Talk:Brett Kimberlin

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Public figure

"By any reasonable definition, Kimberlin is a public figure. After he claimed to have sold marijuana to Dan Quayle, New Yorker writer Mark Singer investigated him and made him the subject of a book. When Kimberlin resurfaced in the world of "black box voting" activism, conservative bloggers started to ask questions about him. Skip to May 2012. Blogger Patterico says he was the victim of a hoax that brought armed police officers to his home. The blogger "Aaron Worthing," identity exposed by a frivolous lawsuit, is counter-suing." -- http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/05/25/opening_act_blog_about_brett_kimberlin_day.html 71.212.251.217 (talk) 20:01, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

Does anyone know the copyright status of the mugshots here in terms of Commons or WP:NFCC? 71.212.251.217 (talk) 04:19, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

SWAT-ting

Unless someone has a reliable source that Kimberlin himself (or people associated with Kimberlin) were behind the SWAT-tings, this discussion has to be deleted as speculation. Also, my understanding was that "Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day" was unconnected to the SWAT-ting. Let's keep the article grounded in verifiable facts, please. -- AyaK (talk) 05:14, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to agree. It turns out we have an article on swatting though, and I added a traditional news source about Erickson's. 71.212.251.217 (talk) 05:16, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just commented out the swattings, and am going to look for allegations reported in major media now.... 71.212.251.217 (talk) 05:21, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Amy Alkon is a traditional reporter (and advice columnist) writing here in the generally politically neutral Mens News Daily. Opinions? 71.212.251.217 (talk) 05:26, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clear bias

Conservatives have "hounded" Kimberlin about the bombings? Hounded? There is not a cogent argument that can be made that such language is neutral. Moreover, repeatedly blogging about Kimberlin's bombing conviction doesn't constitute "hounding". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.154.75 (talk) 05:30, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality issue?

"Since October 2010, conservatives have hounded Kimberlin about his bombing conviction..." This sounds somewhat non-neutral, wouldn't you say? Fix or tag the article? Ebrockway (talk) 05:32, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]