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https://culteducation.com/group/1379-steven-alan-hassan.html Most of the material there is published by CEI (the org. founded by Hassan critic/competitor Rick Alan Ross, under one domain name or the other). But not being "neutral" source material (there really isn't any such thing) doesn't preclude all use of it within WP:DUE lines. And at very least it gives suggestions on what to look into in sources that are not connected to Hassan–Ross disputation. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 08:19, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
There was a recent disagreement regarding this quote in the criticisms section:
"Despite their criticisms, Shupe and Bromley regarded Hassan as perhaps the best in his business and invited him to contribute to their book, which was otherwise critical of the anti-cult movement."
Another editor claimed it was accurate, but it is missing important context, such as the fact that Shupe and Bromley don't agree with what Hassan wrote and do not recommend him. As a result, it gives the impression that these scholars endorse him, when they are actually outspoken critics of him.
I suggest removing this quote or replacing it with the following sentence to more accurately reflect the information in the source:
"Since Hassan is a prominent figure in the anti-cult movement, Schupe and Bromley invited him to present an opposing view in their book that was otherwise critical of the movement." Theobvioushero (talk) 16:01, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
This article is about Hassan. Other people's expressed views about the word 'cult' or about what they call a wider 'anti-cult' group are not appropriate. This article is not to be used as a coatrack for putting other people's views about the topic of cults or anti-cults. The claim in some ES that "they are applying this to the article subject" is not supported. This seems to be a synthesis used to imply that these are all directly about the article subject. Cambial — foliar❧ 07:57, 15 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
From Religioscope. From 2003. Interviews are primary and thus have due weight concerns, but maybe it could be useful. It's from Religioscope (and the interviewer is Jean-François Mayer, who is more on the anti-brainwashing side of things funnily enough, though in my experience with his works I find them to be quite good and fair to all perspectives involved), but I find it gives a good look into Hassan's thoughts on things. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:09, 16 July 2024 (UTC)Reply