Talk:Edward Platt

Plagiarism
There is a lot of plagiarism on this page coming from the IMDB bio:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686857/bio

I will leave article intact for a while if someone wants to revamp it or discuss. But eventually I will blow away the plagiarized parts. dq 19:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It is hard to tell sometimes who plagiarized whom. Lots of sites now mirror Wikipedia. If you could list what sections you object to, I will indicate concur or non-cur. Ronbo76 20:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

If you read the bio on IMDB it's basically been hacked-up and put into this article. If it's a matter of establishing who wrote it first or if it was the same guy who wrote this article then I can send a message to Gary Brumburgh the author of the IMDB bio. Let me know if I should do this. It looks like the plagiarized content was added on May 22, 2006. And it's pretty much the entire article except for the first sentence (and the list of films) that has been plagiarized. dq 20:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You seem to have done the homework on this issue. Chances are the anon IP lifted it from there. It would be nice to see a distillation or copyedit of the material. If you have the time to do that, it would be much appreciated. My plate is full at the moment for the next week to come. Ronbo76 20:55, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. dq 20:58, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Done. A little belated, but it's done. Feel free to improve on it. dq 22:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Suicide
There seems to be a discrepancy in Platt's manner of death. The article was changed from an unexpected death to suicide, then back to an unexpected death. Can someone provide a better source for Platt's manner of death other than an IMDB article? dq 21:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It say in the article Platt's son revealed a long held secret; what was it? GoodDay (talk) 19:07, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I added some words lessening the certainty in the "Death" section, as the site with "interview" offers no proof that the person they talked to was Jeff Platt, and didn't even include any quotes from the email they were sent. Not a particularly strong source. Mikntosh (talk) 22:09, 28 October 2008 (UTC)


 * First, apologies for the reverts and edits. There is definitely still a question of the cause of death; heart attack vs. suicide.  And all the wiki-mirrors aren't making finding the facts any easier.  I improved the citation for the http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com website, though unclear if that would be considered a reliable source.  Still searching for a 1974 obituary or death notice with more info. &mdash; MrDolomite • Talk 16:49, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I removed the mention of Platt's death potentially being a suicide. There was no WP:Reliable Sources for this.- William 15:04, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

" It is also said[by whom?] that Platt's "Get Smart" co-star Don Adams knew the real cause of death.[citation needed]" Not factual and not relevent. Has no business in any thing but the National Inquirer. I'd remove it but don't know how... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.146.1.12 (talk) 21:50, 10 February 2014 (UTC) figured out how to edit and made my first change to wikipedia.

I removed this sentence; there needs to be a source to say something like this. Croctotheface (talk) 09:17, 20 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Welp, I still don't see any sufficiently reliable source for suicide. Turner's Classic Movies give no sources. Any reference to 'suicide' should be removed altogether. JohndanR (talk) 19:35, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Santee
The information recently added by MWielage about the film Santee being one of the first feature films shot on video is not in the article about the film, but probably should be, as that was an important innovation. Unfortunately it's not referenced as to where it came from. If MWielage is still around, could you comment here on the source of the Santee information? - Elmarco 23:23, 22 October 2011 (UTC)