Talk:James L. Dolan

Stop the Edit war
Nate Robinson and David Lee are role players that is a fact - stop sugarcoating. The Knicks made the playoffs a year after Patrick Ewing was traded, attributing their decline or saying that "many" attribute their decline to Ewing's departure is faulty logic and opens a pandora's box. What about Jeff Van Gundy's departure? Some could say that marked the decline of the Knicks if one is going to pin their decline on Ewing leaving than where does it end? What's wrong with the statement following the SI prediction about the Knicks saying they've underperformed? That's a well known fact as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.102.85 (talk) 04:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

How are cited and substantiated sources straight from the horse's mouth hearsay? Stop deleting pertinent and true information just because it does not fit your rosey perception. Other wise I will report this to wikipedia.

Stop Defaming this Person
You continue to defame James Dolan with biased, unsubstantiated statements that border on defamation. Further, this kind of coverage of minor transactions of a basketball team he manages are receiving overemphasized coverage on his biography. This whole page and your slanderous comments will be reported to Wikipedia. The whole page should be shut down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paperbacklou (talk • contribs) 05:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Clarification
What exactly was slanderous? The fact that the team has "underperformed" immediately after a statement that says Sports Illustrated ranked their talent base 6th best in the preseason? Sorry but that is a fact. If that's irrelevant to a biography so is the entire statement regarding the Sports Illustrated poll. The Media policies were in fact Dolan's own doing and since they shed insight into his personality one would think that they would be relevant and not "overemphasized" for this kind of biography.

Unsubstantiated statements? They are not unsubstantiated when they are coming from 4 different news articles, and I emphasize hard news articles (not op-eds) with quotes from direct sources etc some of which include Dolan himself.

"In a recent Sports Illustrated players poll, he received the most votes as the worst owner in the NBA." Curious what are the grounds for deletion of that statement? It's okay to say SI ranked the Knicks 6th best based on talent (in an article about their owner) but an actual negative but true fact that is key to how this person is percieved is not relevant? GREAT LOGIC! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.116.4 (talk) 07:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

You Are Performing a Hatchett Job, Not Adding to a Person's Bio
Dear 70.134.116.4,

No hard feelings, but the James Dolan biography page has been incessantly attacked over the last 6 months (at least) by Knick fans unhappy that their team is losing. A biography of any person should have unbiased and fair coverage of noteworthy information on their life. The information that you added to the page was a very biased, directed attack of negative information about James Dolan, most of which was not noteworthy.

The whole player transaction area should probably be removed. It is very arguable that it is noteworthy information about James Dolan. If it stays, then both positive and negative information should be provided. Right now, information about Alan Houston's contract is countered by information about transactions of players who have given the Knicks more valued talent than they had 5 years ago. In general, a person's biography shouldn't have information that swings wildly based on whether a team they manage has a winning streak or a losing streak, or a winning/losing season, or sustains an injury to a key player that was acquired while they were the owner.

I am not sure what your beef with James Dolan is, besides the fact that the Knicks are losing and therefore you don't like him. Is it because he has spent too much money on the Knicks? Most fans consider that a good thing for an owner to do. Do you want him to spend less? Be less interested in the team? Is it because he has hired basketball experts and let them run things? Again, most fans prefer owners to be that way. George Steinbrenner was lambasted in the eighties for meddling too much. Is it because you feel Dolan has spent foolishly? GM's and owners of most teams in major markets who know that money makes money have made many more expensive gambles and mistakes than the Knicks have, including Brian Cashman of the NY Yankees and Omar Minaya of the Mets.

What the Dolan page, and anyone's biography page, should have is fair and balanced coverage of noteworthy information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paperbacklou (talk • contribs) 16:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Um, there are new parties unhappy about James Dolan. See Moynihan Station 204.52.215.107 (talk) 20:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Editing
This page has a lot of erroneous and/or misleading information and seems to omit other basic info. I will continue to edit as appropriate. Tjrover (talk) 19:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)tjrover

Within controversies you’ll find “Stanley” misspelled as “Stanely” Kevinhaddon (talk) 16:20, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Large removal of text and the policy on biographies
A large portion of the text, mostly negative, appeared to have no source cited. Per Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people this has been removed. Please make sure that you provide a reliable source if you wish to re-add any of the information or it will be removed again. Shell   babelfish 07:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Added citations
the text in question has since been cited but I don't understand the grounds for removal of other information that WAS cited in the article (re: Stern criticism). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjrover (talk • contribs) 06:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Middle Name
His middle name is Lorraine, if anyone wants to add it to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.32.16.3 (talk) 04:10, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Reliable source? Fat&#38;Happy (talk) 04:23, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Would it be permissible to cite the plaque at MSG with his full name on it? --DawnDusk (talk) 09:37, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * No, because it's unverifiable for readers. In biography articles Wikipedia only includes private information such as full birth names and birth dates that have been widely published in reliable sources. You can read more about this policy at WP:BLPPRIVACY.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:29, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2023
For Title, change "Executive Chairman and CEO, Madison Square Garden Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment; Executive Chairman, MSG Networks" to "Executive Chairman and CEO, Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. and Sphere Entertainment Co.; Chairman of AMC Networks Inc."

In first paragraph, change "serves as the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Madison Square Garden Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment, and executive chairman of MSG Networks." to "serves as the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. and Sphere Entertainment Co., and executive chairman of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

In first paragraph, change "Dolan oversees all operations within the company and supervises day-to-day operations of its professional sports teams, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers as well as their regional sports networks, which include MSG Network and MSG Plus." to "Dolan is responsible for setting the company's overall vision and growth strategy, as well as overseeing its operations across its professional sports teams, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, performance venues, including Sphere, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theatre, and The Chicago Theatre; entertainment brands including the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, and regional sports networks, which include MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet."

In Philanthropy section, change "a private supporter of pancreatic cancer research" to "the largest private funder of the world's preeminent pancreatic cancer researchers"

In Sports Management section, change "The teams under his domain include most notably the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks, the National Hockey League's New York Rangers, the Women's National Basketball Association's New York Liberty, and the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack. Of these teams, the only one to win a championship is the Wolf Pack, who won the Calder Cup in the 1999–2000 AHL season. As Chairman of Madison Square Garden, he supervises day-to-day operations of its professional sports teams and regional sports networks, which include MSG Network and MSG Plus. He also serves as a governor of the Knicks and Rangers to their respective leagues." to "The teams under his domain include most notably the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks, the National Hockey League's New York Rangers, the NBA G League's Westchester Knicks, the NBA 2K League's Knicks Gaming, and the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack. Of these teams, the only ones to win a championship are the Wolf Pack, who won the Calder Cup in the 1999–2000 AHL season, and Knicks Gaming, which won the inaugural NBA 2K League championships in 2018. As Executive Chairman of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., he supervises day-to-day operations of its professional sports teams, and as Executive Chairman and CEO of Sphere Entertainment Co., he oversees its regional sports networks, which include MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet. He also serves as a governor of the Knicks and Rangers to their respective leagues." MSG KS (talk) 18:32, 31 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Seawolf35 (talk - email) 01:39, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @MSG KS Also I would note that your request is a massive wall of text and is quite annoying to read. If somebody were to make the change they would appreciate it if you trimmed it down a bit. Thanks, Seawolf35 (talk - email) 01:40, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Lawsuit
This should probably go in here Gnomingstuff (talk) 22:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

what are his kids' names?
does one of them work for ESPN now? 216.186.196.37 (talk) 21:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)