Talk:Broome v Cassell & Co Ltd

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Irving and Holocaust denial

Yes, David Irving is scum and a Holocaust denier. However, he was infamous before he became a denialist, and a lot of that infamy came from the Broome litigation. If you add Holocaust denier before his name everywhere in the article the impression one gets is that he was already known as such back then, which is anachronistic and adds little to understanding.

For instance: "In 1968, the controversial British author (and Holocaust denier) David Irving" (reverted edit in brackets). Now this doesn't make any sense. He wasn't one back then and he wouldn't have been known as one, whereas this edit suggests that he was one then already.

Moreover, the lede already mentions Irving later becoming more infamous through his Holocaust denial, but after the Broome litigation.

Atchom (talk) 19:50, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Atchom:, your compromise seems reasonable. Jayjg ^(talk) 12:23, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]