This market resolves Yes if at least one of the people who bets on it is verified as a real specific human being with a Wikipedia article that includes a "controversies," "scandals," "criticism," or synonimous section. The section must predate the creation of this market, and if there is substantive controversy about whether a word in a heading is a synonym for one of those three words, I will divest before closing and resolving.
Feel free to ask clarifying questions in the comments. The spririt of the market is about the person in question being a figure of severe public ethical negativity and/or division. So a famous critic who has a vaguely labelled "criticism" section about their work would not count.
Update 2026-04-26 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): To verify that a bettor is a real infamous person, acceptable proof includes: a DM or post from a verified account on another platform, a Verified badge on Manifold, or similar credible confirmation.
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@bagofsprite I don't understand your question. Here's an example although I admit the public figure is farely obscure:
@Panfilo To resolve this market as YES, how would you verify that someone is really who they claim to be? What would you need as proof?
@bagofsprite DM/post from a verified account elsewhere, Verified badge here on Manifold, a text telling me I’m handsome, the regular stuff.
I'm mentioned in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrencies_in_Puerto_Rico article, do I count
@TheAllMemeingEye I don't think so. It has to be a normal Wikipedia article with a section as described that predates the market's creation.