Talk:Bret Stephens

message: There seems to be a bit of confusion as to Mr. Stephens' wife's name.  The NY Times carried a wedding announcement for Mr. Stephens and Pamela Paul, in their September 20, 1998 paper.  The article may be found at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E0D71730F933A1575AC0A96E958260 68.236.120.112 (talk) 15:23, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is this confusing? He has been divorced and remarried.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.242.135 (talk) 21:36, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mr. Stephens' wife? 

message: Bedbugs are small, oval, brownish insects that live on the blood of animals or humans. Adult bedbugs have flat bodies about the size of an apple seed. After feeding, however, their bodies swell and are a reddish color.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:280:4700:25F0:71D6:6462:D17F:6FB6 (talk) 08:02, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a bedbug kerfuffle: https://www.mediaite.com/news/nytimes-columnist-and-free-speech-champion-bret-stephens-threatens-professor-and-emails-professors-boss-who-called-him-bedbug-on-twitter/ kencf0618 (talk) 09:47, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Basic facts about personal life 

message: Jayjg, 
Regarding your blanking of Bret Stephens’ statement:
One must at least be a Jew to tell the goyim how they may or may not talk about Israel.
I don’t see how this quote violates WP:BLP: its sourced, verifiable, and best of all, in Stephens’ own words.
Colombo Man (talk) 18:22, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please review WP:BLP "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid paper; it is not our job to be sensationalist". Please also review WP:UNDUE. Jayjg (talk) 01:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

text: Actually, it's quite sensationalist, and not even particularly clear. Which publications, aside from M&W's controversial work, have taken note of that statement? How important is it in relation to the rest of Stephens' biography? Again, see WP:UNDUE. Jayjg (talk) 19:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Stephens’ views on ‘the goyim’

message: Tiny correction: Conlon Nancarrow is cited as an "artist" in the sentence about Stephens' grandmother's second husband.  But, as the linked Wikipedia entry correctly shows, Nancarrow was a composer.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.124.205 (talk) 16:13, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That's right. Conlon Nancarrow just sounds like an artist's name. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 06:12, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conlon Nancarrow 

message: Section = 109 BLP articles labelled "Climate Change Deniers" all at once. This article was placed in a "climate change deniers" category. After discussion on WP:BLPN and WP:CFD the category was deleted. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 17:25, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: BLP noticeboard

message: Something ought to be said here about the effect of Stephens' employment on NYT subscriptions. The publishers have stated they hope he will expand readership, but I personally know more than two dozen people who have already canceled their (sometimes life-long) subscriptions already. It would be useful to have numbers on how this is helping or hurting their bottom line.   — Aldaron • T/C   13:15, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Only if we have reliable sources covering this. —David Eppstein (talk) 15:47, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

text: Update: the new Guardian source does mention this, but only anecdotally and sourced to blogs. We still don't have much evidence that this is a significant effect. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:09, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It may take a bit to settle, but I expect there are agencies that monitor this sort of thing, and eventually they will need to report to their investors.   — Aldaron • T/C   18:22, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Another source, but I think still too anecdotal to be useful for much of anything: . —David Eppstein (talk) 01:50, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

text: Another, for the record: .   — Aldaron • T/C   15:11, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

text: Another, probably too right-of-center-opinion-based to use as a source (and blatantly downplaying Stephens' denial) but saying that the Times has been "slammed" by subscription cancellations: The Daily Caller, . —David Eppstein (talk) 22:09, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  NYT subscription cancellations 

message: BEDBUG 71.94.139.253 (talk) 22:23, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not clear what change to the article you're requesting? Robofish (talk) 22:30, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2019 

message: I added this information from the Guardian:
On December 28, the Guardian reported on New York Times columnist accused of eugenics over an article on superior intelligence of the Ashkenazim Jews where Stephens was criticized for writing a controversial piece in New York Times, "The Secrets of Jewish Genius"[citation needed]
and then suddenly two users blocked me to continue and put citation tag. Now, this page is semi-protected (against the facts?)
Here is the article for reference for those who have autoconfirmed status:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/28/bret-stephens-new-york-times-jewish-intelligence-eugenics  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanessa Mark Brooks (talk • contribs) 23:14, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversy section

message: The quote snippet "the disease of the Arab mind" is now discussed in two separate places in the article... AnonMoos (talk) 20:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: True. I suppose it would hurt nothing to remove the second occurrence: "He has caused controversy for his remarks referring to an Egyptian athlete's refusal to shake his Israeli Olympic opponent's hand as "the disease of the Arab mind".[51][52] Stephens claimed this incident exemplifies antisemitism in the Arab world.[53]" moving one of the cites (a Vox interview) up. Let's see whether anyone objects. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 15:29, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quote