Talk:Gregory David Roberts

message: Um...is this guy for real? Revolutionary/philanthropist/mobster/singer/author? I don't believe it. Sorry, guys, it's just a little too over the top.
--- Unsigned comment by 71.122.250.69, March 2007.  Anythingyouwant (talk) 18:15, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes - he is for real.... really. --- Unsigned comment by 64.254.232.228, May 2007.  Anythingyouwant (talk) 18:20, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Real or not

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 16:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: A claim was made on the page that the subject disapproves of the article, however, it seems to largely reiterate points made on his own official pointlist biography, so I don't know where this stands. As it currently reads, the article is in need of improved sourcing and verification. Orderinchaos 09:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This article has been stubbified in response to . Please consult with an OTRS user before undertaking any major expansions of/modifications to the article. - Mark 03:32, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

text: So long as the content is fully sourced/cited in accordance with WP:BLP it should be fine to add back. The gist of that OTRS ticket was a complaint about defamatory lies added to the article. - Mark 02:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes, I think it should be fine, though I place emphasis on sourcing everything you add (even if it seems uncontroversial). :) - Mark 10:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP 

message: I removed the words "Swiss princess" next to Ms. Sturdza. There is no such thing as a Swiss princess. It seems Ms. Sturdza likes to call herself that. The most relevant source provided was a Hindustan Times article, which actually puts quotes around the term, and handles it with more than a grain of salt ("does it matter?" is GDB quoted replying in that source).
For the record, Sturdza is not a even  name of Swiss origin. There is indeed a Sturdza living in Switzerland who affects to give himself the title "prince" in some circumstances, just like anybody is allowed to introduce himself as "master of the universe".128.178.14.162 (talk) 07:11, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Francoise Sturdza 

message: The subject is clearly a novelist, heroin smuggler, Indian mafiaosa, bank robber and possibly now charity organiser. To call him a philsopher or poet implies he has published or made a living from it. Cod philosophy maybe but this is no career. Indeed he spent his life from pre 1980 (aged under 28 to 1995 (43) either committing crimes or paying for them in prison. Boils (talk) 09:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Occupation 

message: This article mentions the author's book Shantaram as a reference. It would be better if it is mentioned as Further Reading since the book is a novel, and not an autobiography. Sections of the article seem to be lifted right of situations mentioned in the book, which could have been fictional.Shravan.Iyer (talk) 05:21, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Novel used as reference

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thread_title:  removing content 

message: It would be interesting to know why he changed his name, from Gregory John Peter Smith to Gregory David Roberts.  -  yoyo (talk) 05:50, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason for name change