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Bad Link edit
The biography link to MSN has gone bad.
Personal Life edit
There is nothing about his personal life, such as children.
Movie edit
I recall this man was in a movie called Zotz. I wonder if anyone can put up something about it?
Gay? edit
Was Tom Poston gay (before he got married to Suzanne Pleshette)?
I recall him saying (seriously, I thought), "..I'm gay..", on a talk show many years ago (maybe the old Late Night with David Letterman show).
Was it a joke? Or was it true?
72.82.171.33 01:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Air Medal edit
Which is it: an Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster representing TWO awards; or an Air Medal with TWO Oak Leaf Clusters represeting a total of three awards? It's one oak leaf cluster per additional award (silver = 5 additional awards). Rklawton 12:22, 2 May 2007 (UTC) According to Army Regulation 670-1, the AM has numeral devices to show how many awards are received , not OLCs.
Citations needed? edit
After seeing my additions of "Citation needed" templates reverted twice, I am seeking feedback from other editors; the editor who reverted and I obviously have differing viewpoints. The edit summary accompanying the second removal of the templates says, in part, "... If we add a reference for every easily verifiable fact the article will be cluttered."
In light of that edit summary, how many of the following items qualify as exceptions to Wikipedia:Verifiability? How many are "easily verifiable"?
- Poston's birth name
- Poston's date of birth
- Poston's winning an Emmy Award and being nominated for three more
- Poston's being cast in a film from which his scenes were deleted
- Poston's role in a play in St. Louis
- Poston's being a longtime friend of Bob Newhart
With regard to the Emmy items, the edit summary also said, in part, "An Emmy nod doesn't require a citation as it's already indexed here on Wiki." I have understood that content of each article needs its own sourcing, regardless of whether it is sourced elsewhere in Wikipedia.
I consider good sourcing to be a strength of a Wikipedia article, rather than seeing it as clutter. How are exceptions like those itemized above decided? Eddie Blick (talk) 03:04, 14 December 2023 (UTC)