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I noticed that the article on Joe Exotic's suspension of his presidential campaign I wanted to use - is from the Daily Caller. Given that this source does not meet Wikipedia's reliability standards due to potential biases and lack of editorial oversight, I wanted to ask how I can include the suspension of his presidential run into the page? Any guidance would be much appreciated. It was announced on his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnmPvdhRUrs and then got picked up by the daily caller and a weird site called wokespy so far only right wing conservative websites - should i just wait to see if other news outlets are picking this up? Raphael North (talk) 14:10, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Updates needed on health and place of incarceration
Can’t find my W login atm. “Health Problems” needs to be updated for last sentence that states “ “In November (2021), he said that he had an aggressive form of cancer, and has since been moved to Federal Medical Center, Butner in North Carolina for treatment.[130]”
As shown under “Conviction and Imprisonment” - “He was later moved back to FMC Fort Worth ...[108]”
Regarding ”Health Problems”, Dallas Morning News (Oct. 19, 2024) shows, “Tiger King’s Joe Exotic, who is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, was recently placed in quarantine after being infected with a contagious skin condition called scabies, his legal team says.”
Report could not get confirmation from the prison but says “In an email Tuesday, a representative for the Fort Worth prison confirmed an outbreak of scabies in one housing unit.”
It is not corresponding to the lead section of the article, since there is not a single word mentioning his musician career, neither in the infobox. JSoos (talk) 19:49, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm bothered by the list of accomplices in the navbox. The body of the article never indicates that Brian Rhyne ever committed any crimes at all, let alone as an accomplice of Exotic. Hartpence and Finlay are said to have been arrested for (alleged) crimes of their own, but there's no indication that they assisted Exotic in the commission of the crimes he was convicted for. And Seth Posey isn't mention in the body of the article at all. —Mahāgaja · talk09:25, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
murder-for-hire-plot by Joe Exotic is completely missing in wikipedia
Joe Exotic tried to hire killers for Carole Baskin.
This part is completely missing in the wikipedia article.
Please add this information with the court details.
Joe Exotic is currently looking for a Presidential pardon and it is not acceptable that a murder-for-hire by him part in his biography on wikipedia is completely missing. 2A01:599:909:DBC4:9F8:4ACB:E1FC:80C2 (talk) 03:29, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
