Talk:Harvey Weinstein

Semi-protected edit request on 15 January 2018

The last line of the intro to this article currently states: "The allegations triggered the "#MeToo" social media campaign..."

I propose that this be changed to "The allegations revived the "#MeToo" social media campaign...", as the hashtag was first used in 2006 by Tarana Burke (source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/10/19/the-woman-behind-me-too-knew-the-power-of-the-phrase-when-she-created-it-10-years-ago/ and http://justbeinc.wixsite.com/justbeinc/the-me-too-movement-cmml)

Alternately, I feel that ""The allegations caused the "#MeToo" social media campaign to go viral..."

I am proposing this because #MeToo existed long before 2017. 142.207.60.27 (talk) 23:58, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Not done: The links suggest that the first MeToo usage is not the same as the current usage. The web site states that they are "...focused on young women who have endured sexual abuse, assault or exploitation..." while the social media campaign is broader and its connection to the earlier usage is not clear from the sources offered. Just because the hashtag uses the same phrase does not meant that the later users has any connection to, or even awareness of, the earlier campaign and to suggest that there is a connection based on these sources would be impermissible synthesis. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 04:29, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

It's pronounced Vain-shtain!

German is phoenetic and consistent. Weinstein is pronounced Vain-shtain, not winesteen, weenstine, weensteen or whatever (Wurglesturgle perhaps?).

In Arnold Schwarzen-egger, the 'ar is pronounced the same as in car, not cor. Otherwise, to be consistent, it would be Ornald Schworzen-egger!

German is not like English where Featherstone is pronounced Fanshaw or however one wishes to pronounce something if one does not actually know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.129.108.147 (talk) 20:15, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

• That pronunciation is true for German. However, when surnames get transplanted into countries that speak a different language, the pronunciation can change.
• Oh, and it's "Featherstonehaugh" that sometimes gets pronounced as "fanshaw". "Featherstone" is "feather-stone". Anywikiuser (talk) 14:03, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

"an former"

The word "former" starts with a consonant sound, therefore should be "a former American film producer" and not "an former American film producer". Even though "American" starts with a vowel sound, the word following the indefinite article is decisive in these kind of cases. Since the page is protected, I cannot change it myself. 93.106.97.4 (talk) 07:44, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Done Cavrdg (talk) 12:46, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Hollywood Reporter profile, childhood

Hi there! I just went to add some of the interesting information available on Weinstein's childhood, regarding his relationship with his Uncle "Shimmy" from Feb 28 The Hollywood Reporter piece, and I noticed the article is protected. I'd love to add the following under Early life:

Weinstein had a close relationship with a salesman neighbor, Sallbarry Greenblatt, whom Weinstein and his childhood friend Peter Adler called "Uncle Shimmy." In seventh grade, inspired by Greenblatt's advice, Weinstein and a friend wore discarded Boy Scout uniforms and sold cookies door to door that they had purchased wholesale, making a profit. EmilyvstheGorn (talk) 19:55, 29 March 2018 (UTC)