Talk:Earl Butz
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[edit] Removal of libelous material
Several paragraphs were removed, all unsourced libelous material was removed, and the source given for the Air Force One remarks is not sufficiently reliable. Please see: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and Wikipedia:Reliable sources.--DO11.10 00:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Poor Earl. The one thing he'll be remembered for, and fear of liability ensures the quote won't appear even here. Google his name and "loose shoes" if you want to know what it was alleged he said. Asat 04:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- The problem here is not an issue of "liability", the problem is a lack of reliable sources for the inflammatory comments. The citation that was provided was essentially a blog, however the official policy is that Material found in self-published books, zines, websites or blogs should never be used, unless written or published by the subject. If the comments can be attributed to a reliable source they can certainly be returned to the article. Really, just think, would you want people to quote something YOU might have said (true or not) on Wikipedia without a good source to back it up? I certainly wouldn't.--DO11.10 22:05, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
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