Talk:Boze Hadleigh

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I have removed the following passage from the article to the talk page as it seems to be a personal opinion of the editor: There are several books by other authors dealing with homosexual celebrities. Onefortyone 10:38, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * In the film Love! Valour! Compassion! a group of gay men are reading a book and laughing about the improbable people the book outs as "gay". This is likely an discreet commentary on Hadleigh's books.

I put in a dispute notice on this:
 * "A linguist with the ability to converse in five languages, Hadleigh has an M.A. in journalism and has traveled to 48 countries. He has been called the "Samuel Pepys of Hollywood". He lives in Beverly Hills, California."

We need to name of the University in order to verify it, and the source and credentials fot the quote. - Ted Wilkes 18:53, 10 December 2005 (UTC)


 * For publishers notes on Hadleigh, see and . Onefortyone 23:30, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

The review of Hadleigh's Conversations With My Elders published by Midwest Book Review should not be removed from the article page. Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems in California, Wisconsin, and the upper Midwest. It is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and giving priority consideration to small press publishers, self-published authors, and academic presses. They accept no financial donations from authors or publishers for their services. It is certainly a reliable source. Onefortyone 01:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Midwest Book Reviews are written by volunteers whose credentials are not made public and they do not provide Literary criticism. Literary magazines do not quote Midwest Reviews. They specialze in small press or self-published authors who can't get a review by the authorative professional sources. Major publishing houses do not submit their books to Midwest, but a "volunteer" reviewer who likes a book can review any book on the market they please. As such, Hadleigh's book was reviewed by an unknown volunteer. Since Jim cox made a financial arrangement a few years ago with Gale Research Company, Midwest no longer charges for a book review. However, in 1987 when Hadleigh's book was published, they did charge. It is a good idea to know what you are talking about in an encyclopedia - not a quick cut-and-paste of selected information from the Internet to suit a purpose. - Ted Wilkes 16:32, 11 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Sorry, Ted, the book reviewed by Midwest Book Reviews was the reprint of Hadleigh's book, published in 2002 under the new title, Celluloid Gaze. See Onefortyone 19:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Please cite the sources for his education etc. as per previous request. - Ted Wilkes 19:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * For publishers notes on Hadleigh, see and . Onefortyone 22:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I removed this link because it is only a personal website: - Ted Wilkes 19:46, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * www.salmineo.com/news/inter_hadleigh.html THE BOZE HADLEIGH INTERVIEW OF SAL MINEO
 * Sorry, I do not understand why you removed the link to this website. It includes excerpts from a book by Hadleigh. Onefortyone 22:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Referencing to a personal website is in contravention of No original research. - Ted Wilkes 00:42, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No it isn't, as this website includes excerpts from a book by Hadleigh. Onefortyone 14:57, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

... precisely why Wikipedia does not accept Original Research - because it is a personal website wee do not know if the information or the alleged "excerpts" have been altered or even fabricated. - Ted Wilkes 18:42, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * This website is still an important source. Would you please provide evidence that the excerpts from Hadleigh's book, Conversations With My Elders, presented on this page are fabricated. Onefortyone 02:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I have not yet seen a source which proves that Hadleigh was born in 1954. So I have removed the supposed year of birth. Onefortyone 04:30, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

To single-agenda editor Onefotrtyone:

Removing a birth date because you "claim" you can't find it is deliberate vandalism. You are the master at quoting Amazon text and know full well where his birth year comes from. For thosde who donn't, it is here in his Amazon.com biograsphy. - Ted Wilkes 13:19, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Ted. I didn't know that there is such an Amazon source. So the year of Hadleigh's birth may be included. However, is the source reliable? Who has provided the alleged year of birth? According to the Library Journal, Hadleigh had been an "entertainment journalist since the 1960s" who "conducted volumes of off-the-record interviews with celebrities reputed to be gay or bisexual..." If it is true that he already worked as a journalist during the 60s, he cannot be born in 1954. Thus, it is more likely that he has been born in 1934. It could well be that the entry from Contemporary Authors is a misprint. Further, I am not satisfied with Ted Wilkes's latest edits. They seem to be personal research. I have now removed some passages, as the year of Hadleigh's birth is still uncertain (two sources contradict each other) and the claims included by Wilkes were based on the fact that Hadleigh was actually born in 1954. Onefortyone 16:44, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Removed the following Personal Opinion that violates No original research.
 * "Thus, he must have been born several years earlier."

At the Personal Website here Onefortyone likes to quote and place in Wikipedia articles in violation of Wikipedia policy, it states that Boze Hadleigh wrote on the first line:
 * "I met the Switchblade Kid in 1971, while in a play at Santa Barbara High"

Facts are facts, all biographies at Amazon.com are placed there ONLY with the approval of the author. - Ted Wilkes 16:23, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the link because it is a Personal Website, the FANCLUB site of John Seger & Karen Hardcastle.

Interesting: Onefortyone please tell us what the digital reference volume published by Thomson Gale, says about Hadleigh's education? - 16:44, 28 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Well done, Ted. You may be astonished, but I am accepting your line of reasoning. Hadleigh's own account of his first meeting with actor Sal Mineo in his book, Conversations with my Elders, certainly supports the view that he was born in 1954. However, I am still of the opinion that your text partly includes some personal research and interpretation. Therefore, I have now revised and tightened up the text in order to make it more neutral. I hope this is satisfactory to all. Onefortyone 18:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Comment
The section on "Questions regarding the authenticity of his writings" challenges his work primarily based on his age, as if being young somehow invalidates what he says. In fact, the interviewees frequently comment on his youth, and show surprise that someone so young should know so much about film and Hollywood history. I read the entire entry as editorially biased against Mr. Hadleigh, with the only "evidence" offered being the above challenge based solely on his age at the time of some of the interviews. The entire entry should be rewritten in a less biased form, with the controversy over the authenticity of some of the interviews relegated to a section that deals with specific charges that are based on verifiable information.
 * Done. Onefortyone 21:52, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The entry for Boze Hadleigh should not be used to debate whether or not X and Y were gay/lesbian (and in the case of bygone stars the full truth may be unknowable). --fshepinc 04:28, 21 September 2006

Removal of Boze Hadleigh
This person should be removed! Period!--Jslasher 08:28, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

And what is your reason for this demand?? He is a noted author of multiple books, widely cited in his field. Disagreement with his subject, style, or conclusions is no reason to remove the article. --Fshepinc

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Requesting Citations and Documentation
As it stands, the article has nothing by way o the above. Please supply some. Cordially, --Drieux 07:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Recent deletion of "controversial" material at the request of subject
Regarding today's deletion of an entire section calling into question the veracity of Hadleigh's work, due to a request by Hadleigh himself -- Question regarding protocol: The article discusses the writings of an author and within that article are a variety of cited sources bringing into public doubt (i.e., in other venues, books, news articles and reviews, not merely WP) the veracity of the material almost solely responsible for the subject's notability. A complaint by the subject to WP results in the deletion of an entire section dealing with that rather extensive public doubt as to the truth of the subject's main body of work. The question, then, being: is this SOP for WP, that the wishes of a public figure supersede the right of the public to know that a large and well-sourced volume of doubt exists about the truthfulness of the subject in his public statements and publications? I have an opinion, obviously, but I want to be very clear on WP guidelines. So I am asking. To me this sounds like the entire camel's hump under the tent, as far as allowing subjects to dictate what is and isn't available to readers. Will a request from Hugo Chavez result in elimination of claims of human rights abuses cited in his article? Will a request from Ben Affleck result in elimination of any mention of his famous and near-disastrous career slump of a few years ago? Is WP now merely an extension of the will of the subject of an article? I'm seriously interested in knowing the specific guidelines for editors in such cases, even if they turn out to differ from what I wish or heretofore believed. Thank you. Monkeyzpop (talk) 06:13, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've explained this before. The subject's work was the only work cited in this section. This is original research because it is making assumptions based on the original text. Hence why it was removed entirely. Your claim that this was well source is unfounded. Best, Peter Symonds ( talk ) 14:54, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually looking back, there were about three other sources. Feel free to add these back, but do not cite the author's own work. Best, Peter Symonds ( talk )

14:59, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

OK, I've restored (slightly rewritten) the section which detailed published sources. However other contributors may be able to come up with more published sources about this issue, including any that refer to strange factual discrepancies in Hadleigh's works. e.g. in his book Broadway Babylon Madeline Kahn is quoted as saying: "Nathan Lane has a wonderful sensibility for comedy...It does rather surprise me that as a gay man he participates in that degree of homophobic humor in The Producers. They couldn't have known ahead of time that it would be a hit." (Broadway Babylon, Back Stage Books, 2007 ISBN-10: 0823088308 p289) However, Kahn died in 1999 while Nathan Lane first appeared in The Producers in 2001. Similarly, the deleted section also mentioned that in Hadleigh's book Leading Ladies, Sir Noel Coward is 'quoted' regarding the 1974 remake of the film Brief Encounter: a remarkable feat given that Coward died in 1973. Another contributor provided this corker, and I haven't been able to confirm its accuracy, but in any case this also constitutes 'original research' so can't be included unless cited in a published source. However, given Hadleigh's works are now being used as secondary sources by other biographers, the issue certainly deserves flagging in his entry. Engleham (talk) 13:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Here's the quote from his Leading Ladies ( Robinson Books) p70 referring to the film Brief Encounter: ""Sir Noel did not believe any of the remakes worked nearly as well, including the highly publicised 1975 British telefilm starring Sophia Loren and Richard Burton. The playwright-director quipped that Loren, though a fine actress, had a face made for seduction…" Coward died in March 1973!!!!!!!!!! Engleham (talk) 20:51, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Library journal
I have reverted the entry related to the Library Journal excerpt, per OTRS #2009061510054628. The subject has been in correspondence with the author of that article, and the author has acknowledged and apologised for the error. The email was included in the ticket. So, please, do not add this back, because it is proven false. Thank you. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 14:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

RefImprove
I have removed the Ref Improve header tag since there is little to no way to know when such a tag has been fulfilled. A tag of that sort is therefore completely unhelpful imho. Any particular sentence or section that a reader/editor feels is insufficiently cited, they can tag that particular part. Tagging the whole article just adds a level of mystification on exactly what is wanted. Wjhonson (talk) 22:18, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Cleanup Dec 2017
I did two rounds of deletion and cleanup. In general, if anyone presents information in Wikipedia, that information should be backed with a citation to a reliable published source.

I deleted two of the claims in the disputes section in which someone had posted obituaries seemingly to dispute that Hadleigh had interviewed certain people. Wikipedia does not get involved in original research of this sort; anyone is free to summarize and cite a dispute but the discussion does not start here.

I deleted all the problem templates and much of the content which was not backed with citations. Citations are useful because they demonstrate what reputable sources have seen fit to present and they also confirm the quality of the content. For this or any biography, ideally someone could identify a biography published elsewhere then summarize and cite it here.

Thanks.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  13:49, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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Edit request
1) First line of entry - (x should be y) Boze Hadleigh (born May 15, 1943), sometimes writing as George Hadley-Garcia, is an author. should be:  Boze Hadleigh is an author.
 * What I think should be changed (include citations):

2) Second line of entry - (x should be y)  books cover LGBT culture, popular culture, and show business.  should be:  books cover popular culture, show business, and LGBT culture.

1) Wiki can drop the familial pseudonym GH-G, as I haven't used it since 1990; it was my byline on many late 1970s-'80s magazine and newspaper articles.
 * Why it should be changed:

2) Of my 30 books by yearend 2023, only seven were on LGBT culture; I've been typed as a gay-themed author partly due to this emphasis on my lgbt books in the Wiki page--nothing on t, so speak of.    This is a legal issue, as previously noted, and at present just trying out the first two changes. In the Disputable claims section, it's a question of my adding explanatory material to provide context, rather than changing material. Look forward to your response, Boze (rhymes with shows) on Feb. 10,2023

204.102.74.237 (talk) 23:40, 10 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I've removed the "Contestable claims" section. It still has the same issues with original research and sourcing that have been noted over the years on this talk page and that resulted in it being removed previously.  The Rock Hudson material could ultimately merit inclusion, but it needs more of a basis than a 36-year-old interview that quotes what we consider an unreliable source quoting other people.  I'll leave the other requested changes to someone else. —Emufarmers(T/C) 01:17, 6 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: I have implemented the requested edit as good as possible. The fact that you have used a pseudonym can hardly be omitted; I have thus described that you have used the pseudonym until the 1990s. I hope this is acceptable. Best regards, -- Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 18:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC)