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Final wrap-up requests
[edit]Hi editors, I thought I'd put in a series of requests to wrap things up here, with the hope that the community might engage with the individual requests at their leisure.
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- Change alma mater field to Ethical Culture Fieldston School as it was before
- Add Good Morning, Vietnam to list of notable works
- Change title to
- Co-founder of WndrCo
- Former chairman of The Walt Disney Studios
- Co-founder of Hollywood Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation
- Former CEO of DreamWorks
I think in each case, these changes make the infobox more accurate and complete
- @BINK Robin: What role did Katzenberg have in producing this film? iirc, the notable works parameter is for works by the subject, not for works done under a company he lead or something. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 16:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- @ARandomName123: Fair question, this article from the Guardian says he produced Good Morning Vietnam. I’ll defer to you if you think this is worth including in the Infobox. Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 17:11, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Partly done: : BINK Robin, I've deleted the alma mater field instead, as that parameter is usually for graduates of higher education institutions. afaict, he didn't graduate from NYU, so the parameter isn't necessary. I didn't add Good Morning, Vietnam per my earlier reasoning. As the first and third title are the same, I put them together. imo former positions aren't necessary in the infobox, but I'm not sure what our guidance is on that, so I haven't made any of those changes.
I'll get to the other requests over the coming days.ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 22:53, 12 June 2024 (UTC)- Hi, I've stricken the part where I said I'd be getting to the other request over the coming days. Another editor has recently expressed concern at an edit request I previously implemented, and I've been losing interest in answering more complex edit requests. As such, I've decided to take a step back from answering large edit requests and let other editors respond to your remaining requests. Sorry for the trouble! ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 20:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- @ARandomName123No trouble at all! I really appreciate all the help you've provided. BINK Robin (talk) 20:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
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- Replace current introduction with the following:
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Jeffrey Katzenberg (/ˈkætsənbɜːrɡ/; born December 21, 1950) is an American entertainment executive and media proprietor. He became well known for his tenure as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994. After departing Disney, he was a co-founder and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, where he oversaw the production of such animated franchises as Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon. He has since founded a new media and technology company called WndrCo and was a co-founder of Quibi, a defunct short-form mobile video platform. Katzenberg has also been involved in politics. With his active support of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, he was called "one of Hollywood's premier political kingmakers and one of the Democratic Party's top national fund-raisers."[1] He is a campaign co-chair of President Joe Biden's re-election campaign.[2] References
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I think this helps keep the introduction focused and concise while still conveying the relevant information.
Partly done Beyond removing the awards, which I agree don't belong in the introduction, I don't really see what purpose these changes serve beyond being "more concise", which given the current length of the lead doesn't seem necessary. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Remove the sentence "It was reported that Katzenberg receives an airfare allowance of $1.5 million per year, which was the most of all media-company CEOs."
This strikes me more as trivia than WP:ENCYCLOPEDIC content
Done, the source isn't great. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Add the following the collapsed box regarding Katzenberg's support for Karen Bass
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Katzenberg donated approximately $1.8 million to a PAC supporting Karen Bass's Los Angeles mayoral bid in 2022.[1] References
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- Remove this section
The source does not support that Katzenberg took a "leading role" in SOPA/PIPA. PIPA is never mentioned, and Katzenberg's involvement only went so far as to decline to try to convince the president to support SOPA. I am not sure that this instance of choosing not to do something warrants inclusion in his article, and this section's opening is simply inaccurate.
- Agreed that the opening is not supported by the source. Googling around it seems like there's enough coverage of his support for SOPA to merit a sentence or two. I've removed the first sentence but am leaving the rest for now and leaving the edit request open, I am not currently up for synthesizing this into something better. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Rename section "Recognition" for WP:NPOV
- Change text of section to what is in collapsed box below
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Katzenberg was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree by Ringling College of Art and Design in 2008, the first in the school's history.[1] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Katzenberg with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2012, in acknowledgment of his role in "raising money for education, art and health-related causes, particularly those benefiting the motion picture industry."[2][3] The following year, Katzenberg was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama.[4] At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Katzenberg was awarded an honorary Palme d'Or, the festival's highest prize. Cannes director Thierry Frémaux credited Katzenberg and Shrek with expanding the range of films considered at the competition. Katzenberg compared the distinction to the earlier Academy recognition.[5] References
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This rescues several sources, places awards listed in the Personal life section in this section to better capture everything together in sequence, and I think overall offers a more complete and accurate look at the recognition he has received.
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- Remove the final two paragraphs
- The Ringling honorary degree would be made redundant with the changes requested of the "Special awards/Recognition" section. The paragraph regarding political donations is already well covered earlier, and the source for his political donations does not meet standards for biographies of living people
- Change the third paragraph to the following in the collapsed box:
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Katzenberg sits on the board of directors of multiple organizations, including the Motion Picture & Television Fund, Geffen Playhouse, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, AIDS Project Los Angeles, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, California Institute of the Arts, Simon Wiesenthal Center, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. In 2008, Katzenberg founded the DreamWorks Animation Academy in partnership with Inner-City Arts, a Los Angeles-based art education nonprofit organization, to provide inner-city students with instruction in digital media production.[1][2] In 2016, Katzenberg had an estimated net worth of more than $1 billion.[3] References
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This will cut repeated mention of the Jean Hersholt award, as well as offer a more complete look at Katzenberg's board memberships while providing sources to previously unsourced sentences. It also re-adds and updates Katzenberg's net worth.
Partly done I have kept the net worth as is. I don't see a reason to prefer the LA Times estimate over the Forbes estimate already in the article, and the Forbes article is slightly later. It would be good to have more recent total numbers for the political section but a quick google isn't bringing anything up and agreed that the source isn't ideal. Rusalkii (talk) 19:01, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Replace section with the following in the collapsed box, which is much more complete and accurate
I made a subpage with a diff that shows the changes.
Not done for now Well, the original is completely unsourced, so it feels slightly silly to demand a source here, but it does in fact need sources, especially for anything listed as "uncredited" where you can't even assume it's self-sourcing. Also, are all the new additions just "films where he was chairman of Disney at the time of production?" I acknowledge that the current filmography also has this but I'm not sure this makes sense. Unfortunately the diff is approximately unreadable (this isn't your fault, the software is bad at tables). Could you provide a summary of your changes? Rusalkii (talk) 19:12, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
That covers all of it! Thanks so much for taking the time to look. I appreciate the consideration and any thoughts you may have. BINK Robin (talk) 15:52, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
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