Talk:David Friedland

A fact from David Friedland appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that awaiting sentencing, David Friedland faked his death while diving and was America's most wanted fugitive until his arrest in the Maldives years later where he built a chain of scuba diving shops?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May.

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NPOV / Undue weight[edit]

The following was left on my talk page:

I am David Friedland The bio omits my accomplishments as a lawyer and legislator and -it fails to document the "good". It focuses only on the sensational and negative parts of my life. No mention is made of some of the famous cases I tried, including the "one Man One Vote" case that changed NJ History, My defense of the West Point Cadets, nor the many laws I sponsored and helped pass, including Consumer Protection and Labor Laws and others. The bio omits my community and family life- The bio is not complete nor fairly balanced. I understand that the authors were not writing a complete bio, however this bio does not include any of the good things I worked for and accomplished ( revision of NJ Government via One Man One Vote- probably the most significant event in NJ Modern History)"

In light of this, and since the article is a WP:BLP, I have placed an {{NPOV}} tag on the article so that maybe we can get some positive content. -shirulashem (talk) 15:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whether or not this was Mr. Friedland responding, the issues raised should be addressed. The overwhelming majority of sources available focus on his less-savory aspects makes it more challenging to create a balanced biography. I'm not sure that there are any details about his community activities and family, but I will use some of the legislative accomplishments listed in the note as a starting point to add material to the article. Any specific newspaper articles that Mr. Friedland could offer would only help in providing the additional material that this article would benefit from. Alansohn (talk) 16:21, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV[edit]

I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:

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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 04:21, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]