. It's a dead link. Page not found
 * Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Paul Weiss.com twice, both dead links. Page not found
 * National Post A failed minor Canadian newspaper
 * A hyper provincial newspaper from Needham Massachusetts
 * No 31 This is falsely cited as 'Ryan, Steven (January 28, 2010). "Hillel Neuer receives apology letter". Needham Times. Retrieved January 11, 2018.' It is no such thing. It is from a certain Wicked Local.com in 2010  of a letter of apology from the Needham Mayor in 2008  for the Nov 2 2007 incident. A non RS provincial website in 2010, reprinting a brief 2 line letter of apology sent 2 years earlier?
 * Atlas Network  Not a news outlet. An annoucement by an economic  lobby that Neuer will speak
 * Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Provincial. No significant content.Nishidani (talk) 10:23, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We don't talking here about events so if WP:RS provincial or not doesn't really matter.Three interviews and background in it is more then enough to meet WP:GNG--Shrike (talk) 12:11, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * With 37 revisions, and 26,267 bytes (or approx. 5,000 words), Nishidani treatise on the non-notability of Neuer is perhaps a further testament to the notability of Neuer.Icewhiz (talk) 12:17, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If he is one of the world's top legal minds, the greatest human rights advocate since Donald Duck as this puff piece puts over etc., then you would have scores of books, hundreds of articles and thousands of mainstream pieces on him. This is all trumpery editing: one minor incident in 2007 of his being momentarily caught up in a police roundup for a killer because a Pizza house reported him as a suspicious character, gets 5 separate sources, all of them regional notes, three of which are from negligible news sites. But the big thing is that five news outlets in the area, a tenth of those used for the article, noted he was wrongly arrested and apologized to for a contretemps on 2 November 2007. Big time.Nishidani (talk) 13:41, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * (21) travesty; There wasn't much horn-blowing this month to mark the 10th anniversary of the United Nations' Human Rights Council". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. 28 March 2016.


 * Again via Pro-Quest when the same article is easily available. The same sourcing ineptness.

If you look at it, it’s another plant from UN Watch, a couple of paragraphs with the refrain Neuer repeated that year "Today's members — including Cuba, Venezuela, Russia and China — don't exactly rise to that challenge. But they'll aggressively defend their own abysmal records while focusing inordinate attention on the primary target of their disdain: Israel." °(22) Frida Ghitis (5 July 2010). [ "The Human Rights Council is a tragic joke".] Cleveland Plain Dealer. Again, it appears that any time the UN Human Rights Council is mentioned, Hillel Neuer is cited by a provincial news outlet. Worse still, it was originally written for the Miami Herald, and is best known because it is, like everything else here, conserved on the UN Watch website. Nishidani (talk) 13:48, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * (23) Yonette Joseph "After Making Mugabe a 'Good-Will Ambassador,' W.H.O. Chief Is 'Rethinking' It". (May 7, 2016). The New York Times.

Finally the New York Times ! Which tells us Neuer on Twitter and at the UNWatch site did what several other NGOs did, condemn Mugabe’s appointment (like tens of thousands of astonished people).Nishidani (talk) 13:51, 14 January 2018 (UTC) Again the title is not that. All we get is, in a report of Kofi Aannan’s remarks on the new Council, Neuer chipping in saying he hoped it would improve, but wasn’t optimistic (2006)Nishidani (talk) 14:01, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * (24) Tom Wright (June 19, 2006). "Homepage - International Herald Tribune". The New York Times.
 * (25) Warren Hoge "Dismay Over New U.N. Human Rights Council". The New York Times. (March 11, 2007).
 * Back to his annus mirabilis 2007, when he is on a list of sceptics re the UN HR COUNCIL, starting with Kenneth Roth, Nicholas Burns of state for political affairs), Ban Ki-moon, Amnesty's Peter Splinter and Mark Lagon, again quoted for one of the two memes he is famous for.Nishidani (talk) 14:20, 14 January 2018 (UTC)


 * (26) dealt with above. Yale UP annoucement. Page not found. Dead link
 * (27-31) 5 articles from the Boston Globe,  Boston Herald, Needham Times relate just 1 trivial  incident of Neuer being briefly mistaken in a pizza hut for a suspect in a local murder on 2  November 2007, again in the annus mirabilis 2007.Nishidani (talk) 14:22, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment While I disagree with his disparaging comments about some of the news sources, the core of what Nishidani wrote is correct. The puffery about Neuer is unsourced. The section about his "human rights advocacy" and legal career fails verification. What else in this article will fail to hold up to scrutiny? — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 15:43, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Deletion_is_not_cleanup--Shrike (talk) 15:51, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You're right, which is why editors should stop trying to polish this turd and we should delete it. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 16:26, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite convinced he doesn't deserve a wiki page. But I think automatic pro and con, without carefully looking at how a page like this is constructed, is useless. Regularly quoted by Le Figuro turns out to be proven by two links, one which suggests in the distant past he was briefly cited in three articles, and one with the comment:'Pour le directeur de UN Watch, Hillel Neuer, les élections automatiques, faute de concurrence, «prêtent une crédibilité internationale à des gouvernements répressifs qui violent systématiquement les droits de leurs propres citoyens».' That is exactly what Neuer says a thousand times, trawling through the record, the language is always the same, the theme identical. The sourcing is pathetic. If on the other hand, a capable editor wrote it using RS that cover his life, then you might get an acceptable 2 section short wiki bio that would be neutral and pass muster. All we have is a puff page that is identical in content to UN Watch.Nishidani (talk) 16:28, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * That's a keep then. Couldn't you say that in one short paragraph rather than BLUDGEON all over this page? (btw re this, that would be 20 comments by you vs 10 by E.M.Gregory. 2:1 in your favor and you apparently are not done yet. Amusing). No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 17:54, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Nope. The article as it stands is trash, which doesn't exclude that an article on Neuer might find a place here, if it attracted competent editors. As Shabazz says, retain this crap and we are just turd-polishing. More evidence of incompetence:

"He is regularly quoted by major media outlets including the Jerusalem Post,[38][39] New York Times,[24] Al Jazeera,[40] Die Welt,[41] Le Figaro,[42][43] Reuters,[44] Al Ahram,[45] and CNN (notes 38-46 -8 sources for more than a decade of intense media work)" (a)The word regularly is WP:OR. One cite from the Jerusalem Post is reduplicated by quoting as an example the same ref (38-39) (b) the New Times is cited once, (c) Al Jazeera yields one quote (d) die Welt one quote, the editor makes a mistake dating this posthumously to 2015 when the date was May 13, 2010. The comment is tediously the endless meme ('Eine Gruppe von 37 Menschenrechtsgruppen hatte Libyen und Gaddafi schwere Vergehen vorgeworfen und schwere Schäden für das UN-Gremium gesehen. „Bei der Wahl eines Landes, das ständig die Menschenrechte verletzt, verletzen die Vereinten Nationen ihre eigenen Werte, ihre eigene Logik und ihre eigene Moral“, sagte UN-Watch-Chef Hillel Neuer.) (e) no 42 sends us to LeFigaro archives where one assumes he may have been cited 3 times, So again, fudging the evidence.Nishidani (talk) 18:29, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually the first quotes Un Watch, and just cites a Twitter quip by Neuer mocking Iran (2017).
 * The second quotes UN Watch, and its director’s quip re North Korea.(2011);
 * The third turns out to be exactly the same article cited in the following note 43, again shuffling reduplication to create the instantaneous impression of multiple citations. (cf.38-39 are the same article from Jerusalem Post)
 * 43 gives us one example from the same.
 * Reuters quotes him once.
 * 44 Al Ahram has a dead link, and is indeterminate, like several other sources. *45 CNN  one cite.

I.e. the language suggests each of those venues cite Neuer regularly, whereas each named has one example, save for Le Figaro which cites him 3 times over a decade, with the editor reduplicating one of those cites to give the impression he is regularly cited 4 times.Nishidani (talk) 18:29, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If this is what passes for verification in your world, you really shouldn't be participating in these discussions per CIR. For example Reuters regularly quotes him -, as does CNN - on various issues relating the the UN and not necessarily Israel, or is over a dozen quotes not regular enough for you? The fact there's only one example in the article is not "fudging the evidence" (that's a personal attack as you know). Quit the BLUDGEONing and let people less emotionally invested in removing this article judge the evidence for themselves. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 19:10, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I just noticed you were being misleading in another respect. The article says that he is "regularly quoted" by "media outlets", not that each one of them quotes him regularly (although they do). Also, contrary to your claim, Al Figaro quoted him more than 3 times - . Here's another couple dozen from Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post  just for good measure. We are now at what, 50+ quotes in 5 major media outlets? I think that in itself is enough for GNG? It's a shame your BLUDGEONing will probably prevent most neutral editors from reading this far into the discussion. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 19:39, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Nope.'He is regularly quoted by major media outlets.' In English and its logic, if you make a generalization of this kind, 'regularly quoted' applies to all of the named media outlets that follow. Perhaps those who write are unaware of the implications of their prose, but that is what is implied. It's careless.Nishidani (talk) 20:09, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I verified the text, no one else voting here did, and the editors made a total mess of it. Now you come round and say I failed to independently research the subject. I.e. rather than go to the root cause of this fuckup, and note that the editors of the page failed to do their homework, you attack the person who redpenciled their hackwork. It's not my remit to get interested in this kind of stuff, other than, having written some 700 articles, to indicate from experience what's wrong with stuff like this. When you reduplicate sources, you are fudging the evidence in normal English. If you want to redeem the article, do some work for once. As it stands it is not up to stub standards. And drop the 'emotionally invested'. If you want to understand what that means read Hillel Neuer's several hyperbolically intemperate character assassination pieces on decent people, which the article ignores. No trace of rational evaluation of evidence. Naomi Klein is Joseph Goebbels, Richard Falk is an anti-Semite, etc.etc.etc.Nishidani (talk) 19:42, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * What you're doing above is a BLP violation. Not the first on this page I may add, although you regularly chide other editors for less egregious stuff.
 * You didn't "verify the text", you searched for superficial flaws and didn't even do a modicum of verification. If you had tried to verify, you wouldn't have said La Figaro only quoted him 3 times, because that's easily verified to be false. You said Reuters quoted him once. That's false. etc.etc.etc. You are not just "indicate[ing] from experience what's wrong with stuff like this". You have made over 20 comments in this discussion. You have posted by far the most amount of verbiage. You obviously don't like the subject of this article. Stop BLUDGEONING.
 * Now that we have actually verified the text, we know he is indeed regularly (as in dozens of times across a wide spectrum of publications) quoted in various media outlets, which in itself would put him past the GNG threshold. Put your POV aside and admit that, and move on. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 20:10, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We?Nishidani (talk) 20:13, 14 January 2018 (UTC)


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