Talk:Heath Ledger/Archive 1

message: Hi, I thought it would be fair to add that ledger denies that he spit at journalists.  I added that to the relationship with the press section, with a link to a news site, and added the site in the references section. Is this an acceptable reference?
I deleted the bit about the lynching because it was pretty much ignored by practically all the major media, so I don't think it effected his relationship with it.  Also, I don't think historians' information on lynching is relevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.6.138.33 (talk • contribs) 
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hi... about the passage "These statements have been roundly disputed by archivists and historians, who allege that the last extra-legal public hanging in West Virginia occurred in 1931.[2]"....... --that is obviously a foolish statement and a foolish inclusion in the wiki because the word "lynching" does not mean "hanging".  a lynching was any illegal murder/execution by mobs, usually murderous racist mobs.  anyone who knows anything about the jim crow era (which probably excludes most of young america) would know that lynchings also included burnings and other killings, not just hanging.128.119.237.89 04:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits by [[User:202.6.138.33]]

message: A few days ago I removed a batch of links from several related artciles linking to vote for heath (oscar for heath) as I though them inappropiate under WP:NOT soapbox. I see it's been put back in, and rather than playing Hokey-cokey have moved discusssion here. I believe links to general fan sites are discouraged, unless the fan site is istelf either notable or the offical one. vote for heath comes across as too soapbox (the domain name enforces that view), I have no knowledge about heathbaby (see above) as that's also listed as "fan site". So, the two fan sites links, in, out, or shake them all about? MartinRe 10:20, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: Perhaps some of the comments Ledger made about how he would portray the character of the Joker in "The Dark Knight" should be briefly mentioned on this page.66.24.229.233 22:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  the Dark Knight 

message: Why is Dirt Music, the novel by Tim Winton, listed under Ledger's filmography for 2008? IMDB says nothing of it, and neither does the Wikipedia entry for the novel itself. I think this information needs to be verified somehow. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.29.178.110 (talk) 03:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmography: Dirt Music? 

message: If someone needs a photo of Ledger I found one here: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/howie_berlin/102081411/
--Heida Maria 18:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, we can't accept CC-BY-ND-NC photos. miranda 18:11, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Creative Commons picture

message: According to recent discussion in the Dark Knight Talk Page, there is evidence to suggest reasonable doubt as to the validity of the site where the image was taken, and thusly the authenticity of the image itself.  Until we receive a confirmation from Warner Brothers, the blackout policy that prevents "ibelieveinharveydenttoo" from being contributed to Wiki applies here as well.  Brokenwit 02:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Joker" image... 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Brokebackmountainheathledger.jpg

message: could you please add a photo of Heath as a child?  thank you.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.244.214.30 (talk) 17:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: - also changed centered to centred for Aus spelling. •Florrie•leave a note• 06:56, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

text: You have better refrain than I do, I took it out. Sentence read: Early reports state that it appears that Ledger may have died from an unnatural cause such as an accidental overdose of prescription medications, or of natural causes such as pneumonia or heart attack. Basically, early reports say they don't know how he died which is already stated (with citations) in the previous sentence without the air of speculation. •Florrie•leave a note• 00:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Actually, no. That warm body rumor was started by a tabloid. Any other news source are using their same words and citing them.  Chantessy  18:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Ned Kelly (2003 film) article, the worldwide gross was $6,371,899. It doesn't say if that is US dollars or AUD. As an Australian article/film, it should be in AUD. I also wondered about the figures in Heath's film table here - except for the one film marked as AUD and on in pounds, are the other figures in US$? •Florrie•leave a note• 12:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

text: That's a huge increase in some takings for worldwide. I thought it a bit odd that Ned Kelly was so low. Thanks for pointing out that little insularity. For ease, I've quoted US$ except where there was no (apparent) release in the US as for Blackrock. •Florrie•leave a note• 12:31, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Fixed. EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! :) DanielRJ (talk) 00:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requests for edits Please put here. 

message: In the External Links section the URL for "Heath Ledger at Notable Names Database" contains an "|" in it.
* http://www.nndb.com/people/204/000029117 Heath Ledger] at [http://www.nndb.com| Notable Names Database
* Heath Ledger at Notable Names Database
DanielRJ (talk) 23:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! :) DanielRJ (talk) 00:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NNDB 

message: Do you people have nothing better to do than race to be the first to edit an article the minute something happens?
CNN had this on about 5 minutes ago. I see the article has already been fixed.
Tragic, indeed.65.255.147.8 (talk) 21:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: More refs   -- Chuq (talk) 21:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Would someone fix the current para, it's copied directly from the source.  I don't know how we could change it or if it's appropriate to directly quote it (i.e., with quotation marks) but someone fix it. 152.33.93.141 (talk) 22:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ledger found DEAD in his apartment. 

message: "At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. The police said they did not suspect foul play and said they found pills near body."
nothing about "naked". PLease replace the quote that is there with the correct one.  Tvoz |talk 22:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've copied the quote directly from the NYT page. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup I see - the earlier version at http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/  had no "naked".  Tvoz |talk 22:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Correct NYT quote for admin to fix

message: Semi-protection I don't see why this isn't semi-protected. I want to fix the article (as you can see, there is no  section, and the  is broken), but I can't because I'm not an admin. Was semi-protection not enough? -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 22:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, it wasn't. Semi-protection led to masses of "legitimate" editors all trying to "help". This should let things calm down while a few people can go through and sort out the worst of the mess. I imagine it will be back to semi-protect before too long. Any outstanding "errors" can be mentioned here and will be incorporated into the article (I'm talking about formatting and misspellings, people, not about your personal choice of wording). --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Use . John Reaves 22:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Full protection is fine for the next 24-48 hours, but not the next week. We need to re-evaluate the protection on this in 24 hours and consider downgrading to sprotect.↔NMajdan•talk 22:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It might be manageable in a few more hours. Everyking (talk) 22:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I don't think this is a good practice.  Times like this are when an article is most likely to need significant editing as the story develops.  And protecting it for a week is downright ridiculous...-Elmer Clark (talk) 22:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, I see it's been downgraded to semi-protection, which, while not ideal, is reasonable. -Elmer Clark (talk) 22:33, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It's not as if this was the "first choice". The first choice was semi-protection. That didn't work, plain and simple. Granted, the penis image didn't help things. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:33, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The penis image, however, was on , and only transcluded here (and a bunch of other articles). —Angr If you've written a quality article... 22:41, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The "rapid-fire" nature of edits to this article made it difficult to troubleshoot that. Add that to people who were reverting ANY mention of his death, and well... you can see how semi-protection wasn't working. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:42, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protection? 

message: According to the NYTimes the apartment that Ledger was found dead in was not his but Mary-Kate Olsen's and she did not know why he was there.  Unless I am wrong, I think the death section of this wiki page needs corrected. Dkocan (talk) 22:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's mentioned in the current version. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:44, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Please update the page to reflect that it was his apartment.  It seems the New York Times is the only outlet that maintained it was M.K. Olsen's apartment. FluxFuser (talk) 22:57, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Age is saying that it is her apartment too...Shniken1 (talk) 23:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apartment owner 

message: I would argue that the status of his role in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus should be "Died during filming" rather than "Passed away during filming" per Wikipedia:Words to avoid Thayvian (talk) 22:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: agree Tvoz |talk 22:32, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Change was applied in this edit Thayvian (talk) 22:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's just stupid.  "Died" is descriptive.  "Returned to God"  has overtly religious overturns and is unnecessary.  Jparenti (talk) 07:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Passed away" 

message: This extensive use of a news article does not fall under fair use:
Sewell Chan of The New York Times writes:  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guroadrunner (talk • contribs) 
:I disagree, first of all, the section is nowhere near the full length of the NYT article and limited to "facts". The NYT article seems to have relied strongly on police sources anyway. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would say this is a meaty part of the article (the "what happened"), and as such using more than a few sentences is not fair use. It doesn't matter if it is sourced from elsewhere - what matters is the use of the material as written by the reporter. This is a meaty part of the article - indicating substantial use - and that fails fair use. Reword into own words. Guroadrunner (talk) 22:44, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This argument is moot, the article no longer uses the NYT quotation. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  True. I removed it. Tvoz reintroduced it but I removed it again. I cannot remove it a third time due to 3RRR so I'll just have to tag the section if it is brought back. (Not sure of a better remedy) Guroadrunner (talk) 22:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: [ec] Because this same editor took it out - that's hardly consensus. I think it belongs in. Discussion? Tvoz |talk 22:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If you can assert fair use under the methods used by Wikipedia and U.S. Copyright Law as seen here: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html  please give your rationale. I believe it fails fair use due to the substantial direct quote of the material as used in the Wikipedia page. Guroadrunner (talk) 22:57, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not necessary to get officious - just pointing out that this was originally added by someone - not by me - without even attributing it as a direct quote from Sewell Chan in the text, which I corrected, so I am familiar with plagiarism and copyright.  I think a properly attributed  quote like this, at the time it was entered, was covered under fair use- this is an educational use.  I agree, though, that rewriting with references is always the better way to go. And since there was a discussion underway in the minutes surrounding your removal, I think you should have waited for some agreement to your position. I'm not re-adding it, in any case.  Tvoz |talk 23:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry about that. I only saw the diff and thought you had re-added the whole thing, so I unfairly blamed you. Guroadrunner (talk) 23:34, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: At this point, frankly, I don't even know what  I added or re-added -I just know that I didn't post the quote in the first place, but did add the Chan attribution to the text that was there  and put the whole thing in quote marks which it didn't have. There were so many edit conflicts that I lost track! My intention was to re-add the quote, though, so your comment was not wrong. In any case,  no problem.   But the larger point, I think, now is that the Chan piece is still changing in substantive ways, which certainly makes including the quote problematic, and speaks to why we should wait rather than rush in with quotes minutes after a news source posts them. And better yet, wait for multiple sources.  But - we do disagree about whether this would have beeen fair use.  Cheers Tvoz |talk 23:44, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  copyvio 

message: So, I went on MSN.comand found out that this Heath Ledger dude is dead, right? So I thought "He sounds familiar, but I don't know just quite where from. Hey, I'll go to good ol' Wikipedia!" And so I Googled Heath Ledger's name, and clicked on the link (after double-checking); when the article opened, a HUGE picture of...*cough* well, you know...*cough cough* a ding-a-ling...showed up...all over the page.
I think it's gone now...but I was hoping this can somehow be prevented from happening again.
--Shania92 (talk) 22:42, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not without fundamentally changing the nature of Wikipedia. The general consensus seems to be that the open nature of the 'pedia is important enough that the "inconvenience" of a few people unexpectedly seeing a penis now and again is a small price to pay. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The picture was added to the recent death template which has now been fully protected.↔NMajdan•talk 22:44, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Such templates should not be left unprotected in the first place. I hope this will be a lesson to somebody. Everyking (talk) 22:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Such templates, just as ALL articles and templates, should be left unprotected as much as possible. Protection is not a panacea. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: High-visibility maintenance templates are routinely fully protected as editing one may adversely affect thousands of articles. Nakon 22:54, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nakon is right; furthermore, templates like that would not benefit from open editing anyway, because they are "done". If they really need to be changed, the changes can and should be deliberated on beforehand. Everyking (talk) 22:55, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Every template in the article is now full protected via cascading protection at User:John Reaves/temporary. John Reaves 22:57, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You have to admit that was hilarious. Roneman90 (talk) 23:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it was :D A "ding-a-ling" - lololol! <snigger> C 1 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 16:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WOW...Did That Just...? What The...? Okay... 

message: I'm watching Fox News right now <It's about 4:03 PM CST> and about ten or fifteen minutes ago they said that they confirmed the apartment did NOT belong to Mary-Kate Olsen.
:We already got that. Roneman90 (talk) 23:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apartment Owner 

message: has it been confirmed or did they just find pills and assume? what is going on here. why add it to a drug related death category if it has not been confirmed?
:The article has been removed from the category pending verification. Nakon 23:05, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  drug related? 

message: Why are there persistent removals of the fact that he was found nude? --Dante Alighieri | Talk 23:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a reliable source that states he was found nude? Nakon 23:05, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I don't (and I have not made that edit personally) but I don't think the edits should be undone either. Why undo it? Explain that to me. Reliefappearance (talk) 01:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: "The massage therapist and a housekeeper found his naked body in the bed at about 3:30 p.m."--Svetovid (talk) 01:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Why would "most assume" that being in bed implies nudity? Does no one wear pajamas on your planet? --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Why is this important? If it's sensationalism we want, we could even put it in bold print. He was found naked in his bed. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nudity

message: Suicide mean there was intent to kill oneself, but as far as we know it was an accident, so that should probably be removed. Roneman90 (talk) 23:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Strike that, it has already been taken care ofRoneman90 (talk) 23:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Better take another look at an msnbc report. Mønobi 23:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It says suicide or accident.  Could be either one, and until an autopsy report comes out to verify which it was, I think it is better left off the article. Roneman90 (talk) 23:19, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree. Let's keep this sort of information out of the article until it has been confirmed. 23skidoo (talk) 23:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Latest I see is that the autopsy results will be delayed 10 to 14 days. Just noting for the sake of noting. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suicide 

message: East718 made it clear with this edit that protection was only intended to be for a very brief time ("10 minutes") to deal with vandalism. However, with this edit, Nakon made it seem like the protection will be in place much longer. Please consider undoing Nakon's edit and assuring us non-admins that we will be able to edit this article again shortly. Mike R (talk) 23:15, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've already reduced the protection. Nakon 23:16, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Mike R (talk) 23:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full protection for extended period of time is not acceptable 

message: Can someone semi-protect A Knight's Tale (film) too please? --Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 23:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone already nabbed it. EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:32, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's unbelievable how fast this is all moving. Thanks.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 23:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More protection needed 

message: In the line for Dark Knight, the "other notes" says posthumous appearance. Is that really neccessary? Does it even matter that the film is coming out after he died? Unless he died in production, I don't see the point or value of that entry. It's not like Brandon Lee dying during The Crow and them creating footage of him. The movie is in the can already, has been for months. Howa0082 (talk) 23:44, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. It goes without saying that it's a posthumous appearance. I don't have an objections to it being removed, however, I would wait until the fervor has subsided a bit before removing it. Inevitably, someone will think it belongs there and re-add it. Pinkadelica (talk) 23:47, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, maybe put "died before release", or something like that. Roneman90 (talk) 23:48, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: How can one have a "posthumous appearance" anyway?.. His ghost appears on film?? It doesn't make sense as a concept.  Even Brandon Lee's post-death "appearances" were made from images recorded when he was alive. -anon  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.132.234.86 (talk) 23:49, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: wikt:posthumous. His appearance in the film would most definitely be considered as "taking place after one's death". EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm...even released after death or "died before release" seems odd to me. Anyone can see the dates and figure out he died before it was released. Plus, it's not like no one won't know he died before it was released. It's being covered everywhere and no doubt it will be discussed when the movie is finally released. I just had a look at Brandon Lee's page and it makes no mention of his death in relation to the release of The Crow in his filmography. Less is more in my opinion. Pinkadelica (talk) 00:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't opposing its removal, I was just providing the link to Wiktionary. :) I do think that there's no point mentioning it; Lee's appearance was more discussion worthy, due to the trickery needed to complete it, but near as I can tell, Ledger was already done with the movie by the time he died. EVula // talk // ☯ // 00:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I say keep it.  Its obvious now, but in the future people won't necessarily know the two happened in that sequence and its a pain to compare dates, so why not leave it?  There's no real reason to remove it, and its interesting to note that the role many people are saying may be his most memorable came out after he died.  And Anon, the concept is not flawed because it isn't a posthumus production, its a posthumus appearance.  He didn't MAKE the movie after he died, he just appeared in it, since the release date was his first appearance.  Nerrolken (talk) 00:04, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with EVula. Since the movie is being published after his death, it is a posthumous appearance. Meaning the public first view the film after the actor has died. BTW I'm impressed with how fast this has been updated, vandalized, protected, unprotected, and corrected. Heh. I never thought I'd see a wiki article work so fast. I guess I just don't normally check out "relevant" topics. I tend to view backwater articles more than anything, and they take months to update sometimes.Gopher65 (talk) 00:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: That kind of thing will be in the biography prose, though. If you're looking at a highlight of his career, you want to see Oscars and nominations and BAFTA awards, not "died before release". It's not a very good highlight to say that he died. Howa0082 (talk) 00:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I think "posthumous release" works better and is more correct in what you were going for. These people didn't film after they were dead, their work was merely shown after that time. Like a snuff film! Howa0082 (talk) 01:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair point, in case someone includes Casper the friendly ghost lol. Feel free to open a discussion on the cat page. MickMacNee (talk) 01:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think "posthumous release" is acceptable along with an explanation of it in the article. No doubt it's in there as his last completed film and there will be a big send up about it once it is released. People were making a huge deal about it when he was cast so, I think it will be one of those common knowledge type of things. Pinkadelica (talk) 02:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Posthumous appearance" 

message: According to TMZ.com, they are claiming Heath had Pnumonia at time of death.
:TMZ also stated he was in Mary-Kate's apartment.  Until I hear an official report, I don't think it should be included in the article. Roneman90 (talk) 00:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I would hold off on including anything from TMZ unless it is verified elsewhere. Nakon 00:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Age are reporting this too  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shniken1 (talk • contribs) 00:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Try to sign your posts.  Also, the only official information surrounding his death is that he is in fact dead, and pills were found surrounding his body.  Until an NYPD official or coroner says otherwise, I think it is premature to conclude anything else could have lead to his death. Roneman90 (talk) 00:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pnuemonia?!

message: According to NY times, he didn't die in olsen-twin's apt.  The statement was retracted/reversed.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.78.133.201 (talk) 00:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Already fixed. Thank you for pointing it out, though. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did not die in olsen-twin's apt 

message: ???  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.118.216.61 (talk) 01:25, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What? Roneman90 (talk) 01:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: someone had an edit where they reference "two Police" I took out the edit at first then changed it back because I didn't research the topic. then someone else came and removed the two but left police capitalized. Reliefappearance (talk) 01:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Out of curiosity, why is what the police believe here period? Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a news organ. That the police did not think foul play was involved and have not ruled (accidental) suicide is fodder for Wikinews and rumor blogs, not an encyclopedia. --Rcshowman (talk) 01:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not fodder at this point because it's the only official news as of yet. As soon as more concrete info is found out, we can lose the "police think" bit. What investigators think or conclude at this point is all we can go on without just saying that he died. I understand what you mean though, I always find it off putting when I read that "police think...", sort of makes it seem like they're guessing. Pinkadelica (talk) 02:39, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Precisely my point: "it's the only official news as of yet." The info in the 'Death' section is bits of news, not appropriate matter for an encyclopedia article. The floor of his apartment, the manner in which he was found, and the reactions of various folks tenuously related to the subject are details that would have trouble passing muster elsewhere. ----Rcshowman (talk) 04:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, that will have to do for now. Since legitimate news outlets are also using that wording and we use those sources, it will have to do for now. After an official cause of death is released, all those things will be changed to reflect a more appropriate and encyclopedic tone. Like it or not, this is a "live edit' encyclopedic and always a work in progress. Pinkadelica (talk) 06:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  what two police? 

message: I've added a Release section at The Dark Knight (film) with some coverage about how his death will affect the film.  I don't know if there's anything that can be incorporated in the actor's article, but feel free to replicate any information. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 01:39, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Dark Knight 

message: Should there be a piece about the reactions from his death? Michelle Williams said she was "devastated", his family said they were "cut up" and even our Prime Minister has even released a statement. If that's not good enough for a small part about reactions, then I don't know what is. Raven. 02:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know.  I am leaning towards it being unnecessary.  Maybe a little snippet within the article, but not another section. Roneman90 (talk) 02:06, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I meant lol. Raven. 02:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I can see that Michelle Williams reaction is noteworthy and worth including, but Kevin Rudd? He's a notable person, but not in the context of Heath Ledger. I vote to remove the Rudd reference. --150.101.146.56 (talk) 13:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Steve Irwin has a whole sub-section about the rection from his death. I just posted 2 sentences, one from the mother of his child and the other from the Prime Minister of his own country. Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson and other well-known actors have all released statements, but then it would drawl on if all of their opinions were added. Raven. 03:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Steve Irwin has been dead for over a year; Ledger died yesterday. There's been a lot more time for reactions to Irwin's death. --DearPrudence (talk) 04:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: No.  We've already been around the block on this issue - see the WBC discussion on this page, there's a clear consensus to exclude for lack of encyclopedic value. Townlake (talk) 01:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reactions from death? 

message: Are you sure about the police ruling out an accidental overdose? I don't really know much about this as I only just found out about it on the radio about an hour ago (I heard the name of the person who died but it was muffled by someone who was talking to me, I thought they said that Keith Richards had died! so I went on Wikipedia to check), but I'm pretty sure that I heard the radio announcer saying that Heath's cause of death was unknown but it was suspected as being a drug over-dose. From the looks of it (under the death heading of the Heath Ledger Wikipedia page) it seem all very well referenced and such, so I'm probaly wrong, but you know, just checkin'. Pitty about his death though. 28 though, jeez that's just too young.--Maceo (talk) 02:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The police do not suspect foul play but have not ruled out suicide. According to reports there will be an autopsy tomorrow. Reliefappearance (talk) 02:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It's important for an encyclopedia article not to speculate on cause of death until the official report comes in. For all we know it could have been a blood clot. Waiting on this will save re-editing.3Tigers (talk) 03:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: We don't lock Wikipedia articles as a matter of policy unless there is extreme, uncontrollable vandalism.  But we do have a Verifiability policy and any editor can and should eliminate lines that are not properly verifiable.  Tempshill (talk) 03:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Right, that is speculation and shouldn't be in.  But I disagree with your removal of  what the police spokesman said - that is the verifiable statement, and just as valid as the statement by the family.  It doesn't say there is a conclusion reached, it merely states what the police said.  In other words - we include that the police report that they did not find any illegal drugs - we also should report that they found no obvious signs of suicide (like a note).  The police statement is the police statement.Tvoz |talk 05:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I will just take out the part about illegal drugs. You are right why mention there were no illegal drugs. Why would anyone assume there were in the first place? Reliefappearance (talk) 05:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, that's more balanced, but I don't see why we don't just include what the police spokesman said about the event, which is widely reported. Tvoz |talk 05:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The police spokeperson's statement seems relevant for the time being; either way, this is rather temporal and will surely be superceded by ongoing events. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't the nature of the information contained in an encyclopedia strive for timeless relevance rather than temporal? Temporal relevance is the purview of current events and the news. --Rcshowman (talk) 05:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  It was the official police statement after his death - that is not going to change, and that is what we are citing, not that it is the definitive explanation of the circumstances surrounding his death.  If the true story ends up being different, we'll include that and make a determination then about whether the police report should remain.  At least that's how I see it.  Tvoz |talk 19:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: That assumes that articles are timeless; this one is currently very much temporal. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not accidental overdose? 

message: This will become clear in the coming days, but for now I changed the line "He was filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus at the time of his death" to "The film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, in which he had been cast, was in production at the time of his death."  The Parnassus article's talk page notes that it's not clear whether he had been actually filming, whether he had started his parts or finished them or right in the middle or what.  Tempshill (talk) 03:39, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parnassus status 

message: Pardon my ignorance; I don't have a college degree. The top of this page reads "This is not a forum for general discussion of the recent death of Heath Ledger...." If all of these recent posts are not a "forum for general discussion," what are they? I'm not trying to be disrespectful, or vandalize anything. It's a simple question. NBK1122 (talk) 03:49, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: An example of something not needed here would be "Favorite Ledger Movie".  That is a forum.  This is an area to discuss how to make the actual article about Heath Ledger better. Roneman90 (talk) 03:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A forum for general discussion of his death would be a comment like "I doubt he committed suicide, because he has a little child" .  Acceptable commentary here would be "The New York Times says that the police didn't see any obvious signs of suicide - maybe we should include that."    We should only be discussing how to improve the article, not speculating or analyzing the event ourselves. Tvoz |talk 04:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There are some posts here which are off topic and could be removed. But Tvoz explaination is correct. We should only be discussing what should go in the article (i.e. how to imrpvoe the article), not personal opinions nor even unverified details which are available in non reliable sources. If you are unsure if something counts as a RS then you're welcome to mention it here but generally there's no point in saying 'I read this in source XYZ which is not a reliable source' Nil Einne (talk) 09:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Please Define "Forum"

message: The stuff about the rumours in Mary Kate Olsen's apartment with pearls and pills spilled all over the bed. The Mary Kate stuff is incorrect, and the pills and pearls sounds like crap. Even if it isn't, it doesn't sound very encylcopedic. Raven. 04:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Appears resolved. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:06, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed from "death" section. 

message: On January 23, Ledger's father Kim Ledger, mother Sally Ledger-Bell and sister Katie Ledger appeared outside Ledger's mother's house in Applecross at 10.50am, when Mr Ledger read a short statement to the media. "We, Heath's family, confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda, who was found in a peaceful sleep in his New York apartment by his housekeeper at 3.30pm (New York Time)," he said. "We would like to thank our friends and everyone around the world for their kind wishes at this time. Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life, but few had the pleasure to truly know him. He was a down-to-earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving and unselfish individual who was an extreme inspiration to many. Please now respect our family's need to grieve and come to terms with our loss privately."[1]
WTF?  It is now 11:53 PM January 22nd.  74.173.84.148 (talk) 04:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Australian time, not US time. miranda 04:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Nah, Western Daylight Saving Time (UTC+9, or AWST+1). —Moondyne 06:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops. lol Raven. 06:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This didn't happen yet. 

message: CNN is reporting that the Olsen connection is false. It is probably worth noting this as a false rumor, since it was published (by CNN, among other outlets). 23skidoo (talk) 05:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was mistakenly published and later retracted.  I don't see why we need to purposely include false information in the article. Nakon 05:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: TMZ was the originator of this, and other false rumours about Mr. Ledger's death.  I think anything only verifiable by TMZ.Com should NOT be considered verifiable for Wikipedia purposes.  Hrhadam (talk) 09:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: TMZ was not "the originator of this". The Olsen assertion was made by an NYPD spokesperson and reported by numerous outlets including the NYTimes blog. The NYPD later retracted that claim. Mike R (talk) 14:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It actually was a mistake, corrected within an hour of its reporting, and should not be in the article - it has no weight.  Tvoz |talk 19:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Olsen connection

message: Although it was just recently added, I'm actually inclined to remove the bit about the Westboro Baptist Church announcing plans to picket the funeral. Regardless of whether it's true or not... I suppose I'll go for a "one of these doesn't belong" comparison: in the event of a celebrity's death, who should be quoted regarding the incident? (a) The local law enforcement authorities, (b) the family, and/or (c) Fred Phelps? Surely a lot of people will say a lot of things; not everything Phelps says is automagically relevant in all situations. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. This POS should not be named in any of these postings. Why is this relevant to Heath's death?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.128.196.87 (talk) 06:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Agree also.  Bigots and hate sites like Phelps' don't need encouragement from WP and are not automatically notable just because they want to be.   Statements from them have little relevance here.  —Moondyne 06:06, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Agreed - regardless of anyone's feelings about Phelps' world view, his opinion of Brokeback Mountain is a few steps off the reservation here.  Arguably, the actual picket at the funeral would be worthy of inclusion here, but not a mere announcement that a future protest of minor consequence is currently in the planning stages.  Strong remove. Townlake (talk) 06:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Agreed - picket activities announced by the WBC are not notable.  Tempshill (talk) 17:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Agreed. Adding my voice just to discourage any quibbles about consensus.3Tigers (talk) 18:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Agree, and the pdf "flyer" that had been included last night as a so-called citation was not at all a reliable or verifiable source - it was a pdf file that anyone could have conjured up out of thin air.  If and when this happens, and if and when  reliable sources write about it, and if and when it rises to notability, then we might include a mention of it.  Although personally my bar is pretty high about this one.  Tvoz |talk 18:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: While I agree entirely with having the pdf not included, the pdf does come from their official website.  In my experience that would confirm enough that they are going to at least attempt to.  I know this may not be relevant, but I thought I'd clear that fact up. --Svippong 20:24, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I agree it probably shouldn't go up, even if it goes ahead and a few reliable sources write about it. If, for example, they managed to eek a response out of the family then perhaps it would be enough but if not, this at most will probably belong in the Westboro church or related articles but not here. Most likely, it will be a minor thing, is the funeral even going to be in the US? Nil Einne (talk) 07:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Agree. Not notable. Bwilder1998 (talk) 06:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed about the picketing, but I think it is considerably notable that he became a target for their hate-group to be added, especially since it's something that has stretched from print-media to radio, and now his friends have become targets of the group. Perhaps a brief edit stating that the group did in fact attack him following his death, but leave the picketing of memorial services out until Westboro Baptist Church implement. --Yaboii 100 (talk) 15:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I understand about not giving the group power, as I personally despise them, but we can't ignore notable information just to take a stand - if we were to do that on Wikipedia articles, we should be deleting all references to the WBC on all related articles, and delete the article dedicated to them, too. Ledger passed, as all people do at some point, but not all people's deaths are followed up by such international attention - and most do not become the target of picketing and campaiging. When Steve Irwin passed and animal rights organizations attacked him, aspects of this were included in his article, despite the fact that some people believe PETA to be eco-terrorists. I think it is understandable to not want to give this group media attention, but we can't revert and delete information referencing them just because we don't like them. --Yaboii 100 (talk) 16:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is your sources are minor and this gives tremendous undue weight to this group. I'm sure there are thousands of people phoning in their opinions about Heath Ledger to call-in radio stations - why are you singling out the WBC for a large section in this article? It might be correct to mention a protest at the funeral by the WBC if one occurred and was covered in the mainstream press. Beyond that, there is no reason in policy or commonsense to include the WBC in this article. Your material might be appropriate in the WBC article, although your sources are not solid at the moment - they are primary sources and might be challenged. Gwernol 16:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thousands of people are phoning in their condolences, not to bark hatred slurs and to inform people that Ledger is burning in Hell. I understand the sources are weaker than others, but I do have an issue with the concept being discussed above, that because nobody actually likes the WBC we shouldn't include them in the article because it gives them "power", when I think we should include their stupid opinon, not because I like them, but because it's having a fair impact on Ledger's family and fanbase and it's pretty notable information regarding Ledger's post-death biography. Do you think if someone were to write a book about Ledger, that the WBC's outrageous allegations about him burning in Hell for doing Brokeback Mountain and their attempts to picket his memorial services wouldn't be included? They would! --Yaboii 100 (talk) 16:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If the WBC's anti-Ledger campaign crosses over into the mainstream media, I agree that the issue should be reconsidered.  You're absolutely correct that antipathy toward the WBC isn't reason to exclude... but interesting-ness and the notability appropriate for inclusion here are two different concepts. Townlake (talk) 18:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here are some google search results where a number of mainstream media publications have addressed the WBC's anti-Ledger campaign, and other articles are making mention of the groups attack on Ledger's friends, most predominantly Elissa Sursara, who has clashed with the group before when she criticized their church. Google Search Results for Query: Westboro Baptist Church, Heath Ledger. Do you think those are enough to go on? They're fairly well known sites. --Theguywiththeinfo (talk) 07:29, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If the campaign in an "anti-Ledger" campaign, I don't understand why you think "it's not about Ledger"? --Theguywiththeinfo (talk) 09:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We're an encyclopaedia, not a news tabloid.  A piece of news trivia does not suddenly become article-worthy just because it is reported at some "well known sites". —Moondyne 09:59, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't and wouldn't characterize it as an "anti-Ledger" campaign. It is anti-homosexuality, and it correctly  isn't on that page either, nor on Brokeback Mountain.  This item, if it is included anywhere, would belong only on the group's page because it is just another example of their activities.  It doesn't rise to a level of notability for his bio, in my opinion - nor do the tributes that poured in from people, many far more famous that the Westboro Baptist Church, on his death. So it is not about antipathy to the group, as was suggested upstream, although I certainly do feel antipathy toward them.    Tvoz |talk 10:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Major Australian newspapers, as well as FOX News, have now picked this up.  It's into the realm of notability, and a sentence will at some point need to be added to the bio.  Again, hatred of the WBC isn't a reason to exclude it.  And it's simply absurd to cabin this discussion as anti-homosexuality when the vitriol is specifically being directed at Ledger for playing one of his most famous roles. Townlake (talk) 15:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

text: A short burst of news reports about a topic does not necessarily constitute evidence of long-term notability. Will this be notable in ten years? Five? One? Pairadox (talk) 15:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a fair point and I'm glad you brought it up.  The problem is the entire death section defies that principle at this point.  There's a lot of stuff in there that will need to be stripped for notability reasons eventually.  The WBC protests are becoming prominent and excluding them because we don't agree with the WBC's tactics (I know I don't) is simply not what Wikipedia is about.  I say one sentence for now because the notability requirements are met, and hopefully the short-term edit war over this will be brief and painless. Townlake (talk) 15:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to be clear: I don't think I said, and certainly didn't intend to imply, that the WBC matter should be excluded because I abhor their tactics.  I do, but that's not why I think it doesn't belong in this article - I don't think it rises to the level of notability for inclusion in a biography of one of their targets. This is a biography of his whole life and career, and this matter doesn't seem notable in that context for his biography.  As I said, I agreed with the removal of the tributes too on notability grounds.  I also agree with the comment that some of the death details need to be removed - the names of the housekeeper and masseuese and the fine details surrounding their actions seem too minute for longevity, but seeing as the story is unfolding it's probably ok to keep them for a short while. But pretty soon they should be out, I think.   As for the WBC, this event is probably notable enough for their article, but I don't think this one.  By the way - did they actually picket or was it just their threat? I realize I never heard any follow up on the news, but I was out of town for a few days and may have missed it.  Tvoz |talk 06:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The WBC article doesn't show any evidence they've followed up on an announced funeral picket since 2005. Pairadox (talk) 06:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All the more reason to leave it out of here.  Tvoz |talk 07:02, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't followed or seen any news about this issue the last few days, and I'll be the last person rushing to add something to this article about WBC.  I'm a little squeamish about Pairadox's apparent requirement of historic follow-through by the WBC for notability to be reached, but that's a side note - if I'm outvoted on the exclusion issue here, I'm not gonna lose any sleep.  Thanks for the constructive dialogue on this all. Townlake (talk) 06:01, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was responding to a question from Tvoz, nothing more. Pairadox (talk) 06:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Westboro Baptist Church 

message: Can someone please fix this article, someones vandalized it and protected it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.180.9 (talk) 09:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix it! 

message: His date of death should actually be 23rd Jan '08, although it was the 22nd of Jan in the US where he died, it was already the 23rd Jan in Australia where he was born so the correct date of death should be that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.107.25 (talk) 10:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's customary to give time and date of death based on where the person died I believe... WjBscribe 10:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct the date of death would be the date in NYC. Ridernyc (talk) 11:04, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Deaths occur where they happen - obviously - and according to the time zone operating in that place at that time.  --  JackofOz (talk) 08:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Death 

message: The guy speaking said that Heath was selfish, not unselfish. No doubt he meant to say selfless or unselfish, but the fact remains, he said selfish.
After checking the source, I've noticed that they do indeed say unselfish in the quote. I advise another source be found, as it's incorrect. Murrawhip (talk) 12:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That was his father Kim speaking and I also thought he mistakenly said selfish (and which of course is not what he meant to say regardless).  A link to the video is here and on listening it to more closely he definitely said "unselfish".  —Moondyne 14:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quote from family 

message: Can this section be looked at and improved as far as sources go? I removed a link that redirected to a blog. I will try to add cite tags rather than remove unsourced material. TIA --Tom 14:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed you have been removing links to the NY Times' "blog". Be careful in removing a cite just because it has the word "blog" in its name. Sometimes such is acceptable. See footnote 5 here for further thoughts. Mike R (talk) 15:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Mike, thanks for the heads up. I will try to abide to that footnote about newspaper blogs, ect. --Tom 16:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone removed it again and I reinstated it just now - City Room is a pre-publication site that is part of the New York Times - it is completely acceptable and not a blog per se.  Tvoz |talk 17:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Press reception section

message: MSNBC says the following: "Police on Wednesday said they found bottles of prescription sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication in his bedroom and in the bathroom; there were still pills in the bottles." Does anyone have a reliable source that says that there were definitively sleeping pills at the bed and not just in the bathroom? Also, we could use a source regarding OTC vs. prescription. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:18, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pills redux 

message: The info about Ledger's music video "death scene," while an interesting coincidence, is not relevant, not encyclopedic, and IMO rather tasteless. Editing.3Tigers (talk) 18:28, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music video 

message: I'm concerned about whether this information belongs in an encyclopedia, and if so, to what degree. It seems like a cherry-picked list of Ledger's negative run-ins with the press. Most of his press relations were positive and therefore did not make the news; no reporter writes, "Ledger gave a calm and boring press conference" as a story. Focusing on the sensational makes it sound like the norm, which is untruthful.3Tigers (talk) 18:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Removing it for the sake of removing it doesn't strike me as the best option either. Do you have another alternative? If we had some more "positive" statements, I'd be all for adding them, though I must point out that I don't really see much wrong with the section as it stands. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And it is now fully cited (which it should have been all along).  Tvoz |talk 19:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Press reception/Public image 

message: The article says he was found dead, then in the same sentence says he was found unconscious.  If he was alive but unconscious when the housekeeper got there, surely he would have been taken to hospital? Katharineamy (talk) 19:42, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say that unconscious means not conscious. If you're dead, you're also unconscious. To say that Ledger was found unconscious is just another way of saying that he was found to be unawake and unresponsive. He was shortly thereafter determined to be dead. Mike R (talk) 19:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I switched "unconscious" to "unresponsive," which I hope is a fair compromise -- gets a very similar meaning across without the ambiguity, I think. Feel free to tinker beyond that, of course. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: good edit Tvoz |talk 22:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I think "unresponsive" might(!) be even worse than "unconscious". "unresponsive" people are not necessarily "unconscious", but "unconscious" people are always "unresponsive", so "unconscious" is a "stronger" word than "unresponsive". Since the decision was between "unconscious" and "dead", "unresponsive" is - in my opinion of course - a step in the wrong direction. But, unless it is not confirmed what is true, I don't really have word which would really fit. Of course, "unresponsive" is definately true, but it might be a bit misleading (as "unresponsive" might mean: conscious, but unresponsive) 85.177.216.168 (talk) 02:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead or unconscious? 

message: We may never know the true cause of death, or all the details surrounding his death, especially if its accidental.  It may depend on what his family wants to release to the public.  Should this be mentioned in the main article?  (did we ever find out how the INXS lead singer died?) 99.248.53.179 (talk) 00:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's too soon to decide this. Tvoz |talk 00:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cause of Death

message: I Wikified "911" to the correct 9-1-1. Certainly American readers are familiar with 911 and what it is, but many users visit this site from outside the US where it is likely less familiar to them. Michaelh2001 (talk) 03:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: i doubt that very much. 911 is recognised as being the american emergency services the world over, no? i'm not american and have known its 911 since i was young. i've also never been to america. having said that, i've got a thing for the porsche 911, and sometimes just call it a 911, so there's more than 1 use for the number. 194.221.133.226 (talk) 10:03, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is moot - Michael's edit to 9-1-1 is correct and links for anyone who is unfamiliar with the usage. Tvoz |talk 19:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification of 911

message: I beleive i just read news report which changes much information cited in this article. In this news article, it has been claimed that his body was warm at the time the medics arrived there. Which should be added immediatley. Please read this article, the address is pasted below. 
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23124067-661,00.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.126.95.14 (talk) 21:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Body found warm? 

message: === Creative Commons picture ===
If someone needs a photo of Ledger I found one here: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/howie_berlin/102081411/
--Heida Maria 18:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, we can't accept CC-BY-ND-NC photos. miranda 18:11, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But you can someone with some time may ask the copyright holder if he wishes to publish it under CC-BY (I unfortunately don't have a flicker account). -- lucasbfr talk 10:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have asked people with this photo and several other photos on flickr before you posted the remark. miranda 10:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This was a general remark not directed at you, sorry if you took it that way. -- lucasbfr talk 10:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If you have a free image, you can upload the image. Otherwise, no. miranda 04:19, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Again, free image. Wikipedia doesn't hold glamour shots of celebrities. Wikipedia gets free use images of celebrities from those photographers who are willing to donate them for free use. miranda 04:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But you are assuming that he WAS busted up and drugged out leading up to his death.  I am assuming nothing.  Do all the recent pictures look this bad?  99.248.53.179 (talk) 04:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All of the celebrity pictures, which are freely licensed? No. miranda 04:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I am not assuming he was, I'm saying that he LOOKED like he was. If you can find a recent picture of him that fits Wikipedia's standards, then you can upload it if you want. Raven. 05:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't find any on Flickr. Sorry. miranda 04:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: For what it's worth, I didn't recognise him from that picture. I remember him from Brokeback mountain, and that's the picture of him I recognise. Carcharoth (talk) 05:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well these recent pictures are actually the ones that were gonna have to use to remember Heath for the rest of lives. Raven. 07:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Raven your usage of the term "drugged up" in relation to Mr. Ledger's looks is a can of worms I'm sure you don't want to open.  I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you, personally, have ABSOLUTELY no proof of any drug usage by Mr. Ledger.  Its quite possible for a person to exhibit most if not all (obviously false) signs of usage of many different types of drugs simply due to several situational factors, when no drugs of any kind were consumed.  For example, both fatigue and marijuana usage are linked to redness of the eyes.  Please keep hearsay and personal opinions and ideas far away from this site.  Hrhadam (talk) 09:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: No, the picture's copyright belongs to the person that took the picture, not to Ledger himself. Same with his movies, the rights belong to the studio. And even if it did belong to Ledger, copyright would go to his successors it wouldn't automatically be released into the public domain.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 14:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: How is this relevant? My point was that given that the individual is dead, it will be somewhat difficult to create a free image of him, and seeing as there does not appear to be a free image extant, this justifies our using a copyrighted image under fair use. Skomorokh confer 15:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, i thought that you meant that copyrighted images were now free because he's dead.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 17:49, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If there is a free image, it is never acceptable to use a fair use one.  Sam Korn (smoddy) 14:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you know of a free image? Skomorokh confer 15:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted to the free picture. When free pictures are available, ALWAYS use the free picture. miranda 18:04, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Found out the old image was a copyright violation. miranda 18:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: The Ennis picture was used on various mainstream media websites, such as that of the San Francisco Chronicle, to illustrate the story. How is it that they have permission but Wikipedia does not? (Inquiry, not criticism.)3Tigers (talk) 18:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The image has a Fair Use rationale, so there's no problem there. Plus, it's of his most famous character; I think it's a fine image (especially since the previous image was deleted as a copyvio, and this image has been on the article since well before his death). EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It has a fair use rationale, but its a somewhat weak one.  It would be much stronger if the image was actually placed with the text that discussed the role.  In the infobox it is divorced from that.  It is about Ledger, not the character.  It's a rather weak fair use argument.  Sam Korn (smoddy) 19:20, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The only merit to the argument is that the Brokeback role is arguably his most famous (as it garnered him a major award nomination). Dunno how well the argument holds against the Joker, though, as that remains to be seen. EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The aforementioned SF Chron article definitively states that's his best-known-for role, FWIW. Pairadox (talk) 05:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: But the image being used is intended to promote the movie, not Heath Ledger. Using it in the Brokeback Mountain etc articles may be fine but I'm not so sure about using it here, particularly in the infobox. Nil Einne (talk) 07:56, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As was Buddy Ebsens photo to promote The Beverly Hillbillies, a screen shot of Judy Garland, and other head shots including Ava Gardner, Dean Martin, Charles Rocket, Bob Hope, Andy Kaufman, Chris Farley and many other actors that have passed on. Unless a free alternative exists this is allowed. It is not allowed for living actors because there is always a chance for one to be made. With the death of an actor that opportunity is gone. -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 08:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Usually fair use images of recently deceased persons are not used. miranda 08:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've looked all over wikipedia and there are no policies on images of those that have recently departed. There are numerous about the living but there is a consensus stating if a free alternative is not available a free use image is allowed. -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 10:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Free use image negotiated by me. Problem solved. Issue closed. :-P miranda 15:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Yeah, I talked to the person who had that photo in CC-BY-NC-ND to change it to CC-BY-SA. See, that's what happens if you ask people to change their licenses, politely. :-P miranda 15:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I did this while you were typing the above message. :-P miranda 15:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can tell, this is now used on every Heath Ledger article (already used on all the Wikipedia articles, and I made sure it was in use on Wikinews and Wikiquote). Good find. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, made 13 new wikipedia language accounts and conversed with people on IRC how to translate the image text to their native language. Exhausting, but worth it, considering that fair use images were used. miranda 21:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Miranda! -- lucasbfr talk 09:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: No. Pairadox (talk) 01:15, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, but right now I can't see how any of those images would improve the article. They may be useful for news coverage, but I would doubt their relevance for an encyclopedic article as they don't provide the reader with particularly necessary informations. But of course this may change in the course of time, and in a much bigger article (for example due to a growing post mortal importance or myth) they might be included. --Catgut (talk) 01:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It's just bad taste to use those pictures now.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 01:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It's a powerful image that very well could benefit the article. I wouldn't rule it out. JayKeaton (talk) 14:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Never mind it looks like it was a caching issue. Mike R (talk) 15:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: If someone needs a photo of Ledger I found one here: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/howie_berlin/102081411/
--Heida Maria 18:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, we can't accept CC-BY-ND-NC photos. miranda 18:11, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But you can someone with some time may ask the copyright holder if he wishes to publish it under CC-BY (I unfortunately don't have a flicker account). -- lucasbfr talk 10:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have asked people with this photo and several other photos on flickr before you posted the remark. miranda 10:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This was a general remark not directed at you, sorry if you took it that way. -- lucasbfr talk 10:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creative Commons picture 

message: I don't like the picture of him in the article.  It gives the impression that he is drug-addicted.  Can someone please find a more flattering picture? 99.248.53.179 (talk) 04:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a free image, you can upload the image. Otherwise, no. miranda 04:19, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Again, free image. Wikipedia doesn't hold glamour shots of celebrities. Wikipedia gets free use images of celebrities from those photographers who are willing to donate them for free use. miranda 04:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But you are assuming that he WAS busted up and drugged out leading up to his death.  I am assuming nothing.  Do all the recent pictures look this bad?  99.248.53.179 (talk) 04:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All of the celebrity pictures, which are freely licensed? No. miranda 04:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I am not assuming he was, I'm saying that he LOOKED like he was. If you can find a recent picture of him that fits Wikipedia's standards, then you can upload it if you want. Raven. 05:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't find any on Flickr. Sorry. miranda 04:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: For what it's worth, I didn't recognise him from that picture. I remember him from Brokeback mountain, and that's the picture of him I recognise. Carcharoth (talk) 05:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well these recent pictures are actually the ones that were gonna have to use to remember Heath for the rest of lives. Raven. 07:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Raven your usage of the term "drugged up" in relation to Mr. Ledger's looks is a can of worms I'm sure you don't want to open.  I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you, personally, have ABSOLUTELY no proof of any drug usage by Mr. Ledger.  Its quite possible for a person to exhibit most if not all (obviously false) signs of usage of many different types of drugs simply due to several situational factors, when no drugs of any kind were consumed.  For example, both fatigue and marijuana usage are linked to redness of the eyes.  Please keep hearsay and personal opinions and ideas far away from this site.  Hrhadam (talk) 09:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Now that he is dead, it's acceptable to use a fair use image in the infobox, correct? If so, could someone who is informed about fair use policy find and upload one? Skomorokh confer 14:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the picture's copyright belongs to the person that took the picture, not to Ledger himself. Same with his movies, the rights belong to the studio. And even if it did belong to Ledger, copyright would go to his successors it wouldn't automatically be released into the public domain.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 14:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: How is this relevant? My point was that given that the individual is dead, it will be somewhat difficult to create a free image of him, and seeing as there does not appear to be a free image extant, this justifies our using a copyrighted image under fair use. Skomorokh confer 15:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, i thought that you meant that copyrighted images were now free because he's dead.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 17:49, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If there is a free image, it is never acceptable to use a fair use one.  Sam Korn (smoddy) 14:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you know of a free image? Skomorokh confer 15:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted to the free picture. When free pictures are available, ALWAYS use the free picture. miranda 18:04, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Found out the old image was a copyright violation. miranda 18:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Use copyrighted image?

message: The picture has to be removed as it does not fall under fair usage. All pictures of Ennis Del Mar are copyrighted, so Wikipedia can use a copyrighted picture for him. However, not all pictures of Heath Ledger are copyrighted, so a non-copyrighted one must be used. 172.142.118.103 (talk) 18:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Ennis picture was used on various mainstream media websites, such as that of the San Francisco Chronicle, to illustrate the story. How is it that they have permission but Wikipedia does not? (Inquiry, not criticism.)3Tigers (talk) 18:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The image has a Fair Use rationale, so there's no problem there. Plus, it's of his most famous character; I think it's a fine image (especially since the previous image was deleted as a copyvio, and this image has been on the article since well before his death). EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It has a fair use rationale, but its a somewhat weak one.  It would be much stronger if the image was actually placed with the text that discussed the role.  In the infobox it is divorced from that.  It is about Ledger, not the character.  It's a rather weak fair use argument.  Sam Korn (smoddy) 19:20, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The only merit to the argument is that the Brokeback role is arguably his most famous (as it garnered him a major award nomination). Dunno how well the argument holds against the Joker, though, as that remains to be seen. EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The aforementioned SF Chron article definitively states that's his best-known-for role, FWIW. Pairadox (talk) 05:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: But the image being used is intended to promote the movie, not Heath Ledger. Using it in the Brokeback Mountain etc articles may be fine but I'm not so sure about using it here, particularly in the infobox. Nil Einne (talk) 07:56, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As was Buddy Ebsens photo to promote The Beverly Hillbillies, a screen shot of Judy Garland, and other head shots including Ava Gardner, Dean Martin, Charles Rocket, Bob Hope, Andy Kaufman, Chris Farley and many other actors that have passed on. Unless a free alternative exists this is allowed. It is not allowed for living actors because there is always a chance for one to be made. With the death of an actor that opportunity is gone. -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 08:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Usually fair use images of recently deceased persons are not used. miranda 08:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've looked all over wikipedia and there are no policies on images of those that have recently departed. There are numerous about the living but there is a consensus stating if a free alternative is not available a free use image is allowed. -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 10:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Free use image negotiated by me. Problem solved. Issue closed. :-P miranda 15:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Can someone please not put his Brokeback Mountain picture in the infobox? That's a fair use image. miranda 06:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: I have found and uploaded the following free image of Heath. I suggest it be swapped around ASAP to avoid the now invalid FU image. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 15:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I talked to the person who had that photo in CC-BY-NC-ND to change it to CC-BY-SA. See, that's what happens if you ask people to change their licenses, politely. :-P miranda 15:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I did this while you were typing the above message. :-P miranda 15:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can tell, this is now used on every Heath Ledger article (already used on all the Wikipedia articles, and I made sure it was in use on Wikinews and Wikiquote). Good find. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, made 13 new wikipedia language accounts and conversed with people on IRC how to translate the image text to their native language. Exhausting, but worth it, considering that fair use images were used. miranda 21:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Miranda! -- lucasbfr talk 09:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Found a free image 

message: Do editors feel an image of Ledger's body being taken away by police would be an improvement to the article? Two such Creative Commons images are available  and . Skomorokh confer 01:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Pairadox (talk) 01:15, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, but right now I can't see how any of those images would improve the article. They may be useful for news coverage, but I would doubt their relevance for an encyclopedic article as they don't provide the reader with particularly necessary informations. But of course this may change in the course of time, and in a much bigger article (for example due to a growing post mortal importance or myth) they might be included. --Catgut (talk) 01:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It's just bad taste to use those pictures now.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 01:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It's a powerful image that very well could benefit the article. I wouldn't rule it out. JayKeaton (talk) 14:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bodybag image 

message: There are 2 non free images in the article, and I don't see any other purpose than illustration. Moreover, I think :Image:Brokebackmountainheathledger.jpg's rationale is not good (it may be debatable when there was no free replacement, but the matter is moot now). I am removing both images, if there are no objection. -- lucasbfr talk 10:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non Free images (again) 

message: Picture in infobox looks squat and deformed on my browser (Firefox 2.0 for Windows).  Can that be fixed? Mike R (talk) 15:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind it looks like it was a caching issue. Mike R (talk) 15:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture looks crap 

message: Citations need to be fixed. I did some. But, whenever someone has time, use this to cite the links. miranda 04:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Damn! That's a nifty tool, but I did it all manually before clicking on this one.  As of this moment, I think I got them all. Tvoz |talk 19:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep. Thanks Magnus! miranda 07:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: When this article becomes stable (in a month or so), we need to fix the cites. miranda 10:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:CITE|Cites]] 

message: I recall an interview he gave either to a French or to a German journalist, I cannot remember which, in which he explained his parents went to great length when he was a kid to provide him with a very eclectic education, far beyond what is traditionally taught at school. I remember in particular how he said his father would teach him art and history while his mother taught him literature and languages. He mentioned he was comfortable in Spanish and fluent in French (his mum is a French teacher). I think this bit on his upbringing is worthy of appearing in his bio. Not every actor of this generation can claim to be so educated and well-rounded. Especially those born in a "Hollywood-wrecked family".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.72.93.5 (talk) 11:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Find the source and post here on talk, please. Tvoz |talk 07:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upbringing 

message: An article in the January 23, 2008, issue of Variety noted that Ledger was "a highly rated chess player" in a discussion about plans for him to direct an adaptation of Walter Tevis's novel The Queen’s Gambit. The article here at Wikipedia has no mention of Ledger's chess abilities. That certainly seems like it would be a worthy addition by someone knowledgeable about chess. 71.162.248.100 (talk) 15:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Highly rated chess player

message: copied over from my talk page
Hi, I would appreciate it if you would restore the BLP tags to the article, rather than forcing a revert of your recent edit. The article contains much content about living persons even if the subject is dead and the BLP policies still very much apply to much of the content on the page. This is something that contributors to the article need to be made aware of. Thanks in advance. Nick (talk) 11:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It will be ignored by other editors as nonsense since the article itself is only and specifically about living people. What I would recommend is creating a tag at the beginning warning people of liable writings & not to make this into a forum, give links to articles about those and other applicable policies and that would most likely work. To sum up if a tag doesn't fit, just create one yourself so that others will pay attention. :-) -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 11:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Liable information can still be added to a recently deceased person (i.e. cause of death, chronologies, etc.), because the investigation is still in progress. I really don't want to revert war over this. miranda 12:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree about your reason, but not by using an incorrect template. Use a different template or create one on the page. If you don't agree take this to the Heath Ledger talk page since thats where this should be discussed not here. -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 12:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Right now there isn't another template, and the little note clearly says that although the subject is not alive anymore BLP still applies. The tag should stay until another template is made.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 12:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The phrase "fair and balanced" should probably not be used, as it has become something of a joke, at least in the US.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike R (talk • contribs) 17:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed that wording. Mike R (talk) 16:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: BLP Conversation taken up at Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons#Applications for the Dead or Recently Deceased and agreed that it does not directly apply to subject. Since others are directly referenced that are still alive I changed the info box to elaborate on this. -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 03:54, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Added a new more pertinent and appropriate template that still addresses the problems and concerns expressed by other editors. --NYScholar (talk) 20:15, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Weird I added the template a while ago (I created it) I guess it got removed by somebody... -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 20:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No it didn't; somebody just added a second copy of it. Pairadox (talk) 22:46, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: BLP tag at Heath Ledger

message: Why is this listed? Is it common practice for every biographical article to list everyone to whom a person was engaged and/or was living with? --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:28, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That does seem a bit unusual. Obviously the infobox has a field for it, which implies it's widely used... but I imagine that's intended for current relationships, rather than a list of older ones. Not sure how the subject's unfortunate passing affects that. The relationship in question sounds to have been fairly recent, if that's at all relevant. We could probably bear to remove it, pending discussion. Anyone else have input? – Luna Santin (talk) 22:11, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems right to me to include it - mother of his child with whom he is known to have a close ongoing relationship,  known to the public as a couple - usually identified as fiancee, only recently separated.  I would not use the infobox to list all of his girlfriends, but this it seems was more than that, and feels appropriate to me.  Tvoz |talk 22:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Michelle Williams doesn't have one... it should at least be present for both partners, wouldn't you think? Also, "domestic partner" in some jurisdictions has a legal meaning... and it may not be prudent to use it if we're not sure of the legal status of the involved individuals. I'd call for removing based on lack of verifiability. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The legality matter is a  convincing point, Dante.  Tvoz |talk 16:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: They have a CHILD together. how much more verifiability do you need?  They were at one point engaged, it didn't work out, and broke up.  The relationship doesn't completely end because they are permanently attached with a child.  "domestic partner" may be a bit much, but they are(were) but the obligations of being parents (by mutual agreement) would be "bonded" for the rest of the child's life if he were to remain living. --Hourick (talk) 10:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Verifiability isn't an issue, as there are plenty of sources for their relationship. Check her article. EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You're both missing the point. The issue is not the verifiability of their relationship, but of a "domestic partnership"... which can have a specific legal meaning. No one is suggesting that they weren't an item and were not bound together by their child. Frankly, to assert that I *was* making such a claim is a little bit insulting. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 16:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I missed a ":" in my indentation; my comment was at Hourick, not you. (and you are correct about the partnership, but I think it's moot at this point) EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Template:Infobox actor has a field for "spouse", that's were she should go, not on "domestic partner".--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 10:59, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I'd accept that unless someone comes up with a better term. But for now it's as good as any. --Hourick (talk) 11:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Er, no. A spouse is not the same as "former fiancée"; I can't imagine how the two could be considered interchangeable. I've undone the edit that lists her as a spouse; personally, I dislike "domestic partner", but spouse is just out and out wrong. I'd be fine seeing her disappear from the infobox entirely; I don't see it as particularly important to have there (it's covered sufficiently, and more effectively, in the body of the article). EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I Agree with EVula - leave it out.  As explained in the article, the two had parted and to say something different in the infobox has the potential to confuse. —Moondyne 15:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Removed. Mike R (talk) 15:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously not spouse. Tvoz |talk 16:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Domestic partner? 

message: I think heathledger.net should be removed, because it is a fan site, and not a reliable source. miranda 22:25, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Might want to block the user who keeps inserting the spam link. miranda 01:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fan sites 

message: CNN footage of Ledger's casket between the hearse and the Manhattan funeral home showed a Star of David on the casket which would appear to indicate that Ledger was Jewish. This was on the day the casket was transferred from the Medical Examiner's Office to the Manhattan funeral home.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.163.143.31 (talk • contribs)   Video footage at http://cbs2.com/video/?id=58160@kcbs.dayport.com  The Star of David is on the top of the casket.  This is the same video footage which I saw on TV where the Star of David was much more distinct (not as fussy) than in the internet video footage.    
:I think we need a reliable source for that information. miranda 01:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there a picture of the casket available? Although I suppose that is a somewhat morbid subject... All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 21:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Irrelevant. Even if true, it only shows something about the casket, not about Ledger. Pairadox (talk) 22:06, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Quoted in Rolling Stone in 2006 implied that he was atheist but since it never specifically stated atheism so it's better not to mention anything about his religious beliefs.  Chantessy  16:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion 

message: Resolved. 
TV Guide reports on Ledger's cause of death as an accidental overdose. Reference here: Heath Ledge Cause of Death
Tubesurfer (talk) 16:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This info is already in the article, with better sources. Townlake (talk) 17:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause of Death 

message: Resolved. 
Why are there quotes from friends, family and the Prime Minister about how tragic it is that he died?  While it is tragic, these are not encyclopaedic and should be removed.  Wikipedia is not a eulogy repository.  Also, the fact that his friend boarded a plane to NYC is not notable in the least.  When people die, many people will go to the person's funeral, and also say nice things about the person.  This last section reads more like a People magazine article than an encyclopedia entry.  Even though it is a current event, it can still read so that each event happened in the past, and can include information that will be of note years from now when it is no longer current.   162.136.192.1 (talk) 16:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Everything after the autopsy paragraph is essentially a eulogy blog, and it seems to be expanding. Townlake (talk) 16:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This always happens right after the death of a public figure. We'll just have to keep refining as we go.3Tigers (talk) 23:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Those quotes can be moved to Health Ledger at Wikiquote which has a section Quotes about Heath Ledger (In Memorium) Boylo (talk) 00:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The recently included Michelle Williams block quote lengthens the article without adding anything relevant.  She's mourning, we already know that.  The block quoted statement from the family isn't any more valuable; together they make this article read like a page from People Magazine.  Is there a compelling reason not to remove both quotes at this point?  (Obviously the citations can be preserved so interested readers can find them.)  I won't delete if other editors don't support the change, but it seems like it's time. Townlake (talk) 01:20, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the entire section needs a serious trim. A pic of a sidewalk memorial has just been added! I also question the use of tabloids, inherently unreliable sources. Wikipedia in not a tabloid or a memorial site, not even for the famous. Pairadox (talk) 02:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree the quotes should be removed to Health Ledger at Wikiquote as mentioned by Boylo above. I'm also concerned about the growing video paragraph, but I'll bring that up elsewhere. •Florrie•leave a note• 02:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I just made major changes to the unofficial Eulogy section - took out the block quotes from the family and Williams, added Cliffs Notes summaries of the statements.  Thoughts? Townlake (talk) 19:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I understand WP:BOLD, but editing this article needs to be a collaborative process.  I am disappointed that one editor would revert without discussion and would have to rely on loads of peacock language to defend the revert, given the pre-existing discourse and apparent agreement on the issue. Townlake (talk) 21:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

text: So much for containing the sprawling. I'm not at all sure how these quotations counter the 'wild speculations' throughout the article. In fact, I'm left speculating on Heath whispering to trees and (trying) to walk, two steps at a time. Mention that statements were made and transfer the actual quotes to the quote page. The Terry Gilliam information should be removed to the movie's article. •Florrie•leave a note• 00:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: [I hope!] [Those refs. that Williams makes are to their daughter, Matilda Rose, not father Heath. --NYScholar (talk) 04:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Re: the Gilliam matter: a while ago, I revised the statement; it applies directly to Heath Ledger and I still think it totally pertinent where it is.  --NYScholar (talk) 04:56, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes from Prime minister, friends, etc. not encyclopaedic 

message: Resolved. 
I'm struggling to understand why this paragraph is 1) as extensive as it is and 2) in the 'Death' section. It's like reporting news that turns out to be no news. Can it be pared down and another home found for it? •Florrie•leave a note• 02:33, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As noted above, I'm not sure why tabloid and other questionable sources (CelebTV, TransWorldNews, US Weekly) are being used at all. Pairadox (talk) 02:41, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved the video paragraph from "death" to "personal life" and cut it in about half... it might need further edits, but I'm content with it for the moment. Townlake (talk) 15:29, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I objected to that edit: I tried to work w/ the material, then moved it into a separate sec., then decided it and its sources (most of them) are inadmissible here: please scroll down to that sec. below.  Thanks. --NYScholar (talk) 07:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, just noticed this response.  Obviously Talk really did need a cleanup, haha.  Did you object to the way I edited it, or to the presence of the topic in the first place?  My whole reason for initially trimming and moving it was it seemed like relatively irrelevant scandal-sheet filler.  I'm not interested in defending this section - it looks like the posts above agree there's no real notability issue, and unless there's any objection, I'm on board to see it go away. Townlake (talk) 05:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chateau Marmont video

message: Resolved. 
The article states that Heath's death "will affect the marketing campaign" of the Dark Knight.  Of course it is possible and will most likely, but no one can predict the future.  Perhaps it should be revised. Mdriver1981 (talk) 22:40, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: According to a Jan. 24. '08 article published by the Wall Street Journal, the official word from Warner Bros. is that the Heath/Joker centric marketing campaign will continue. But I think the current marketing campaign is too macabre to continue as planned. We'll just have to wait and see, so I agree with you. The definitve statement should be removed. For now.Reelm (talk) 06:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think we're coming full circle on this one.  Originally that statement started with the qualifier "CNN reports that...", which was removed because the citation made clear who was reporting it... but now the statement does sound prematurely authoritative.  If there's doubt about that statement / rumor at this point, removal would certainly strike me as appropriate. Townlake (talk) 05:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

text:  I think they'll just stay the course with the marketing, they were going to eventually go over to focusing on Harvey Dent at some point anyway. I don't see continuing with what was always planned as exploiting anything. From what non-reliable sources I've read that seems to be what they will be doing. Heath Ledger played a fictional character with over sixty years of history before he was involved and in my opinion if it wasn't for his death (and of course the hype for the movie and his work in it even before he passed away) many people who see the movie wouldn't even know it's him, he's barely recognizable. Which is a compliment on how the work he did with it not to mention the other people that worked on creating this version of the Joker. I think that changing the film or even the marketing due to "sensitivities" would be more disrespectful to his memory than it would be to continue on exactly as planned. PHOENIXZERO (talk) 17:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definitive Statement 

message: Resolved. 
:[moved from my own talk page by NYScholar (talk) 20:36, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've restored it. Pairadox (talk) 08:23, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

text: If you had addressed my concerns on this talk page I wouldn't have posted on your talk page. See above for discussion regarding family and other quotes. •Florrie•leave a note• 21:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

text: It was not one-person's decision, but the result of a discussion.[]. •Florrie•leave a note• 21:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Before making my changes, I had read the entire discussion and I posted in that section.  Consensus also involves changes not made after the quotations were restored in an appropriate manner.  I have since created sub-sections for the article.  People can look at the sub-sections and see how they relate to one another and the full article.  They are all pertinent and reliably sourced, but I have suggested some questions remain in the editing summaries of some.  --NYScholar (talk) 22:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: additional comments (related to editing this article so as to improve its accuracy)

message: Why did you remove two sections with this edit? Pairadox (talk) 03:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've restored it. Pairadox (talk) 08:23, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleting content

message: While I admire your dedication to accuracy, are you at all interested in consensus? •Florrie•leave a note• 07:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you had addressed my concerns on this talk page I wouldn't have posted on your talk page. See above for discussion regarding family and other quotes. •Florrie•leave a note• 21:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

text: It was not one-person's decision, but the result of a discussion.[]. •Florrie•leave a note• 21:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Before making my changes, I had read the entire discussion and I posted in that section.  Consensus also involves changes not made after the quotations were restored in an appropriate manner.  I have since created sub-sections for the article.  People can look at the sub-sections and see how they relate to one another and the full article.  They are all pertinent and reliably sourced, but I have suggested some questions remain in the editing summaries of some.  --NYScholar (talk) 22:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heath Ledger, again 

message: Resolved. 
It's nearly the same size as the portions about his career; why is this being turned into a memorial and repository of speculation, ie Plummer's comments on his health and tabloid reports about the video? As I've said before, TransWorldNews, Us Weekly and Celebtv.com are not reliable sources. Pairadox (talk) 23:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I expect as time passes the death section will slowly shrink down as the historical focus slowly improves about the event. Look at the article for River Phoenix... when he died there was about an equal amount of media attention and the article currently has only one paragraph about it. Tabercil (talk) 23:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to believe that, but recent attempts to curtail the expansion of this section have failed.  Given the WP:TE issues that have come up the last few days, I respectfully suggest it might be time to refer this article to the Bios of Living Persons noticeboard.  Is there a second? Townlake (talk) 23:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Second. Pairadox (talk) 23:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Townlake (talk) 01:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Update. section being trimmed down and BLP notice is in process. Benjiboi 07:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for this, your comments at BLPN, and providing your perspective on the issues we've been having in here.  Your presence is helpful. Townlake (talk) 15:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm happy to help, I've purposely avoided reading through the whole thing to just have a direct take on the present talk issues and to offer an extra perspective. Might help, probably can't hurt. Benjiboi 20:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Prior to his return to New York from his last film assignment, in London, in January 2008, he was apparently suffering from some kind of respiratory illness." POV??? Plummer only suggested that he MAY have pneumonia. In the death report there is no reference due to any respiratory illness. Plummer also answered (when asked if Ledger looked tired): "Oh no. Great energy. Always wonderful energy..." and "Leaving England, says Plummer, Heath was in very high spirits." And by the way: Hydrocodone is contraindicated if you have pneumonia.Luzymae (talk) 17:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please read the article linked: respiratory illness; a common cold--see descr. at disambig. page cold--which used to be in some of these passages, is a kind of respiratory illness.  This is not the only source that states that he had a cold (or a more serious kind of "respiratory illness") prior to returning to New York (a day or so before he died?); he was in flight from London to New York just before that.  If Plummer (a reliable first-hand source cited by reliable sources) says that he, Ledger, and others on the set were suffering from colds, they were suffering from colds.  The article on respiratory illness is clear enough a link to provide; the reason for the general link is previous complaints about mentioning pneumonia.  Re: "contraindications": acc. to the toxicology results and interpretations cited in the sources by bonafide doctors (not anonymous Wikipedians), many of the prescription and over-the-counter drug substances that he had taken over an extended period of time that were still in his system were "counterindicated"; their duplication (too many of similar types of narcotic and other respiratory suppressant drugs) led to the cessation of his breathing.  The sources (web news, print news, and video broadcast news) present those kinds of details.  --NYScholar (talk) 22:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death section way too large 

message: Resolved. 
Tabloid speculations do not belong highlighted in the "Personal" section of this biography of what was until very recently a living person.  By moving the tabloid speculations about the video, which was indeed pulled before full broadcast, into the "Personal" section, it was given emphasis that it does not deserve.  The whole subsection on it could be moved to talk for further discussion.
Christopher Plummer's words are those of a co-star and serve as an eye-witness account; they are his own views based on his experience working with Ledger.  They are sourced and quoted exactly as presented in the source.  They are not on a par with "unnamed" and "anonymous" sources referenced by tabloid newspapers.  I have no objection to the removal of the accounts by transworld, UsWeekly, or Celebtv.com; I simply re-formatted them more accurately; I did not add those sources to this article.  The "Death" section is now in subsections for greater ease of reading.  So far, it is Heath Ledger's death that has catapulted him into the news this past week; that may alter, but right now, the article's focus is appropriate.  If and when the cause of his death is clear (perhaps tomorrow--Tuesday--which is also super-primary election day in the U.S. and will be a busy time for U.S. based editors), the emphases of this article may change.  We are doing the best we can with what is currently available.  Please review the template.  A current event template may also be necessary and useful for this article.  --NYScholar (talk) 23:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The entire paragraph that includes the Plummer quote is speculation, as evidenced by the opening phrase "Ledger may have been suffering from pneumonia". The rest is just Plummer's speculation about his health. Pairadox (talk) 23:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Don't insult my intelligence by assuming I don't know who Plummer is or can't follow a link in the article. The point is, unless Plummer is also an MD who examined Ledger, this is still nothing more than speculation. Speculation by a famous actor, yes, but still speculation by somebody without the qualifications to elevate it beyond speculation. Pairadox (talk) 23:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't make this into something personal; it's not.  Plummer is quoted in a reliable third-party source and the quotation is documented appropriately.  Your complaint has no basis in Wikiepdia policy.  Please cite some pertinent Wikipedia policy that pertains to your objection.  The quotation is sourced according to WP:V#Sources.  It is something that Plummer said that pertains to the many references to "pneumonia" made throughout many other news reports pertaining to the possible cause(s) of Heath Ledger's death; the fact that he was "not feeling well" right before his death is certainly relevant to the presentation.  Many other articles cited as sources in this article are far more speculative and even salacious and are not "encyclopedic"; reference to Plummer's firsthand observation is pertinent at this time. --NYScholar (talk) 00:01, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In some of my earlier edits, I lost some quotation marks and a source: I restored the quotation marks and the source from which Plummer's full quotation comes.  I still think it relevant enough and well-sourced enough (now w/ these typo. corrs.) to keep in the article as posted. --NYScholar (talk) 00:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Related concerns

message: This talk page needs serious clean-up. Could editors familiar with the article please tag talk threads with  and  as appropriate and archive any old or non-relative threads? This is helpful not only to editors trying to understand what issues are currently in play but also to keeping the talk page size down for users with less than ideal connections. Benjiboi 06:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk page clean-up 

message: It says Maggie Landon. Who, Why, and Where did this come from?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.144.30.200 (talk) 20:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: [Please see Diffs for that vandalism. --NYScholar (talk) 21:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause of Death 

message: Resolved. 
I was identified in a project page complaint as the only one opposing [the removal of] the block quotations.  So I have added the "Resolved" template (as requested) to the sections relating to it; someone has been removing those templates, initially without comment.  That is not useful.  Some people seem to argue just for the sake of argument.  Those deletions of the resolved templates are not improving this article or this talk page on it.  If you want to start up the controversy again, please start another section.  The discussion in the previous section is "Resolved."  --NYScholar (talk) 04:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not actually how those are usually used. We call something resolved when the issue is resolved not a point within the conversation. If, after an reasonable amoount of time (maybe a week) the items is left as is it can be archived to keep the talk page clean. If someone reposts and the issue is likely not to be seen as resolved then remove the tag. It can always be added later. Benjiboi 05:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: (ec) Please stop adding resolved templates to sections that are not resolved. Just because you are personally satisfied with the current form doesn't mean that everybody is - I for one still don't see the encyclopedic value of quotes from the Prime Minister. Pairadox (talk) 05:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Then you (Pairadox) could have said so.  People cannot guess what is on your minds (both Benji and Pairadox).  Please be direct.  As for the "Resolved" templates:  I was not the one asking for them.  As far as I am concerned, if I find that a dispute between me and others is "resolved" I can place that in front of my own comment, which I have now done.  If you (P) want to dispute a specific part of a section, please do so in a new section.  The other one is full of all kinds of comments, some directly related, some not.  If you want to "clean up" this talk page, please cooperate.  Thanks.  If people don't know what you are asking for when you are asking for templates to be used like "resolved" and "done" and so on, please explain what you want them for.  Thanks. (I have never seen any of those templates used on any talk pages in my now several years of editing Wikipedia.) --NYScholar (talk) 05:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "I think the entire section needs a serious trim." Is that direct enough? I wrote that days ago nothing I've written since then indicates I feel any differently. As for the request for resolved templates, that was part of a general talk page cleanup request that was accomplished by archiving and marked "done" almost 24 hours ago. Pairadox (talk) 06:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Respectfully, it does appear that you're jumping the gun on marking some of the above issues resolved.  Like the others, I noticed a couple issues that looked like they could still be live. Townlake (talk) 06:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Also  can be used within a thread to indicate one point is "done" like a list of corrections.  is usually reserved for the entire thread. And both are used to communicate to make very active talk pages, such as this, easier to use. Benjiboi 07:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I appreciate guidance in use of these (for me otherwise) unfamiliar templates.  Re: where I placed them most recently (upon corr.): they are only relating to my own comments, not the whole sec. (re: the one being discussed--the quotations one).  Again, I don't feel that it is necessary to use these templates at all.  If those commenting above have remaining issues to discuss, they can start new sections as per the talk page header.  Thanks.  --NYScholar (talk) 17:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why are the "Resolved" templates being removed?

message: Resolved. 
For the record and by the way: I see absolutely no value in removing the extremely short (already edited) quotation excerpted from the official government media release of the Prime Minister of Australia, posted on the government site. --NYScholar (talk) 06:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What value do his words add? What is the purpose of including them? Pairadox (talk) 06:24, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They show how an entire country is eulogizing an actor.  It reveals the importance of the subject to his native nation. It is highly notable and demonstrates the subject's own notability.  WP:Notability.  --NYScholar (talk) 06:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm ok with this one myself.  A head of state releasing an official statement about a performer is a pretty big deal, and the quote's been blended into the article's text well. Townlake (talk) 06:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Given the controversy, prior to seeing Townlake's comment above, I had already moved the PM's public statement source into an earlier sentence; people can read the whole statement in context, just as they can read the full contexts of the other public statements.  I've tried to highlight its importance in the sentence by naming the Prime Minister as such.  --NYScholar (talk) 06:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just saw your edit on that, works for me. Townlake (talk) 07:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Edited already-excerpted quotation from official Australian government press release

message: Resolved. 
:[in progress moving]
--NYScholar (talk) 06:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: [removing Notes sec. for time being due to later sec. for notes to show up.]>>
The source cited still in this article in "Death" sec. already includes all this detailed information.  People can just read it. (Too much q. from a single source.) --NYScholar (talk) 06:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I don't think this sec. is nec.  The source is now at end of prev. sec. ("Death"). Missing a piece of a note; I'll try to fix in a moment. --NYScholar (talk) 06:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: (ec) [Completed the move from art. to talk page. --NYScholar (talk) 06:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: When originally composed in this HL article, material was simply lifted from Baker's article; I added quotation marks as nec., resulting in quotation of almost the entire article.  That is copyvio and not permissible.  The ref. to "circumstances" in the current sent. in the current "Death" sec. in HL is the lead-in to the source citation; anyone who wants to know Baker et al.'s renditions of those circumstances (as then known) can just read the source articles as cited.  Otherwise there will be substantial paraphrase not so much quotation or a block quotation, which was an option not liked much earlier (see archived disc.).  This change addresses earlier complaints about length of sec. on "Death." --NYScholar (talk) 07:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Section will have to be edited substantially after the cause of death comes down anyway, so this will probably keep a couple days.  I don't think the whole narrative is necessary, but cutting the whole thing might be a bit extreme.  Let's discuss.  Side note - if 6 Feb 08 is really the date the examiner's info will come out, we might want to request a Full Protect on the article for a few hours after the news breaks as a precaution. Townlake (talk) 06:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree w/ that. --NYScholar (talk) 06:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: News of the medically-determined cause of death has hit the wires.  I'll check back in on this page when I can during the day; meantime, if other editors find it helpful, the direct link to the Request Page Protection page is here. Townlake (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: For further discussion, moving section on death circumstances to talk page

message: According to police, as reported by Al Baker in The New York Times, when housekeeper Teresa Solomon, who had arrived at approximately 12:30 p.m. EST to do household chores, entered the bedroom "At about 1 p.m. ... to change a light bulb in an adjacent bathroom[,] she found him on the bed face down, with the sheet pulled up to his shoulders, and heard him snoring." Masseuse Diana Wolozin arrived at approximately 2:45 p.m. to give Ledger a massage, and when he did not emerge from his bedroom by 3 p.m., called his cell phone and received no answer. Wolozin entered the bedroom, began to set up the massage table, and tried to wake the unresponsive Ledger. Baker reports that then Wolozin "entered the bedroom and saw him lying in bed. She took a massage table out of the closet and began to set it up near his bed. She then went over to him and shook him, but got no response. Using his cell phone, she used a speed-dial button to call Ms. Olsen in California to seek her guidance, knowing Ms. Olsen to be a friend of Mr. Ledger’s."   
    
"According to the authorities," Baker continues, "Ms. Wolozin told Ms. Olsen that Mr. Ledger was unconscious. Ms. Olsen said she would call some private security people she knew in New York, and hung up. Ms. Wolozin again shook Mr. Ledger, called Ms. Olsen a second time, and said she believed the situation was grave and would call 911." According to Baker, "Ms. Wolozin called 911 at 3:26 p.m. to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing. The call occurred less than 15 minutes since she had first seen him in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Ms. Olsen. The 911 operator urged Ms. Wolozin to try to revive Mr. Ledger, but Ms. Wolozin’s efforts were not successful."   
    
Seven minutes later, Baker reports, "Emergency medical workers arrived at 3:33 p.m., at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen. The medical workers moved his body to the floor and then used a defibrillator and CPR, to no avail. Mr. Ledger was pronounced dead at 3:36 p.m. By that point, two other private security guards summoned by Ms. Olsen had arrived, as had police officers."   
    
Police said that they found prescription medication in the bathroom, that there were "no obvious signs" of suicide, and that they did not suspect foul play.James Barron, "Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28", The New York Times, January 23, 2008. Retrieved on February 6, 2008.
:[removing Notes sec. for time being due to later sec. for notes to show up.]>>
The source cited still in this article in "Death" sec. already includes all this detailed information.  People can just read it. (Too much q. from a single source.) --NYScholar (talk) 06:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think this sec. is nec.  The source is now at end of prev. sec. ("Death"). Missing a piece of a note; I'll try to fix in a moment. --NYScholar (talk) 06:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: (ec) [Completed the move from art. to talk page. --NYScholar (talk) 06:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: When originally composed in this HL article, material was simply lifted from Baker's article; I added quotation marks as nec., resulting in quotation of almost the entire article.  That is copyvio and not permissible.  The ref. to "circumstances" in the current sent. in the current "Death" sec. in HL is the lead-in to the source citation; anyone who wants to know Baker et al.'s renditions of those circumstances (as then known) can just read the source articles as cited.  Otherwise there will be substantial paraphrase not so much quotation or a block quotation, which was an option not liked much earlier (see archived disc.).  This change addresses earlier complaints about length of sec. on "Death." --NYScholar (talk) 07:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Section will have to be edited substantially after the cause of death comes down anyway, so this will probably keep a couple days.  I don't think the whole narrative is necessary, but cutting the whole thing might be a bit extreme.  Let's discuss.  Side note - if 6 Feb 08 is really the date the examiner's info will come out, we might want to request a Full Protect on the article for a few hours after the news breaks as a precaution. Townlake (talk) 06:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree w/ that. --NYScholar (talk) 06:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: News of the medically-determined cause of death has hit the wires.  I'll check back in on this page when I can during the day; meantime, if other editors find it helpful, the direct link to the Request Page Protection page is here. Townlake (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Circumstances of death

message: Substituted at 20:30, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment