Talk:Gary Weiss

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thread_title: Article probation

message: An article in the press is stating that Weiss used an account called User:Mantanmoreland here in Wikipedia to push POV in the Naked Short Selling, Patrick Byrne, and Overstock.com articles.  The article is here .  I've committed not to edit this article, but anyone else should feel free to add this material and cite it to the link I posted here. Cla68 (talk) 01:58, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I appreciate your enthusiasm for the article but I have doubts about its usability here, without confirmation elsewhere.--Stetsonharry (talk) 03:44, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

text: I think it should be mentioned, but... with BLP and all, we might need articles from more than one newspaper in order to include it. The end of the article talks about user SlimVirgin and she's had several hundred news articles about her and still that doesn't seem to meet BLP to put all the negative controversy in an article.  Hmm the register has another thing at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/24/byrne_back_conspiracy_theory_with_cash/ which is not about Weiss, but about a wikipedia and wall street conspiracy.  Unfortunately, there's no mention of the current Wall Street conspiracy of how the US government wants to give $700 billion and likely trillions more not to stimulate the economy but to purely to inflate the salaries of rich CEOs who are friends of the Bush administration and both Obama and McCain support it (but not Ron Paul).  Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 04:27, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

text: Isn't the required 'confirmation' within the wikipedia logs and article history themselves, as documented here http://antisocialmedia.net/?p=130 - that source is obviously biased, but the substantial proof of the main thrust of The Register's allegations seem to be embedded within wikipedia already.  It is unfortunate that in this case decisions resulted in Wikipedia 'becoming the story' rather than enabling it to be documented with NPOV - but the full naked-short/overstock/Weiss/wikipedia story is one that really SHOULD be fully covered here - treating wikipedia's part in the story dispassionately as though it were some third-party media.  Short version: It's absurd, when the actual proof is right here in the logs, to pretend that it's not well-sourced.Jaymax (talk) 12:27, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I can speak on some authority when I say that these sources are not up to WP:BLP standards. The alleged Wikipedia activity should be left out of the article. Wikipedia's logs and history are the raw material for original research, and this potentially-damaging claim has not been confirmed by reliable sources. Cool Hand Luke 17:45, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

text: I have just removed an edit inserted by an anonymous editor relating to the Register article. The content removed varied from information in the single source and thus does not meet the standards of our biography of living persons policy. I believe that this information needs to appear in more than one reliable source; it is extraordinary information and thus needs to be referenced extraordinarily well. Risker (talk) 01:44, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Weiss, Mantanmoreland, and Wikipedia

message: is Weiss still employed by forbes? He hasn't published anything there in six months.  --Duk 04:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not clear if this is employment per se.--Stetsonharry (talk) 04:59, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Forbes

message: Can this article and talk page be unprotected now so that unregistered users can edit and make comments?  We can quickly restore protection if necessary.  --TS 19:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The Arbitration Committee retains jurisdiction over this article based on Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Mantanmoreland, so any change to the protection will be dependent on support from or appeal to the Committee. Regards,  Skomorokh  19:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Um, I sprotected outside of the juridstiction of ArbCom - as I recall during the case. The juridstiction seems to relate to the consequences of edit/pov warring rather than stopping some classes of editors using the talkpages. As such, I am unsprotecting. LessHeard vanU (talk) 23:22, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the matter needs rather more discussion before the decision to unprotect is taken. I'm willing to protect on my own account if you no longer are, pendindg discussion. ++Lar: t/c 23:47, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

text: LHvU; I posted the above comment under the advice of an arbitrator. See the AN thread for more. Regards,  Skomorokh  02:15, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

text: Some of the comments above seem to imply a misunderstanding about the remedies proposed in the Mantanmoreland case. None of them required or implied an order to protect the article or the talk page.  Only the talk pages of four related articles remained semiprotected, the article semiprotections having long ago expired or been lifted manually.  --TS 02:11, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the protection completely, debating this is rather silly. Brandon (talk) 02:14, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Unprotection?

message: I'm going to make a similar proposal on the talk page for Julian Robertson.  I suggest the following be added to this article in the "Magazine articles" section:
(References)
After the merge discussion is completed, a "further details" template can be added with a link to either the lawsuit article or to Tiger Management.  Actually, a link could be placed now since the the link would redirect if the merge takes place. Cla68 (talk) 01:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I understand you're enthusiastic about this, but devoting one-quarter of the "magazine" section to the Robertson lawsuit is pretty darn ludicrous. Stetsonharry (talk) 02:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: are there other notable articles the subject has written?  It would seem that one that involved an actually filed lawsuit (rather than the usual legal threats to the publisher who ignores them), would be a good candidate for inclusion.  --Rocksanddirt (talk) 03:19, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

text: I think that if we're going to increase the size of the "magazine" section quite this substantially to add controversial derogatory information, we're going to need a clear consensus and also agreement on what to add. The haste and enthusiasm here really troubles me. Stetsonharry (talk) 03:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding three sentences to an article of this length on a topic that has already been established as notable enough to merit its own article does not violate undue.  Do you have any problems with the content of the three sentences? Cla68 (talk) 04:10, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The lawsuit article is being considered for merger to Tiger Management, and there it belongs. In fact, the point of the merger would be to add what's important to Tiger Management, and this lawsuit is not important. Yes, three sentences omprising a paragraph, 25% of the "magazine career" section, that is correct. I see that you recognized this raised an undue weight issue during one of the several times you've raised this issue in the past. Since the final status of the lawsuit article itself is up in the air, this discussion is premature, as is the one in Julian Robertson, where I you want to add a longer paragraph to a shorter section.  Stetsonharry (talk) 04:21, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess comparing three sentences to the rest of its section versus the article as a whole makes it appear like more of an undue issue, but I've never seen that done before until now.  Anyway, the status of the Robertson v. McGraw-Hill Co. article is under discussion, but not the notability of the topic.  Now, do you have any concerns about the wording of the three suggested sentences?  If not, we'll leave this discussion open for other editor input over the next day or so. Cla68 (talk) 04:27, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's correct, it is undue when compared to the remainder of the discussion of Weiss' Business Week career, and I assume that must have been the basis of your acknowledging there would be an undue issue a few years ago. It's superfluous to discuss the content of a paragraph that undermines the neutrality of an article, as well as premature. I think you may be misconstruing the merger discussion. What's being discussed there is precisely how to place what's important in the Tiger Management article. Stetsonharry (talk) 04:47, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: FWIW, I agree with Stetsonharry.  This is way too much about an old case that chiefly just demonstrates the ease with which lawsuits are brought in the US.  How about putting this material in the article on tort reform instead? --Christofurio (talk) 15:37, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Stetson asked me pff-line to take a look at this. A cover story in business week about this particular person, especially when even an inconclusive lawsuit followed, would seem to be worth a paragraph. The proposed addition does not seem disproportionate. I don;t think it violates NPOV with respect to any side of the issue. I don't think it violates BLP with respect to any person involved: the reports on it are from unquestionably RSs.. FWIW, I neither know nor care about the merits of the case or the personalities involved.     DGG ( talk ) 23:43, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Then in that case there should be paragraphs on all of Weiss' cover stories in Business Week to put this one in proper perspective, which would make that a long section. Then I imagine one would want to add whatever covers he did for Portfolio. Right now there are only three mentioned and this Robertson one would be four. That is why it seems disproportionate at the current length of the article. --AmishPete (talk) 00:04, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

text: That would be me. Just dropped by to say that if you can't reach consensus to include details about the case, it seems the best workaround would be to include it in the see also section. Then you don' have to worry about undue weight, while still linking to the article of which Gary is the main subject. I did this but Stetsonharry kindly reverted it.  For what it's worth, it seems to make much more sense to include brief details of the case in this article, as opposed to Robertson's. This is further discussed in the page Cla68 linked to, btw.—DMCer™ 01:29, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

text: I disagree with copyedeye, the article on the suit was 'kept' at AFD, if we are going to pretend that we are developing an encyclopedia, we need to not keep notable events out of people's biographical articles.  The wee bit of text presented above seems adaquate to me.  not a huge piece and not a brush off of the subject.  If Mr. Weiss also wrote other articles that might generate a wikipedia article (i.e., something notable, we should look at how to include them.  --Rocksanddirt (talk) 16:29, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Cla68: I'd request that you NOT do so until I can have a word with you privately, please. SirFozzie (talk) 23:12, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Cla68,  You've gotta be kidding me.  The above discussion leads you to declare a "clear consensus"?  What would look like dissensus to you ... bombs bursting in air? --Christofurio (talk) 00:26, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Nobody, except the newly-blocked user, has raised any concerns with including the case in the see also section. As I stated in my reasoning above, that seems the best workaround, as it avoids the WP:UNDUE issue that is still being worked out. Remembering when this issue was in the news, this article is incomplete without any mention of the case on the page.—DMCer™ 00:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Christofurio: If we take away Mantanmoreland's cavalcade of socks, we are left with you on one side and everyone else on the other side of the discussion. That looks like consensus to me. Hope that helps. ++Lar: t/c 02:59, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not clear to me that THF is on your "side," but it is clear he his not one of "Mantanmoreland's cavalcade of socks." I don't see any rush on the matter. Remember WP:BATTLE. Cool Hand Luke 04:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Well, we just had various IPs doing lots of stuff, they check out as very likely Mantanmoreland socks. Thanks, Christofurio for reverting them. However, I've restored the See Also that sparked so much contention, because consensus seems pretty clear for its inclusion. ++Lar: t/c 03:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Given the merger, "See also"  to an article that isn't there anymore makes little sense.  Sending someone from here to the article on "Tiger Management" is simply confusing. --Christofurio (talk) 16:32, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggested addition about Robertson lawsuit

message: The article is getting trolled by a slanderous IP. As such, I've semi-protected it for a couple of weeks - David Gerard (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protection 

message: On the 23  January an IP (who only edited this article and nothing else, and  geolocates to New York,	Elmhurst) made these changes to the article, which, basically,  have stayed in the article ever since. Firstly, s/he removed parts which were discussed above, and which I cannot see there were any consensus for removing. Secondly, s/he inserted a part which I consider some of the sillier puffery I have seen on wp: in a 5-page article  by Roddy Boyd, Weiss is mentioned -once- and that just as one in a long list of who the article-writer thinks  as "good guys". 
Now, strangely, no-one has considered inserting this ref. into the other "good-guys" who have a wp-article, (Herb Greenberg, Carol Remond, Joe Nocera, and Floyd Norris) ..... doesn´t that make people think? Hmmmmm? Use your brains here, please. Seriously. Thank you, Huldra (talk) 03:19, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: edits 23 January 2010 

message: Someone who has no wikipedia name keeps trying to insert the statement that Weiss was "let go" from Forbes.  The phrase "let go" is usually employed when there is an employment relationship in the first place and it was severed at the employer's discretion.  "Let go" is a vernacular synonym of "fired."  Is there any evidence that this was the case here?  If not, please stop inserting it.    --Christofurio (talk) 16:55, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Look at the Forbes website. Weiss stopped writing abruptly in March 2008. Was it to spend more time with his family? 174.253.170.12 (talk) 04:13, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: We don't surmise what happened to living people based on searches of magazine articles. Without a reliable source providing a reason for departure, even saying the column ran through Mar. 08 is chancy, but I don't see the harm since nearly three years have passed. ScottyBerg (talk) 04:30, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

text: This edit was unsourced and not accurate. Please exercise greater care with biographies of living people, for the rules are stringent and extensive. Also I see that this article is under special Arbitration Committee sanctions, which are described in a noticed at the top. ScottyBerg (talk) 13:44, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: "Let Go" From Forbes

message: Many of the references in this article point to the subject's own self-written website . Reading it, I found that portions of this article are taken almost verbatim from that same site. That, plus evidence suggesting the subject himself originally wrote the article makes me think it deserves a comprehensive re-writing (or elimination?).174.253.190.211 (talk) 03:53, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the tone here is neutral and the personal website is used appropriately. You've just returned from a 72 hour block for BLP violations in this article, for adding negative unsourced information, and appear to have a personal animosity toward this subject suggestive of a conflict of interest. Please be aware of the "Article probation" section at the top of this page applies, as it concerns adherence to site policies and disclosure of "any circumstances (but not including personal identifying information) that constitute or may reasonably be perceived as constituting a conflict of interest with respect to that page." ScottyBerg (talk) 17:15, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Extra extra: I can't comment on the version of 17 May 2011, but the version I saw a half an hour ago was mostly a puff-piece sourced to the subject's own site and containing a huge number of "references" that led to the subject's articles. Note: I do not have a COI with the subject, unless he's the dude who did it with my girlfriend a decade or more ago. But that seems unlikely. Drmies (talk) 23:19, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: A person who appears to have a very close relationship to the article's subject has been editing the article for some time now, employing numerous socks and, unfortunately, hasn't been completely honest in his approach to the article's content. Cla68 (talk) 00:32, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: So the story goes. I have no reason to doubt it, but I am not privy to the evidence. As far as I'm concerned, it's just another puff piece that we should keep our eyes on. It was protected in the past (2010) because of socking. If it happens again, and you happen to see it, feel free to drop me a line if RPP isn't quick enough. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:20, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article or PR Piece? 

message: I reverted an edit by an IP because (1) link was broken and (2) it was added to 'External Links' (and really doesn't fit there). The addition appears to be this 2007 Register article if anyone wants to use it as a source (I may get back to it at some point but just wanted to flag it as a possible source and explain revision). AnonNep (talk) 15:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is more interesting; it mentions Gary Weiss by name. Adding that. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 18:45, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the info because the external links section is not a place to include controversial information that per discussion above seems to have been deliberately left out of the Wikipedia article. If you think the information should be in the article, you should start a new discussion about that. Iselilja (talk) 22:28, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP ednit/source suggestion 

message: With this edit diff MONGO removed "news organizations in Connecticut and Washington, D.C., and" from the article. The Connecticut part of the claim is unsourced. But the Washington part is sourced to the reference at the end of the sentence. AlbinoFerret 17:18, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of sourced claim

message: *Barrons article in 2012 on naked short selling
*Barrons article profile on Abraham Briloff
*argued for a limit on leverage in 1998
*profile on Tim Geithner in 2008
*wrote about how to prevent another Madoff
*wrote a piece with Richard Behar on how the AP botched an investigation of Gaza casualties 
--MONGO 21:23, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you need to answer the questions in the previous section, or self revert your removal before moving on to any other edits. AlbinoFerret 02:36, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I see...so the other editor can make major changes without discussion first but I have to discuss any I make. Anyway, hence the reason I posted these links here first... if we are going to make changes they won't be done unilaterally, they will be done together. Nice try to bully but it will not work on me.--MONGO 14:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Wrong, Per WP:BRD you reverted, but you have refused any discussion. I am about to head over to AN/I because of ownership WP:OWN issues because you revert, refuse to discuss, then inserting edits without discussion and refusal to discuss the reasons for the revert. Then without finishing the issue you want to add more, by just revealing sources without specific edits. AlbinoFerret 22:46, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You go right ahead. I brought links here before adding them for discussio. I readded much of what the other editor had altered as I said I would. Stop being ridiculous. I parked these sources here as there may or may not support current or new changes....which YOU refuse to discuss. What's wrong with these links? Least I posted item here before adding them! They show mostly more recent writing contributions that this article lacks.--MONGO 02:43, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

text: Those links and the two above could be useful. We'll have to be careful not to synthesize anything controversial, but they can be used to support other sources and as external links. Tom Harrison Talk 10:36, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like to update the existing links by making sure they are formatted correctly and to eliminate bare url links if there are no objections...I'll wait a few days before doing so to allow others time to chime in.--MONGO 14:09, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Albino and Wuerzele, see here if you want to learn why this article has such close supervision. Cla68 (talk) 03:06, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article links for possible additions 

message: The Arbitration Committee are proposing to remove sanctions related to this topic area which appear to be no longer required.  Details of the proposal are at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#Motion: Removal of Unused Sanctions where your comments are invited. For the Arbitration Committee, Liz Read! Talk! 21:05, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arbitration Motion 

message: I've been asked to bring up the need to add reference to a Wired Magazine article here. I don't know what the conventions are. Can I get some guidance, or an opposing opinion to respond to?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100E:B138:CFC4:F45E:23E5:B0A:DBF9 (talk) 01:56, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: That piece is an opinion piece. It's speculative and draws conclusions not based in reality. See our policy on biographies of living people...one opinion piece making unsubstantiated claims is not nearly adequate. Besides, when an IP shows up to add derogatory info to a BLP that's an immediate red flag.--MONGO 16:10, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  'draws conclusions not based in reality'? Wikipedia doesn't do that - its called original research. Wikipedia quotes & references WP:RS as frustrating as that often is for topics ignored by mainstream media or academia, or those deluged by them. WP:BLP will always overide but unless there is clearly lawsuit material (noting that threatening lawsuits is grounds for blocks & bans) then the Wired article, presented in context, is a reasonable addition. AnonNep (talk) 18:02, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Edited to add (from the ArbCom summary ) =
 Any current or future editor who, after this decision is announced, makes substantial edits to naked short selling, Overstock.com, Patrick M. Byrne, Gary Weiss, or closely related pages or discussions on any page is directed:
    (A) To edit on these from only a single user account, which shall be the user's sole or main account;
    (B) To edit only through a conventional ISP and not through any form of proxy configuration;
    (C) To edit in accordance with all Wikipedia policies and to refrain from any form of advocacy concerning any external controversy, dispute, allegation, or proceeding; and
    (D) To disclose on the relevant talk pages any circumstances (but not including personal identifying information) that constitute or may reasonably be perceived as constituting a conflict of interest with respect to that page.
A note concerning these restrictions shall be placed on the talkpage of each of the affected articles. In case of any doubt concerning application or interpretation of these restrictions, the Arbitration Committee may be consulted for guidance.
Any uninvolved administrator may impose a reasonable restriction (e.g., a revert or civility limitation) or page-ban against any editor who, after receiving a warning containing a link to this decision, edits naked short selling, Overstock.com, Patrick M. Byrne, Gary Weiss, or any related page or discussion in a disruptive or uncivil fashion, who edits them in contravention of site policies and guidelines, or who attempts to reintroduce subtle or overt partisan advocacy regarding any external dispute concerning these subjects into Wikipedia.''
Continuation, including now lapsed warnings, here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Mantanmoreland Please add to anything relevant I've missed.
AnonNep (talk) 18:24, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

text: Its a no and a no. The article doesn't accurately reflect what transpired.--MONGO 00:18, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wired Article 

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