Talk:Derek Blasberg

Citations

The article should be looked at for editing for vast improvement and put into neutral editorial standard. It is now appearing as a puff PR bio piece of highlight information without specific citation in the body. It requires inserting proper citations that are properly tagged to specific pieces of information mentioned, (a list of various external links does not suffice as proper encyclopaedic citation within the body of the text.) Onthispage (talk) 21:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Editing by article subject

If you look in the edit history there are some edits by the user "DerekBlasberg" that were properly undone by another editor. Following this, a number of different IP's have tried to restore the very same material. This is a pretty obvious case of the article subject editing the article, so I tagged it as COI.SamanthaB55 (talk) 07:44, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

This page has been edited by his assistant only with information backed up by external links, as there is no subjective information, the COI concern no longer seems relevant — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBassistant (talk • contribs) 20:17, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

I agree. The issue with this article seems resolved for now. But if you are the assistant, and are employed or paid compensation, you must declare this on your user page. See my message on your talk page for more information. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:14, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Entirely copyvio

As far as I can see, the material on the page very very closely matches the material at http://www.derekblasberg.com/.SamanthaB55 (talk) 09:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Article cleanup

I am in the process of updating the existing article. I'm about halfway through cleaning up the existing citations and content, and have stripped a lot of the fluffery, which I think addresses some of the COI / copyvio issues. I am not finished, and need a few days to do the rest of the clean up as well as adding further content and sources. But I think at this point the article doesn't need to flags. Please Assume Good Faith as I am in process on this. Thanks, - Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 14:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Recent incident at Gwyneth Paltrow's home

This is all over the news although it hasn't made it to Page Six/ NY Post... yet. Paltrow told Oprah what Blasberg did at her home. I added two sentences without mentioning the ghastly "incident" but sourced his close friendship with Paltrow using two WP:RS, WP:NPOV references that cover what happened. I have no idea whether something like this belongs in a BLP of a socialite or not.-- FeralOink (talk) 08:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

It does. Wikipedia Wonderful 698-D (talk) 09:42, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

The story has been picked up by international outlets including Variety and the Daily Mail. I believe it does belong on the page GramercyGreats (talk) 17:44, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/gwyneth-paltrow-derek-blasberg-hamptons-house-scandal-1236061243/ mentions wikipedia 98.248.161.240 (talk) 00:20, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Wonderful 698-D and GramercyGreats. Given that Variety picked it up (thanks for link IP editor 98.248.161.240) I'll include the ahh incident in the subject's BLP. The four of us agree.--FeralOink (talk) 04:37, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

The Variety piece actually frames it in terms of coverage of the story itself—it's about the spread of the tale through tabloids and the media. But it doesn't investigate or assert about whether Blasberg actually did whatever Paltrow allegedly said he did. The Vulture story also treats it as a story about a story—their summary is as follows:

Last week, gossip site Popbitch published an item about a rumor that has been floating around Hamptons social circles for “the last few weeks,” purporting that “a recent houseguest of Gwynnie’s catastrophically shat themselves in bed while staying there, then fled back to the city before they had to face the music.” The site claims that the incident is really part of a larger epidemic of “Ozempic-induced diarrhoea” putting a strain on houseguest-host relations.

On July 3, Dailymail.com claimed that an insider identified Blasberg as the culprit, that he blamed it on Ozempic before “fleeing the property,” and that the Ozempic excuse was just that: an excuse. The source alleges that the rumor spread after Paltrow told Oprah Winfrey, Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld, and Larry David.

Despite Blasberg allegedly leaving a trail of evidence in his wake, the incident is contested. On July 3, Lainey Gossip blogger Maria Tallarico wrote that they had received a letter around three weeks prior that this same rumor (minus the Ozempic detail) was floating around NYC, and that it took place at Paltrow’s Montecito guesthouse.
… And?

And that’s all we know.

This tells me that it's not for inclusion in this article, since no reliable source is even asserting that Derek Blasberg did this—they're only reporting that rumors and stories have spread it, and are careful not to imply that the story is true. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 22:37, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Added details of incident. Recently, various editors keep removing this content (explosive defecation episode) and other sourced changes I made.. If it gets bad enough, I'll ask for page protection.--FeralOink (talk) 17:48, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Better sources for "Personal life"

• https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/derek-blasbergs-manhattan-pad-brings-youthful-style-uptown
• https://wwd.com/business-news/technology/natalie-massenet-nick-brown-to-form-venture-firm-imaginary-ventures-10836072/
• https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/derek-blasberg-social-media-famous-friends.html
• https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/nick-brown-carol-blasberg-bill-blasberg-and-derek-blasberg-news-photo/1483584004

98.248.161.240 (talk) 00:42, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, IP editor. We cannot include any content from Getty Images as it is copyrighted. The Architectural Digest article looks great Not sure about The Cut being WP:RS, but for fashion, it might be. Your contributions are appreciated!--FeralOink (talk) 04:41, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

We can include content from Getty Images. It is copyrighted, but you can link to it, as a reference or external link or {{external media}}

16:08, 20 July 2024 (UTC) 98.248.161.240 (talk) 16:08, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

The Cut (New York) is a New York Magazine site. --98.248.161.240 (talk) 16:12, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

You're correct. I included it. Various editors keep removing content including the explosive defecation episode from the article. If it gets bad enough, I'll ask for page protection.--FeralOink (talk) 17:46, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

I've made a post to discuss this at BLPN, see Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Derek_Blasberg. Hemiauchenia (talk) 20:01, 23 July 2024 (UTC)