Talk:Ryan Kavanaugh

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Should this article be deleted? It appears to have no citations other than the company website. Luna Bars 4 Lyfe (talk) 20:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Good suggestion. I will mark it for BLP PROD. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 20:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I have only found two sources that could be used for this article. Both of which do not have enough information to support some of the personal life claims. Also, when I went to look at the edit history I noticed one of the recent edits was done by someone attempting to create a "bio" for Ryan Kavanaugh leading me to believe they have a bias on the topic. Luna Bars 4 Lyfe (talk) 20:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Obviously the above colloquy is long outdated. The article is hugely relevant (and hugely long). Quis separabit? 23:01, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Lawsuits & Controversies Deleted

For some reason the Lawsuits & Controversies section was deleted in it's entirety by someone who just joined Wiki as an editor. The page was subsequently locked for editing. It seems like a conflict of interest to me. This should be fixed? Emh96 (talk) 13:38, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, seems like someone associated with Ryan has been doing some spring-cleaning of this page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.236.174.11 (talk) 10:25, 9 Aug 2021 (UTC)

Exactly, the Controversies and lawsuits are well sourced and need to be added back as it's the most relevant thing about this guy. This should not read like the bio from Ryan Kavanaugh's website, which it actually does. Wikipedia is not for self aggrandizing, and also everything that is not cited here should be removed. There's plenty added here without citation since it's request for deletion in 2012, since Ryan Kavanaugh or someone who works for him has edited this page to exaggerate importance and claims. There's no reason this page needs to be semi protected for the sake of covering up facts and leaving uncited claims within.(talk) 09:27, 19 Aug 2021 (CST)

Please note:

The Controversies and lawsuits section was first added by an IP account as can be seen from the page's history. A look at the history of the page reveals that there has been series of such IPs vandalizing the page which has necessitated regular protection of the page.

Moreover the "Controversies and lawsuits" added clearly violated the wiki policy stated at WP:BLP. Read it here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#People_accused_of_crime

The information on those 2 sources cited are mere accusations and false which the enemies of Ryan are fronting. Besides the accusation are not proven and the case is still under litigation. If this is case, such a claim cannot be added on the Wiki page of a Living person in line with the policy cited above.

Furthermore, it appears that another older user added the "Controversies and lawsuits" again recently since Ip and other newer accounts have been barred from editing the page. This inclusion has copyvio issues as has been discovered by User:DanCherek. That's why it has been removed and reported to the admin. The inclusion clearly violated the dicates of WP:BLP.Laskiam1010 (talk) 12:25, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

I removed some text solely due to copyright issues; that should not be used as a cudgel in this content dispute. In fact, I've now restored some sourced material that was removed without a valid reason. The WP:BLP policy is a protection against unsourced or poorly-sourced contentious material, but information is being summarized from reliable sources including Variety (see WP:VARIETY). DanCherek (talk) 12:55, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Notice to all, the page has been temporarily restored to the last stable version as edited by ChrisTakey (talk | contribs) at 10:51, 11 August 2021 pending the outcome of the matter here. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Ryan_Kavanaugh

A consensus is required here. Yaxı Hökmdarz (talk) 06:48, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Ryan_Kavanaugh

Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2021

The newly added information is part of a paid disinformation campaign is is refuted by newer more reputable articles. H3 podcast has paid editors to add the new content which is not “new” but part of a malicious disinformation campaign intended on smearing R.Kavanaugh. This needs a thorough review and those editors making these changes should be thoroughly investigated for being paid to harm a party knowingly. RK777713 (talk) 07:03, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

@RK777713: What newly added information, specifically? And which editors are adding the content in question? Please name them. ––FormalDude talk 08:30, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:14, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

User:JK.Kite has been trying along with two others since July to add in a “controversies” section and to delete anything positive but add negative. This stems from a podcast owner Ethan Klein of H3 as we initiated a litigation against them for copyright infringement. He has gone a public smear campaign and paid editors to try to include misleading and twisted negative statements (this can all be directly traced to him). Most telling is the articles and posts in question come from sources that are 3-10 years old and her only for the last 40 days have they tried to keep adding this section. It is misleading as the press they source in the very same articles state that the allegations were proven false and in accurate and there has been dozens of articles posted after the date of these refuting the claims they keep trying to publish. The only party to raise these claims and attempt to spin them as face is Ethan Klein of H3 on the exact same dates these editors keep trying to add the controversy section even though they range from. A decade old to 3 years old and all have publically been proven false. RK777713 (talk) 21:23, 28 August 2021 (UTC)