Talk:Beryl P. Wajsman

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[edit] Wikified

I have wikified the article, but it is still mostly verbatim from the IAPM website. I removed some material, mainly where it was the simplest way of avoiding "here in Canada" kind of language. It is still basically Mr Wajsman's CV so I have NPOV tagged the article. Itsmejudith 21:19, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

By the way most of the projects and organisations that Mr Wajsman name-checks don't have entries. This might raise the question of how notable these facts really are. Is the solution to shorten and summarise? Itsmejudith 21:26, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Your entry has just been brought to my attention. I would be very happy to supply you with the entries for the name-checks and indeed with documentation verifying this information. In fact much of the supporting documentation is actually reproduced on the site. There could not have been a very thorough search if you can't find so many entries. I will be glad to help. A friend of mine asked my permission to post this on Wikipedia and I gave it. I certainly did not intend to put anyone to so much trouble. Cheers, Beryl Wajsman info@iapm.ca

By "entries" I meant articles in Wikipedia. The primary question over the article is your notability, not verification of the facts mentioned. Where a term is in red, that indicates a non-existent article in Wikipedia. Itsmejudith 15:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your clarification and prompt response. Beryl Wajsman

By the way Judith, if this is too much trouble just delete my article. As I mentioned, it wasn't my idea to have it in to begin with. Cheers, Beryl

[edit] Notability in Question

I would suggest thay the authors of this page review the guideline for notability and the expectation of some supporting evidence of this man's notability other than the webpages of his organization. To me there is intangible evidence that he is notable, but this article is not likely to withstand a review of editors if it was tagged for deletion for lack of notability (see WP:N).

--Kevin Murray 21:06, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

A quick Google search indicates that the most notable fame that this person has outside his own web sites, is having been mentioned several times in testimony to the Gomery Commission (Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities). News reports and testimony indicated that he was accused of being involved in a secret fundraising operation for the Federal Liberal Party.

The Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal web site claims that it is "Canada's largest public interest advocacy alliance with over 2000 national political, labor, corporate, and communal leaders as members or associates." However another quick Google search finds that most references to this organization originate from its IAPM web site or letters to various newspaper editors and politicians.

Two points if I may. Firstly,a "quick Google" search will show some 1,000 entries that include our policy papers, articles, social action projects, and yes some 20% are references to the Gomery Inquiry. I had attcked the Inquiry in my press columns as an abuse of due process for some six months before I even appeared. I was not named for any blame nor accused of any "involvement". I was asked to clarify what went on at a lunch I attended with another witness some two months after I had severed all ties to the Liberal Party in 2001. My entire appearance lasted less than two hours - when most lasted much longer - in a year-long inquiry with over one hundred witnesses including two Prime Ministers and some half-dozen cabinet ministers.

Secondly, as I mentioned in my response to Judith, if you would like a list of organizations that reference the Institute I would be glad to help you with a list of documentation much of which appears on the site itself. Cheers, Beryl Wajsman info@iapm.ca

some interesting references - http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/publicinquiry.html http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/special/nouvelles/commandites/200505/13/001-gomery-wajsman-rb.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomery_Inquiry http://pdfdl.oceighty.net/pdf2html.php?url=http://www.gomery.ca/documents/transcripts/en/2005/05/200552695739.pdf

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