Talk:Ben Stevens

message: OK - as of 22:04, I've re-added the first two paragraphs - the next line has a source that doesn't seem to go anywhere. Suggestions? --Fredrick day (talk) 22:04, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've rebuilt the majority of the controversial section. Stevens appears to be very unhappy with the result, but I believe that all BLP requirements are satisfied. Any constructive feedback is welcome. Jfire (talk) 06:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: One thing I have not restored is the material relating to the Vesco executives' bribery testimony. If someone wants to review the sources on that, please do. Jfire (talk) 06:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

text: The article has serious problems with undue weight at the moment. WilyD 15:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you be more specific? Stevens involvement in the FBI investigations appear to be the most prominent aspect of his political career by far. We can and should say more about his legislative career, such as his committee memberships listed here, but looking at other available sources (online at least), they deal almost exclusively with the corruption probe. Jfire (talk) 16:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It became clear by 2010 that Ben Stevens wasn't going to be charged by the feds or the state with any crime for his involvement in the Polar Pen or other investigations. The statute of limitations, including for RICO or IRS violations, has long since expired, so he cannot be held accountable for his roles. I don't believe that "Alaska Report," while loaded with useful financial and relationship data, can be considered a RSS. The title of the report on him that had been listed under resources, is, "Ben Stevens took Bribes." That's moving from allegations to virtual convictions in the absence of due process. It's so inflammatory that I thought it would be better moved to the current section rather than standing almost alone, and possibly violating BLP policy. “Extraordinary conclusions require extraordinary proof” - - Carl Sagan. Activist (talk) 21:48, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article stubbed - BLP concerns - rebuild 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I found well sourced edits made to this article, removed, two days ago. There were also new additions to the article of non-notable and obscure material sourced entirely to dead links. I restored well sourced material, only to see the entire page rapidly blanked. An administrator helpfully blocked the vandal for three months. A review of the history of the article, however, showed that it had been regularly and boldly vandalized, including page blanking, since it had been created, over a dozen years ago. I suspected an SPA editor with a COI had been doing the current changes and found, i.e., that the alleged subject of the article had admitted making recurrent and substantial deletions a decade ago and threatened other editors with litigation if material was restored to the article. Here's an example of those: 15:24, 27 February 2008‎ Bostonb5 (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (1,027 bytes) -7,462‎ . . (I am Ben Stevens, all this information is based on allegations. If you continue to post these allegations as reported in news papers, you will be hearing from me in a more formal method.) I provided citations requested by other editors and added info about the dismissal of criminal charges against Ben's father, and Eric Holder's declining to refile the charges. I should also note that some years ago I deleted edits that negatively reflected on the article's subject because it was speculative and in violation of WP:BLP. I suggest that this article would be best served by implementation of blocking  protections from edits made by new and IP editors to discourage future sockpuppetry by any COI editor. Activist (talk) 14:58, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Persistent vandalism 

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message: Political news blogs are reporting his death (https://mustreadalaska.com/passing-ben-stevens-former-state-senator and https://twitter.com/alaskalandmine/status/1580956987327938560).  As with previous instances, it calls into question the reliability of "reliable sources" when we live in a world of 24/7 instant news and yet they're being scooped like this time and time again. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  17:28, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
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message: There seems to be too much weight on the corruption probe relative to the text for the rest of his career, especially when he was never indicted. Details of the probe are already in a separate article.—Bagumba (talk) 14:25, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corruption probe 

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