Talk:Tom Humphries

message: Patrick Keaney, not Brian Keaney, was Ralph Nader's 2000 campaign adviser as per ,  
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Sorry - you are wrong on this. PATRICK Keaney worked for Nader in Massachussets. BRIAN Keaney worked for Nader in Florida. TWO Keaneys worked for Nader in 2000. Patrick in Massachussets, Brian in Florida.
Two different people, Brian was at Joeys with Tom. Patrick was at school in Boston.
MaggieMae 15:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you. But did you really think he is the type of person (or maybe an agent did it?) to write such a thing himself? Personally, I like his writing, and can see to some degree why he would be highly sought after. On the other hand, I question whether this is the place for that kind of comment and wonder why people dare to write such things without a single citation, at least. That said, just to be clear, I fully support the change you made. Good edit! W.C. 16:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Citation note #3 takes you to the Irish Times registration page and not to an article. I do not know one way or another whether he does or does not and this does not provide an answer86.46.16.83 (talk) 18:34, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  He detetsts the League of Ireland 

message: I'm aware that privacy policies and legal issues surround allegations about impropriety, but the allegations about Humphries are so in the public arena that surely they must be mentioned - if not simply as a record of a potential slur on his character. The relevations - whether true or not - are a matter of record and have had a considerable impact on everyone around him. It is bizarre not to at least report the fact of these allegations - particularly as they gained a high profile and moreso because they have appeared to have had a significant and possibly permanent impact on his output. 
I feull endorse the right that eberyone has to privacy, but if the allegations about him are true there is a greater purpose in exposing people who have done what it is alleged that he did.
I resent the fact that he appears to have protection from wiki - a protection which appears to ignore factual happenings and which acts against the protection of people who need to be protected.
I'm at pains here not to repeat the as yet unproven allegations or the nature of them, but they are freely available all over the internet. His response appears to be (and I feel for the guy) a mental trauma of the worst imaginable type. As apologies go, I think this is a statement.
However, I reject utterly any stifling of discussion of the issue. The matter is most certainly not sub judice - there are no legal proceedings taking place. It has happened and has happened in the public arena.
There is room on this page for a reasoned and factual description of events which are now - regrettably - possibly the most significant aspect of the guy's biography. I've always loved his writing. I feel for him as he seems to be in a place of the utmost torment 5albeit self-imposed), but to refuse reasoned and well-supported inclusion of these events on his page is the equivalent of removing Bobby Moore's captaincy of the 1966 WC winning team.
The allegations have been made. There seems to be substance to them. It has caused him to break down in the most serious manner imaginable. Any account of his is incomplete without reference to them.
morrissey.niall@gmail.com is my address.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.64.108.203 (talk) 19:13, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Privacy Policy

message: February 2014 articles reporting the trial of a "prominent sports journalist" have not named him, for the good reason that it would be illegal for them to do so. It may not be illegal for Wikipedia, but it violates WP:OR and WP:BLP. jnestorius(talk) 22:52, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP 

message: An anonymous sportsman gave testimony that supported him. Who is he? When we find out who he is it should be included come what may.(Mobile mundo (talk) 15:23, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It was Donal Óg Cusack. He admitted it.(Mobile mundo (talk) 16:41, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Sportsman supports Humphries