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The charge about the felony has to be verified. I have tried to check this myself and was unable to find any outside information. I would post one of those "hand stop" icons, but I am new to posting, so I haven't quite figured that out yet. Newphase

I found the information and posted it, now someone has taken it out of the current version. If you are interested in this information it is in the page archive. It is probably not really that significant as far as his life is concerned but the person who took it out suggested in the edit summary field that it was defamatory to list that information. It is not defamatory to put in factually accurate information even if it is negative. I think that a lot of this article is just taken from KD's web site and it is not really an NPOV article about him, we all need a little healthy criticism, Wikipedia is not a promotional or fan site. Alex756 15:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alex756, I was not the first to remove your posting and probably wouldn't be the last. Just for the record, I have only done minor punctuation editing to this article and I am certainly not a fan. In fact, I have never even listened to his records or anything like that. The problem I, and I believe others, have had with your posting is that Wikipedia now has very exact policy about defamatory comments in biographies. And though your link does show an apparently legal notice, all it has is the name Jeffrey Kagel, which I am certain is a fairly common name. Your posting has caused me to do extensive research on the subject and I can find no other information about the arrest of Krishna Das/Jeffrey Kagel anywhere. For this reason, I believe it is within Wikipedia guideline to remove your negative posting, unless you can provide further verification that it was, in fact, about Krishna Das/Jeffrey Kagel. Thank you for your understanding. (Yogiraj 16:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]

The posting is entirely valid. The court record is public information and can be viewed online at the PACER website. The record lists the defendant as "Jeffrey Kagel a/k/a KD." There is no defamation. His conviction is a matter of fact.Sb700 03:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What was the substance?

Just wondering, how did you find this information out? Did you read a newspaper article somewhere, or did you randomly decide to search the PACER archives, or ... what? Also, were there any other details on the court record that would help to convince skeptics of his identity? Or else any reports in newspapers, etc? 00:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

You may or may not be making this up about KD, but you are certainly misleading everyone by saying that the Pacer website is easy for anyone to access. The pacer website is in fact very difficult to access. They won't even send you a password online, only by snail mail. It is highly unlikely that he could have been convicted and it not hit at least one newspaper, in which case it would have shown up in a lexis nexis search. I suggest you copy and paste the info on this page from that site, since it so difficult to access.

You are mistaken about the PACER website--I have received my password online several times. It is user friendly. Regarding media coverage, the case against Krishna Das does not appear to have ever gone to trial; rather, he pled guilty to the charges, so there is no reason for the information to have ever been picked up by the media.

Seems someone is willing to invest a huge amount of time and energy into this issue. Seems a waste of human energy. Why is this *so* important to the person who wants the conviction posted? Life is too short to invest so much energy in such a negative manner. This has been going on for well over a year if not more. Aren't you tired of carrying on the negative persistence? What kind of satisfaction does that bring you in your life?

207.216.4.91 (talk) 18:14, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone with an religious agenda is trying to malign Krishna Das, probably a muslim or christian fundamentalist. They have gone to long lengths on wiki to undermine other religions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.10.75.183 (talk) 20:22, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removing info regarding conviction

I suggest you copy and past the whole section from that website here, or no one will believe it. Wikipedia has enough problems without people putting impossible to confirm info that is slanderous in nature on its site.

Alex756 please stop posting

It appears that someone named Alex756 continues to post libelous information on this page. He is no longer posting under his name, but the same ip address keeps popping up. I urge anyone who sees this to look at Alex 756's page so they can determine his credibility.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.174.92.162 (talk) 21:56, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

Please stop removing the information

I have restored the information regarding KD's conviction. It is sourced and the public record is fully cited. To call this "libel" is a total misunderstanding of that very specific term. "Libel" is not the same thing as "information you do not like."

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Money Laundering section 2020

I have added a section on the money laundering. Since it has in the past been a subject of much debate on this article’s talk page I’m going to make a few points clear. The section has citations to both huff post and an interview with Krishna Das himself posted on the website of his friend Ram Das. I’ll be adding a quote from KD shortly regarding the benefit he got from the experience. As a Wikipedia editor I believe in presenting factual information confirmable by reliable sources (and as has already been argued, I believe a fact is not defamatory... at least it isn’t under UK law). Also as a fan of KD, I think his experience has something to convey that reflects his singing. I would suggest though that this material isn’t suitable for the introductory paragraph since it’s only one event in a long and varied life. Dakinijones (talk) 05:29, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]