Talk:Jonah Shacknai

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Zahau suicide

Per coroner, and Sheriff's department. There are no other sources to suggest otherwise. Suggestion of any other means is a blatant BLP violation against Adam Shacknai and goes against all reliable sources. There are no ifs ands or buts here; especially once the original civil suit was settled and all matters formally discarded by the judge. Koncorde (talk) 17:43, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The lack of information here is not a BLP violation. There was no suggestion of cause of death, except when you added one. The reason Rebecca Zuhau's death is not portrayed as a suicide on this page is that her cause of death was clearly in dispute. You are adding disputed and reputation-harming information as fact across multiple biographies. --Elephanthunter (talk) 17:59, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am adding fact as fact per the reliable sources. You are continuing to fail to cite any supporting evidence. If it's inclusion was not merited per a dispute - please cite that dispute from a reliable source and then weigh it against the outcome of the civil trial and the coroner's report. Koncorde (talk) 18:11, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The civil trial and coroner's report are primary sources. You are attempting to use these primary sources without inline attribution, and without the WP:BLPBALANCE of the dispute. As I'm sure you are aware, pretty much every WP:RS on this topic mentions the dispute, and few if any directly state that her death was a suicide. --Elephanthunter (talk) 18:36, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Most state that it was mysterious, and because of the civil case they talk about the family seeking answers. The reliable sources do not dispute the coroner's report themselves, they talk only of the particular opinion of the Zahaus (and those employed by them) who have since settled and all judgements have been set aside. You are misrepresenting BLPBALANCE to try to enable a minority position to hold primacy over the significant weight and authority. This neglects the BLP requirements of Adam Shacknai - the actual living party. Koncorde (talk) 18:56, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BLP extends to those who have died per WP:BNP, so we need to weigh Adam Shacknai's rights against Rebecca Zahau's. BLPs tend to err on the side of caution. It's fair to simply mention that Zahau died. --Elephanthunter (talk) 19:14, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recent additions sourced to Oxygen True Crime

I have reverted the additions. They are highly speculative, and much of the content is based on Zahau's family attorney and 3 "experts" retained for the show, and in each situation the Sheriffs department has already covered the subject matter (twice) and refuted much of it, so all we are left with is the opinion of the 3 experts. That is not appropriate for a BLP to make blanket assertions of use loaded terms like "Curiously". Koncorde (talk) 13:31, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The new additions really only cast aspersions and some had some serious undue weight (for instance it's incredibly common to retain a PR firm in high-profile cases such as this so not particularly "curious"). Best, GPL93 (talk) 13:47, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]