Talk:Mike Mendoza (broadcaster)

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- With these clear rules in mind vague and potentially controversial statements like Mike Mendoza hates the French are not acceptable.
Biographies of a living page need to be sourced... Disillusioned-
:Mendoza's outspoken, almost comical hatred of French people is one of his trademarks, and he would regard the material you have censored as a fair assessment of his views. His show thrives on controversy, very much in the tradition of conservative talk radio. The fact that he is not famous enough to merit widespread internet coverage (and therefore source material for something that is clearly not libellous) does not excuse your deletions. 195.92.67.75 14:44, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-French? 

message: I'm not sure what is meant by this unsourced remark. Does it mean Mendoza supports the existence of the State of Israel? If that is the case I don't think it is noteworthy - there are few people in this country who admit to openly not supporting the existence of Israel.
Or does the remark mean that Mendoza directly supports causes relating to supporting Israel? e.g. Zionist charities. Disillusioned-
:Err, I think it means he supports the policies of Israel in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Malangyar (talk) 00:03, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mendoza is a supporter of Israel

message: I am here responding to a plea on Wikipedia:Third opinion.
*User:Mike Mendoza and the other editors should read the guideline Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and the policy Wikipedia:Biography of living persons.
*If there are reliable sources establishing certain facts relevant to the subject, then those facts should be retained. Blanking out factual parts of the article that you disagree with is considered vandalism, and can result in you being blocked from future edits.
*At the same time, any unsourced facts should be quickly removed.
*Futhermore, note that it is possible to collect sourced facts in a malicious way to support a particular POV. If Mendoza is known as "right wing" or Jewish or promotes an Israeli agenda in the guise of "balanced" reporting, and these facts are verifiable from reliable sources or notable media outlets, then these facts should be there — but not at the expense of other facts. Don't make the article into a hatchet job.
*Not sure what else to say. It may help to request semi-protection to prevent biased POV edits from anonymous IP addresses, or even full protection to force the issues into the talk page if the participants aren't talking. -Amatulic 19:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Third opinion

message: There are two separate mattes being argued here:  (a) is Mike Mendoza of Talksports also the Mike Mendoza who was a councilor, or not?, and (b) Are the quotes in the January 2004 JTA news story and on the Shalom FM website (yes, it's still there) concerning Mendoza and Shalom FM correct or not?  Since (a) seems to be not disputed at the moment (no one seems to be trying to put it back), I'll focus here on (b).  (For a discussion in some depth on (a), see above.)John Broughton  |  Talk 14:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've moved the statement out of the current activities section and noted it was a past thing. - Mgm|(talk) 13:53, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like another editor didn't agree with that change.  (You might want to continue any further discussion on the talk/discussion page of the article, rather than here. John Broughton  |  Talk 14:50, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The trouble is that not only are there no reliable sources to say that Mendoza left, but he is still listed on Shalom FM's website . --Sam Blanning(talk) 17:41, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Mendoza wrote in to OTRS; he says that yes, he (co)-founded Shalom FM, but also that he is no longer affiliated with them and that their use of his name is unauthorized. DS 22:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But we still have no verification. Information based on emails from the subject is classic original research and something we tell inexperienced editors they can't do all the time. Why doesn't Mendoza just publish the reasons for his leaving somewhere? Even a self-published source would probably suffice, but we cannot use posts to wikis, especially our own, or private emails as verification. --Sam Blanning(talk) 11:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recap - the main issue seems to be Shalom FM

message: I've removed :Category:Homophobia again for two reasons:
# He isn't homophobia
# Homophobia isn't central to who he is or what he did. See Category talk:Homophobia for consensus on how/wen the cat should be used.  There's one paragraph in the controversy section, so the cat falls under WP:UNDUE.
Please comment here before reverting.  Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 03:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homophobia cat 

message: I hope I am inserting this in the correct place:
I realise that a lot of ridiculous edting of the subject has been carried out over the last few days. However, I stand by one fact that has been deleted. He quite clearly does have a regular guest - Faith from Passion. She comes on approximately every 2 weeks. She does own a sex shop and she does advise on tex toys. A link to Faith from Passion can be found on the subject's myspace and his own web page.
I would like to formally request that this is re included. 
I may have put this in the wrong place previously. Apologies. 
Thank you. 
Caspar the Ghost. Caspar the ghost (talk) 13:44, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems this trivia was removed as an unintended victim of the larger vandalism reversion, however I think it would be better to supply a reference, a link, before it's restored. I had a quick look but couldn't find any mention. -- zzuuzz (talk) 01:23, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regular guests 

message: This article is about the notable radio personality (regardless of whether [dare I say envious] vandals) accept that fact or not) Mike Mendoza. 
Whether Mendoza is broadcasting over the internet or not, the statement by a constant editor that "anyone can broadcast on the web", is academic. By reading the "Mike Mendoza" article, it is indisputable that he has made a name for himself in radio, and it is within this industry which he currently operates. The show he presented when he was at talkSPORT has been transferred to PlayRadioUK, follows the same format, uses the same website, and has the same guests. The show Mendoza presents is regular, it is not a stand-in or a stop-gap, and the fact that he now broadcasts through an internet radio station; does not, from a sensible opinion, require the removal of main point of this particular infobox.
Mendoza is worthy of note- and the purpose of infoboxes (if editors actually thought about it) is to quickly summarise the most important information about the subject, so that "at-a-glance," a person viewing the article will be able to see (in the case of the "Radio Presenter" infobox) what the particular radio personality is doing, when, and where.
The infobox, as I have reverted back to, is accurate. Because of this, I feel that if any editors feel the urge to subsequently revise/remove it, they should discuss it here beforehand, otherwise I believe it should be classed as vandalism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.171.129.68 (talk) 00:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a content dispute, not vandalism. The only source giving his age is his own Myspace profile, which says he's 52 and not 60. Mendoza is borderline notable (I don't think he merits an encyclopedic entry anyway) and his Internet station has been deleted twice from WP for being even less notable. WP is not here to promote flagging careers. --84.67.64.196 (talk) 17:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: How can you expect the Wikipedia community to treat your edits seriously; if the content of your edits is fuelled by your lack of respect for the subject? The edit you made did include vandalism, and your persistent attitude towards the infobox is decidedly unnatural. You might feel the same about my persistence, but my actions are purely in the spirit of Wikipedia, and not based upon a personal grievance.217.171.129.68 (talk) 23:55, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

text: What "lack of respect"? I didn't notice the "unfortunately" bit, my apologies. I've reverted it back to my previous version. What is "unnatural" about removing non-notable trivia? Are you his agent? If he gets hired by a notable and real radio station, as James Whale just did at LBC, then by all means include details in the infobox. BTW, please find a source that actually states that he is 60 (and superior to his own Myspace profile, which states that he's 52). --81.77.108.32 (talk) 13:57, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox  

message: I've protected this page due to a lame edit war which has been going for quite some time. Recent reverts are typified by this edit and its inverse. Please establish some consensus supported by references for the particular parts of this edit instead of revert warring. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:43, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Page protected

message: When and where was he born? The first line states 1948, but the 1955 births category is present. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 14:45, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a very long running lame edit war. Mike Mendoza's official myspace page says 1955, while someone claiming to be Mike Mendoza insists that his date of birth is 1948. Someone claiming to be, and apparently verified to be, Mike Mendoza also claims that the MySpace site is not official, but this should probably be disputed. No sources seem very reliable. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:58, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year and location of birth 

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