Talk:James Berardinelli

message: I would like to see some sourcing on the phrase "he has been a forceful advocate of decriminalizing public female toplessness". I check his site daily and vaguely remember him even discussing the subject jokingly, let alone as a "forceful advocate".
: I removed this reference. I contacted Berardinelli regarding this and he described as a "stretch" of his opinion on the issue. Perhaps, in a future section, his views on the matter could be given a proper and better sourced airing.--Lord of the Ping 19:42, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Female Toplessness

message: 1. His autobiography on Rotten Tomatoes reads : "I attended the University of Pennsylvania... obtaining both a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering. Putting my education to use, I went to work for a company called Bellcore... ."
2. His autobiography on his website, ReelViews.net, adds more detail:" I went to work for a company called Bellcore (now re-named with the moniker of "Telcordia Technologies") and spent the next 15 years working in a variety of fields, including fiber optics, video testing ... and software systems."
3. The website for Telecordia Technologies describe itself as "[providing]... configurable software and services for IP, wireline, mobility and cable networks—helping communications companies around the world transform, manage, and grow their networks." 
Their clientele include many telecommunication companies .
4. In the forward to Berardinelli's "Reel Views" (2003), Roger Ebert describes Berardinelli as "a computer expert." Ebert, also in the forward,  references an article he wrote for the June, 1996, edition of the defunct internet magazine 'Yahoo! Internet Life' in which he writes: "Berardinelli describes himself as an electrical engineer..." Berardinelli includes an excerpt of this article on his website . There seems to be discrepency between the publication date of the article; Ebert lists it as June, 1996, in the forward, while Berardinelli's website lists it as September, 1996. However, there are no substantive differences.
In sum, there is no clear and definitive description of his job or job title . However, I think describing him as an electrical engineer is aprropriate, for now, for two reasons:
1. The term 'electrical engineer' is extremely vague, given the breadth of the field. This article is written for lay people and there is no value in clarifying some esoteric job title.
2. There is much evidence to suggest he works in some field that is covered under the umbrella of the 'electrical engineer' job title.Lord of the Ping 06:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Occupation 

message: Where? What in? To what level? Everyone is educated. As it is, this phrase is meaningless. The JPStalk to me 20:21, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The entire phrase: "Berardinelli is educated and works as an electrical engineer." In other words, he studied electrical engineering at university, and works as an electrical engineer. On Berardinelli's website he answers the "where" and "to what level" questions . Perhaps the phrase should be reworded and some additional content added.--Lord of the Ping 16:08, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Berardinelli is educated" 

message: ReelViews.net- Berardinelli's personal website- I think is reliable for personal information. I doubt a professional journalist or editor would look for sources outside the person in question when inquiring about their marriage. Similarly, I think his education would be considered personal information, and ReelViews would be an adequate source for information on it. However, for more public information, such as his place of employment and the number of hits to his site, I think ReelViews would not be suitable.Lord of the Ping 20:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: I've added an infobox for Berardinelli per the request at the top of the page.  I assigned an arbitrary day of birth to make the code in the infobox work; if someone has his correct DOB, please update. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 16:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: Is he notable? A google of his name reveals his name only appears in a small number of online movie sites (as does any username on these sites), and this article. I only came here because I saw his name in the "Screamers" article on wikipedia and thought "Hey, who is that?". 
Unless he writes for a publication or has a TV show, I'd say he is not notable in the field of film critique, and tbh I can't see any other areas of note in this article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.6.35.235 (talk) 22:52, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Have to agree with the anon IP above. From what I gather from his own bio, he's not a professional film critic but does this as a hobby. He's got a self-published site, and I would take the Alexa stats and other quantifiable information over one other film critic's personal opinion. No publisher or producer seems to share Ebert's opinion or he'd be writing in some professional arena now and not solely on his own website. --Tenebrae (talk) 01:02, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable? 

message: According to a post by Berardinelli on the Reelviews.net forum, his birthday is September 25.
http://www.reelviews.net/reelviewsforum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=599
Since the Wikipedia guidelines say we should not cite to forum postings, I am not sure how to deal with this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.88.88.217 (talk) 19:49, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Berardinelli's birthday