Talk:Lakireddy Bali Reddy

October 2013
I've reviewed this newly submitted article and found it to be notable as the subject has received national coverage and his crimes have impacted California law. I did however make many edits to create balance, remove undue weight, create a NPOV tone and to remove unsourced allegations etc.-- — Keithbob • Talk  • 23:17, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Comment on my user talk page copied here

 * Thanks for your edits bringing the article up to BLP standards. The trafficking case itself is quite notable — the subject of books, as well as substantial press coverage (e.g. this series of 27 articles in an Indian newspaper). If there were a standalone article on the entire affair, independent of the biography page, what factors would I need to consider to avoid violating WP:BIO? I checked Wikipedia policy on criminal acts, and it seems to pass, at least in terms of notability. Also, where did you get the fact that Reddy is/was an attorney (in the intro para)? I couldn't find a cite for that, and deleted it from the first line of the article. Thanks! --Anirvan (talk) 00:11, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Anirvan, and thanks for your contributions. I'm not familiar with Rediff. Are those articles that appear there written by Rediff editorial staff? Or are they reprints from other sources? At any rate I agree that Reddy is notable enough for a BLP.  We just have to be careful not to dominate this BLP article with details of his crimes. If there are enough sources you might be able to create a case for an article that focuses just on the crimes themselves and all of the details that led up to his arrest etc. I think many of he sources currently in this BLP could be used plus others.
 * PS thanks for removing 'attorney' from the lead. I saw that in one of the sources but until I find it and we can cite it, it's better to leave it out. Thanks. -- — Keithbob • Talk  • 18:16, 18 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, those are all original articles by Rediff.com reporters. Rediff was, at the time, an important news portal in India (very roughly comparable to Yahoo, but with an in-house news team, many of whom moved to Rediff from traditional print media). - Anirvan (talk) 06:30, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Expansion of article
Hi. As you can see, I've started to expand this article and would appreciate your thoughts and input. Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 12:59, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Wikipedia is a collaborative effort. I am a bit embarrassed to be singled out in this message, but nice work! If you dig into the footnotes you can probably do a 5x expansion of this article, with the help of other interested editors. If so, then you can nominate it for WP:DYK if the 5x happens within a 7-day timeframe. Cheers!  14:26, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi I'm not sure what 7x means, but I’ve expanded the content of this article. Also, I wasn't singling you out, just thanking you for your help as no other editors seem interested in this article—as you can see. Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 12:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . One of the ways to qualify for WP:DYK is to expand an article five-fold (5x) within a 7-day window. Another way is to promote an article to WP:Good Article status and then nominate it for DYK within 7-days of the GA promotion.


 * Please read the comments in the sections above this one on this talk page. Even though he his an ex-con, this is still a WP:BLP, unless you spin this off to a separate article that focuses on the crimes he committed. Cheers! PS: Your single quote marks are still leaning. Can you please use straight ones? LOL.  16:38, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Here is the problem I'm having with the leaning quote marks...the two applications I use show '' exactly the same way, and in copying from one to other sometimes the curved ones slip through, and I'm really trying to find a fix around for this.  Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 16:43, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi In reviewing WP:BLP,  the guidelines are: Neutral point of view (NPOV) Verifiability (V) No original research (NOR). Also to be considered is that this articles subject falls within the purview of List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates (which when this article is done he'll be included their too). Remember, this articles subject operated a Transnational organized crime syndicate that his brother, two sons, and other family members and associates were engaged in too, and all of the descriptive words put into this article to describe him are not mine, they are based on WP:RS--like the US Justice Department and mainstream reporters working for major publications who covered this person. Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 16:56, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi I’ve added a new section to this article (Beginning of downfall) and I know that there is some information overlap with the section that follows, but I’m working on expanding that following section by breaking it up into its separate components, Arrest, Pleading, Conviction, etc., as they all deserve, because of their complexity, more depth brought forward. This living international criminal, I believe, should have his article treated in the same way that the living international criminal Joaquín Guzmán is treated, which is what I’m attempting to do. After all, this articles subject is vital to understanding human trafficking, sex smuggling, and the like in the U.S. Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 12:13, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Possible citation for the 'Chairman of College'
http://www.lbrce.ac.in/chairman.html lists him as the Chairman, and .ac.in domains are official university domains in India. Is that a good enough source or is it considered a primary source and hence unreliable? YuviPanda (talk) 01:45, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * YuviPanda Thanks for posting this. I've added it to the article.  Primary sources are allowed for facts like this, but should be carefully limited.  This case seems fine, if the domain is enough to show it's an actual university, and that's not disputed. Mattflaschen - Talk 05:04, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Berkeley High student connection
Hello, I lived in Berkeley at the time of this investigation, and specifically remembering it being initiated by two Berkeley High School journalist students, who were questioning why two underage girls from the apartment were not enrolled in school. The two received much praise locally for being the catalyst for the investigation into Reddy, but I see no mention of their role in the article. I will see if I can find any related articles; in the meantime if anyone else knows of them, feel free to add to the article. Thanks, - Chimino (talk) 07:50, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Sons?
Apparently two of Reddy's adult sons were also implicated in the scandal, but nothing is mentioned of them in this article. 2601:200:C000:1A0:9913:5E16:462F:437C (talk) 14:19, 26 June 2022 (UTC)