Talk:Craig Parker

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A Twist in the Tale link

There is no article for A Twist in the Tale, but linking directly to William Shatner seems like the wrong approach.

Questionable source regarding personal life

I think this poorly cited source here should be removed and Approach 5 should be taken at least until a second or alternative source is provided. A higher-quality WP:BLPRS should be required for such a personal and WP:BLP-sensitive claim. The source in question has been controversial and debated since it was first added. Also, the fact that there hasn’t been another source of any kind in 15+ years attesting to this makes it even more disputable. Nevertheless, Craig Parker has always been outspoken about valuing his privacy and wanting to keep his personal life private… I believe that his wishes and privacy should be respected on this matter until a more verifiable source is found. NicR77 (talk) 17:18, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Oppose Source is mainstream and accurate. Parker came out publicly. Partyclams (talk) 08:43, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree. The source is a WP:NEWSBLOG at best. Its reliability is not verifiable, which is required for a WP:BLPRS. By Wikipedia's policies, a secondary source should be provided before this claim is stated as a fact. NicR77 (talk) 15:48, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Oppose: The source is mainstream, owned by Paramount Media Networks (formerly MTV Networks). As such the reporters were employed by MTV News, and none of its stories were WP:UGC. - BlueboyLINY (talk) 17:57, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Actually, that is false. Upon further research, the true original source from January 19, 2010, here was published by a personal and/or group blog. Its content was later merged with NewNowNext.com without any modifications. (Which would explain the articles’ spelling/grammatical errors and lack of a cited source as you would expect from a self-published blog.) NewNowNext would still be considered a WP:NEWSBLOG as it was a news blog owned by Logo TV (which is not a news organization, by the way) and its writers may or may not have been professional. Regardless, the article in question was originally a WP:SPS which should never be used as a WP:BLPRS and is in direct violation of WP:V policy on WP:BLP. See: WP:BLPSPS. NicR77 (talk) 20:41, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Support: the original source was "Michael Jensen's blog" from AfterElton which was dissolved 10 years ago and had its content merged with NewNowNext.com.

From a WP:WEIGHT perspective I will also say this. We don't talk about the sexual orientation of the subject in 99% of the biographical articles on Wikipedia. If the only source we have on his orientation is that he allegedly slipped out that he was gay one time to a New Zealand interviewer 17 years ago, then there is no way that carries enough weight to be mentioned. ເສລີພາບ (talk) 04:10, 1 October 2025 (UTC)