Talk:Jeremy Piven

message: I find Piven's college fraternity affiliation to be rather unencyclopedic.  It's also uncited, so I've therefore removed it from the article.  Thoughts?  Esrever (klaT) 03:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends. Its ok for a brief mention if there is a verifiable source and if the section is already discussing his college experience, but going into unnecessary detail would violate WP:UNDUEWEIGHT. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 03:40, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Greek affiliation

message: Piven plays the character Mickey NOT ROMAN in that film. Ludacris aka Chris Bridges plays ROMAN. This has been confiremed by IMDB.COM, MOVIES.YAHOO.COM and through various late night interviews done by chris bridges and piven who both stated their character names when discussing the film and setting up the scenes for the previews shown to the viewers 67.167.180.64 (talk) 14:24, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  piven in rocknrolla 

message: --Friends007 16:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Image requested

message: I deleted the unsupported assertion below, since a) it's unsupported b) i don't think it's true (guy's been working for decades, a cable-only series is hardly his standout character) and c) it's non-neutral.
"He is best known for his role as Ari Gold on the critically acclaimed HBO television series Entourage." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.163.228.94 (talk • contribs) 01:57, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's probably true, but without a source, you're right in removing it. Sandwiches99 (talk) 19:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Best Known

message: I removed the line referring to Floyd Mayweather as a heel in the WWE; Mayweather was never a guest host and his appearance wasn't that of a heel, Big Show was the heel in that feud. The only reason fans thought he was a heel was because the fans did not like the storyline.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.68.180.75 (talk) 01:24, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piven guest host 

message: Removed the link to Paul Higgins in the list.  That Paul Higgins has nothing to do with the character he played.  People, please, please check what you're linking to before you make links. Sandwiches99 (talk) 19:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmography 

message: If you see earlier films of his, you will know Jeremy Piven has a chest as hairy as Alec Baldwin's or Robin Williams'.  However, in later films, his chest is smooth as a baby's bottom.  Did he do electrolysis on his chest?  If so, what a shame!?  Please add info to the article if you have any.  Thanks.  jcm 2/13/12  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chumley41 (talk • contribs) 06:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electrolysis on Chest Hair? 

message: I'm posting this here in hopes of getting a third opinion on the matter since the other user and I seem to be at loggerheads.
User:Dr Shempenstein and I have been going back and forth on this point, mostly on my talk page here.  They have been adding information about Piven appearing in a music video for a band called God Made Velcro (No Wikipedia article) called "Shock The Mind".  I have been removing this mention for several reasons:
#The video appears to be recorded from MTV or some other video channel and is possibly a copyright violation.  It's not posted from a record company's account, the account of the band, or any other official looking account name.  The account name appears to be someone's real name.  The surname of which matches the video's director's surname but that is the only obvious connection.  Without rights to the video being obvious or declared, I've been removing it.
#The band is not notable.  I've done various Google searches and cannot find anything that suggests that they even might be notable.
#The song is not notable.
#I can't find any reliable sources that mention Piven and this band, so I don't see why it's worth mentioning.  
As far as I can tell, he probably appeared in the video as a favor to a friend but can't confirm that since I can't find any other mention of this other than postings on various forums and message boards.
Dr Shempenstein has said that it should be mentioned in the article because "it is truth".  They have also claimed to be a friend of the subject which, if true, means that they have a clear conflict of interest.  Considering the doggedness with which they are pursuing this would suggest that they cannot maintain a neutral point of view on the matter and thus should not be editing the article.
Note: They have also been editing the Gregory Sporleder article with much the same information and seem to only be here on Wikipedia to promote themselves or this video. I have stopped editing this article for now due to WP:3RR.  Dismas|(talk) 03:59, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, Wieno, for your opinion.  I appreciate it and hope that this can be put to rest now.  Dismas|(talk) 08:59, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

text: You can find the next step in the dispute resolution process at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution.  Dismas|(talk) 19:24, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Dr Shempenstein, let me see if I can explain this another way and maybe you'll see my point better.  Right now :James Earl Jones and :Malcolm McDowell are appearing in a series of commercials for commercials for Sprint.  While it's true that they are in the commercials, it is only noted in their articles (it's actually not mentioned in McDowell's but is in Jones') because the commercials have been commented on by other sources besides themselves or Sprint.  Other notable people have written about it such as newspapers, magazines, etc.  Meanwhile, nobody notable has mentioned Piven in the music video or really even the existence of the video or the band.  They aren't notable and therefore shouldn't be mentioned.  It's important to the band, I'm sure but it's not important enough for anyone to have written about and therefore not important enough for us to mention it.  Wikipedia is a tertiary source of information and only includes things that have been mentioned in secondary sources.  Dismas|(talk) 19:57, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The fact is that I am notable and the truth is Jeremy Piven is in this video.  At this time your reasons are arrogant and biased I have call into him right now and I will stop if he requests I stop. Dr Shempenstein (talk) 22:40, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

text: Furthermore you use a commercial for comparison to this situation.  That's not OK.  As an artist we created this video without anyone making money.  A philanthropic event. something like Wikipedia.Dr Shempenstein (talk) 22:44, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

text: Why do you insist on regarding this as unimportant?  And using hypothetical commercial scenarios?  If Jeremy approves will you stand down?Dr Shempenstein (talk) 22:46, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Tell you what: you get Jeremy to get a major news outlet to cover his participation in this video and I'll be fine with its inclusion somewhere in the article. Wieno (talk) 22:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content dispute - Music video 

message: Although fraternity men call each other brothers, the terminology for our articles would either be "member" or for someone who has graduated "alumnus". See for example Greek terminology. Dougweller (talk) 08:34, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fraternity terminology 

message: This actor is active in anti-malaria funding etc. (e.g., http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2011/01/george_clooney_isnt_the_only_c.html, http://www.malaria.com/tag/jeremy-piven).  Is this appropriate information for the article? (It's mentioned in a Wik article about a movie he was in.)64.53.191.77 (talk) 20:22, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malaria 

message: The section should be removed, which I will do with reference to similar issues noted here first, then here, and  and once again, here. In those very similar edits, the users were new editors who apparently were unfamiliar with the guidelines explained. --Light show (talk) 17:03, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual allegation section 

message: Change the word Judgement to Judgment. Kardallastx (talk) 13:55, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Mike Allen  14:16, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 January 2024