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Any Wikipedia reliable sources here yet?

This is a biography of a living person, but I'm not seeing a single Wikipedia reliable source here. The sourcing standards here have upgraded over the years, and most of the blog links now in the article should be excised by the WP:BLP or WP:EL policies, and perhaps as well for neutral point of view? Are there professionally edited, reasonably neutral sources about Paul Gottfried that could be added to this article? -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 23:39, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring Category - Providing Source

In the online magazine Jewcy, one can find the following text written by Paul Gottfried. It includes the statement:

"In any case, I thought that my fellow Jews in Westfield were acting more weirdly than the missionary against whom they were taking up arms."

This leaves no doubt, that the categories

  • Category:American Jews
  • Category:Jewish writers
  • Category:Jewish American writers

are in fact justified.
Sincerely, 84.136.228.123 (talk) 18:48, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please review WP:BLPCAT, WP:OC#CATGRS, WP:EGRS. Since you appear to have a dynamic IP, the next step will be protecting the article. Jayjg (talk) 01:09, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Jayjg - I would like to ask you a simple question. Do you personally believe that Paul Gottfried is not Jewish?
If one does not deem Jewcy to be a untrustworthy source - if one does not believe that the text is a fake, if one looks at the context considering Paul Gottfried and his son - how could one possibly deduce that he is NOT Jewish?
If you would apply the rigidness regarding the source to all people with the categories which I readded, you would have to remove them in many articles.
Openly, I do not understand why you are so vehement concerning this article. I looked at the history - the users "Y" and "Will Beback" deemed the sources sufficient. Why is your personal opinion worth so much more?
Again - do you really believe that the categories don't apply?
84.136.231.191 (talk) 16:17, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have no personal opinions about Gottfried; all that matters here is policy. Jayjg (talk) 18:31, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Every policy depends on interpretation. No human being can out of hand equate his own interpretation with truth per se. Why shall Jewcy be an unreliable source? If it's all so absolutely obvious for you but not for other users, it should be a matter of moments for you, and please do so - explain why no a single category identifying Paul Gottfried as Jewish applies here.
84.136.231.191 (talk) 19:05, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]