Talk:Eric Kessler

Some WP:RS

• [https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/dc-attorney-general-targets-conservative-judicial-activist-leonard-leos-network-politically-driven/ "Eric Kessler, a former Bill Clinton White House appointee who later served at the Clinton Global Initiative"]
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/04/hypocrisy-watch-dark-money-groups-complain-about-dark-money/
• https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/19/dark-money-democrats-midterm-071725
• https://deadspin.com/what-the-hell-is-the-hopewell-fund-1820881123/
• https://capitalresearch.org/article/excavating-arabellas-origin-part-3/
• https://philanthropynewyork.org/news/be-change-interview-arabella-advisors-eric-kessler
• https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eric_Kessler
• https://www.influencewatch.org/person/eric-kessler/
• https://www.huffpost.com/author/eric-kessler
• https://www.theglobalfight.org/team-member/eric-kessler/
• https://disasterphilanthropy.org/people/past-board-members/
• https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/eric-kessler
• https://www.ndi.org/people/eric-kessler
• https://theorg.com/org/national-democratic-institute/org-chart/eric-kessler
• https://www.influencewatch.org/app/uploads/2022/04/eric-kessler-fel-pro-interview.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20191003115722/https://worth.com/contributor/be-the-change/

18:12, 20 September 2024 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.17.113 (talk)

:We can all Google news sources as easily as anyone. Which ones of those actually provide significant coverage about the Eric Kessler in this article? ~Anachronist (talk) 20:30, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

:they all do because I read them 69.181.17.113 (talk) 02:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

::So did I, and no they don't. You haven't answered the question. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

:Going to note that "https://capitalresearch.org/article/excavating-arabellas-origin-part-3/" (#5), while it provides some information, appears to be a hardcore libertarian organization that invites people from the Heritage Foundation for talks. "https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/dc-attorney-general-targets-conservative-judicial-activist-leonard-leos-network-politically-driven/" (#1) is a 404 not even mentioned on the internet archive. #2,#3,#4 appear to be about related topics. #7 (Source Watch) is a wiki that exclusively quotes a non-independent source. #8 (InfluenceWatch) is a better-formatted wiki that appears to be written by the aforementioned hardcore libertarian Capital Research. Then there is a HuffPost article author bio (#9), a team member bio by The Global Fight (#10), a past board member bio (#11), a tiny autogenerated investment profile (#12), an org bio (#13), literally a pdf on InfluenceWatch of #6 (see below), and an internet archive of #6 (see below).

:The only possible sources here are the Capital Research article, and the interview by Worth Magazine (#6) ("https://worth.com/contributor/be-the-change/") The first is questionable; the second is clearly a significant reliable source, but given 2 of them are just duplicates I'm pretty sure this person did not read all 13 of these sources. Mrfoogles (talk) 08:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

• https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/30/style/campus-life-colorado-after-coors-gift-arena-renaming-angers-students.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/25/style/campus-life-colorado-students-reject-ban-on-the-sale-of-coors-beer.html
• https://archives.colorado.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/456776
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220819204725/https://www.travelboulder.com/microbreweries-for-the-environment-25th-anniversary/
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/10/07/6500-gather-to-fight-for-the-environment/
• https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/campus-sustainability-awards
• https://michelleshocked.com/archive/article.cfm?id=643

69.181.17.113 (talk) 17:59, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

:We can all Google news sources as easily as anyone. Which ones of those actually provide significant coverage about the Eric Kessler in this article? ~Anachronist (talk) 20:30, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

::they all do because I read them 69.181.17.113 (talk) 02:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

:These appear to be: 2 old news articles from 1990, a library index that no one here can access, two trivial mentions related to environmentalism, another trivial mention where he received a campus award, and another trivial mention related to an event announcement. Mrfoogles (talk) 08:12, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

• [https://www.felpro.com/about-us.html Fel-Pro gaskets]
• https://continuityfbc.com/our-team/dennis-kessler-mba
• https://lga.global/the-sale-of-fel-pro/
• https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20000129/ISSUE01/100013711/fel-pro-family-ways-fade-after-takeover
• https://theorg.com/org/acrelic-group/org-chart/dennis-kessler
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/11/02/death-notice-lewis-c-weinberg/
• https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20051015/ISSUE02/100024648/lehman-weinberg-kessler ...... https://archive.is/hP4uH
• https://source.washu.edu/2007/08/taber-named-kessler-professor-in-biomedical-engineering-june-5/
• https://www.wardcenter.net/d/KCFE_ConferenceProceedingsBook2005.pdf
• https://pcb.illinois.gov/documents/dsweb/Get/Rendition-188484/unknown Fel-Pro, a Skokie-based automotive-parts manufacturer
• https://ecommons.cornell.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/329f6cb8-f236-4857-b5e6-720e860b87bb/content
• [https://hplibrary.org/hpnews-MCMLXXXIX "Teen, Eric Kessler, takes on grant in try to save whales]. Mar. 23, 1989, p. 16. Highland Park News'', Highland Park, Illinois
• https://historicimages.com/products/rsb73387
• https://www.hpcfil.org/news-events/july-4th-highland-park-shooting-response-fund-important-update-2/
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/03/15/after-distributing-58-million-in-wake-of-parade-shooting-highland-park-foundation-launches-second-fund-to-support-victims/
• https://issuu.com/jwcmedia/docs/nsw_1007_sm/s/37340644

69.181.17.113 (talk) 19:09, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

:We can all Google news sources as easily as anyone. Which ones of those actually provide significant coverage about the Eric Kessler in this article? ~Anachronist (talk) 20:30, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

::they all do because I read them 69.181.17.113 (talk) 02:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

:These are:

:* An about us page

:* Non-independent

:* About FelPro, does not mention him

:* About FelPro, does not mention him

:* Org chart

:* Death of sombody who *may* be his dad?

:* Same again?

:* Also doesn't mention him

:* Also doesn't mention him

:* Also doesn't mention him

:* 1989 article about someone with the same name trying to save whales

:* Possible 1989 photo of him

:* Trivial mention of possibly him (unlikely)

:* Same again

:* Same again

:None are usable Mrfoogles (talk) 08:19, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

• GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, McDonough School of Business 2005 https://business.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/media/BusinessasUNusual2013.pdf

69.181.17.113 (talk) 19:16, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

• "New Venture Fund is led by a board of directors that includes President Eric Kessler, a former national field director for the League of Conservation Voters and White House appointee who helped manage conservation issues during the Clinton administration. Kessler owns a few popular D.C. restaurants, including G, Graffiato and Kapnos."
• https://www.eenews.net/articles/dem-strategist-takes-on-oil-industry-despite-the-odds/ © POLITICO, LLC
• https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/31/graffiato-dc-is-officially-closed-and-may-not-be-the-last-shutter-for-mike-isabella/
• https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/182361/as-kapnos-dc-closes-george-pagonis-vows-to-reopen-greek-eateries-under-new-name/
• https://dcist.com/story/18/12/13/heres-whats-happening-to-all-of-mike-isabellas-restaurants/
• https://www.theglobalfight.org/team-member/eric-kessler/
• https://issuu.com/washingtonlife/docs/feature_wl0914_digital
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2014/09/23/party-diary-chefs-roast-organic-queen-nora-pouillon/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20181214104140/https://dcist.com/story/18/12/13/heres-whats-happening-to-all-of-mike-isabellas-restaurants/
• Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital Discussion with Eric Kessler, League of Conservation Voters. 3:30 p.m.. Introduction by Jeffrey Stine, Curator, Engineering and Environmental History https://dceff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1995-PrintedProgram.pdf

69.181.17.113 (talk) 19:44, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

:Many of those provide only trivial mentions and/or aren't even about this article subject. Anyone can get a dump of links from a web search. That is meaningless. Please identify which sources actually provide significant coverage of the Eric Kessler in this article. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:35, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

::they all do because I read them 69.181.17.113 (talk) 02:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

:::No, you didn't read them, else you wouldn't have listed trivial mentions. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:02, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

:"New Venture Fund is led by a board of directors that includes President Eric Kessler, a former national field director for the League of Conservation Voters and White House appointee who helped manage conservation issues during the Clinton administration. Kessler owns a few popular D.C. restaurants, including G, Graffiato and Kapnos. Other staffers and board members have been affiliated with the conservation group ecoAmerica." (https://www.eenews.net/articles/dem-strategist-takes-on-oil-industry-despite-the-odds/) may be possibly him, but it's barely beyond a trivial mention. I did not think he was a restaurant owner. I assume the numerous other restaurant sources are based on the idea that this is him, so they would be useful if it was him.

:Other than that the only thing I could find that could possibly be useful was an event listing, which I did not read in its entirety but likely would not be a good source anyways. Mrfoogles (talk) 08:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)