Talk:Jonathan Denis

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Professional Misconduct section

I've shortened the Professional Conduct section to a simple paragraph summary of the events. Five paragraphs was vastly WP:UNDUE for a section about a single hearing, especially when supported by only a couple of reliable, secondary sources. I'll also note that we can't cite public documents like court records per WP:BLPPRIMARY. Woodroar (talk) 19:56, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the shortening but I wasn't comfortable with just leaving "threatened" out there unexplained. Too many readers would immediately think of threats of violence. I added a brief statement of the actual nature of the threat. JamesMLane t c 20:50, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point! I completely agree with the addition. Woodroar (talk) 21:07, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV tag

I've also removed the NPOV tag on the article as there wasn't a section detailing why the tag was necessary. Woodroar (talk) 19:58, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Videos

I rewrote the discussion of this incident. It shouldn't begin with Denis's apology, because that conveys the impression that he was conceding the accuracy of the videos. He made no such concession (and said he didn't remember any such incident). He apologized because his past alcohol abuse left him unable to state with certainty that the videos were fake, so he apologized conditionally (if the videos showed true events).

I also eliminated extraneous material about other people. As I read the sources, a suggestion that Andrea Petzold was extorting him over the videos may have prompted the RCMP investigation of her, but the subsequent charges against her did not relate to the videos. Statements about either Petzold or Denis are subject to WP:BLP, so no one should restore references to her unless they can be clearly supported by reliable sources. JamesMLane t c 23:06, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for clarification

Would someone knowledgeable about Canadian politics please explain the reference to "private MLA" in one subsection heading? Other readers can figure out "MLA" from context but "private" is mystifying. JamesMLane t c 23:34, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is no such thing as a "private MLA". I believe it was used to denote the period after being elected and before being named to cabinet (Executive Council). Quite frankly, only the first sentence in that section actually contains notable content. Legislative committee memberships are not commonly attributed in Canadian politician biographies on Wikipedia. Caddyshack01 (talk) 01:17, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]