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> I am truly shocked to learn that Louis Blair knows nothing about
> chess. I had always assumed that in view of these frequent postings
> where Blair posts quotes from other people, that he was a regular
> reader of this group and had been following the discussions.
>
> However, Blair has just posted something over on Wikipedia that
> demonstrates that Blair knows nothing.
>
> Here is what Blair wrote at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Howcheng :
>
> Edward Winter biography
>
> Once again, Wikipedia is being used to publicize an unverifiable
> attack. In this case, the target is Edward Winter:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_G._Winter
>
> Some sample ridiculous statements:
>
> (1) "For the past more than 30 years, every time a new book by Keene
> has come out or a new article by Keene has been published, Edward
> Winter has written articles attacking it."
> (2) "Kingston is from the same part of England that Winter is
> believed to be from." ("Wow, I didn't know that ... San Diego,
> California (where I was born and lived until 1980) [is] part of
> England." - Taylor Kingston comment)
> (3) "Edward Winter filed an ethics complaint with the FIDE Congress
> accusing Keene of unethical conduct in writing books almost
> exclusively about opening theory, whereas Winter said there should be
> more books about chess history."
> (4) "Keene's opponent was Florencio Campomanes who Winter supported."
> (5) "Chess Notes ... contains brief commentaries usually not more
> than one or two paragraphs in length attacking usually insignificant
> errors and spelling mistakes made by this or that chess writer."
> (6) "If a book by Keene contains a spelling mistake, Chess Notes will
> point it out."
>
> At rec.games.chess.politics, samhsloan@gmail.com has referred to this
> as "my biography". Sam Sloan is the one who contributed the
> subsequently deleted supposed USCF blacklist. See discussion at:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_...d_by_USCF_Sales
>
> He also contributed the subsequently deleted Tom Dorsch "biography".
> See:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe...tion/Tom_Dorsch
>
> It should not be necessary for anyone to do a point by point
> refutation of the Edward Winter "biography". The "verifiable" sources
> do not exist and the author will not be able to produce them, as even
> a minimal amount of inquiry would reveal. I apologize once again for
> not being acquainted with the details of Wikipedia procedure. I have
> no interest in Wikipedia beyond the hope that those in charge will
> take measures to prevent its use for the promotion of garbage. I am
> posting this note here because you have some past experience with Sam
> Sloan. I imagine that you will know the best way to procede. - Louis
> Blair (March 3, 2006)
>
> ----- End of quote ----
>
> Of the six items that Louis Blair complains about above, the only one
> of which there is the even slightest doubt is #2. The other five are
> all very well known and widely reported. It is difficult to believe
> that there is any regular reader of this group who does not know this.
>
> This matter is made serious by the fact that Louis Blair was one of
> the posters, along with Bill Brock, Randy Bauer, and "Rook wave", who
> got my highly acclaimed biography of Tom Dorsch deleted from
> Wikipedia.
>
> Sam Sloan