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Date	Process	Result
February 1, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
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Want to add new information about Bill Clinton? You might want to consider adding it to Post-presidency of Bill Clinton

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Trolling. ValarianB (talk) 18:13, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

The Bill Clinton page is locked, which is understandable, however only biased contributors are allowed to edit. In mid August, pictures were released of Bill Clinton on a flight with Jeffrey Epstein, and one in particular shows Clinton receiving a massage from a 22 year old girl. Also, after stringent denials of ever having gone on a flight on Epstein's plane, flight logs have shown his name in the logs 26 times. Finally, witnesses have claimed to have seen Bill Clinton on Epstein's private island at least once.

Are these things ever going to be added to this page? Would they be added to Donald Trump's page if he had the same pictures, behavior or accusations released about him? Things like this are precisely why Wikipedia is not allowed to be used as a citation source for collegiate level, or even high school papers. Their credibility is abysmal due to overwhelming bias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16A2:8E4D:8900:6048:8036:B023:73A (talk) 11:19, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Very biased article, plainly authored by political operatives.

There is no mention of major events like the Waco siege... or anything else that might tarnish an election brochure. This is a biography that reads like a North Korean biography of Kim Jong Un — Preceding unsigned comment added by E caroline (talk • contribs) 17:54, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Be WP:BOLD and make or propose changes. The article is here for you to edit. —Eyer (If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message to let me know.) 17:56, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a biography of Bill Clinton the man, it is not an article that has the room to cover every facet of his presidency, that is why we have sub-articles and other places to gather all the information. The Waco siege, for example, is mentioned at Timeline of the Bill Clinton presidency (1993). ValarianB (talk) 18:11, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moscow Peace Conference

There are several reports that Bill Clinton went to a Moscow Peace Conference in January 1970 then went on a 40-day train trip behind the Iron Curtain and stayed with the founders of the Czech Communist Party.

If true it was likely part of his post graduate study, there is no record of his having been active on their behalf. However, this information should be verified and properly sourced, so as to give a complete picture. 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:9486:636D:EEEC:6296 (talk) 22:45, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If I recall correctly, that there was anything nefarious about Clinton's trip was a middling conspiracy theory pushed largely by Bob Dornan. Young men in the 70s disillusioned with America's war stance may indeed speak to communists abroad. It isn't, and wasn't, shocking or noteworthy. ValarianB (talk) 13:42, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mentioning Hillary Campaigns in Lead

Should it be (briefly) mentioned in the last paragraph of the lead that he campaigned for both of Hillary's presidential campaigns? That seems like a major and notable enough part of his post-presidency to be mentioned I think. Basil the Bat Lord (talk) 12:33, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Portal at the bottom links

I'm not sure if this is the page where I should put this, but in the Bill Clinton portal at the bottom of pages about him, in the family section-- the link for Charlotte Mesvinsky, his granddaughter, goes straight to Chelsea Clinton. I don't see why the granddaughter needs her own wikipedia page, but shouldn't the link go to the family subheading on Chelsea Clinton's page? That's the only place on the page where the grandchildren are mentioned (the other two are redlinked for some reason though.) Nibby the Bird (talk) 02:38, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Disbarred?

Why is Clinton linked to the category of disbarred American Lawyers? It's very publically discussed that he did NOT get disbarred (and the article does not even try to make any mention of it at all), but that he was suspended in Arkansas and retired his license for the Supreme Court before they could decide over disbarring him. To put him into that category seems dishonest/ignorant at best and malicious at worst. Even IF there is reason to call him disbarred, why would he be linked to such a category before the article lays out such a reason? [See e.g. https://apnews.com/article/08c9ddda95024ee4a778628f749e9f4d] --5.146.47.175 (talk) 15:16, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]