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The first paragraph of Personal views reads "In 2021, Ackman supported Kyle Rittenhouse's self-defense claim while the criminal trial was ongoing. Ackman's prediction of an acquittal proved to be accurate." This is confusing, because the first sentence only mentions Ackman's support of Rittenhouse, while the second sentence presumes the reader knows that Ackman predicted Rittenhouse's acquittal. I don't believe that supporting a defendant necessarily implies a prediction that the defendant wins. This could be rewritten as "In 2021, Ackman supported Kyle Rittenhouse's self-defense claim while the criminal trial was ongoing and predicted that Rittenhouse would win his case, which later proved to be accurate."
98.118.9.141 (
talk)
19:48, 10 January 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm not an extended confirmed editor, so posting here. I think the page should mention
his accusations of plagiarism and his recent responses to accusations of plagiarism against
his wife.
This
edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.
Hello. I would like to address some text in the
Personal views section. Specifically, the following text, which is not about Bill Ackman and uses sources that do not mention him:
Israel estimates 1,139 people were killed in Hamas's October 7th attack, including 695 Israeli civilians, 36 of whom were children, 373 members of the security forces, and 71 foreigners;[1] between October 7th and the Post's report, the Gaza Ministry of Health estimated that IDF attacks had killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians.[2]
I propose removing this text, as well as the following paragraph, which is mostly about a video call that Bill Ackman was not a part of and that was held after Bill Ackman was no longer participating in the group chat:
Members of the 2023-2024 WhatsApp group chat also held a video call in April 2024 with
New York City MayorEric Adams in an effort to, according to reporting by
The Washington Post, "pressure Columbia’s president and trustees to permit the mayor to send police to the campus" to shut down
criticism of
Israel's offensive military operations in Gaza, which many campus protesters, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, civil servants, and governments around the world
have alleged to be genocide.[1] During the video call, group members discussed making political donations to Adams.[1] A spokesperson for Ackman said he had not participated in the group chat since January 10, 2024, and that although Ackman "likes and is supportive of the Mayor," he had never spoken to Adams about the Columbia protests or donated to Adams's campaign..[1]
I propose removal of this text, too, or at least a major trim to keep the article about the subject and not a WhatsApp group. It does not seem appropriate to lead with so much detail, only to confirm at the end that the article subject was not present.
Not done: Too sensitive for a COI editor. Also, the topic of the this request (the war in Gaza) is considered contentious here.
Quetstar (
talk)
15:14, 27 June 2024 (UTC)reply