Talk:International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

message: Heya, so I was just wondering if anyone actually had information for this article other than the spelling of employes and what local is where?  I was looking at the article page and noticed that it's just a list of locals and there's nothing really talking about the history of the International, like how in 1886 the Theatrical Protective Union was created after workers went on strike to get a dollar a day wage.  Or about how the International went international.  Does anyone else agree with me on this?  Does anyone have any information to add?  Lekogm 14:37, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this an article about IATSE, or just a list of it's locals? 

message: It seems to me that the union is famous for corruption and organized crime connections. This would certainly be a reasonable and interesting thing to include in the article. I am referring to Willie Bioff, etc.--Jrm2007 (talk) 16:24, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section 

message: An edit was made in April 2014 removing the 'Corruption' section, after having previously been reverted due to no explanation. The given explanation, "Deleted section as it's irrelevant" is not good enough to blank a whole section, on a particularly sensitive subject. I've manually restored the section into 'History', with a note that the restored text will need some cleanup/updating. Removal of this section should be subject to discussion first. --Strangerpete (talk) 00:52, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally, I'd like to note that edits by 184.74.165.92 are a possible conflict of interest: over a couple years edits are only to this page, and performed during business hours, monday-friday, from a business IP based in NYC (IATSE headquarters is NYC) While this user has made many good contributions to the article, I am worried it has introduced a bias - Corruption is not irrelevant history. In full disclosure I am an IATSE member in good standing (as noted on my user page) and my only agenda is to see this page as an accurate and comprehensive history.  --Strangerpete (talk) 02:17, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corruption section restored 

message: I'm the Communications Director for the IATSE, and we're trying to standardize how our logo appears across the internet. The version on this page is an old one. The new one is available here: http://www.iatse.net/sites/default/files/iatse_logo_black_3-4.png You can see this version of the logo -- with the longer, sharper blades -- on the union's website: http://www.iatse.net/
A few weeks ago, I tried to update the file on my own, but it looks like it was taken down for a license issue. Since this is the organization's official logo, I thought that the image would be acceptable. I'm not much of a Wikipedia editor and I don't know all the rules about licensing, and I don't want to try to make the same update twice without checking in. 
Is there anything I need to do to make sure this page reflects the accurate logo?
Mmcain09 (talk) 17:02, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll take care of updating the file. It's a valid fair use to use an organization's logo on the article of the organization, but the file must be properly labeled and credited. Thanks for pointing it out. oknazevad (talk) 22:36, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated logo 

message: The district map map shows Connecticut in District 10, but the chart lists Connecticut as being in District 3.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.179.137.195 (talk) 13:54, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, its fixed. Connecticut is in District 3, which I mixed up because the studio mechanics locals are opposite - Connecticut works in NY, whereas the rest of NE is another local. Cheers -- Strangerpete (talk) 17:15, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Districts