Talk:Janet Reno
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Shouldn't there be some information on her well-known video-game hate? I don't know nearly enough about it to add anything, but I think it should be in the article, as it's a prominent fact about her. (In fact, it's why I came to the article!) aubrey 10:29, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
"Didn't she also roll up a lot of terrorist cells, put away the bad guys, prevent attacks?"
What's THIS doing in here?
24.250.246.178rhesusman Jan 24, 2005 2:43 UTC
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[edit] Regarding Witch Hunt Information Page
Amcbride had deleted a link and stated the reason as being"one person's personal website isn't enough basis to include this criticism".
Everything stated in the Witch Hunt information page is based on fact. It is very relevent to the article regarding Reno's history as an attorney.
I would also point out to other incidents of Reno being involved in similar witch hunts:
http://www.ags.uci.edu/~dehill/witchhunt/ccla/pages/fijnje.htm - Bobby Fijnje, a 14 year-old boy who was a victim of a wrongful prosecution at the hands of Ms Reno and her gang.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terror/cases/fijnje.html PBS description of the same case.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/734855/posts Free Republic article.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Piercetp (talk • contribs).
- Thank you for your post. My understanding of wikipedia policy (WP:V) is that it does not matter if what's in that website is based on facts, because personal websites don't count as "published, reputable sources." Of the three new sources you've listed here:
- The first is another personal website.
- PBS is reputable, but while the article you cite documents jurors questioning Reno's decision, it does not document any accusations of her being involved in anything like a witch hunt.
- Free Republic, as a moderated forum, comes closest to being a reputable, published source documenting the type of criticism you have included in the article. In my opinion it is not reputable enough to warrant inclusion in Reno's biography here, but I will not contest that point unless other Wikipedia editors speak up as well.
- For these reasons, I will leave in the criticism, but attribute it to the author of the Free Republic post. --Allen 03:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Response to Allen
Thank you for your response.
I have been looking for more articles and came across this article.
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/Issues/1993-03-03/news/feature.html
I can find others but hopefully this is a good start.
- Yes, that's much better. Thanks. I'll change the attribution again. On an unrelated note, you can sign your name to your talk page posts by typing "~~~~" after them. The software automatically converts it into a signature with your name and the time. --Allen 04:55, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] controversies
I'm removing a few of the points in the "controversies" section. In Biographies of living persons, it is especially important to have in-line citations for things that are perceived as negative. (Also, before adding these back with citations, please be sure that the citations show not simply that the point is true, but that they were actually controversial in a notable way.) --Allen 02:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] added some major cases
To read the original entry, you'd think that the only thing that had happened with the justice dept from 1992-2000 was waco, the brnach davidians, and elian gonzalez. Added other major justice dept cases under reno. I'm sure there are a bunch of others I've forgotten - in today's climate, I tend to think of all the terrorism cases, but that's hardly the only thing that was going on in the doj + fbi during this time - please add more. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.16.125.97 (talk • contribs).
- Surely there are better sources for criticisms of the branch davidian fiasco than the world socialist web site and alex jones? I pointed the criticism section's entry on the microsft case to wikipedia's own section criticising the case - if the lewrockwell.com article passes muster, it shoudl be linked from there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.16.125.97 (talk • contribs).
- What do you mean by "linked from there."? Articles are linked from their website, but they aren't all going to appear on the main page. Several are added almost every day. There would be thousands of articles on the main page. A more direct link http://www.mises.org/freemarket_detail.asp?control=70&sortorder=articledate Which is archived at http://www.mises.org/freemarket.asp. --Kalmia 16:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
-- it just seems odd that most of the crticism on this page is from what people would consider more fringe sources. There must be a large supply of criticisms from more mainstream sources from the time. And it seemed odd that there is a one-off fringe source article linked attacking her on the microsfot prosecution when apparently that editorial doesn't pass muster to be on the actual wikipedia page discussing the case and criticisms of it. --I agree "mainstream" groups such as the National Rifle Association and American Civil Liberties Union were highly critical.
[edit] Categories: Prosecutors, yes; District Attorneys, no
Reno does not belong in the category "District Attorneys" because she was never in a District Attorney's office. She was State's Attorney and Attorney General, not a District Attorney. Therefore she does belong in the category "Prosecutors".
In the state of Florida, there are no District Attorneys. The local prosecutors (AKA District Attorneys in other states & jurisdictions) are called State Attorneys. Specifically, Janet Reno was the State Attorney for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida ---Miami-Dade County--then called Dade County. There are 20 elected State Attorneys in Florida. The 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida is the largest prosecutors office in the state. People often confuse the terminology because Florida also has the elected office of Florida Attorney General which handles legal matters at a different level of the legal system--criminal appeals for example. The newly elected governor of Florida, Charlie Crist was the former Attorney General.
So to correct the discussion error, Janet Reno WAS the District Attorney for Dade County but was never titled as the District Attorney.
[edit] Lesbian?
Did I miss something, and is Janet Reno openly lesbian? That comment, I think, is much in need of a citation. Adamahill 07:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
