Talk:Dominion of Melchizedek

message: Much, but not all, of this Washington Post article is reproduced on the Quatloos page on DoM; that can be treated as reliable.  For information only, I include an unreliable source (hosted on the Dominion of Melchizedek's site and which has been altered by them, with the addition of bracketed comments): link to the waybacked copy.  Bromley86 (talk) 08:06, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Ruse That Roared, Washington Post 

message: South China Post
"Fantasy Island", CBS
Bromley86 (talk) 16:33, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newspaper articles not currently used 

message: Just a heads-up for any other editors who are tempted to add information that's taken directly from, and supported by a cite to, the official website: it's not a reliable source.  If you want to add information, you'll need to find a nice, reliable secondary source, which is most likely to be a news article or something like Quatloos that's been accepted over on WP:RSN.  Court documents will do, at a push (there's an argument that, if it hasn't been reported elsewhere, it's not weighty enough to merit inclusion, and there are possible BLP aspects when linking to court documents).
Obviously, there's no problem with including the single link to the official website in the Ex Links section.  Again though, that link really should be to www.melchizedek.com, even if it's apparent that it's changed.  The reason is, we have reliable secondary sources that state that's the right site (Quatloos and Global Pirates: Fraud in the Offshore Insurance Industry) and, with a scam that exists purely on the web, we really do need a reliable source for this.  Bromley86 (talk) 20:45, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official website 

message: It's possible that the Ronald Allen convicted of insurance fraud in 2010 was related to DoM.  Certainly, Cliffview Pilot says so.  Not sure if they're reliable, and they don't really make a decent case, so I've not added it to the article.
A detailed summary of DoM c.2008, linked to by someone heavily involved in Quatloos, can be found here.  I've not evaluated it for reliability, but it may have some useful stuff in it.  Bromley86 (talk) 11:41, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relatively recent activity involving DoM companies 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on Dominion of Melchizedek. Please take a moment to review my edit. You may add  after the link to keep me from modifying it, if I keep adding bad data, but formatting bugs should be reported instead. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether, but should be used as a last resort. I made the following changes:
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/fantasy-island-the-strange-tale-of-alleged-fraudster-pearlasia-gamboa/Content?oid=2182093
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/Alert/98-38.txt
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampbarrett/2010/10/08/boy-do-we-know-tzemach-ben-david-netzer-korem/
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.dallasobserver.com/1996-05-02/news/scam-without-a-country/full
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.justice.gov/usao/fls/PressReleases/101206-02.html
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/06/15/SEC_Ties_Gold-Mining_Shares_to_Empty_Shell.htm
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2009/lr21084.htm
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Just visited DOM's website. A purported "photograph of Melchizedek" looks like an island in Fiji! (Cannot identify which one it is — but I'll try to find out) David Cannon (talk) 10:07, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fraud