Talk:Jeff Berwick: Difference between revisions

Age?

Can we get some kind of verification on his age? Qaddosh (talk) 02:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Link Correction

Regular speaker at Libertopia link should be: http://www.libertopia.org/2013/speakers/MisterHOP (talk) 05:20, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

NPOV dispute

Let this be a heading under which WP:NPOV (neutral point of view) discussion occurs. I'm pretty happy with [1] as a neutral(ish?) revision. I think the bitcoin atm thing is notable. ~Crazytales (talk) (edits) 23:07, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Flush this turd

Not every pump and dump con artist deserves a wikipedia page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.169.211 (talk) 23:16, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Request for Comments

There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages.

The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 23:53, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Berwick Page is His Own Self Published Autobiography Verbatim

His Self Published Autobiography Verbatim — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebcidic (talk • contribs) 22:08, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Major press re Berwick is from Vice News - regarding a 4.3 million dollar scam.. remainder is self published....

Jeff Berwick (born Jeffrey David Berwick, November 24, 1970) is a Canadian businessman and self ascribed libertarian and anarcho-capitalist activist.

Berwick founded StockHouse Media Corporation in 1994 and remained CEO until 2002.

Berwick was a partner and principle of John Cobin's Galt's Gulch Chile project,[1][2] which was to be a libertarian enclave in the Curacaví region of Chile. According to Vice News, the project raised up to 4.3 million dollars through sales and loans for land which did not have water rights and was not zoned properly thus making the land unusable for its intended purpose. It is clear through his own representations[3] in a sales promotional video that Berwick is a principle. However Vice States that, "Berwick's assumption that he owned half of the company ... though he apparently didn't have documents that stated as much, seems oddly naive in hindsight"[4][5][6]

I am not wasting my time with Wikipedia. Berwick is a clear example of an entry that is being managed as a vanity entry. Any revision to fact will be revised to reflect self published aggrandizement. A cursory search on this fellow revealed the Vice article which is the only thing worthy of inclusion here... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebcidic (talk • contribs) 23:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Please, start reading WP:RS to see what are considered reliable sources. And especially BLPs have to be properly sourced and neutral in style and tone. The Banner talk 00:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

More neutral representation of fact..

Jeff Berwick (born Jeffrey David Berwick, November 24, 1970) is a Canadian businessman and self ascribed libertarian and anarcho-capitalist activist.

Berwick founded StockHouse Media Corporation in 1994 and remained CEO until 2002.

In April of 2013, Berwick envisioned building a bitcoin ATM in Cypress which he announced on CNBC. In May of 2013 Berwick released a statement that he did not close this venture with his partners.[1]

In 2014, Berwick was a partner and principle of John Cobin's Galt's Gulch Chile project,[2][3] which was to be a libertarian enclave in the Curacaví region of Chile. According to Vice News, the project raised up to 4.3 million dollars through sales and loans for land which did not have water rights and was not zoned properly thus making the land unusable for its intended purpose thus resulting in a business dispute.[4][5][6] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebcidic (talk • contribs) 00:03, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Core chronology

Starting in early 2013, Berwick was a partner and principle of John Cobin's Galt's Gulch Chile project,[2][3] which was to be a libertarian community and Utopia in the Curacaví region of Chile consisting of 3000 households. In his own forensic chronology, Berwick claims that he was personally responsible for generating thousands of sales prospects (the majority of sales prospects) while at the same time he deflects and/or assuages all and any responsibility for a project he describes as being ripe with mismanagement, mistakes, and potentially fraud for which he blames in the entirety his partner, Ken Johnson..

According to Vice News, the project raised from 4.3 million dollars (to 10.55 million dollars) through sales and loans for land which did not have water rights and was not zoned properly thus making the land unusable for its intended purpose thus resulting in a business dispute to which investors have little recourse.[4][5][6] Instead of 3000 potential homes, the site was zoned for 12 units none of which would have water rights. Per Berwick, "Very quickly after the purchase of the property I received an email from Ken that there was a lot of errors and the property not only can't be rezoned for 3,000 lots but only for 12! And, it had no water rights for much more than 12 livable units!"

Salon magazine noted the irony of this turn of events.[7] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebcidic (talk • contribs) 01:11, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Strange/True

Jeff Berwick (born Jeffrey David Berwick, November 24, 1970) is a Canadian businessman and self ascribed libertarian and anarcho-capitalist activist.

Berwick founded StockHouse Media Corporation in 1994 and remained CEO until 2002.

In April of 2013, Berwick envisioned building a bitcoin ATM in Cypress which he announced on CNBC. In May of 2013 Berwick released a statement that he did not close this venture with his partners.[1]

Starting in 2012, Berwick was a partner and principle of John Cobin's Galt's Gulch Chile project,[2][3] which was to be a libertarian community and Utopia in the Curacaví region of Chile consisting of 3000 households. In his own forensic chronology, Berwick claims that he was personally responsible for generating thousands of sales prospects (the majority of sales prospects). "I had already brought in thousands of leads to GGC throughout 2012 and the start of 2013"

According to Vice News, the project raised from 4.3 million dollars (to 10.55 million dollars) through sales and loans for land which did not have water rights and was not zoned properly thus making the land unusable for its intended purpose thus resulting in a business dispute to which investors have little recourse.[4][5][6] Sales corresponding to a land purchase of approximately $1.5 million dollars. Instead of supporting 3000 potential homes, the site was zoned for 12 units none of which have water rights. Per Berwick, "Very quickly after the purchase of the property I received an email from Ken that there was a lot of errors and the property not only can't be rezoned for 3,000 lots but only for 12! And, it had no water rights for much more than 12 livable units!"

Berwick deflects and/or assuages all and any responsibility for a project he describes as being ripe with mismanagement, mistakes, and potentially fraud for which he blames in the entirety his partner, Ken Johnson.. Quoted in Vice news, Berwick denies having the paperwork support documenting his involvement in the project as a principle.

Salon magazine noted the irony of the facts and chronology.[7] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebcidic (talk • contribs) 01:29, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Found German and Paraguay illegalities connected with passport and identity fraud

Jeff Berwick (born Jeffrey David Berwick, November 24, 1970) is a "expatriate Canadian" blogger operating the "Dollar Vigilante Website"

Berwick founded StockHouse Media Corporation in 1994 and remained CEO until 2002.

In April of 2013, Berwick envisioned building a bitcoin ATM in Cypress which he announced on CNBC. In May of 2013 Berwick released a statement that he did not close this venture with his partners.[1]

Starting in 2012, Berwick was a partner and principle of John Cobin's Galt's Gulch Chile project,[2][3] which was to be a libertarian community and Utopia in the Curacaví region of Chile consisting of 3000 households. In his own forensic chronology, Berwick claims that he was personally responsible for generating thousands of sales prospects (the majority of sales prospects). "I had already brought in thousands of leads to GGC throughout 2012 and the start of 2013"

According to Vice News, the project raised from 4.3 million dollars (to 10.55 million dollars) through sales and loans for land which did not have water rights and was not zoned properly thus making the land unusable for its intended purpose thus resulting in a business dispute to which investors have little recourse.[4][5][6] Sales corresponding to a land purchase of approximately $1.5 million dollars. Instead of supporting 3000 potential homes, the site was zoned for 12 units none of which have water rights. Per Berwick, "Very quickly after the purchase of the property I received an email from Ken that there was a lot of errors and the property not only can't be rezoned for 3,000 lots but only for 12! And, it had no water rights for much more than 12 livable units!"

Berwick deflects and/or assuages all and any responsibility for a project he describes as being ripe with mismanagement, mistakes, and potentially fraud for which he blames in the entirety his partner, Ken Johnson.. Quoted in Vice news, Berwick denies having the paperwork support documenting his involvement in the project as a principle, a position which Vice inferred as being incredible.

Salon magazine noted the irony of the facts and chronology.[7]

Presently, Berwick operates several "foreign passport facilitation services" promising offshore credentials facilitated through fees paid. [1] Officials in Paraguay have shuttered operation in that country on the basis that the firm generated illegal documents, with fees collected from victims being as high as $30,000. Individuals using invalid documents were challenged by German government authorities when they attempted to use them.[8][9] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebcidic (talk • contribs) 02:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Found German and Paraguay illegalities connected with passport and identity fraud

Jeff Berwick (born Jeffrey David Berwick, November 24, 1970) is a "expatriate Canadian" blogger operating the "Dollar Vigilante Website"

Berwick founded StockHouse Media Corporation in 1994 and remained CEO until 2002.

In April of 2013, Berwick envisioned building a bitcoin ATM conveniently timed to the economic instability and banking crisis in Cypress which he announced on CNBC. In May of 2013 Berwick released a statement that he did not close this venture with his partners.[1]

Starting in 2012, Berwick was a partner and principle of John Cobin's Galt's Gulch Chile project,[2][3] which was to be a libertarian community and Utopia in the Curacaví region of Chile consisting of 3000 households. In his own forensic chronology, Berwick claims that he was personally responsible for generating thousands of sales prospects (the majority of sales prospects). "I had already brought in thousands of leads to GGC throughout 2012 and the start of 2013"

According to Vice News, the project raised from 4.3 million dollars (to 10.55 million dollars) through sales and loans for land which did not have water rights and was not zoned properly thus making the land unusable for its intended purpose thus resulting in a business dispute to which investors have little recourse.[4][5][6] Sales corresponding to a land purchase of approximately $1.5 million dollars. Instead of supporting 3000 potential homes, the site was zoned for 12 units none of which have water rights. Per Berwick, "Very quickly after the purchase of the property I received an email from Ken that there was a lot of errors and the property not only can't be rezoned for 3,000 lots but only for 12! And, it had no water rights for much more than 12 livable units!"

Berwick deflects and/or assuages all and any responsibility for a project he describes as being ripe with mismanagement, mistakes, and potentially fraud for which he blames in the entirety his partner, Ken Johnson.. Quoted in Vice news, Berwick denies having the paperwork support documenting his involvement in the project as a principle, a position which Vice inferred as being incredible.

Salon magazine noted the irony of the facts and chronology.[7]

Presently, Berwick operates several "foreign passport facilitation services" promising offshore credentials facilitated through fees paid. [1] Officials in Paraguay have shuttered operation in that country on the basis that the firm generated illegal documents, with fees collected from victims being as high as $30,000. Individuals using invalid documents were challenged by German government authorities when they attempted to use them.[8][9] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebcidic (talk • contribs) 02:19, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Page protection

I've added full protection following a request on RfPP. I've also reverted to the version before the recent edits, though that version is also problematic, so I've removed some sources. The article should probably be taken back to a stub and rebuilt. Sarah ^(talk) 04:21, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Fact on Jeff Berwick as document in major news publications or : marketing through omission.

The revisions you have made to Jeff Berwick have resulted in an article which is "non-factual" and untrue.

"In 2013, Berwick became the most successful promoter of John Cobin's Galt's Gulch Chile project,[1] a libertarian enclave in the Curacaví region of Chile." <-this is entirely out of context! He raised money and investors were bilked. This reads as a success on his part.

This was documented in the previous edit.. $10,000,000 was raised by Berwick for a project with costs of $1,500,000, and the product was not delivered

Source Vice News -- http://www.vice.com/read/atlas-mugged-922-v21n10

Salon Magazine

So in fact he raised money that bilked investors as documented by a major news source The solution is delete the wrong information or report the true information In 2013, Berwick announced his plans to co-found the world's first Bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM).[2] He subsequently was pushed out of the project by its founders.[3]

This was also explained in the previous edit

Berwick was on CNBC with that announcement timed to the Cypress financial statement

One month later Berwick abandoned that announcement

Another major news source Business Insider - did a series of articles which spoke to the lack of credibility

At best this is opportunism for publicity.

The solution here is to print the story as exposed in major news outlets or delete because it does not meet BLP standards.

Pay for citizenship scam

We have two articles One from German the other from Paraguay in which this enterprise was shut down for the issuance of false documents.

"Please make the proper determination;

1) Do you want articles to speak to fact?

2) Do you want blatantly false articles? because you cannot echo what major news outlets identified as fact

3) Does the article need to be in Wikipeida "

TRUTH AND THE OVERVIEW OF THE CRITICAL TALKING POINTS ARE BOTH OMITTED OR AVOIDED as reported by credible media outlets

Ebcidic (talk) 04:59, 3 September 2015 (UTC)