Talk:David Strathairn

message: I became aware of use of this website because of a posting on the BLP noticeboard. The website operator raises "copyright" issues that in my view are of no merit. However, I think there is an issue, which is whether this site can be used as a source at all.
According to the website, David Strathairn Online is "an unofficial and unendorced website dedicated to Mr. Strathairn and his on-going career. It is in no way associated with him or his agency." [...]  Therefore it should not be used as a source under WP:V for personal data such as the name of his father and mother. I cited WP:RS in the edit summary but I think WP:V is the applicable policy. If this were Mr. Strathairn's official website it would be different; it is not, so there is no way of verifying if that information is true.I'm not sure if it should be linked under WP:EL, but I will leave it there for now.--Mantanmoreland 18:02, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your removal. The information that you removed is largely irrelevant anyhow. shotwell 19:20, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of "David Strathairn online" as a source 

message: [I have posted the following in Wikipedia talk:External links and am also posting it here fyi]
I returned to post the clearest reference that I can find in WP:BLP to this matter:
*See WP:BLP#Reliable sources:
Material from self-published books, zines, websites, and blogs should never be used as a source about a living person, including as an external link, unless written or published by the subject of the article (See below).  (Italics and bold added.)
That policy statement explicitly prohibits from listing as "an external link" self-published websites "unless written or published by the subject of the article," which prohibits "unofficial websites" not "written or published by their subjects."   As I read that policy in WP:BLP it refers to fansites such as David Strathairn Online and other similar "unofficial websites" which are not "written and published" (or authorized and endorsed as "official") by their subjects.  In my view, that policy statement is very clear and not ambiguous, just as are the policies already cited pertaining to not linking as external links webpages with copyright infringements (see earlier discussions above).  There are clear links to WP:BLP in the talk pages of articles that are considered biographies of living persons in Wikipedia, including David Strathairn (which is just one example of an article in which these issues arose). [updated as a separate subsection]. --NYScholar 20:02, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Prohibition on "self-published" ("unofficial") websites being used as a "source about a living person, including as an external link"

message: :Image:Gngl.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Gngl.jpg

message: It seems fitting that career details should include mention of David Strathairn's success as a narrator.  His lineup of audiobooks and other media is substantial.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blooy (talk • contribs) 18:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Narration 

message: * David Russell Strathairn was born on January 26, 1949 in San Francisco
:* https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/david_russell_strathairn_born_1949_4015716
* sister, Anne Strathairn was born on October 17, 1951 in San Francisco
:* https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/anne_strathairn_born_1951_4514064
* wife, Logan Goodman
:* https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/david-strathairn/
* Tay Strathairn, musician, son of David Strathairn, Born October 31, 1980
:* https://www.musictimes.com/articles/49647/20150930/dawes-keyboardist-tay-strathairn-tour.htm
* Ebberly Strathaim, Architect, son of David Strathairn, Born in 1987
:* http://web.mit.edu/ato/www/brothers/egs.html
69.181.23.220 (talk) 01:33, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family 

message: I know it's natural to think the an article about a person should just be life facts, but an article about an actor or an artist should be willing to say something about what that person special and/or what has accounted for their success.  This is especially true for an actor with Strathairn's special touch and I miss that kind of discussion in these pieces.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:644:600:1D90:F9E3:F1D4:5C49:B8E2 (talk) 00:56, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shouldn't these be more than just resumes?