Talk:Edward Weidenfeld

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WacoJacko (user) has edited content under subheading "Relationship with the Department of Housing and Urban Development" on 16 August 2008 and 5 September 2008.

WacoJacko (user) states "a capital investment of $100" when article WacoJacko referenced (article states: "...partners invested as little as $100 in the complex...")does not state such.

WacoJacko (user) edited entry and changed term "alleged" to "determined". The article originally cited by Aadd01 (user) referenced (Housing Group Must Forfeit $700,000 - NEW YORK TIMES) clearly states "alleged" and not "determined": "H.U.D. investigators have alleged that Federal money was used for inappropriate expenditures."

WacoJacko (user) deleted clause "an allegation that was later debunked by statements made by HUD officials", citing no reference. The reference (Editor's Note - NEW YORK TIMES) provided by Aadd01 (user) states: "as Mr. Weidenfeld, who was a lawyer in the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign, recently pointed out, the article failed to include statements by H.U.D. officials that they saw no attempt to defraud the Government and that the repayment was not related to the inquiry into mismanagement and favoritism toward prominent Republicans by former Housing Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr."

According to the accepted wikipedia defintion of the word "debunked," Debunking is the act of disproving a proposal or hypothesis, generally in an academic or scientific sense." Use of the word in a general sense means to discredit or expose. The newspaper articles refering to the situation never said that any allegation was "debunked," discredited or exposed.WacoJacko (talk) 02:59, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

WacoJacko (user) is thanked for revising the clause in the entry regarding the capital investment of Mr. Weidenfeld. However, with regards to the removal of the clause " an allegation that was later debunked by statements made by HUD officials," while debunked may be the wrong term, the New York Times Editor's Note cited clearly shows that H.U.D. Officials "saw no attempt to defraud the Government, and that the repayment was not related to the inquiry into mismanagement and favoritism toward prominent Republicans by former Housing Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr." It would be greatly appreciated if WacoJacko would allow a revision of this entry that accurately reflects the language from the Editor's Note. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aadd01 (talk • contribs) 20:30, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Aadd01 (user) edited content under subheading "Relationship with the Department of Housing and Urban Development" to accurately reflect the situation, using references from the Congressional Record. Deleted subjective term "inexplicably" and removed irrelevant sentence regarding HUD secretary's refusal to cooperate with Congressional inquiry. Aadd01 (user) also removed the sentence "HUD later barred Edward Weidenfeld and his partners from doing business with them in eight southern states for the period of one year" as this has no reference and Congressional Record shows that HUD saw no "waste, fraud, or breach of ethics."

AAdd01 (user) has added sections for Participation in Government, Participation in Democratic Initiatives and Notable Private Sector Cases to make entry more comprehensive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aadd01 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

AAdd01 (user) undid revisions and reversion by WacoJacko. WacoJacko provided no reason for deleting multiple sections. WacoJacko (user) is also asked to refrain from deleting referenced sections and replacing cited content with content that refereces dead or non-existing links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aadd01 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Nominated article for deletion

I have gone ahead and nominated this article for deletion. Most of the references provided either do not mention weidenfeld, do not mention him doing what is stated in the article, or are from his personal website. This article doesn't seem to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines.WackoJacko (talk) 15:27, 17 January 2009 (UTC)