Talk:Mark Cuban

message: The third-party sources do tell about his original surname being "Chabeniski" but such a surname does not exist in Russia and does not make sense. There's "Chabenski" though (there's a popular Russian actor Konstantin Khabenski). 217.118.93.102 (talk) 18:35, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Surname

message: It says Cuban saved money to get a pair of expensive basketball shoes when he was 12. This would've been 1970. They didn't even have expensive basketball shoes then. Basketball didn't even become a big huge sport till the 80s. I don't doubt Cuban said this, but I don't believe it's true either.
99.53.171.95 (talk) 01:52, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Early Years

message: I erased this section because it seemed fairly irellevant.  It seems like the highschool just wanted to get their name on Cuban's page.  He does a fair amount of speaking, and this instance wasn't anything special.  24.193.107.183 20:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Speaking appearances

message: Is this relevant? I'm probably a "distant relative" of half of the people in the United States... HMishkoff 12:51, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Adam Kopp

message: Mark Cuban talked about this wikipedia entry and his edits to it in his blog here: . Remember 13:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Random info 

message: I think that's the wrong word for this context. "he treats relationships with major political parties pragmatically, but chooses not to become directly involved with them." First, "pragmatism" is a fairly technical epistemological  term, and although its widely used sloppily there's no good excuse for doing so here. Coming so soon after the discussion of Cuban's Objectivist readings, it sounds as if we're saying, "He tempered his readings of Rand with later readings of Charles Peirce," which probably isn't so, or isn't the point. Second, I think that what is meant here is that Cuban deals with the political parties as necessary to protect his business interests. If that is so, let's say that. --Christofurio 14:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Treats the parties "pragmatically"?

message: I am not sure if this falls under the self-promotion rules, and especially since his blog does not allow dissenting opinions, is not likely to be an objective source of information.  Please see WP:AUTO , specifically the section which states: "If the only source for a particular fact about you is you yourself, then readers cannot verify it. (One common area where this is the case is with hopes, dreams, thoughts, and aspirations. There is no way for readers to verify what you think.) However true something may be, if readers cannot verify it, it does not belong here. Everything in Wikipedia articles must be verifiable."
I have no problem with an external link to it, just with it being used as a citation for a fact that otherwise cannot be verified.  For example, the radio show getting dropped is according to him due to other owners not knowing his value to the league?  NPOV of the other owners, based solely on his own blog comments does not prove that this was the reason the show was dropped.
If his blog is going to be a source of material, then it should also be a source of criticism.  opposing viewpoints in the comments of his blog, (those that have survived deletion) should then be an equally valid reference source.  However, that is I am sure a slippery slope that nobody wants to go down, so it might be better to just remove the use of his blog as reference material when asserting a controvertial point. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CodeCarpenter (talk • contribs) 15:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: UPDATE: Comments in his blog end up getting used by other sources, (see this week's controversy), so I guess using his blog is valid for reference unless there is some Wikipedia rule against it. CodeCarpenter 19:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Using his own blog as "reference material"? 

message: Hi.
Anyone else been reading up on rumors about this guy maybe distributing Loose Change 3?
infowarscom/articles/sept11/sheen_fox_news_threatens_sheen_cuban_not_to_make_film.htm 
Later,
Torb255
:It's disappointing if true.  Cuban is also associated with the anti-American agit-prop film Redacted.  It wouldn't surprise me to see him remake The Birth of a Nation next.  That was just as vile.
:This needs to go into the article.
:-- Randy2063 02:53, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This guy distributing Loose Change 3? 

message: I was tempted to revert the comment that the Cubs were for sale, but did some research first, and found this article.    As much as I personally dislike his antics in Dallas, I think he would be a great NL owner, someone with the pockets to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox in the spending department.  CodeCarpenter 21:52, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buying the Cubs? 

message: Playing Golden State is leading to stories about his fallout with Nellie.  Should something about that be included in this article? CodeCarpenter 12:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History with Nelson? 

message: Mark Cuban is not an Objectivist.  He has railed against speculators on his blog  for pushing up gas prices and taken many other non-Objectivist positions.  He might be a libertarian, he might even enjoy the work Ayn Rand, but he is not an Objectivist and should not be classified as such. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.80.33.87 (talk) 12:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cuban is not an Objectivist 

message: Looks like it . Apparently, there's some sort of quasi-policy on wikipedian about not allowing links to websites that "attack" wikipedians (see WP:NPA) and (WP:ATTACK SITES). 
I think this requires some defense of the wikipedian Mark Cuban. Admins anyone?
Piperdown 03:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedian? 

message: It seems that Mr. Cuban's interest in Mixed Martial Arts has come to fruitation as HDNet Fights. The first event occured on October the 13th in Dallas TX. Here's the website: http://www.hdnetfights.com/  I've heard a rumor that this will become a biweekly event, though probably a different locations. --Robert Harrisontalk contrib 06:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  HDNet Fights 

message: Mark Cuban does not reside in Higland Park, he resides in Preston Hollow
-tp  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.31.115 (talk) 20:45, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: Isn't Cuban in a lawsuit with Nelson for cheating? Basketball110 (talk) 15:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There was some sort of legal wrangling back in June .  I'm trying to find some more recent information on this. Not sure how noteworthy it is for inclusion. Kuru talk 18:33, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don Nelson 

message: Cuban was one of only two owners that voted against the Sonics moving to OKC, I was wondering if that was considered relevant. Numerous articles about it came up with a Google search. Windsorwindsor1 (talk) 13:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opposition to Sonics Move 

message: Apparently in 2007 Mark considered getting involved in distributing Loose Change with Charlie Sheen narrating.
Jozsefs (talk) 05:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loose Change 

message: This may be off topic, but how does the NBA have the power to institute / enforce fines?  Could someone provide more details (possibly via a link to another article or source)?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.231.150.64 (talk) 02:34, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  NBA Fines? 

message: He is born in 1958! It's even on the source page!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.76.111.69 (talk) 04:32, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've fixed it, thank you for noticing. --Bongwarrior (talk) 04:34, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age? 

message: The link "https://alumni.indiana.edu/magazine/200411/cuban.html" should be changed to "https://alumni.indiana.edu/magazine/issues/200411/cuban.shtml"
98.210.129.29 (talk) 05:04, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: - Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience. --Bongwarrior (talk) 05:23, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 98.210.129.29, 13 June 2011 

message: I feel that more info should be added about the 2011 Finals celebration. Such as the fact he gave a $22,000 tip on a bottle of champagne, some of the comments he made on Twitter, and the that he is going to foot the bill for the parade in cash-strapped Dallas.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledge227 (talk • contribs) 21:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finals Celebration 

message: I knew he was interested in the purchase of the bankrupt Dodgers whom are under MLB caretaking, and Mark Cuban already has a stake in the Pittsburgh Penguins. I thought he was interested in buying a stake in the Dallas Cowboys NFL franchise, because he wanted to include a pro (American) football team, though he has partial ownership of the Las Vegas Locos of the UFL. Rumor has it the Los Angeles Dodgers may leave town next season, to be replaced by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim whom could leave Anaheim over the city namesake issue. Most possibly the Dodgers move to Dallas...while the Fort Worth-Tarrant county based Texas Rangers of the American League competes with the National League in Texas...unless the Houston Astros don't switch leagues from the NL to AL. The UFL Locos could end up in Texas with the most likely candidate is Austin. He owns the Penguins in his home town of Pittsburgh, yet he may host a minor league hockey franchise in the new arena in Plano, Texas and is a feasible location for a future Major League ballpark, after the demolition of outmoded Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. If the Dodgers play in Dallas, it's temporary site is Cowboys Stadium also in Arlington, Texas. 71.102.1.101 (talk) 01:59, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cuban's interests in acquiring ownership and stake in other teams 

message: Wow, I have never seen so many men 'in love' with another man as is apparent with the coverage of this article. I guess it is a sports thing, despite the fact that Cuban is not an athlete... Stevenmitchell (talk) 21:15, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Is It Sports Worship?

message: So, I made several revisions in the interest of cleaning up the article a bit and added the latest info about his attempt to buy the Dodgers. I took a good bit of time to do this, in the interest of making the article better. Immediately User:Jeffwang reverted these edits, claiming they were vandalism. When I asked why he thought so, he claimed that I added "fake edits" about the WWE. In fact, that information was not added by me, as can be seen under Line 101 in the original version, and, as it turns out, was 100% accurate (though the sourced links are now dead). This led to a heated exchange with Jeffwang at which point he finally bothered to actually check just what it was he was undoing and begrudgingly admitted he was wrong. So, I restored the edits I had made, only to have User:Jobin RV do the exact same thing. I'm not an idiot, I see how this game works. Any editors not part of the GOB network that would mind pointing out to these folks that my contributions were completely legitimate and accurate? WP:DNB, Wikipedia:Not every IP is a vandal — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.162.57 (talk) 04:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: It'd be great if legitimate attempts to contribute weren't immediately flagged as vandalism and reverted

message: Several attempts at vandalism in the last few days. Should we think about locking this page? 151.160.145.116 (talk) 21:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this page be locked? 

message: Tiffany Stewart has apparently died.  I have no further information.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/302530143173144/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.76.245.253 (talk) 23:52, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Life 

message: There seems to be opposition towards a Criticism/Controversy section, which is dishonest. A section should be explored to address lobbying, corrupt business practices, etc.
-G  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.51.207.41 (talk) 21:31, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism/Controversy section

message: I think it would be beneficial to add a sentence or two about Mark's digital privacy company, Xpire, and his new social media app Storyline. I know the app is only in beta at this time, but Mark himself has been marketing it on Twitter, saying it could save Twitter. Here's a link for reference: http://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/mark-cuban-my-new-app-storyline-could-save-twitter.html. Anyway, I think this should be added to the end of the "Business career" section, or in the middle of the section where it talks about his venturing into social software (paragraph 11).Pistongrinder (talk) 15:43, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xpire and Storyline 

message: Can anyone else find a better infobox image of Cuban. I checked wikicommons only to find two outdated poor images. The current image isn't terrible, but for such  notable individual, there has to be a better image floating around somewhere that we can use. Meatsgains (talk) 03:14, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox image

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message: Hello Wikipedians,
In a September 2015 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Mr. Cuban literally he is a "non-practicing Jew," i.e. Judaism is not his religion.
Why then does the Infobox to this article keep stating that his religion is Judaism? Mark does come from Jewish lineage, but he doesn't practice Judaism. It shouldn't be in the infobox.
Please clarify, as I mean this with best intentions.
Thanks! --OettingerCroat (talk) 16:15, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mark Cuban Religion 

message: Mr. Cuban sponsors an e-sports team too, right?
Could someone find more info on that and write it in?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.75.41.49 (talk) 17:03, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  E-Sports 

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message: Instead of attending high school for his senior year, he enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Pittsburgh...
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If he hadn't completed high school, how did he get into college a year early?  Or, was there some sort of special relationship with the college that allowed high school seniors to attend college a year prematurely? And did he actually receive his HS diploma (through the college)??  This is a little vague
71.226.227.121 (talk) 08:35, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This seems to cover it. Kuru (talk) 11:09, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  High School Graduate?? 

message: I debugged most of my flubs, but am still working on what messed up in An embedded observation clarifying our obligation not morally smear him in the rendered text. Please pay attention and let me revert my own errors.--2601:199:C201:FD70:175:1E4D:C532:402A (talk), ex-user:Jerzy 21:01, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  My botched edit 

message: Hi guys:)
I am new to this wikipedia thing so if i do anything wrong please let me know!!!
I am trying to add a start up that mark cuban has invested in on his "investments in startups" section of his wikipedia page.
Mark Cuban invested in a company called "Injective Protocol" in 2021
Anyone know how this can be added to his page:)
Appreciate any help!
Here are some links pertaining to him investing:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/crypto-exchange-backed-startup-injective-labs-hires-legal-chief
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/20/injective-protocol-raises-10m-from-pantera-capital-mark-cuban-for-its-defi-robinhood/
https://www.coinspeaker.com/mark-cuban-backed-injective-protocol-token-starts-trading-on-gemini/
https://www.reddit.com/r/binance/comments/mwh8ay/mark_cuban_investing_in_injective_protocol_inj/
https://markcubancompanies.com/companies/injective-protocol/?modal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQmRayEXCYY
https://goodwordnews.com/injective-protocol-raises-10-million-from-pantera-capital-mark-cuban-for-its-defi-robinhood-techcrunch/
https://stacks.org/stacks-injective-bitcoin-defi
Chromegirlx3 (talk) 21:17, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Investments in Startups 

message: Isn't Cost Plus Drugs a company and not a charity?
In a interview with PBS, Mark Cuban himself said it was a company https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/mark-cuban-aims-to-lower-prescription-drugs-prices-with-online-pharmacy  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.68.140.23 (talk) 20:57, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cost plus Drugs 

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