Talk:Hollywood Walk of Fame/Archive 5

Bill Cosby and Donald Trump's Stars
In July 2015, there were 2 news articles regarding the status of Bill Cosby's (and even Donald Trump's) star(s). One was about how several protesters wanted Cosby's star removed, but the Hollywood commission refused after stating once a star is implemented on the walk of fame, it cannot be removed. There was also another one where a vandal drew a foul word on Cosby's star as a result of the commission's statement. Could these sources possibly be included on the page.Marino13 (talk) 02:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Here is one such article. (There are others.) The controversy over Cosby's star is certainly notable, and we have ample WP:RS to support a mention of a couple of sentences. Trump might be more of an issue, as it could be interpreted as a political statement, which WP obviously tries to avoid.  Do other regular editors of this page (or anyone else) have an opinion?  DoctorJoeE  review transgressions/ talk to me!  01:57, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Paul Robeson
Hi, unless you have some evidence that the Walk of Fame committee was "recalling its Chaplin difficulties" when denying Paul Robeson a star (I won't even touch on the absurdity that, if they were in fact "recalling their Chaplin difficulties", they would not have been repeating those difficulties), please do not add this washy language back to the article. This is an encyclopedia, not a novel, and therefore it does not require your embellishments. Thank you. littlebum2002 17:39, 28 January 2016 (UTC)


 * And a gracious good morning to you as well, littlebum. The account is true. The selection committee hoped to avoid the controversy and backlash that continued for years after its repeated mishandling of Chaplin's selection by simply denying Robeson a star -- a decision that obviously had precisely the opposite effect. This was reported in a book about the HWOF, and I will dig up the reference and cite it.  (A Chamber employee told me about it originally, and pointed me to the book.)   I thought that one of the three sources already cited also mentioned it, but apparently not.  I would add, for the record, that you might wish to re-read WP:AGF and WP:CIVIL, and perhaps get a few more than a dozen or two edits a year under your belt, before criticizing the work of other editors, let alone attacking them personally.  Rudeness of the "this is an encyclopedia, not a novel" sort is actively discouraged here.  DoctorJoeE  review transgressions/ talk to me!  15:06, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Correction for Muhammad Ali
According to this and other articles, the rationale for Ali's star not being walked upon was NOT because he didn't want his own name being walked upon, but because he felt that it would be disrespectful from a religious perspective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:681:4D00:7BC0:58EA:E0E8:5192:BEE2 (talk) 22:19, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

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Commons files of The Four Ladies of Hollywood nominated for deletion
I recently nominated two Commons images of The Four Ladies of Hollywood for deletion: c:Commons:Deletion requests/Four Ladies of Hollywood. George Ho (talk) 06:37, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Special stars/Bending the rules
The special stars and bending the rules sections seem repetitive to me. Proposing merging much of the bending the rules section into special stars. Info about unveiling procedure can be its own section IMO. Thoughts? I can use the sandbox if that's easier to see. Balle010 (talk) 14:33, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me. More broadly, those sections probably need to be trimmed anyway. This article does not need to turn into a list of special facts about every single star, which is what those sections feel like. Nolelover (talk) 15:55, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Looks much better! Agreed on the need to trim. Unique and unusual, errors, and theft and vandalism could also use some work. I'll do my best to get started on those. Balle010 (talk) 23:56, 18 June 2019 (UTC)