Talk:Entertainment Tonight

message: If anyone has the dates all of the former on-ar talent were with the show please feel free to add them in.  That seems to be the only important thing missing form this article.  I feel it would really add to the article if those dates could be added in .  Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by TVFAN24 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former On Air Talent Dates 

message: Hello, Please do not add unreferenced names as entries to a list of former employees in articles. Including this type of material in articles does not abide by current consensus and its inclusion is strongly discouraged in our policies and guidelines. The rationales are as follows:
#WP:NOT tells us, Wikipedia is "not an indiscriminate collection of information."  As that section describes, just because something is true, doesn't necessarily mean the info belongs in Wikipedia.  
#As per WP:V, we cannot include information in Wikipedia that is not verifiable and sourced. 
# WP:NLIST tells us that lists included within articles (including people's names) are subject to the same need for references as any other information in the article. 
#Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.
If you look at articles about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable.  Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of names, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article.  cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 03:40, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you are wrong in thinking this applies to the cast of television programming.  Yes, it would be inappropriate to list every producer and technician whoever worked there.  Leave that to IMDb and the like.  But an article about a long lived television program should certainly be able to list the hosts / presenters.  By your logic, the article for At the Movies (the prior show, not the new Ebert presents one) should only list Scott & Phillips, the final hosts, and ignore Siskel, Ebert, Roeper, and the two Bens.Filmteknik (talk) 23:56, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, please re-read the criteria outlined above. No one is "automatically" excluded provided that their notability in regard to the show is established and just as importantly, that their inclusion in the list is justified by providing a reliable reference to support that inclusion.A pre-existing article in the encyclopedia can provide that support as well. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 00:49, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding unreferenced entries of former employees to lists containing BLP material 

message: No mention of the early anchors seems strange to me.216.244.48.124 (talk) 23:43, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see my response in the section above this one.  cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 00:49, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I added Ron Hendren to the list of former on-air personalities. I believe being the original host of the show is notable.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 00:51, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

text: Hendren and Whatley were definitely the original hosts. Here is a link to a publicity photo of them. And here is a YouTube video of the show's original open, with Hendren and Whatley.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 10:43, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: No Mention of Dixie Whatley and Ron Hendren

message: What about the "Special Correspondents" who lasted one or more seasons?
Or would that list be too long or not appropriate enough to be included?
Just curious. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 06:31, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special Correspondents ?