Talk:Ed Asner

message: Someone should mention his massive amount of voice over work for cartoons. He was "Granny Goodness"!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sparky (talk • contribs) 02:22, 18 July 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Because (a.) they are uncited, and (b.) as phrased, they repeatedly and clearly represent a point of view and are intended to influence opinion and as such are inappropriate for WP.  If you wish to submit UNBIASED information, then word it so that your bias doesn't show and provide a citation.  Until then, these repeated attempts to slant opinion one way or the other will be deleted. Monkeyzpop 06:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Ron Gold - cousin
Labe Asner - brother ?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.213.160 (talk) 15:19, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ed Asner - local relatives 

message: This says his birth name is Yitzak Eddie Asner.  Googling, I find there are many websites that support his birth name as either Yitzak or Yitzhak.  Others, however, such as IMDB, say nothing about the Yitzak name, and say that Ed is not short for Eddie but for Edward.  What's the truth?  --  JackofOz 00:28, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That list is now gone, but there are still multiple online refs to Yitzak or Yitzhak.  --  Jack of Oz [your turn] 01:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Yitzak/Yitzhak?

message: Heard Charlton Heston died today and was reading a little bit about him and I noticed it mentioned many conflicting feuds with Ed Asner regarding his political views, thought it would be a good idea to maybe add something about it as I came here to find a little more information on it.--Papajohnin (talk) 08:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Feuds with Charlton Heston

message: Hi — I have included the following template on the article's page, because Ed Asner has been (and is currently) included in the list of "Notable proponents and supporters" of alternative theories on 9/11. In his letter addressed to peace and justice activists, which is cited in the article, he states:
*"the 9-11 truth movement is the most pressing issue of the peace & justice movement today"
*"I urge all to read "The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11" by David Ray Griffin"
In the letter, Ed Asner urges an investigation into the possible complicity of high-ranking U.S. officials in the 9/11 event.
As the template has just been deleted from the page, I'm starting this talk page discussion so that we can build consensus on whether it should or should not be included in the article.  Cs32en  05:00, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of the 911ct template on the article's page

message: The citation of Asner's own detailed description of his birth and birth name in his on-camera interview with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is valid, despite the fact that the link goes to Youtube.  The Academy uses Youtube as a conduit for its published interview archive.  This is not some random clip copied from god-knows-where, it's the official archive of the TV Academy, intended to be the information of record on it subjects.  To reject it because it links through Youtube is carrying Youtube discrimination too far.  A cite from the subject's own words should carry more weight than contradictory information from a less reliable source.Monkeyzpop (talk) 03:27, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Asner's own words re his real name

message: He was also in KID GALAHAD. He played a detective.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.218.185.177 (talk) 20:03, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ed Asner 

message: As his filmography was three full pages even divided into columns, I moved it into its own article, Filmography of Ed Asner.  If a better title makes sense, please move it.  Thanks! Thargor Orlando (talk) 04:21, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears a vandalism-only account moved this list back in.  As it appeared to be uncontroversial for over a year, I'm going to be bold and move it back.  Thargor Orlando (talk) 14:32, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  moved list to its own page 

message: I have removed claims that Mr. Asner is affiliated with the socialist party or a Democratic-Socialist type party. It is unsupported by a citation. The citation listed does not mention this claim. Furthermore, the citation itself has not been updated since 1996. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catherinejarvis (talk • contribs) 15:14, 27 March 2014‎
:I have reverted your removal of easily verifiable information, and added references. Please don't make unsubstantiable claims of "BLP violations" before at least a cursory glance at available sources for the information you're removing. Also, there is no shame whatsoever in being a socialist, so I'm not sure how you would assume that this constitutes a "BLP violation". And finally, please sign your comments with four tildes (like this: ~~~~). --78.35.253.106 (talk) 07:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  unsupported claim 

message: There's no such thing as "The Nature Vacations of Pokemon, Animals, Friendship Ponies and Dinosaurs"! Who put that into this? CanidG on the ROCKS! 19:17, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  No such movie exist 

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message: An editor has unilaterally claimed that, because the related Encyclopedia Britannica article – which I will note is titled "Ed" Asner – provides Edward as another name by which he is referred, this article should be given the Edward name.  No other sources are provided. While the Britannica article uses "Edward" in its photo captions, its article text merely states he is "also called Edward Asner". In reverting my revert, the editor wrote that "Asner has been vocal about his professional name being Edward, not Ed", yet provides no source.  Per WP:COMMONNAME, it is one's common name that is to be used for an article title. Please further discuss/support this issue here so we can reach a consensus. —ADavidB 09:31, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the article being held in the Ed Asner namespace as well as disagree with the notion that "Edward" be given any special prominence due to a single source at the Britannica (which could be user error or a style guide) and it would be undue to let that one instance supersede the thousands of him using "Ed" as his professional name. Maybe there was a time earlier in his life when he went by "Edward" to make himself sound more formal than "Eddie", but that would need a cite. Further adjustments to how he names himself and how that's changed should go in the Early life and education section as the lede and infobox should only give common and birth names and he's had no other common names. JesseRafe (talk) 16:35, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I will relinquish my position rather than get into a battle over this, despite the fact that out of 1,768 credits on IMDb Asner is credited as Edward in 1,713 of them; despite the fact that the first comment above quoting thusly "Per WP:COMMONNAME, it is one's common name that is to be used for an article title" does not answer the argument I made that commonly-called Jimmy Stewart is still listed in a WP article called James Stewart because that was his preferred professional name; and despite the fact that Asner has said on many occasions (admittedly uncited) that he prefers to be known professionally as Edward rather than the Ed he is commonly called.  However, I admit the possibility that my familiarity with the subject (both as a WP subject and as a personal friend and colleague who has heard him rail against producers for accidentally billing him as Ed) has overridden my precise adherence to WP guidelines that it doesn't matter if it's true as long as it's published somewhere reasonable.  Therefore, until such time as I locate more precise citation on the matter, I retire from the battlefield before it becomes one. Monkeyzpop (talk) 00:38, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think you can compare Stewart. "Jimmy" was unquestionably simply an affectionate nickname among his friends (or to people who liked, or indeed still like, to pretend they knew him, as is sadly the case with many fans) and he was invariably known professionally as James Stewart. This is not the case with Asner, who has often been billed and credited as Ed Asner, whatever he may actually prefer. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:06, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: An ultimate example of the inconsistency in Asner's on-screen billing occurs in the credits of 1965's The Satan Bug. The opening credits depict his name as "Ed Asner", while the closing credits crawl depicts the name as "Edward Asner". —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 00:21, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I want to get this straight: This person's birthname ("Eddie") is already a hypocorism, but he was always credited as "Edward" or "Ed". Some IP (2.25.253.210) removed the "Edward" completely from this article in mid-July (over a month before Mr. Asner's death). Is it okay to re-insert the non-hypocoristic "Edward" right now, or would that be a violation of Wikipedia's hypocorism policy? There is just no understanding why a hypocorism like "Eddie" could be chosen as a person's birthname rather than the more conventional "Edward". Jim856796 (talk) 18:26, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Why add a name that wasn't really his? Naming doesn't have to be conventional. I'd have no problem with the 'early life' section spelling out the situation instead of just having it as a source, though it isn't a priority for me. —ADavidB 19:57, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

text: I've found a source that gives reason to mention "Edward" and intend to add it to the article soon. —ADavidB 20:31, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

text: The content I mentioned is now added to the Career section. —ADavidB 03:37, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It may be noted that Asner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame depicts his name as "Edward Asner". Also, here is a link to the 1965 film, The Satan Bug, which has it both ways by billing him as "Ed Asner" in the opening credits and as "Edward Asner" in the end credits. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 20:40, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edward/Ed and the article name 

message: Add after: Asner was a supporter of Humane Borders, 
Asner was also a long-time supporter of Heifer International, and produced a video in 2021 to support their fundraising efforts to reduce child hunger around the world. Reference: pic.twitter.com/adpoxoEcz8 Scicc (talk) 14:34, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Needs coverage in reliable secondary sources to meet WP:DUE. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:40, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 31 August 2021 

message: https://twitter.com/RealAlexJones/status/1783276000521957473
https://tv.infowars.com/index/display/id/1837 ChonokisFigueroa (talk) 23:31, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was an acquaintance of Alex Jones?