Conflict with the SEO Community
I don't have a problem with a section about this being included, as long as it isn't given undue weight. I think the section should be reinserted, but the comment about an outcry from the respectable SEO community should be removed unless there are better sources. I would normally think that the link to Patel's blog should be removed as well, but since it's also linked to directly from the second Calacanis link, it's probably ok. 
After having taken more time to look at this, my removal of the entire section did appear to be unnecessary. I saw some random removals, some false edit summaries, and that the section was being sourced only by 6 blog links. ♠Dil