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Obviously, since I am named in this article, it would be inappropriate for me to contribute directly, but I should note that there appears to be a major factual error regarding Schumann's childhood:
"Schumann denied any such accusations, pointing to how his family escaped from Nazi rule when he was 10,"
Could someone please show me where Peter Schumann has ever claimed that his family fled from Nazi Germany? As near as I can tell, the author of the cited article, Ken Picard, was in error (Picard never puts the words in Schumann's mouth, unlike the author of the above quote.) I raised the issue in a letter to the editor of Seven Days. The few autobiographical sources I have read indicate that Schumann and his family fled deeper into Nazi Germany as Allied bombers began to fly over targets in Silesia and the Soviet army advanced. There are a number of sources online and in print.
The points being, 1.) It appears to be an error; and 2.) my understanding of wiki ethics requires that I not touch the article, 3.) somebody else needs to fix it. IanThal ( talk) 22:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Because I was mentioned in an earlier draft as an involved party, it would be a violation of Wikipedia ethics for me to edit the main article. However, I have documented another example of censorship of this article by anonymous contributors: http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2008/09/bread-and-censorship-making-radical.html. I earlier wrote about this behavior here: http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-wikipedia-renders-one-un-person.html IanThal ( talk) 17:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
I agree with Rbellin that a proper biographical article should not have so much weight devoted to Schumann's work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (as it has only been a major subject of his work in recent years), and even though I have been critical of that aspect of his work in my public life (meaning that I should not be directly contributing to the article as per my understanding of Wikipedia ethics), I consider him to be an important artist who deserves a more comprehensive article. However it seems that that's the aspect of his work that contributors wish address or prevent from being addressed, and I certainly don't think that that particular section should be removed just because other sections have not been added. IanThal ( talk) 13:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
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Obviously, since I am named in this article, it would be inappropriate for me to contribute directly, but I should note that there appears to be a major factual error regarding Schumann's childhood:
"Schumann denied any such accusations, pointing to how his family escaped from Nazi rule when he was 10,"
Could someone please show me where Peter Schumann has ever claimed that his family fled from Nazi Germany? As near as I can tell, the author of the cited article, Ken Picard, was in error (Picard never puts the words in Schumann's mouth, unlike the author of the above quote.) I raised the issue in a letter to the editor of Seven Days. The few autobiographical sources I have read indicate that Schumann and his family fled deeper into Nazi Germany as Allied bombers began to fly over targets in Silesia and the Soviet army advanced. There are a number of sources online and in print.
The points being, 1.) It appears to be an error; and 2.) my understanding of wiki ethics requires that I not touch the article, 3.) somebody else needs to fix it. IanThal ( talk) 22:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Because I was mentioned in an earlier draft as an involved party, it would be a violation of Wikipedia ethics for me to edit the main article. However, I have documented another example of censorship of this article by anonymous contributors: http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2008/09/bread-and-censorship-making-radical.html. I earlier wrote about this behavior here: http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-wikipedia-renders-one-un-person.html IanThal ( talk) 17:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
I agree with Rbellin that a proper biographical article should not have so much weight devoted to Schumann's work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (as it has only been a major subject of his work in recent years), and even though I have been critical of that aspect of his work in my public life (meaning that I should not be directly contributing to the article as per my understanding of Wikipedia ethics), I consider him to be an important artist who deserves a more comprehensive article. However it seems that that's the aspect of his work that contributors wish address or prevent from being addressed, and I certainly don't think that that particular section should be removed just because other sections have not been added. IanThal ( talk) 13:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC)