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Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2018

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"On November" = "In November" 2605:E000:9149:8300:8DD1:4DAA:AF43:2AFA (talk) 12:53, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Done – Vistadan 13:17, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Comedian makes jokes; pearls were clutched

Dear, User:TSP I see no need to include on this page the wailing from pundits due to and Twitter's response to a comedian's jokes (referring to the latest "furor" in particular). Misplaced Pages is not the Burn Book from Mean Girls where you "update" it anytime your or your peers' feathers are ruffled. Be mature and strive for objectivity at all times. JKRichard (talk) 02:40, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi JKRichard,

You should perhaps refamiliarise yourself with the core content policies of Misplaced Pages.

WP:NPOV says, "Neutrality requires that each article or other page in the mainspace fairly represents all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint in the published, reliable sources".

These activities have received significant coverage in published sources, so should be included here.

In addition, please avoid personal attacks. TSP (talk) 18:25, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Improvement to section "Career", subsection "Return to comedy"

Where the article currently reads "On December 31, 2018, a stand-up set from C.K. from Long Island was leaked in which he joked about Auschwitz, non-binary people as well as the victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting, which drew heavy condemnation on social media."

Would it not be more accurate to change this to read: "On December 31, 2018, a fan-recorded stand-up set from C.K. from the comedy club Governor's in Levittown, NY was leaked in which he joked about Auschwitz, non-binary people, as well as the victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting, which was subsequently seen as controversial on social media."

This fixes grammar and provides a more specific location and source of the material. Although there are quite a number of vocal sources critical of this material, there is also a large group of comedy fans defending his style of provocative comedy on the original leaked video and comments sections of many of the cited sources—therefore it would be more accurate to consider the reaction "controversial" since there is no consensus of opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:191:200:4156:45A:A15F:F514:CFC1 (talk) 05:54, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Philanthropy section relevance

Observation: most people and BLP articles don't have sections highlighting their philanthropy (except for those who are notable primarily or solely through their philanthropy, of course). Clearly, CK's philanthropy (like many rich people) is not inconsiderable, but is it noteworthy and is its inclusion on Misplaced Pages here appropriate? 194.53.185.234 (talk) 16:19, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

I've seen quite a number of BLP articles on Misplaced Pages that discuss the subject's philanthropy. The section is referenced with third-party sources, so I don't see any reason to remove the information, although the information doesn't necessarily need to have its own, devoted section. So if someone wants to move this information into the "Personal life" section, then that would be fine too, I suppose. --Jpcase (talk) 16:32, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

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Change the website from louisck.net back to LouisCK.com. louisck.net is a hacker exploit site that is not controlled by the comedian Louis CK or any of his representatives. Fortheloveofwisdom (talk) 23:13, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Partly done: I've removed the link to the .net site. I didn't add the .com site, because it says it's closed. NiciVampireHeart 08:33, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Louis CK Personal Life with Blanche Gardin

The current version of the article state that Louis CK and Blanche Gardin have broke up but there are no official sources for that. The "source" cited in the article is a reupload of a standup scene of Blanche in 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs1FWH4l8pA) which is totally out of subject. Here is the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeUtQsHCit8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.163.189.61 (talk) 03:54, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Sex offender

Should it be stated that he is a sex offender or even be listed in the opening line? Louis C.K. is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, filmmaker, and a sex offender. Why or why not? 2001:8003:3364:7500:8CF0:EFA4:517D:E82A (talk) 04:37, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I would have to say no because he's never been convicted of a sex crime and is therefore not a sex offender. 156.146.54.187 (talk) 06:10, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

No. Simply he is not. He is a true comic genius and generous enough to explain his side. Omor Sharief (talk) 02:07, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Multiple citations fail verification

Most of the references cited for early life contain no information whatsoever about his early life. Is this a numbering error or just deliberate fabrication? 2600:1700:7D01:290:C07B:77DA:B9F3:6222 (talk) 22:03, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

I've found that some editors stick uncited claims within cited passages. For early life, that's a blatant WP:BLP vio, and any uncited personal-life claims need to be removed. Thanks for the head-up.--Tenebrae (talk) 23:25, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

I worked on the first two paragraphs; will do the others later.--Tenebrae (talk) 00:19, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

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Categorie:American people of Mexican-Jewish descent 2600:8807:C809:7B00:7576:A29E:4028:2322 (talk) 22:44, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Done added Category:American people of Mexican-Jewish descent. (You can link a category by using a colon at the start e.g. the previous link was produced by ].) — Bilorv (talk) 00:08, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, the Hungarian-Jewish descent is already there, it's enough.(KIENGIR (talk) 19:53, 20 March 2021 (UTC))

@KIENGIR: can you explain in what way? What do you mean by "it's enough" and with respect to what guideline/policy? I'm really struggling to work out what you could mean based on the categories in question and my knowledge of diffusing/non-diffusing categories. Or maybe you're saying it's non-defining (why this but not the others)? — Bilorv (talk) 20:27, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Sure, may point is the father is of Hungarian-Jewish descent (solely in the family of Jewish descent).(KIENGIR (talk) 21:19, 20 March 2021 (UTC))

I went ahead and reverted your edit. I think it'd be better to argue why it should be removed, rather than why it should be included, as it's objectively true he's of Mexican-Jewish descent. CaffeinAddict (talk) 01:59, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

@CaffeinAddict:,

our policies are clear, regardless how you wish to argue, consensus is needed, until then the status quo versions will stand and may be reverted to (your re-revert does not change this). What do you mean by "objectively true"?(KIENGIR (talk) 02:11, 21 March 2021 (UTC))

Objectively true? It's well documented he is a descendant of a Mexican-Jewish ancestry? It's... very clear in the article "C.K.'s father is of Mexican and Hungarian descent. C.K.'s Jewish grandfather, Géza Székely Schweiger, had immigrated from Hungary to Mexico, and to appease his Mexican wife raised Luis in the Catholic faith. C.K.'s mother, an American, is Irish-Catholic." Therefore, Mexican-Jewish. CaffeinAddict (talk) 03:17, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Am I correct in that you're saying "Mexican-Jewish descent" is not applicable because one parent is (Hungarian-)Jewish and the other parent is Mexican (rather than one parent being Mexican-Jewish)? — Bilorv (talk) 03:05, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Well, it's a bit borderline and complex. E.g. Majoritity of the Jews in the Kingdom of Hungary were Hungarian Jews, but after the country was dismembered some became Czechoslovak citizens, so per changed nationality they me as well identified as Czechoslovak Jews, however, it does not mean they arent originally Hungarian ones (culture, language, etc.). Here the same analogy could be made if that grandparent became a Mexican citizen. So 50%-50% you may argue for favor or against, cca.(KIENGIR (talk) 11:40, 21 March 2021 (UTC))

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Change "Louis Székely" to "Louis Alfred Székely"

Source: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=mary-louise-sz-kely-davis&pid=193121372 70.49.16.231 (talk) 03:32, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Done. CaffeinAddict (talk) 05:53, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

NPOV dispute

The article as currently written significantly understates and minimizes the serious workplace sexual harassment allegations against Louis CK. The problems begin in the introduction when the harassment allegations are referred to by the vague term "sexual misconduct" and continue through to the section dedicated to the matter where the emphasis is repeatedly placed on CK's claims that he always obtained consent from those he harassed before he harassed them. It would seem either passionate fans or paid representatives of CK himself are editing/watching this page in order to tilt to reflect CK'S preferred narrative, although the possibility cannot be ruled out that this lack of neutrality happened by accident. Mbroderick271 (talk) 20:46, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

We should stick with the term that sources use – NPOV, at Misplaced Pages, just means fairly representing what reliable sources have to say; your opinions on the matter aren't relevant. From the sources used in the article:

"Louis C.K. Is Accused by 5 Women of Sexual Misconduct"
"Louis CK accused by five women of sexual misconduct in new report"
"Louis C.K. responds to sexual misconduct allegations: ‘These stories are true’"

The only problem I did notice with the article was the use of "harassment" when it wasn't actually in the NYT source. The only possible issue is that these articles could be cherry picked, but googling around most do stick with "misconduct" (though Vox did use the term "harassment"). And yes, before you ask, I'm not a fan of his or a paid shill either. ‑‑Volteer1 (talk) 21:14, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Mbroderick271: the page history of this page is publicly known, so which editors specifically are you saying are "passionate fans or paid representatives", because in either case that's a problem we want to know about? As for the content, I've made an edit here because there's no sense in listing topics with no comments on what C.K. said about them, but other than that if you have concrete suggestions of sources that are missing, places where facts are unsourced or taken out of the context of the source (I couldn't find the Auschwitz stuff in the sources in the article), or material that should be reworded then either make those changes yourself, and if someone disagrees we can discuss, or lay out the specific changes here. — Bilorv (talk) 21:58, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Yes this, I'd like to see as @Bilorv: has mentioned a specific list of accused paid-contributors that are in violation of Misplaced Pages:Paid-contribution disclosure before you can make such a claim. Which is a pretty serious one. CaffeinAddict (talk) 02:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

@Mbroderick271: - My counter-point would be that the articles that focused on C.K.'s assassination of character in 2017 overstate and maximize the consensual private sexual conduct of a man made very public and that expanding these issues to beyond what they have become in the story of his life would certainly go against WP:UNDUE. Oh guess what? I don't get paid to edit either nor do I have an affiliation - you'll find most of my edits are on Canadian COVID-19 statistics and not on Louis C.K. ... CaffeinAddict (talk) 02:38, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I don't understand what you're talking about. C.K.'s conduct wasn't "consensual". Nor can I see any articles which say that there was any "assassination of character" in 2017. — Bilorv (talk) 07:32, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

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