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Clarifying what's usually, but not always, obvious[edit]

Re Darknipples's revert:

The lead never explicitly mentions Hunter Biden is Joe Biden's son. Of course, it is made clear throughout the article, but explicitly saying so early on would convey this to anyone who only skims or doesn't give it a full read. Understandably, it likely wasn't included because it feels pretty obvious, but for non-American readers and plenty of others it may not be. Hence, a few extra words could really help in those cases.

Therefore I'm suggesting changing this:

"Three weeks before the 2020 United States presidential election, the New York Post published a front-page story that presented emails from the laptop, alleging they showed corruption by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden."

To this:

"Three weeks before the 2020 United States presidential election, the New York Post published a front-page story that presented emails from the laptop, alleging they showed corruption by Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee and Hunter Biden's father."

Let me know your thoughts. Arcturus95 (talk) 08:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The links provide simple and easy access to this info, which as you said, seems fairly obvious even for non-Americans. If there is consensus that it needs the extra clarification, I could support changing the wording to a more succinct addition ie...."his father and Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden." The extra words tend to defeat the purpose of the links IMHO. Cheers. DN (talk) 20:29, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree extra clarification is warranted. I will add. Peter L Griffin (talk) 19:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the article for Tony Bobulinski redirect to this page?[edit]

A wikipedia power user deleted the Tony Bobulinski wiki, and redirected the search to this padlocked article. There is basically no information about Tony Bobulinski in this article.14.202.215.60 (talk) 13:53, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not enough sources discuss Tony Bobulinski specifically; and they fall under WP:BLP1E, ie. they're only relevant in the context of the congressional investigation of Hunter Biden and not as an individual. They're mentioned here, but the reason there's very little information is because their significance ultimately isn't very high; most WP:RSes only mention them briefly. --Aquillion (talk) 17:41, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Related RfC[edit]

There is a new RfC at Talk:Hunter Biden#RfC: Washington Post report concerning emails that concerns a line about the laptop controversy. Editors of this page might be interested in commenting there. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:00, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"External hard drive" is problematic[edit]

The second paragraph under Background refers the external hard drive of the laptop. Laptops don't have external drives. It appears this drive was used by others to make a copy of material on the laptop. Should be cleaned up. 130.44.152.168 (talk) 16:33, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It has not been demonstrated how the files got on the storage device. "Backup" is unverified. SPECIFICO talk 19:17, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Time to remove "controversy" from article title[edit]

Not really a "controversy" anymore, now that government prosecutors plan to use the laptop contents as evidence. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:33, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From the source you presented: The laptop has become a symbol of the legal and political controversy surrounding the president's son in recent years. So, why should we remove "controversy" from the article title? – Muboshgu (talk) 22:44, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is "controversial"? If you read the article, it's pretty obvious "suppression" or "cover-up" would be more appropriate. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:56, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It will be interesting to see what they produce. "Contents?" a laptop? We don't know. SPECIFICO talk 23:20, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend you not edit war and self-revert the reinsertion of Weiss's quote. It comes from a court filing and has not been accepted by the judge. It is not the position of the US government, just Weiss. Federal Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is presiding over the case, hasn't said when she'll rule on these pretrial motions about expert witnesses and how the laptop can be discussed in front of the jury. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A special counsel does not speak for the American government as if he is the Attorney General. let's not engage in farcical hyperbole. Zaathras (talk) 23:41, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]