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Rittenhouse acquital prediction

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]

The source doesn't say it "proved to be accurate" so neither the current form nor the suggestion is good. I will update it to accurately WP:STICKTOSOURCE. Zenomonoz (talk) 22:10, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, not sure it's really relevant or due. He gave his opinion on one of the top news stories at the time. WP:NOTNEWS. It was covered at the time, but not enduring, like his involvement post the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. Per WP:BRD, will remove. Longhornsg (talk) 22:29, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing plagiarism fiasco

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.

Edit: I believe that this topic should be included since he has become notable recently (but seems to be WP:SUSTAINED) due to his ongoing accusations (e.g., Vox article title "Who is Bill Ackman and why is he so mad?"). _{too_much}curiosity (talk) 04:05, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox image

Hello again. In January, the infobox image was changed from File:Valeant Pharmaceuticals' Business Model (26410186110) (cropped 2).jpg to File:Valeant Pharmaceuticals' Business Model (cropped).jpg. I would like to request a revert to the previously used image, which I believe is more neutral and does not give an unfair impression as the new photo does. Do other editors agree that a headshot might be preferable here? Thanks, FMatPSCM (talk) 23:43, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Personal views request

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]

References

^ "Israel social security data reveals true picture of Oct 7 deaths". France 24. December 15, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
^ "Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's campaign killed". Reuters. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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 Mayor Eric 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Natanson, Hannah; Felton, Emmanuel (May 16, 2024). "Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show". Washington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

Thank you, FMatPSCM (talk) 19:54, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]

[1] "Israel social security data reveals true picture of Oct 7 deaths". France 24. December 15, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

[2] "Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's campaign killed". Reuters. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[chat-3] Natanson, Hannah; Felton, Emmanuel (May 16, 2024). "Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show". Washington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

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