Talk:Ed Bradley/Archive 1

Retired?
Had he retired or was he still on "60 minutes" up to his death? Rmhermen 20:38, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * He had not retired and in fact stated last month that he was scheduled to do 18 segments for the show this season. He had a notable interview with the defendants in the Duke lacrosse rape case on the show just three weeks ago (Oct. 15). --Metropolitan90 21:51, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Death means a nice Wiki article
I like how generally someone has to die to get a nice Wikipedia article. Maybe we should all work on creating some good articles on people BEFORE they die. I think I will go work on that now... --Daysleeper47 21:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Ahmen to that. J-Dog 22:35, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * he will be missed...
 * I second that. May he rest in peace.
 * -- Mik 00:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * --You know, I was thinking the same thing... as of yesterday his article was short and there wasn't even a picture. Terry Randell
 * --He was given a tribute on Larry King Live (Nov 11, 2006). I'm new to the whole editing thing, but I'm hoping someone else can write that into the article. ashtonvk 21:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protection
I have semi-protected this article for the time being as his death was just announced and the vandals had already struck. I didn't want to see another fiasco like Ken Lay.  young  american (ahoy hoy) 17:29, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I had just received a phone call and your semi-pro went into effect while on the call.--Brad Patrick 17:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Good Job Sir, I had came here soon as I found out and it read he died of a Shark Attack - Terry Randell
 * Yeah, thanks for that. Sad that we have to do that in order to protect ourselves from a bunch of sick (profanity removed). Excuse my French, but that's how I feel. J-Dog 17:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I've unprotected as it's been two days. - BanyanTree 22:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've bee watching the article, but I have been away all day.  young  american  (ahoy hoy) 23:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The protection of this article was much appreciated, but I think we ought to concentrate on the next phase of production, specifically expansion. I mean lets face facts. This article is much too short for the type of man he was. --WalksWithGrizzlies 19:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know how to contact someone any other way but there is more vandalism to the poor fellow's page.

Ethnicity
excuse me... but what's the point on saying he was African American? i really don't think that there is any use in that...


 * Well, for those who are sociologically inclined, this bit of data may be important in tracking the relative success or activities of any number of African Americans. It was not meant to be derogatory, just a matter of fact.Patris Magnus 23:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Legacy?
IMO legacy is something such as, "Left a $25M endowment for the study of the mating habits of the Brine Shrimp," or "Cured Cancer." In other words, what noticeable impact of the existence of a person remains after they die. To say that his legacy is that he excelled under adverse conditions is a comment on his life not his legacy. Patris Magnus 18:52, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Repeated Vandalism
I have just undone a series of edits by vandals, most of which are gay-bashing. Looking at the history, it seems to keep repeating itself. Could an admin have a look at this and maybe protect this page? Thanks. Yavoh 15:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Did he win The Emmy Award 19 times ?
I find that strange. IMDb says nothing about him winning the Emmy--Ezzex (talk) 04:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Biography
Did he ever publish a book? or perhaps a biography was written about him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.127.176.43 (talk) 18:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Anybody? --87.70.107.120 (talk) 14:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: Lena Horne interview
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4683607n&tag=mncol;lst;9 (excerpt only) says that interview date was 12/27/81; Horne would have been 64, Bradley 40. This interview probably deserves mention on her page as well; it provided the interview "file footage" for 1991 60 Minutes: The Entertainers, and their 25th (and other) anniversary special segments with her. 75.204.151.21 (talk) 23:10, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Cause of Death
The cause of death is missing from this article. For someone as young as he was, this should be included. 70.36.142.145 (talk) 06:29, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 06:24, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Audi blackballing
There should be a section here on how Bradley did a phony report on alleged "defects" in Audi cars ("Unintended acceleration") that nearly destroyed the company, at least in America, based on rigged tests of Audi vehicles. 76.126.150.30 (talk) 06:32, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

2016, not 2006
2016, not 2006 Dbrown4bbl (talk) 03:08, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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Research project
Did a big research project on the topic. Incorporated material from 100 sources. Thanks for taking a look, Princessa Unicorn (talk) 03:54, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Making improvements post first good article review
I'm going to make some improvements and take the feedback to heart after the first good article review. Princessa Unicorn (talk) 00:37, 28 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Appreciate your work on this! I think this is pretty close. I fixed the issue with the on hold message on the page as well. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this! M4V3R1CK32 (talk) 02:05, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Recent edits and suggestions
Hi Princessa Unicorn, thanks for all your work on this! I think you've done a great job trimming some places up that needed trimming and this article is really close, and I have made some changes to help bring it even closer. There are still three sections I have some reservations about, namely the introduction, Legacy, and Personal life. I think Legacy strays too far from talking about Bradley and Personal life has too many non-encyclopedic details. The introduction is much better but still doesn't quite meet the guidelines for leads. I have drafted some potential replacement text for these sections below that I think will get this over the hump for Good Article status; however, because these are big changes, I'll let you decide how to implement them. Because of all the changes I've made, I would also bring in another editor for a second opinion on GA status, as I think I am too connected now to make a final pronounciation. Let me know what you think of what I drafted and if you have any questions about the changes I made! M4V3R1CK32 (talk) 23:39, 9 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Note: Some citations aren't generating because the full citations appear in other sections.

Introduction

Legacy:

Personal life:

Reviewing updates
Hi @Mike Christie and @BlueMoonset, just wanted to let you both know, I have not forgotten about this. I'm currently in the process of doing an in-depth review of the sources, creating updated citations, and searching the archives of Google Books and Archive.org for links to things that don't currently have them. It's just a slow process. M4V3R1CK32 (talk) 16:58, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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GAN Review Highlights
For reviewing editors, I have made significant updates and changes to the article after the last GAN. Some highlights:
 * Per the suggestion of Mike Christie, I have rewritten the lead to include more of the breadth of Bradley's career
 * Reorganized the Career section by major period with timestamps
 * Rewrote content about 60 Minutes to reduce name-dropping and divided by decades with the program
 * Removed significant content in the Illness and death section that was non-encyclopedic and did not meet criteria of WP:MEMORIAL.
 * Rewrote Legacy section to include additional information about Bradley's impact on fashion and his reporting style
 * Added subsection to include Bradley's posthumous honors to Legacy section
 * Cut tabloid content from Personal life section per WP:NOTSCANDAL
 * Reworked Recognition table to remove extraneous wikilinks, add award names, remove unsourced awards
 * Removed unnecessary links from External links and reworked links to fit current style conventions
 * Removed extraneous citations
 * Re-cited article to deal with WP:OVERCITE issues
 * Re-did all citations to fit current citation guidelines
 * Removed an image I could not verify was properly released

Please ping me directly if you have additional suggestions or any questions. Cheers M4V3R1CK32 (talk) 05:30, 24 October 2022 (UTC)