# Talk:Thomas Binger

I'm all for making new articles on Wikipedia, but can someone explain why it's necessary to have an article on a small-town Wisconsin prosecutor just because he appeared in one major event?  It doesn't seem like he is very relevant after the trial wrapped up. TJD2 (talk) 14:49, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

He has received coverage outside of the context of just one trial, as the entire section on his running for DA a few years ago describes. Him being significantly covered as a person in the context of multiple events is evidence of WP:BASIC notability. His running for public office on the level of a county also made him a voluntary public figure, so I see no BLP reason as to why it is bad to write an article on him. — Mhawk10 (talk) 16:40, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
I understand that but by that logic anyone who runs for the position would be notable simply because they ran for it.  The majority bulk of the article is about the Rittenhouse trial and when its not talking about that it is describing Binger's position as DA. He is not being covered "in the context of multiple events".  Binger is only being described as the DA in the Rittenhouse trial and nothing more.  All other context is about his personal career which again, would not be notable had he not taken part in a highly publicized trial.  Just like Stuart Scheller before him (who had his own article as well at one point) Binger is not relevant anymore. TJD2 (talk) 18:58, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

The article currently notes that:  "Citing state ethics guidelines, Binger told media on November 16 that he would not make public comments about the trial following a jury verdict."
As such, I think it would make sense to update the article to mention that he recently went back on this pledge, doing an in depth hour long interview about the trial with a podcast called "Miranda Warnings," associated with the NY Bar Association:  [1]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CA:873D:3842:204A:FAF0:6CD1:3141 (talk) 00:05, 16 December 2021 (UTC) 

While Binger originally said that he would not do interviews after the trial, he ended up going on a podcast called "Miranda Warnings" several days after the verdict to complain about losing the trial. I think this should open up a "ethical controversies" section of this article to show that there is some debate over the ethics of this prosecutor. 2607:B400:24:0:EC35:D4DF:5A7E:473 (talk) 16:38, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:54, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
If there are reliable sources that frame this as an important ethical controversy in Binger’s life, it might be something to note in the “legal career” section in a single sentence  (breaking it out into its own sentence is odd, and probably not appropriate for a BLP given the quantity of coverage). But, I don’t see any such coverage, so it would be undue for inclusion at this time. I do think that the article might be better if we added something about him granting an interview after the trial, but the secondary sourcing just isn’t there. — Mhawk10 (talk) 17:25, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

I heard Binger was asked now to serve as DA anymore, and is currently working a new job, after his demonstrations and blatantly passing the lines on Rittenhouse constitutional rights. 207.7.74.194 (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

This does not appear to be the case. Sources such as KCE say otherwise. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 21:05, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Thomas Binger/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk · contribs) 08:30, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Will be taking this 
Some preliminary thoughts:

He is native to -> how about "he is a native of"?
he continues to work in his role as an Assistant District Attorney -> superfluous; revise to "he continues to work as Assistant District Attorney"
As lead prosecutor in a jury trial, Binger had the responsibility to prove to a jury that Rittenhouse had committed all offenses with which he had been charged beyond a reasonable doubt. -> Remove sentence as it's redundant to the fact mentioned several times that he's a prosecutor, whose primordial duty—proving to the government that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt—is not unique to the Rittenhouse trial
Later, Binger criticized Schroeder for what Binger... -> "for what he" (pronoun-antecedent agreement)
Three days later, Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges by the jury, ending the criminal case against him. -> remove struck tautological phrase
Italicize State v. Rittenhouse section heading
I think that's all my concerns with regard to criteria 1, 3, and 4. Will continue later to check whether the article passes against criterion 2 and 6. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 08:30, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
I just finished reviewing the article against criteria 2 and 6; no more issues in this regard. I'd be happy to pass this to GA once the prose issues are resolved. Putting this on hold for now. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 14:02, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

@Nineteen Ninety-Four guy: I've made changes for all of the above. For the first point, "he is native to" was changed to "he was raised in", which feels a bit more natural to me. The rest implemented your suggestions. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 14:53, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
OK, it's a pass. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 15:36, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

The picture of Binger is quite low quality and I think a still from a news broadcast would be better. 172.116.113.102 (talk) 04:39, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

The problem we'd run into is WP:NFCC; we can't take a still from a copyrighted news broadcast where a news group had a camera pointed at him if we have a public domain screenshot available. Now, if someone were to take a posed photo of Binger, and then upload their own work under a suitable license to Wikimedia Commons, then I would be all for improving this image. Alas, such an image is somewhat hard to come by. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 15:22, 1 April 2023 (UTC)