Talk:Janet Reno

message: "Didn't she also roll up a lot of terrorist cells, put away the bad guys, prevent attacks?"
What's THIS doing in here?
People who followed Reno at the time, talked often of her canoeing and kayaking. She used at first a pokeboat. Surprised this is not listed as it felt like a part of her character at the time she was in office. Here is a Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2001/04/08/rolling-on-the-river/038d6bc2-5b34-4ea5-8e39-4e3fb63770b5/
One of several that discuss her past time. Can someone who knows more add it? 2601:645:201:BF71:8065:9700:BAB1:B560 (talk) 18:26, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Terrorist cells

message: Amcbride had deleted a link and stated the reason as being"one person's personal website isn't enough basis to include this criticism".
Everything stated in the Witch Hunt information page is based on fact. It is very relevent to the article regarding Reno's history as an attorney.
I would also point out to other incidents of Reno being involved in similar witch hunts:
http://www.ags.uci.edu/~dehill/witchhunt/ccla/pages/fijnje.htm - Bobby Fijnje, a 14 year-old boy who was a victim of a wrongful prosecution at the hands of Ms Reno and her gang.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terror/cases/fijnje.html
PBS description of the same case.
www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/734855/posts
Free Republic article.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Piercetp (talk • contribs) 
:Thank you for your post. My understanding of wikipedia policy (WP:V) is that it does not matter if what's in that website is based on facts, because personal websites don't count as "published, reputable sources." Of the three new sources you've listed here:
:*The first is another personal website.
:*PBS is reputable, but while the article you cite documents jurors questioning Reno's decision, it does not document any accusations of her being involved in anything like a witch hunt.
:*Free Republic, as a moderated forum, comes closest to being a reputable, published source documenting the type of criticism you have included in the article. In my opinion it is not reputable enough to warrant inclusion in Reno's biography here, but I will not contest that point unless other Wikipedia editors speak up as well.
:For these reasons, I will leave in the criticism, but attribute it to the author of the Free Republic post. --Allen 03:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Here we are, Allen, ten years on since your comment was posted, and the reputations of all those "published, reputable sources" that Wikipedia loves so much are in tatters: Only about 4% of Americans still trust the mainstream media, placing them a couple of points lower on the trust scale than the Congress of the United States. The only reputable Web sites in 2016 are those of the bloggers. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum)T @ 18:50, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Regarding Witch Hunt Information Page

message: I'm removing a few of the points in the "controversies" section. In Biographies of living persons, it is especially important to have in-line citations for things that are perceived as negative. (Also, before adding these back with citations, please be sure that the citations show not simply that the point is true, but that they were actually controversial in a notable way.) --Allen 02:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies 

message: Shouldn't there be some information on her well-known video-game hate? I don't know nearly enough about it to add anything, but I think it should be in the article, as it's a prominent fact about her. (In fact, it's why I came to the article!) aubrey 10:29, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Video game hate

message: There is no mention of Reno's citing for contempt of congress in this article, which occurred sometime around August 1998. She refused to turn over two subpoenaed Justice department memos related to fund-raising abuses in the 1996 presidential campaign. Is this a significant enough event that it should be added to her article? To this date, there have been only 10 Cabinet-level or senior executive officials cited for contempt of the American congress (Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Commerce Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton in 1975; Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. in 1978; Energy Secretary Charles Duncan in 1980; Energy Secretary James B. Edwards in 1981; Interior Secretary James Watt in 1982; Anne Gorsuch Burford and Attorney General William French Smith in 1983; White House Counsel John M. Quinn in 1996; and Attorney General Janet Reno in 1998.... Attorney General Alberto Gonzales might make the 11th this year). --RootsLINUX 07:50, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contempt of Congress 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Waco4.jpg

message: Why is this article semi protected? I see no evidence of persistent vandalism or edit warring. Also the last edit before mine was done on January 8th. I added semi protect icon for clarification. миражinred  (speak, my child...) 16:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: well, that you don't see evidence of persistent vandalism means that the semi-protection is working, no? the article has a long history of vandalism, and being a BLP, it's good to have measures in place to reduce it. Anastrophe (talk) 17:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Most IP edits to this article over the past few years are just people insulting her appearance, and there was a big wave of vandalism on 1/4 when I semi-protected... anyway the semi-protection is scheduled to expire on 2/5/08. --W.marsh 18:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi protection 

message: Is this really necessary to the article? I would think not, but I didn't want to edit it without somebody else's opinion. Inks.LWC (talk) 06:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: no, there's no reason for it to be there. it's just another asshat with an axe to grind. it fails at WP:BLP. it's in the John McCain article, where it belongs. i've removed it. Anastrophe (talk) 07:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Janet Reno / Chelsea Clinton joke 

message: Recent attorneys general seem to have a lot of controversy around them as far as how they interpret the constitution and their ability to uphold the law aside from their personal beliefs, from subjects as broad as abortion to civil liberties. Were there just no issues such as this surrounding Reno? I would like to see more in the article about her style, controversial or not, about how she shaped the justice department and what laws she chose to lean on or be lenient on, not just who was captured during her tenure. 75.55.37.77 (talk) 20:57, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  At the Justice Department 

message: Is is true that Bill Clinton said Reno was his biggest mistake?
That's the only site that I can find it on and not a very reliable source, really. Moderate2008 (talk) 01:44, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill's "mistake" comment unfounded 

message: It says she was nominated in 1993 by president barack obama :|
Obviously incorrect, however i don't know enough about american politics to fix it so... heads up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.159.193.94 (talk) 18:52, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Barack Obama

message: Reno began her job as AG March 12 1993, I believe. Can anyone reputably cite exact date?
Mydogtrouble (talk) 01:40, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Precise dates 

message: Why no mention of this? It's hardly a secret and if she's been cured or just survived a long time with it, either way noteworthy and certainly source-able. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Parkinson's Disease is incurable and terminal. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum)T @ 19:04, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parkinsons 

message: This article is a close to neutral as (fill in metaphor, there are too many for Janet Reno).  :- ) DCS 07:01, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: She did not cure cancer or invent the Internet?

message: I noticed that a comparatively large portion of this article is sourced to a single St. Petersburg Times editorial opposing Reno's run for governor (provocatively entitled "Reno owes the public answers".) Obviously, it would be better to replace that with a more neutral source wherever possible, and to avoid citing it except when it's being used to illustrate an opinion... wouldn't it? It's currently quoted at length in parts of the article that don't seem to be treating it as an opinion. --Aquillion (talk) 05:29, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  St. Petersburg Times editorial 

message: While Clinton could steer a middle ground between his Democratic supporters and the Republican Congress on monetary issues, Reno's job was at the center of a variety of intractable cultural conflicts. This made her a lightning rod for criticism of the Clinton Administration from activists, [who?] who often denounced the federal government as a threat to their fundamental freedoms. [citation needed]
*This statement seems to be a personal point of view rather than an encyclopedic statement. Have removed to here for discussion and/or verification. MurielMary (talk) 10:49, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not sure if this is appropriate to keep 

message: In 1994, Reno signed the "Policy Statement on Discrimination in Lending" that was entered into the Federal Register on April 15. The statement states: "The relief sought by DOJ in lending discrimination lawsuits may include: Changes in loan processing and underwriting procedures (including second reviews of denied applications) to ensure equal treatment without regard to prohibited factors."[1] MurielMary (talk) 11:36, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is this relevant? 

message: Given the length of Reno's tenure as Attorney General, I think this article can use some expansion. If anyone would like to discuss ideas for how to improve this article, I'd be happy to collaborate. This article from CNN detailing some major events of Reno's career and this Time article could be useful sources moving forward. Knope7 (talk) 03:18, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanding the article 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: "The following month, Starr received permission from Reno to expand his probe turned his probe into conduct related to..."
Bad grammar.  It should likely say "...from Reno to redirect his probe into conduct related to..." Pmneeley (talk) 08:04, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Good catch. DougHill (talk) 00:28, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2020 

message: In the "In Pop Culture" section of the page, Wiki should include a mention of Janet Reno as the main topic of one of Awkwafina's songs "Jane Reno Mad". The citation should be from https://news.avclub.com/janet-reno-s-pop-culture-moments-are-inextricable-from-1798254057  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Udonnoods (talk • contribs) 15:48, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 October 2020