Talk:William Sampson (author)

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suspect?[edit]

Should the entry title still be "William Sampson (suspect)"? It seems to have a negative connotation. It could just as easily be "William Sampson (author)." Similarly, the disambiguation page could be changed to something other than "a Canadian terrorism suspect later released." This description lends nothing to the fact that the suspicions were hardly legitmate, and that he was tortured and sentenced to death for something he had no part in. Braden828 03:49, 26 December 2005 (UTC)Braden828[reply]

Braden, point well taken. I have changed both the parens disambig "(suspect)" and the description of Sampson. IronDuke 17:51, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's strange[edit]

I find it strange to read "However, other sources exist which deny that Sampson was ever tortured." (notice the plural 'sources'), referring to a statement of the Royal embassy of Saudi Arabia. This should be changed to something like "The Saudi Government has always denied that Sampson was ever tortured." I'm not sure a disclaim of torture by a government by that same government mentioned under hints of doubts respect Wikis guidelines.YegLi (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:55, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WOW. After revising the source of the quote, I find several entries by IP 99.246.96.228 highly suspicious. Examples: addition Mr. James Sampson reported that his son was in good health is not true as per the fathers own accounts he called the media immediately upon his return (see interviews), and also mentioned by both father and son who tried to communicate in code the tortures by the reference of the Navy's "Nothing to drink but plenty of the other two things" (see book, TV documentary and Interviews). Other example: Mr. William Sampson's father has never complained [...] that his life was threatened. is also not true, in interview the father talks several times of the risks to himself and his son by simply being in Saudi Arabia and expected to be himself under arrest at any time. YegLi (talk) 02:23, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch, YegLi. This has been reverted, per WP:BLP. IronDuke 04:57, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BLP1E[edit]

This article is a classic case of WP:BLP1E (An article bio who is notable for only one thing) so I'm suggesting moving the article to a new title about the event. Then move all the stub articles about the other brits into the renamed article. 2000 Saudi bombing trial or The Saudi Six Anyone else have any good name idea's?-- Esemono (talk) 13:17, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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