Talk:Léon Degrelle

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Hi,

I've previously read the french wiki of Degrelle, and I've seen he didn't continue its studies after the two first years and didn't obtain a BA. More, I have nowhere seen that he had a doctorate in law, even if he began a cursus in law.

I think you have to verify this information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.189.67.117 (talk) 07:06, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Note: In reference to the phrase "...Degrelle was excommunicated, but the excommunication was later lifted, after Degrelle's confession, by the Catholic chaplain of the Walloon Assault Brigade": There are several online refenences to Degrelle's excommunication (see the Catholic Herald Archives for Oct 1 1943 at http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/1st-october-1943/1/degrelle-excommunicated and the Google archive for the Milwaukee Journal newpaer of Nov 12, 1943 at http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19431112&id=y6kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BiMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3405,4999489) but I have a hard time understanding how a lowly Catholic battalion chaplain can overwrite the actions of a Bishop. - R Fitzgibbon — Preceding unsigned comment added by RFitzgibbon (talk • contribs) 23:46, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

I looked it up, and it seems that the excommunication was lifted later, but not by a chaplain, as RFitzgibbon has correctly pointed out. Changing the article now accordingly. Bazuz (talk) 12:54, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi BazuzHe never got a degree, I added this and gave a source (sadly it is in Dutch)Garnhami (talk) 22:03, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Sources

There are four sources for the Ritterkreuzträger, but none is used by the article. One is enough. Which is more encyclopedic? --H₂O^(talk) 19:46, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Recent edit

Mostly decrufting -- preserving here by providing this link; please see individual edit summaries in the article's history. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:49, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

My edits

I've removed a chunk of material that appeared to have its origin in a hagiographical piece on the Holocaust-denial website Institute for Historical Review. Such a website can never be used as a reliable source for this article. I've also added some "citation needed" tags, and removed the over-prominent quotation from his "open letter" to the pope. We can say that he wrote such a letter, but there is no need to quote prominently from it. DuncanHill (talk) 15:56, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Agree. Jayjg ^(talk) 18:32, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

"Such a website can never be used as a reliable source for this article." Odd. That's the way many people view Wikipedia. Except maybe students looking to crank out their papers due the next day and hoping their teachers don't check the source.

Were you referring to sources used at the IHR site, or are you talking about their spin in their articles? I can understand not allowing their editorialized content used as a source here, but I do believe they source their articles, and if those are academically acceptable, shouldn't they be used? For example, I just went to their site and they linked to a Times of Israel story. Would the Times of Israel story be acceptable as a source for some encyclopedic entry, or would it not be acceptable since IHR included it?

I had an edit removed once here for an incident involving the FBI. The source was the FBI. I was informed that the FBI isn't a reliable source. Because the editor didn't agree with the content politically.RRskaReb talk 23:12, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

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