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I assume the so-called limited viewpoint being referred to here is the monarchy quotation. In fact, the author is a well-known anti-monarchist who has commented more than once in his books about his views. I could have also placed another quotation from his Canadian History for Dummies but I figured just one was enough. He's also been quoted in the media specifically about this subject many times, notably: New Canadians Magazine, Fall 2004 and the St. John Telegraph-Journal Oct 5, 2002. He's been interviewed about the monarchy on radio talk shows as well, including 980 CJME Regina's Murray Wood Show. If anything, his views on the monarchy are the one thing aside from his writing that he's notable for. So it's entirely appropriate to have at least one quotation to show this part of him. Incidentally, the instigator here (G2Bambino) is a well-known editor of the Wikipedia monarchy pages. I suspect, as a monarchist, that it isn't the style or format he's concerned about here, it's the presence of negative views about the queen. - MC Rufus ( talk) 09:10, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
What are you afraid of, someone is going to read something bad about the Queen? Get over it. The guy is known as a republican, and he's a writer. I don't see the problem with supporting that with something he wrote about republicanism. Jaye Peghtyff ( talk) 20:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I've added four media references that refute G2's claim that Ferguson's republicanism is a "minor aspect of subject." I know of several more but these are the only ones I could provide reference links for. Therefore, the quotations are quite appropriate here. In the face of this glaring evidence, I expect G2 will refrain from another provocation of edit warring by reverting this entry again. - MC Rufus ( talk) 17:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
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(Almost) none of the biography is actually sourced, not even on his website. It'd be great if someone could find those sources, otherwise I'll cut this down to whatever I can actually find online. Per WP:BLP it should be gone immediately, but I'll give it a few days... 79.202.47.217 ( talk) 08:54, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
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I assume the so-called limited viewpoint being referred to here is the monarchy quotation. In fact, the author is a well-known anti-monarchist who has commented more than once in his books about his views. I could have also placed another quotation from his Canadian History for Dummies but I figured just one was enough. He's also been quoted in the media specifically about this subject many times, notably: New Canadians Magazine, Fall 2004 and the St. John Telegraph-Journal Oct 5, 2002. He's been interviewed about the monarchy on radio talk shows as well, including 980 CJME Regina's Murray Wood Show. If anything, his views on the monarchy are the one thing aside from his writing that he's notable for. So it's entirely appropriate to have at least one quotation to show this part of him. Incidentally, the instigator here (G2Bambino) is a well-known editor of the Wikipedia monarchy pages. I suspect, as a monarchist, that it isn't the style or format he's concerned about here, it's the presence of negative views about the queen. - MC Rufus ( talk) 09:10, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
What are you afraid of, someone is going to read something bad about the Queen? Get over it. The guy is known as a republican, and he's a writer. I don't see the problem with supporting that with something he wrote about republicanism. Jaye Peghtyff ( talk) 20:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I've added four media references that refute G2's claim that Ferguson's republicanism is a "minor aspect of subject." I know of several more but these are the only ones I could provide reference links for. Therefore, the quotations are quite appropriate here. In the face of this glaring evidence, I expect G2 will refrain from another provocation of edit warring by reverting this entry again. - MC Rufus ( talk) 17:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
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(Almost) none of the biography is actually sourced, not even on his website. It'd be great if someone could find those sources, otherwise I'll cut this down to whatever I can actually find online. Per WP:BLP it should be gone immediately, but I'll give it a few days... 79.202.47.217 ( talk) 08:54, 2 February 2019 (UTC)