Talk:NXIVM

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 * Twelve-point Mission Statement by Keith Raniere.pdf
 * I have replied to the individual who wrongfully attributed this public domain work to the NY Times. Evackost (talk) 13:42, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no idea why the people at Commons and Wikisource keep actively refusing to read, but here is the judge's order that clearly states that Nancy Salzman surrendered ownership of "First Principles, Incorporated" and "assets rights thereof, including . . . intellectual property rights"
 * https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.420065/gov.uscourts.nyed.420065.1109.0.pdf Evackost (talk) 12:20, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Disregard, I don't even want to bother anymore. Evackost (talk) 01:36, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Knife of Aristotle citations
The Paste magazine article used for the reference for the Knife of Aristotle section seems like it maybe should not be used, because it is from a source that's really only considered reliable for music industry and popular entertainment news. It seems like the article is more of an opinion editorial rather than a fact-checked piece. Check WP:RS and other Wikipedia guideline pages for what we can consider to be reliable sources. Newatlascamels (talk) 17:02, 5 July 2023 (UTC)


 * The author of the Paste magazine article seems to have derived his opinion that The Knife was "a cult" by citing a Forbes article that said NXIVM had cult-like behavior. It claims The Knife was fake or used suspect methods merely based on association, and not through any real analysis of their news assessment methodology - this is not an investigative journalism piece, but an op-ed based on Googling around and loosely connecting assumptions with other articles. Tsgram (talk) 19:35, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. The Paste article doesn't provide a reliable source and it wasn't properly developed. While the DOS group within NXIVM is obviously a cult group, it doesn't necessarily mean that the NXIVM organization as a whole (or its other business arms) were a part of "the cult." CapnPhantasm (talk) 17:39, 13 November 2023 (UTC)