Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Article topics
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Biographies
[edit]| Should the article on Kusaila include one of the available photographs of the modern (reinstalled) statue located in Bouhmama, Algeria, as the lead image?
There are two freely licensed photographs of the statue: Both are images of a modern public monument commemorating Kusaila, and have been proposed as alternatives to a previously used fictional drawing: [3], which was removed due to sourcing concerns. This RfC seeks input on whether either image should be used, and if so, which version is more appropriate. (For additional context, see: Talk:Kusaila#c-ElijahUHC-20250602183300-Image_Change:_Statue_of_Kusaila_from_Bouhmama) |
![[1]](/wiki/File:Kusaila_Statue1.jpg){kind=link}
![[2]](/wiki/File:Kusaila_Ibn_Malzam.jpg){kind=link}
![[3]](/wiki/File:Aksel_(cropped).jpg){kind=link}
| There has been further coverage since the prior RfC. The article currently describes Khelif's sex as female, describes all claims otherwise as false, and states that there is no published evidence to the contrary, all in Wikivoice. Should the article be updated throughout to avoid taking an explicit stance on Khelif's sex and related claims, and include coverage of the leak of the alleged chromosome test? |
| The infobox in the article had always used the 1984 portrait of Rajiv Gandhi. Some months ago, a user changed it to a 1987 image of him. However, it appears the change has been reverted. Which of the following images should be used for Rajiv Gandhi in the infobox, as his portrait? EarthDude (talk) 10:30, 30 May 2025 (UTC) |
Should the bolded text in this sentence of the lead be removed:
I believe this merits an RfC because I have proposed this change before and each discussion ends without a consensus. Bill Williams 18:59, 29 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the 3rd and 4th paragraphs of the lede for Donald Trump remain separate or be combined into one paragraph? See here for prior discussion of this issue (specifically the subsection entitled "Lead paragraph 3"). Please share your thoughts below. Emiya1980 (talk) 09:56, 25 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the article include the subject's former name, and if so, where?--Trystan (talk) 13:44, 22 May 2025 (UTC) |
Should the following sentence be included in the lead section of T. V. S. N. Prasad?
This statement was added after the RfC began to satisfy WP:RFCNEUTRAL and WP:RFCBRIEF. 03:31, 21 May 2025 (UTC) |
Is the following or a similar phrasing and sourcing due and appropriate for inclusion:
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| Should he be called a conspiracy theorist in the lead? 2A02:810D:BC82:1E00:F5E7:6D91:BE2:85B7 (talk) 12:06, 19 May 2025 (UTC) |
| There is ongoing disagreement over whether the article should include the newly-added section titled "Relationship with the military" as it currently does. Both the relevance of the content and the appropriateness of presenting it in a standalone section under "Public image" are being contested. This issue was previously discussed above and could not be resolved at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, and it has now been directed here for broader input.
Should the article include a section on "Relationship with the military"? Titan2456 (talk) 23:17, 18 May 2025 (UTC) |
| The previous RfC was closed as no consensus to include or exclude his name. Eight months later, at least a dozen new sources have used his full name.
Should Asmongold's full name be included in the article? --03:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography
Should the provision MOS:POSTNOM (under WP:MOSBIO) that allows post-nominal letters only outside the LEAD SENTENCE be overturned, maintained, or modified? Specifically, the guideline currently reads: "When the subject of an article has received honours or appointments issued either by the subject's state of citizenship or residence, or by a widely recognized organization that reliable sources regularly associate with the subject, post‐nominal letters may be included in any part of the article other than the lead sentence."Obviously, this RfC would also invite alternative solutions, etc. I will add options if so-requested. As such;
AGAIN, THIS PERTAINS TO THE LEAD SENTENCE OF AN ARTICLE. EDIT: the order of precedence stuff can probably be ignored. This RfC invites discussion on whether excluding post‐nominals from the lead remains justified, or if a revision is warranted given concerns about clarity, consistency, and the conveyance of useful information. The original discussion was not an RfC proper, and as such, I have taken it upon myself to start one. The discussion was productive enough that I feel it warranted an RfC. This is my first RfC, so, I apologize in advance for any mistakes. |
Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons
| This RfC proposes improving the wording of the existing WP:BLPCRIME policy. The intent is not to change the policy or principles. The goal is to make the guidance clearer and easier to apply. Below is the current wording followed by the proposed revision.
Current version
Proposed version
Please comment below. Thanks! Nemov (talk) 15:30, 12 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Pope Leo XIV/RFC: Date format
| Hi there, I've created this RfC as the equivalent discussion(s) on the talk page have gotten completely-out-of-hand. I'm pretty neutral on the matter but leaning towards DMY as his role as pope transcends beyond the MDY format of America to the DMY format of the Church, Vatican, and arguably the world. However, I will add a summary below of some of the main arguments that were popping up on the talk page. Thanks, JacobTheRox (talk) 21:27, 8 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Shall we summarize the pardon in the WP:LEAD?
See diff and text: On January 20, 2025, President Biden granted Fauci a Federal pardon.[6][7] Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 10:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC) |
Economy, trade, and companies
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History and geography
[edit]Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters
Should the spirit and intent of usually capitalized in sourcesat MOS:MILTERMS be taken as consistent with the general advice on capitalisation given in the lead of MOS:CAPS or is the spirit and intent to create a substantially different and lower threshold for capitalising the types of events named. |
| Should the article on Kusaila include one of the available photographs of the modern (reinstalled) statue located in Bouhmama, Algeria, as the lead image?
There are two freely licensed photographs of the statue: Both are images of a modern public monument commemorating Kusaila, and have been proposed as alternatives to a previously used fictional drawing: [6], which was removed due to sourcing concerns. This RfC seeks input on whether either image should be used, and if so, which version is more appropriate. (For additional context, see: Talk:Kusaila#c-ElijahUHC-20250602183300-Image_Change:_Statue_of_Kusaila_from_Bouhmama) |
| In the Russo-Crimean Wars article, should the section titled "Russo–Crimean War (1571-1572)" be split into two different sections, "The Fire of Moscow (1571)" and "The Battle of Molodi", with the accompanying respective content? If so, should two separate infoboxes be included in these new sections?--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 19:35, 3 June 2025 (UTC) |
| The infobox in the article had always used the 1984 portrait of Rajiv Gandhi. Some months ago, a user changed it to a 1987 image of him. However, it appears the change has been reverted. Which of the following images should be used for Rajiv Gandhi in the infobox, as his portrait? EarthDude (talk) 10:30, 30 May 2025 (UTC) |
There are two related issues here:
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| Per [7], should Poland be included in belligerents within this crusade? Setergh (talk) 15:35, 28 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the statement that the Emirate of Bari was perhaps ruled by a Black African be included? Closetside (talk) 02:52, 25 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict
I think this RfC is pretty much needed to decide the design of infobox. Looking at the above discussion, I have encountered reluctant opinions to go with my proposal, but if not trivially then it could be done with general consensus here. The Independent sources hold indefinite and varying values of the Indian casualties:
Given the above explanation, what should be the statement in the infobox "Third party claim"?
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| Should we include free alternative coat of arms (File:Royal Coat of arms of Canada.svg) to infobox in most English Wikipedia articles, after both previous discussions at Talk:Canada#Where is the coat of arms? and Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2025 March 2#File:Coat of arms of Canada.svg, it only placed the fair use file in Coat of arms of Canada article. Absolutiva (talk) 22:11, 18 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of wars involving the Czech lands
| How should the 1030 and 1051 campaign against the Kingdom of Hungary be described in terms of scope and outcome?
This statement was added after the RfC began to satisfy WP:RFCNEUTRAL and WP:RFCBRIEF. 18:31, 9 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Shall we summarize the pardon in the WP:LEAD?
See diff and text: On January 20, 2025, President Biden granted Fauci a Federal pardon.[8][9] Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 10:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history
A debate has arisen regarding what is the proper definition for "tank battle" over on Talk:Operation Brevity#"Tank Battle"?. There appear to be two competing definitions up for selection. Which of the following definitions should be used when deciding whether to classify a military engagement on Wikipedia as a "tank battle"?
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Language and linguistics
[edit]| Should the 3rd and 4th paragraphs of the lede for Donald Trump remain separate or be combined into one paragraph? See here for prior discussion of this issue (specifically the subsection entitled "Lead paragraph 3"). Please share your thoughts below. Emiya1980 (talk) 09:56, 25 May 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scientology
| This RfC seeks wider community input to obtain a consensus and resolve ongoing disagreements over how Scientology book-articles should generally be categorized within Wikipedia, and how the genre should be listed in an infobox. The options list below has been compiled from suggestions by various editors. There are currently 10 standalone book-articles, which are summarized at Bibliography of Scientology § Books (the ones which are wiki-linked). ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 00:42, 13 May 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history
A debate has arisen regarding what is the proper definition for "tank battle" over on Talk:Operation Brevity#"Tank Battle"?. There appear to be two competing definitions up for selection. Which of the following definitions should be used when deciding whether to classify a military engagement on Wikipedia as a "tank battle"?
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Maths, science, and technology
[edit]| There is an ongoing disagreement on this talk page[8] about the sourcing and notability of the article on the Roseto Effect. One editor has argued that there are no MEDRS-compliant sources that explicitly discuss the Roseto Effect and therefore the article fails WP:MEDRS and WP:NOTABILITY. Another editor contends that while the term is not widely used in modern medical literature, the original Roseto studies are historically notable and have been covered in multiple reliable secondary sources (e.g., JAMA, AJPH, Chicago Tribune), and that the article has been updated to frame the effect as a historical concept rather than a current medical claim.
The current version includes:
It does not include (but has previously):
Question: Is the current version of the article (as of [9]) appropriately framed and sourced under Wikipedia policy? If not, what changes would you recommend — merging, renaming, restructuring, or something else? All input welcome — thanks. -- ke4roh (talk) 02:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the following sentences be removed from the Lead of Polyvagal Theory?
There is consensus among experts that the assumptions of the polyvagal theory are untenable.[10] Ian Oelsner (talk) 16:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC) |
Art, architecture, literature, and media
[edit]Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
What is the reliability of Pinkvilla?
(2405:6E00:2803:665A:C4CF:6FF:FECE:950B (talk) 12:25, 1 June 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of Tarja Turunen concert tours
| Should we move the festivals in the venue columns into explanatory footnotes next to the dates and change the venue to the venue that the festival took place, or should we keep it as is with the festival as the venue in the venue column? HorrorLover555 (talk) 14:53, 28 May 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| This is a two part RFC about the reliability of Southern Poverty Law Center and Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch. Please see below for each section.
Please see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 478#Question about Hatewatch and the SPLC for WP:RFCBEFORE. Please also see this search for discussions involving SPLC. TarnishedPathtalk 11:12, 24 May 2025 (UTC) |
There is an active dispute on which game is the first entry in Nintendo's long-running Mario (franchise).
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Talk:Dragon Age: The Veilguard
This RfC concerns what content to include in the lead, starting with the sales information.
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Talk:Dragon Age: The Veilguard
This RfC concerns subsection headings.
Breaking this off into a chunk to generate heading ideas; feel free to update above with suggestions. Hopefully we can come to a consensus on this but if not, I assume we'll be able to eliminate a few options & figure out how to structure a more formal discussion. Sariel Xilo (talk) 17:04, 19 May 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums
| What guidance, if any, should be included at MOS:ALBUMS regarding bonus and alternative track listings on album articles?--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 15:28, 14 May 2025 (UTC) |
Politics, government, and law
[edit]| The infobox in the article had always used the 1984 portrait of Rajiv Gandhi. Some months ago, a user changed it to a 1987 image of him. However, it appears the change has been reverted. Which of the following images should be used for Rajiv Gandhi in the infobox, as his portrait? EarthDude (talk) 10:30, 30 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 Polish presidential election
| Edit war regarding "Grand Hotel" controversy, with a candidate for President accused of being a bodyguard for prostitutes. Is this even okay to cover considering they're accusations (with a pending lawsuit for defamation)? And if so, then how to cover it correctly, without breaking wikipedia guideliens? Polish kurd (talk) 19:52, 29 May 2025 (UTC) |
Should the bolded text in this sentence of the lead be removed:
I believe this merits an RfC because I have proposed this change before and each discussion ends without a consensus. Bill Williams 18:59, 29 May 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| This is a two part RFC about the reliability of Southern Poverty Law Center and Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch. Please see below for each section.
Please see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 478#Question about Hatewatch and the SPLC for WP:RFCBEFORE. Please also see this search for discussions involving SPLC. TarnishedPathtalk 11:12, 24 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election
| Looking for further input on the above discussion titled "Preferred prime minister proposal" (from April 2025). Helper201 (talk) 17:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC) |
Is the following or a similar phrasing and sourcing due and appropriate for inclusion:
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Talk:Opinion polling for the 2025 Polish presidential election
| Since there is quite heavy disagreement over this matter here, should the AtlasIntel and OGB polls be included (or maybe only one or the other) in the first round polls section? Polish kurd (talk) 15:07, 19 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict
I think this RfC is pretty much needed to decide the design of infobox. Looking at the above discussion, I have encountered reluctant opinions to go with my proposal, but if not trivially then it could be done with general consensus here. The Independent sources hold indefinite and varying values of the Indian casualties:
Given the above explanation, what should be the statement in the infobox "Third party claim"?
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| There is ongoing disagreement over whether the article should include the newly-added section titled "Relationship with the military" as it currently does. Both the relevance of the content and the appropriateness of presenting it in a standalone section under "Public image" are being contested. This issue was previously discussed above and could not be resolved at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, and it has now been directed here for broader input.
Should the article include a section on "Relationship with the military"? Titan2456 (talk) 23:17, 18 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should we include free alternative coat of arms (File:Royal Coat of arms of Canada.svg) to infobox in most English Wikipedia articles, after both previous discussions at Talk:Canada#Where is the coat of arms? and Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2025 March 2#File:Coat of arms of Canada.svg, it only placed the fair use file in Coat of arms of Canada article. Absolutiva (talk) 22:11, 18 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:List of active separatist movements in Europe
| This list has been tagged for original research cleanup for eight years now. The criteria section is completely unreferenced, seemingly encouraging original research - instead of being consistent with the lists on the rest of the encyclopedia and depending on reliable sources, it creates this sort of a hodgepodge of various claims. Its basic definition also contradicts the non-list main article on the topic (see above).
There don't seem to be any sources to the list as a whole, it's mostly newspaper articles about individual possibly qualifying items. Given how relatively easy it is to get a political claim published in a newspaper these days, this is a really shoddy basis for an encyclopedia article. There's a fairly consistent formatting about how some "people" or "ethnic group" has separatist movements, but there's no nuance to it, which may well lead the average reader to arbitrary conclusions about the notability or significance of each of these. There's a consistent stream of complaints on the Talk page that have been getting largely ignored for many years now. Nobody seems to be seriously reacting to this, so I'm bringing it up as an RFC to try to bring more attention to it. --Joy (talk) 18:48, 16 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Shall we summarize the pardon in the WP:LEAD?
See diff and text: On January 20, 2025, President Biden granted Fauci a Federal pardon.[16][17] Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 10:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC) |
Religion and philosophy
[edit]Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scientology
| This RfC seeks wider community input to obtain a consensus and resolve ongoing disagreements over how Scientology book-articles should generally be categorized within Wikipedia, and how the genre should be listed in an infobox. The options list below has been compiled from suggestions by various editors. There are currently 10 standalone book-articles, which are summarized at Bibliography of Scientology § Books (the ones which are wiki-linked). ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 00:42, 13 May 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Pope Leo XIV/RFC: Date format
| Hi there, I've created this RfC as the equivalent discussion(s) on the talk page have gotten completely-out-of-hand. I'm pretty neutral on the matter but leaning towards DMY as his role as pope transcends beyond the MDY format of America to the DMY format of the Church, Vatican, and arguably the world. However, I will add a summary below of some of the main arguments that were popping up on the talk page. Thanks, JacobTheRox (talk) 21:27, 8 May 2025 (UTC) |
Society, sports, and culture
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| Should this file, and any versions that appear after this file (like an SVG, GIF or JPEG), be the flag, or the logo of the N.F.-Board? wikipedia-kxeon mailbox 02:15, 4 June 2025 (UTC) |
| There has been further coverage since the prior RfC. The article currently describes Khelif's sex as female, describes all claims otherwise as false, and states that there is no published evidence to the contrary, all in Wikivoice. Should the article be updated throughout to avoid taking an explicit stance on Khelif's sex and related claims, and include coverage of the leak of the alleged chromosome test? |
| Should this article include an an external link to the website? 117.194.201.67 (talk) 06:38, 30 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the article be updated to refer to the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup as the "1st edition" of a new tournament format, based on the sources and arguments presented? Football2025 (talk) 20:23, 27 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should estimates on the Romani population other than the official 2022 Serbian census be included in the demographics section? --TylerBurden (talk) 16:00, 24 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should we include free alternative coat of arms (File:Royal Coat of arms of Canada.svg) to infobox in most English Wikipedia articles, after both previous discussions at Talk:Canada#Where is the coat of arms? and Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2025 March 2#File:Coat of arms of Canada.svg, it only placed the fair use file in Coat of arms of Canada article. Absolutiva (talk) 22:11, 18 May 2025 (UTC) |
| The previous RfC was closed as no consensus to include or exclude his name. Eight months later, at least a dozen new sources have used his full name.
Should Asmongold's full name be included in the article? --03:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC) |
| There is an ongoing disagreement on this talk page[10] about the sourcing and notability of the article on the Roseto Effect. One editor has argued that there are no MEDRS-compliant sources that explicitly discuss the Roseto Effect and therefore the article fails WP:MEDRS and WP:NOTABILITY. Another editor contends that while the term is not widely used in modern medical literature, the original Roseto studies are historically notable and have been covered in multiple reliable secondary sources (e.g., JAMA, AJPH, Chicago Tribune), and that the article has been updated to frame the effect as a historical concept rather than a current medical claim.
The current version includes:
It does not include (but has previously):
Question: Is the current version of the article (as of [11]) appropriately framed and sourced under Wikipedia policy? If not, what changes would you recommend — merging, renaming, restructuring, or something else? All input welcome — thanks. -- ke4roh (talk) 02:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC) |
| Should it say "question" or "rhetorical question"?2A02:810D:BC82:1E00:BC2F:1A76:72ED:55F6 (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC) |
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
namerfcwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ For example, O. J. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, but was later found liable for their wrongful deaths in a civil trial.
- ^ For example, O. J. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, but was later found liable for their wrongful deaths in a civil trial.
- ^ "Adidas drops Bella Hadid from campaign referencing 1972 Munich Olympics". Al Jazeera. July 19, 2024.
- ^ Zhan, Jennifer (October 26, 2023). "Bella Hadid Says Palestine 'Cannot Afford Our Silence'". Vulture.
- ^ Fiske, Gavriel (November 21, 2023). "Hip-hop war anthem reaches number one in Israel". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023.
- ^ Zitser, Joshua (December 12, 2023). "Israel's Gen Z is dancing to a war song that celebrates bombing Gaza and names Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid as enemies". Business Insider.
- ^ "Israel split by song calling for death of Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid". The Times. February 14, 2024.
- ^ Baker, Peter (2025-01-20). "Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ Liptak, Kevin; Saenz, Arlette (2025-01-20). "Biden issues preemptive pardons for Milley, Fauci and Jan. 6 committee members | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ Baker, Peter (2025-01-20). "Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ Liptak, Kevin; Saenz, Arlette (2025-01-20). "Biden issues preemptive pardons for Milley, Fauci and Jan. 6 committee members | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ Grossman, Paul (2023). "Fundamental challenges and likely refutations of the five basic premises of the polyvagal theory". Biological Psychology. 180. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108589. PMID 37230290.
- ^ "Adidas drops Bella Hadid from campaign referencing 1972 Munich Olympics". Al Jazeera. July 19, 2024.
- ^ Zhan, Jennifer (October 26, 2023). "Bella Hadid Says Palestine 'Cannot Afford Our Silence'". Vulture.
- ^ Fiske, Gavriel (November 21, 2023). "Hip-hop war anthem reaches number one in Israel". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023.
- ^ Zitser, Joshua (December 12, 2023). "Israel's Gen Z is dancing to a war song that celebrates bombing Gaza and names Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid as enemies". Business Insider.
- ^ "Israel split by song calling for death of Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid". The Times. February 14, 2024.
- ^ Baker, Peter (2025-01-20). "Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ Liptak, Kevin; Saenz, Arlette (2025-01-20). "Biden issues preemptive pardons for Milley, Fauci and Jan. 6 committee members | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2025-01-20.