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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: Yes, we can't have everyone, but the current criteria are just stupid. It excludes Eliza Dushku who played a major supporting character (Faith) in Buffy and Angel, and was the lead in Dollhouse, since she played the same role in two of the productions. It includes Carlos Jacott and Jonathan M. Woodward who both played bit parts or supporting roles in three episodes, each in a different series. Andy Umberger was at least recurring, albeit on a near-bit part level, in Buffy.
Suggestion: Change the criteria to something like "starring/main cast, recurring or supporting roles in three or more Whedon productions". The whole "different roles" thing doesn't exactly show off who Joss's favorites are, which is sort of the point of the table. 130.239.26.87 (talk) 16:19, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frequent casting criteria 

message: Frequent Casting currently says it is for actors who have played at least two different roles in the Joss Whedon projects.  So I can’t believe you’re missing Adam Baldwin and Gina Torres.  Both of them were in Angel, Firefly, and Serenity. Minicarmen (talk) 06:26, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frequent Casting - part 2 

message: I don't think that belongs in the political views section! Gershonmk (talk) 00:11, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Academy 

message: Why is Grace Randolph being used as a citation. 
Most of what she says is lies for clicks. 
She's about has credible as you're average blogger which is too say she's hardly credible. 
Mention of Randolph should be removed, if this workplace bullying controversy is too be taken seriously by viewers of wikipedia,  only credible journalists should be added. No CBM person, Youtuber or blogger or sites like screenrant. Hpdh4 (talk) 14:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a controversial claim, so far as I know? And you can see in the movie that it's a double. But I agree the sourcing is thin, that's why I attributed it to her in the text. Gershonmk (talk) 20:45, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention of Youtuber 

message: With regard to this edit, I do want to clarify that "gender dysphoria" is just kind of a fancy label given to someone wanting to be another gender. The cited interview quotes him saying, "I literally grew up wishing that I were a woman." This is simply put as him having had gender dysphoria in childhood. The following sentence clarifies that this is not just a throwaway line but something he has expressed repeatedly to "many women". It doesn't necessarily imply anything about him now but strikes me as relevant to his interests in writing strong female characters throughout his career as a filmmaker. If this is problematic for biographies of living persons due to the potential politicization of that detail, I understand its being withheld but do think it's notable in a way that the dismissive edit removing it is erroneous for not recognizing. --OGoncho (talk) 18:37, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted the latest wording as what you've included isn't in the source. The relevant part of the source is literally: "Q: Is it surprising to you that so many women love your stuff? A: No. Everybody knows there is a little girl inside of Joss. I literally grew up wishing that I were a woman. That doesn’t necessarily give me any great insight into women..."; that does not back up "His sense of empathy toward women was strong enough that throughout much of his childhood...", which would seem to be OR. I don't have an objection to re-inclusion of the issue or the source, but the wording will need to be better matched/less editorialised, if that makes sense? Regards, BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 08:40, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: "I literally grew up wishing that I were a woman" does sound like potential sex dysphoria. I vote that this should be mentioned, but also that it does not mean that he believes himself to be a woman. (The difference between wanting to fly and believing you can fly, etc.) 31.209.219.230 (talk) 23:34, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender dysphoria 

message: I'm not terribly well-informed on the subject, but in a number of talks and descriptions I've read, he's one of those "all-talk-pro-bite" "feminists", where he speaks in favour of women and then.. well, doesn't behave very well. This, I've been informed, is a somewhat common occurrence, ie. that bad men use feminism to justify and/or hide their abusive nature.
Now, I don't actually follow hollywood stuff, or feminism stuff, or.. well, anything related stuff. But given how often I've heard about his misbehaviour, and how out-spoken he is, I reckon that some of you who follow all that hollywood stuff might want to make a bigger emphasis on it, PROVIDED that it's actual factual and can be backed up by reliable sources. Though whatever is considered a reliable source for hollywood wrongdoing other than court cases, I've no idea.
Signed, I'm not sober enough to post, but I'm too unsober to be reasonable. 31.209.219.230 (talk) 23:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faux Feminism 

message: I looked at the page for Dan Schneider who is making a ton of headlines for the toxic workplace environment he created at Nickelodeon.  Multiple people have said Whedon’s workplace environment was also pretty toxic. Should we mention it at the top of the article? And1987 (talk) 00:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toxic workplace environment mention at the top of article