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== Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2018 == |
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== Sources to add == |
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*{{cite news | last =Ruffles | first =Michael | coauthors = | title =Tom Cruise's Scientology secrets | work =] | pages = | language = | publisher =Fairfax Digital | date =], ] | url =http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/tom-cruises-scientology-secrets/1174651.html | accessdate = 2008-02-03 }} |
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*{{cite news | last =Bart | first =Peter | coauthors = | title =Election brings out stars' stripes: Stars' political opinions often stir controversy | work =] | pages = | language = | publisher =] | date =], ] | url =http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979994.html?categoryid=1&cs=1 | accessdate = 2008-02-03 }} |
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*{{cite news | last =Staff | first = | coauthors = | title =Cruise marries celebrity to religious fervour: author | work =] | pages = | language = | publisher =] | date =], ] | url =http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/01/29/morton-cruise.html | accessdate = 2008-02-03 }} |
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*{{cite news | last =Govani | first =Shinan | coauthors = | title =Shinan: Drabinsky's Top Gun moment | work =] | pages = | language = | publisher =Canwest Publishing Inc. | date =], ] | url =http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/shinan/archive/2008/01/22/shinan-drabinsky-s-top-gun-moment.aspx | accessdate =2008-02-03 }} |
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*{{cite news | last =Staff | first = | coauthors = | title =Brisbane libraries stock controversial Cruise biography | work =] | pages = | language = | publisher =] | date =], ] | url =http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-libraries-stock-controversial-cruise-biography/2008/02/07/1202234002916.html | accessdate = 2008-02-07 }} |
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;Reviews of audiobook |
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*{{cite news | last =Kennedy | first =Janice | title =Focus on Hollywood | work =] | publisher =Canwest Interactive | date =], ] | url =http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.html?id=9572e9bb-5be7-4e2b-81a3-88ab9687c73c | accessdate =2008-02-25 }} |
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*{{cite news | last =Staff | title =Audio Reviews: Fiction: Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography | work =] | publisher =] | date =], ] | url =http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6534277.html?industryid=47159 | accessdate =2008-02-25 }} |
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:Will add this later. ] (]) 16:15, 25 February 2008 (UTC) |
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== Suri's Parentage == |
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Two of the sources used in the article make references to the allegation that Suri Cruise was somehow conceived with frozen sperm from L. Ron Hubbard, yet the article has no content on the matter. I have myself seen several articles reference the matter. Morton himself said in an interview with USA Today that he thought the idea was absurd, but that the hysteria with which the pregnancy was greeted made it plausible that some of them might have believed it. Perhaps some sort of statement regarding it should be included? ] (]) 19:44, 8 February 2009 (UTC) |
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:What do you suggest? ''']''' (]) 20:53, 8 February 2009 (UTC) |
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::Maybe something to the effect of what Morton said here, that the idea had been mentioned on the Internet before his book, and that while he himself says it is "absurd", it's plausible some members of the Church itself might have believed it. So maybe, |
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:::The book also makes mention of the theory that Cruise's daughter by Katie Holmes was conceived using frozen sperm from L. Ron Hubbard. While the author himself has stated he finds the theory absurd, he holds open the possibility that some members of the Church might believe it. ] (]) 21:31, 8 February 2009 (UTC) |
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::::That sounds fine. ''']''' (]) 22:35, 8 February 2009 (UTC) |
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:::::It "sounds fine" that we violate ] with that trash? --] (]) 23:47, 8 February 2009 (UTC) |
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::::::{{user|Justallofthem}} - please explain your assertion of how you feel this recommended addition to the article suggested by ] would violate BLP? ''']''' (]) 02:32, 9 February 2009 (UTC) |
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(left) Sigh. Try the first line of the ]: <blockquote>Editors must take particular care adding '''biographical material about a living person''' to ''any'' Misplaced Pages page.</blockquote>or this one, not soon after:<blockquote>'''Biographies of living persons''' must be written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid paper; it is not our job to be sensationalist...</blockquote>Yes, a sensationalist "biography" repeated some even more sensational internet suppositions (how is ''that'' for a "source") but even Morton did not take them seriously. Repeating those claims in an '''encyclopedia''' is inappropriate unless those claims '''and their connection with the Morton book''' is extremely notable, for example if those claims formed the basis of a notable lawsuit against Morton. Simply repeating outlandish and ill-sourced BLP claims because they happen to be in the subject book shows a clear lack of understanding of the basic nature of the BLP policy and of Misplaced Pages, IMO. --] (]) 14:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC) |
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And here is one that '''exactly''' fits and that the proposed edit '''exactly''' violates:<blockquote>Avoid repeating gossip. Ask yourself whether the source is reliable; whether the material is being presented as true; and whether, even if true, it is relevant to an encyclopedia article about the subject. When less-than-reliable publications print material they suspect is untrue, they often include weasel phrases and attributions to anonymous sources. Look out for these. If the original publication doesn't believe its own story, why should we?</blockquote>Q.E.D. Changed your mind yet? --] (]) 16:13, 9 February 2009 (UTC) |
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:{{user|Justallofthem}} - I am surprised that a '']'' report recommended by ] upon a book that comes from a reliable vetted publisher would prompt this reaction from you. If you like I will take the issue to the ]. ''']''' (]) 23:47, 9 February 2009 (UTC) |
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::Cirt, why don't you think for yourself? Do you really not understand the policy and the bit about not repeating gossip that the source itself does not believe? Do you really think that portraying a real child with a real life as some internet critic caricature shows a "a high degree of sensitivity" and is "written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy". How about this one: "The views of a tiny minority have no place in the article." Think for yourself, Cirt, and please stop trying to mirror tabloid crap on Misplaced Pages. In fact, why not take a stand against mirroring tabloid crap on Misplaced Pages? Do you really think that ridiculing a child has anything to do with the criticism of Scientology? Or with Misplaced Pages? Are you a parent? --] (]) 14:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC) |
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== Other claims of the book == |
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The article "Cruise biographer: Star has Tinseltown scared" by Bob Minzesheimer, punlished by '']'' on January 15, 2008, makes the following claims regarding the book: |
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*That Katie Holmes has private concerns about the marriage and feels "isolated and alone", |
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*Nicole Kidman was, after she cut back her involvement with Scientology, "reduced" to Internet camera and e-mail as her means of contacting her adopted children, and, |
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*That Cruise is at least uncomfortable around gay men, and possibly homophobic, evidently due to belonging to a "macho religion that claimed to cure homosexuality". |
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Other statements from that article include ] being as "controlling, competive, and macho" as Cruise, and that several people in Hollywood were "scared of talking publicly and candidly about Tom Cruise" because the Church of Scientology is "extremely litigious and can be quite intimidating." |
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{{edit semi-protected|Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography|answered=yes}} |
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The Church including in its response the statement that "British publishers rejected the book because of Morton's inability to prove the truth of his allegations," from the same article. ] (]) 22:46, 8 February 2009 (UTC) |
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dear sir i wants to edit this biography there some links are dead |
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:{{user|John Carter}} - suggested wording for this recommended addition to the article? ''']''' (]) 02:32, 9 February 2009 (UTC) |
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and i wants to replace them with live links |
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thanks ] (]) 12:25, 23 September 2018 (UTC) |
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:] '''Not done:''' this is not the right page to ] additional ]. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have ], you can wait until you are ] and edit the page yourself.<!-- Template:ESp --> ] (]) 17:54, 23 September 2018 (UTC) |
Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Hhkohh (talk) 17:54, 23 September 2018 (UTC)