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Age listed incorrectly.
editAge listed as 45 should be 65 2601:980:C002:4790:69ED:2F5B:38B3:D824 (talk) 07:14, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
"No quarter" misleading phrasing
editUnder the "Political Opinions - Black Lives Matter" section, it is mentioned that "no quarter" historically has meant killing surrendered combatants in war. However, modern dictionaries state that it is commonly used to mean 'treated harshly' or something similar. This is mentioned on the linked page for "no quarter." If someone could edit that in, it'd be great :) 100.15.249.172 (talk) 22:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
- I haven't checked the sources at no quarter, but what you are suggesting would be original research if it can't be established that the sources are directly connected to Tom Cotton. In most cases proving a connection would mean checking whether the source explicitly mentions the article subject – in this case Tom Cotton. Politrukki (talk) 15:51, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
Was a student of Elena Kagan
editAn interesting tidbit that Justice Kagan confirms in this interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-DfdSI0_Y around the 11:30 mark that Senator Cotton was a student in her seminar class when she taught at Harvard Law. Not a terribly important detail, but I always enjoy stumbling across those little "degree of separation" things between two people on Wikipedia so I would support adding it here under Education. 129.110.241.35 (talk) 21:14, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
“As far as I’m concerned, Israel can bounce the rubble in Gaza. Anything that happens in Gaza is the responsibility of Hamas—Hamas killed women and children in Israel last weekend,”
editSemi-protected edit request on 17 April 2024
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Citation 180 incorrectly quotes the article it references. It quotes the wrong agency and comes to the opposite conclusion of the cited source quote. The article says: "The National Intelligence Council as well as four other government agencies assess at "low confidence" that COVID-19 originated as a result of natural transmission from an infected animal, but the CIA and other government agencies remain undecided." Syntheticwisdom (talk) 15:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- Currently citation 180 is FBI director says COVID pandemic 'most likely' originated from Chinese lab. It was added by EdJF on 6 March 2023. I don't think that it needs changing. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 17:37, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Clearly not an uncontroversial edit. PianoDan (talk) 23:09, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Tik tok ban
editKilled the extension on the TikTok band because he could not comprehend that the CEO was Singaporean and not Chinese. Givmeurattn (talk) 13:08, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
He also went on what seemed to be a very personal kinda racist rant about the Chinese. He also definitely cemented the fact in all Americans minds that the government really truly doesn’t care about people and only themselves and everything that comes out of their mouths are big lies ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.81.44.237 (talk) 05:53, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
- I agree 8.47.100.191 (talk) 08:05, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
- At the end of this content, this part:
Cotton received some backlash for this incident.
is vague – "some backlash" is not specific. A summary of the specifics of the backlash, based on RS, is required. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:38, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
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Tom Cotton historically blocked the extension of the TikTok ban, taking free speech away from 170 million American citizens. 2603:6010:3000:B100:8C2A:A4DC:E875:41FA (talk) 20:23, 17 January 2025 (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. LizardJr8 (talk) 21:07, 17 January 2025 (UTC)