Photo crop
I cropped the picture mostly because I didn't like how much weight it gave to the red tie. I saw it as manipulative of the viewer and unrepresentative of Ross's politics. Of course a man will give a show of thanks to his liberators, but that shouldn't define him for all time. However, after reading Ross's twitter, watching his speech at the Florida Turning Point rally, and seeing how personally involved Charlie Kirk was in securing Ross's pardon, (according to Ross, anyway) I now believe that I was wrong. Ross has as much right to wear a red tie as anybody. Sorry for the bother. ~2025-37042-49 (talk) 07:59, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
Lead section neutrality
Hello, @Quetstar, why did you revert my edits to the lead section? diff
The first sentence of this biography should state his role, such as politician, entrepreneur, activist, etc., not just his nationality. For example, Bonnie and Clyde were "outlaws".
Also, why is it necessary to prominently plug the editorial position of the Libertarian and "Free Ross" movement? I think that it can be excluded or re-phrased in a more neutral tone. Right now it sounds like it's giving a lot of weight to their opinion instead of just describing the fact that a movement grew up around the cause of leniency in his case. ~2026-12431-34 (talk) 22:45, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
- Ulbricht's claim to notability is his criminality. Look up any mobster, usually the lede and short desc will explicitly say they were a mobster and maybe say which gang or criminal activity they are noted for. For example:
- Tony Accardo ...
was a mobster in the American Mafia
. - Al Capone ...
was a an American gangster and businessman ... the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit
- Johnny Eng ...
is a Chinese-American gang leader
- Tony Accardo ...
- I'm putting info back. Since people seem to like the "Silk Road" reference I will leave that in there.
- There have been several reverts and rewrites, flip flopping on this item. Anybody who wants "criminal" out of the lede and short desc please make your case here instead of edit warring. -- M.boli (talk) 17:36, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
Formatting converted megabucks
An IP editor flagged the following sentence as sludgy:
... pay about US$183 (equivalent to about $249 in 2025) million in restitution
Much better would be:
... pay about $183 million (equivalent to $xxx million ...)
The weirdness is due to using the {{US$}} macro for the inflation calculation. I don't see an easy way to fix this, but I've posted a question to the teahouse. (The original talk-post was deleted due to excessive snark, but the question is legitimate.) -- M.boli (talk) 15:46, 19 April 2026 (UTC)