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Was Martin Luther King Jr. a political prisoner?
He is listed on the list of Top 10 most famous political prisoners published by TIME here but I am having trouble finding other reliable sources to confirm this classification - there are some in the media, particularly related to the comparison that was made to him by Bill Cosby (sources: here, here or here, for example) but nothing I can see in scholarly sources? TIME is generally reliable but that list doesn't look impressive, and the claim could be seen as FRINGE or UNDUE. Thoughts? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:36, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
- Update: I found some scholarly sources calling MLKJ a political prisoner. For example, Greene, Helen Taylor; Gabbidon, Shaun L. (2009-04-14). "Political Prisoners". Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. SAGE Publications. pp. 636–639. ISBN 978-1-4522-6609-1. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:47, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
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82.14.3.14 (talk) 20:01, 4 October 2021 (UTC)his real name is mical
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —Sirdog (talk) 20:11, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2021martin Luther King Charlie Chaplin
1958 assassination attempt
Hello. Would it be OK if I added more information on the 1958 attempt on King's life by Izola Curry? There is more information on her page about the attempt that you can read about here, and I wondered if I could add the information (in my own words, from a neutral point of view) to the section in MLK's article. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 21:17, 1 December 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tim O'Doherty (talk • contribs) 17:25, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- I read the Izola Curry article and the section within this one. The entry already seems to summarize the information as it regards to King, so I would recommend proposing the sentence(s) you want added. Popoki35 (talk) 06:52, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Martin Luther King He’s only Grandchild
Can you please add Martin Luther King’s only grandchild Yolanda Renee King. Yolanda Renee King is the daughter of Martin Luther King the 3rd and his wife Arndrea Waters King. I strongly believe her name should be added to MLK’s biography.
Thank you 216.165.213.183 (talk) 14:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Rape witness
This page reads like a hagiography. I have had my attempt to insert well documented allegations of being present at a rape into the article, and have had it removed for point of view. Referenced historical documents and news reports are not a point of view. Please do not edit war attempts to steer the article towards a neutral, fact-based write up. Wikipedia is not a place to laud saints of whatever cult. As regards the point about structure., it is plain that this section is embryonic, and is designed for others to extend. If if such allegations are deemed so trivial as to to be merged into another section, then feel free to do so. However, deleting them because they are ideologically inconvenient is is entirely improper Andrewjlockley (talk) 09:56, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
- In no way does this page remotely resemble a hagiography. The poorly-sourced WP:EXCEPTIONAL claim you sought to insert is already covered in the article. Repeating it and creating a "Controversies" section is a fundamental breach of NPOV (primarily WP:STRUCTURE) as well as various aspects of the BLP policy.
Delting them because they are ideologically inconvenient
is your own imaginary view on recent edits with no basis in reality. Cambial — foliar❧ 10:00, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
It was sourced from the original reportage. The story was re-covered in the independent, times, guardian and mail Andrewjlockley (talk) 10:05, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
- It was also covered in the Washington Post and the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. All the sources you mention, save the deprecated Daily Mail, are scathing of Garrow's scholarship on the issue. Several scholars have pointed out the problems with it. This is all covered in the article already. Cambial — foliar❧ 10:07, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
Here's a list of approx 10 media outlets covering from the same source. Failing to give this event its own section would be equivalent to overlooking similar for Weinstein, Epstein, etc. Andrewjlockley (talk) 10:09, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
https://www.google.com/search?q=mlk+rape&oq=mlk+rape+&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.4203j0j7&client=ms-android-ee-uk-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 Andrewjlockley (talk) 10:09, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
The word rape does not appear in the article. Nor does Gallow. It's not covered. Andrewjlockley (talk) 10:12, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
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