Talk:Paul Gann

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The source for my edit is the book Inventing the Aids Virus, by Peter Duesberg, a tenured professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. His book is endorsed in a forward by Nobel Laureate Kary Mullis. The book was published eight years after Gann’s death, a period in which much was learned about what AIDS is and what it isn’t. Eye.earth (talk) 20:59, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In those 8 years, AIDS denialists like Peter Duesberg have lost any vestigial credibility that might attach to his academic rank. The book is simply not a reliable nor a notable source for describing someone's cause of death, particularly when contradicted by the New York Times. This biography is not a platform for AIDS-denialist spam or propaganda; that particular fringe already receives its (un)due weight at AIDS reappraisal. If you disagree, please feel free to solicit outside input and raise the issue at the reliable sources noticeboard. MastCell ^Talk 23:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another MastCell hissy fit. Another one can be viewed at the bottom of the discussion page for AZT Eye.earth (talk) 17:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah. I take it that means that you're unwilling to solicit outside input, discuss this at the reliable sources noticeboard, or take any other constructive action to resolve this issue? MastCell ^Talk 18:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MastCell isn't someone normally taken to "hissy fits". MastCell is also correct in regard to the UNDUE weight issues; we aren't going to include an extreme minority viewpoint in an article that is only peripherally related to that. That is the case regardless of whether or not the minority viewpoint is correct. Please read WP:UNDUE. JoshuaZ (talk) 19:07, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eye.earth, you should refrain from personal attacks. MastCell is hardly one to engage in hissy fits. Please read what Joshua has written, and take it to heart. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 19:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"AIDS denialists like Peter Duesberg have lost any vestigial credibility that might attach to his [sic] academic rank." Thus wrote MastCell above, with no public credibility whatsoever. Eye.earth (talk) 19:22, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you would be hard-pressed indeed to demonstrate that Peter Duesberg had any credibility in the scientific community at present on the topic of HIV/AIDS. More to the point, your proposal to incorporate this source has been rejected by a number of editors. Please stop re-inserting it; you are free to follow the steps in dispute resolution if you'd like. MastCell ^Talk 23:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree that per WP:UNDUE, the material the editor Eye.Earth is trying to add should not be added.— Dæ dαlus ^Contribs 07:21, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]