Talk:Greg Mathis

message: The person who believes it is appropriate to integrate some personal advertiseing of their web page- which isn't even very interesting or entertaining, and obvious is just a vanity website, detracts from the higher goal of wikipedia to make the encyclopedia a worthwhile and reliable reference source. Thus I deleted the material below:
"He has also been recognised in the best page in the universe's tribute to real men."--Mikerussell 18:01, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article is obviously NPOV. We need to clean it up and actually cite sources. This dude has a bio better than Kim Jong Il's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.24.52.51 (talk • contribs) 
:That doesn't even make sense.  NPOV means neutral point of view, and you don't provide any actual basis for this.  Thats the way an article should be.  Please read over WP:NPOV ,in full before you attempt to go any further on this.--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 05:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The source, more or less, is the book, it might be useful to tag the page numbers to the sections, but the only real source used is his published memoir that goes up to his getting the Judgeship in Detroit and just barely addresses his TV show. If you, or anybody else can find other sources, then add them and expand the article. It is not POV to use a published source and to document his achievements. Nor is the article POV in my opinion, it is pretty frank about his criminal conduct, troubled family background, struggles to keep on the right side of the law, and mentions his illgetimate kid and failing the bar exam- all things Judge Judy, I bet, or many other people concerned about their public image, would ever willingly discuss in print. The book, and not this article, even talks about him getting an STD as a kid- so it is far from a "puff piece" biography like so many other wanna-be politicians and celebrities. Personally, my hunch is that he is too candid for some readers and people want to slam him for being who is and not "conforming" or trying to "pass" as part of the legal establishment's expected manner and way of talking about his past. That being said, if their are "negative" sources, find them and add them. --Mikerussell 04:54, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[NPOV]]?

message: the first sentence mentions this, but nothing in the article discusses it. was he appointed? by whom? was he elected? when did he serve? Kingturtle (talk) 16:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously he was elected, why someone edited out such factual information from the article gives you an idea why wikipedia is always a poor source. I reentered the factual account, but if you are looking for real sources search here, oh but yeah- they aren't impartial and objective according to the brainacs here- just if you want true info they are the place to go. (If you need a bunch of people to tell you what is "objective" and "neutral"- use the wikipedia article and the junta of NPOV thought police, but if you can trust yourself to measure a variety sources read more widely including these links and think for yourself!)   [], --Mike Russell 14:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: a retired Michigan 36th District Court judge?

message: I just wanted to comment on drug addictions as well as alcohol addiction. Judge Mathis has mentioned several times how people can't stop smoking crack, cyrstal meth, or drinking without help. That is not true and I am living proof of it. I smoked crack for several years as well as cyrstal meth (at a different time in life). I also drank, (after my drug years) for 8 years. I drank whiskey daily and lots of it,(1.75 liters every two to three days). I am currently clean and sober on my own with no outside help whatsoever. I have been off of crack for about twenty years. I currently was roommates with my cousin who smoked daily(crack), and I wouldn't touch it if you put a gun to my head. The same with cyrstal(1992-1994).I just recently quit drinking because it was just causing too many problems, personal and healthwise.Rbelew (talk) 23:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Addictions

message: Probably the most important part of the page, the career section doesn't even mention his show, when it started, how he was chosen to start a show, etc. It jumps from not practicing law in the 80s(?) to handing out free gas in 2011 to people who voted for him? very confusingly written section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.106.69 (talk) 18:44, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: TV Career

message: According to his autobiography (which I think would be the source people would want to look to, given that he knows his life story better than anyone), his first daughter Jade was born from a one-night stand with an older colleague at Detroit City Hall, while he was engaged to his future wife. He has 3 children with his wife and 1 child with another woman from a one-night stand. Look inInner City Miracle 98.10.165.90 (talk) 16:18, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  children