Talk:Maury (talk show)

Quality of Writing
I only looked at this page because of the South Park episode. The article for the South Park episode reads as though it was written by a 14 or 15 year old. The article for Maury reads as though it was written by a ten year old. This is really quite dreadful. I would recommend that someone who knows about the show and has a writing age of above 11 rewrite the entire article because this is below amateur.
 * Shut up and learn to sign your comments. This article is both hilarious and informative. Can you really write an article about Maury without making it sound as ridiculous as the show? Treat it any better and your writing is a self-parody. 76.88.219.79 00:57, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * lol@ "give me yo money dance" 24.150.251.130 16:53, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I laughed so hard when I read this article, whoever wrote the "Common Themes" part clearly has the show down pat. 128.61.47.119 (talk) 20:42, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Large portions of this *do* need to be rewritten, if anyone has the time - particular note needs to be paid to NPOV and basic grammar. The use of 'she' instead of 'they' in the "out of control daughter" section would be an easy one to start with... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.95.39.61 (talk) 16:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, this article needs to be rewriten. The "Common themes" and "Less common themes" sections make most of the article, but once you remove the sections, you no longer have an article and merely a stub article. This article focuses more on the shows topics rather than its history, and there is barely any information on the show before the late 90s. I have to agree, this article needs to be rewritten. Mythdon (talk) 06:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * And now, 2022, I come here to learn about the show, and I learn much about its production history, and nothing about its content 139.168.96.9 (talk) 22:02, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Criticisms
I cleaned this section up because it did not conform to a NPOV. Citing the behavior of some of Maury's guests (particularly transgendered people) as an "abomination" is simply unacceptable. As well, citing the works of Bernard Goldberg (a known hardcore Conservative) won't work. If anyone wishes to object to these edits, please do so here before doing any reverting. Grendel 17:16, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I read the section, which was jumping to conclusions, but hardly to the degree you state. The word you were talking about was "admonition," which is not "abomination." Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 22:36, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Admonition? My mistake... That's a new word to me. Regardless, the few sentences I removed weren't benefiting the article's POV. Should we leave my edit in? Grendel 14:41, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Sure. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 18:58, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The line about "the long hair community" is uncited, unclear, and just plain weird. Anyone agree? Rajb245 15:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I do. "very harsh criticism from the long hair community." i dont even know where to start with that one....151.203.181.165 22:13, 1 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I originally posted the criticism from the long hair commnuity (regarding Maury's makeovers); go to http://www.longhaircommunity.com . You will find that they are not "weird".76.177.174.82 04:57, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Superb writing
I would say this article is 100% true. The pure amount of crap on that show is insane. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.250.28 (talk) 01:04, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


 * May o how do I get on the Maury show I needs to find. MyDad 2603:9001:1000:5AD2:51D1:1042:DAC4:4E38 (talk) 20:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

This article captures the hilarious redundancy of the show.

lots of issues | leave me a message 21:59, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I placed this tag because although I agree with where whoever wrote the section is coming from, it's hardly neutral. Anthony Rupert 14:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


 * This article is incredibly long, poorly sourced and written in way too informal of a tone. I suggest that the lengthy and informal paragraphs detailing various themes be reduced to a couple of sentences each. This might go a long way to address Anthony's objections. Phyesalis 05:58, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

long hair community?
Who the crap are the long hair community? Delete that bit, its silly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ideom (talk • contribs) 05:44, 27 December 2006 (UTC).


 * http://www.longhaircommunity.com (and many other similar pro-long hair websites) 76.177.174.82 17:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Apparently the series is ending May 2009. Which stinks. How many talk shows have series finale, lol, thats wierd.74.195.3.199 06:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

American Psycho
Does anyone want to add Patrick bateman's obsession with the show in Brett Easton Ellis' American Pshcho? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.147.156.178 (talk) 01:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

Bateman was obsessed with a fictional talkshow called The Patty Winters Show. Matt d84 (talk) 00:22, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

"The episode serves as a commentary on how Maury exploits and trivializes the plights of real people"
I have no doubt this is true, but couldn't we find a different way of putting it, as a neutral fact, not a personal observation? I do not disagree with the fact that that was the message South Park was trying to get across, rather, I think it would be more suitable to say: The episode provides a commentary on how many people believe that Maury Povich exploits and trivializes the plights of real people for entertainment purposes. 172.213.229.185 18:23, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

World Wrestling Entertainment
Why is World Wrestling Entertainment mentioned in this article? Yes, Stamford, Conneticut is the location of WWE HQ, but it is not relivant to the article.--75.59.225.183 (talk) 23:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

"Theme"
I would like all editors to please stop adding theme the "theme" sections to this article. The television episodes can't be used as sources due to WP:RS, and all claims must be sourced per WP:V. Any further additions will be reverted until reliable sources found. WP:NOTABLE excludes sources affiliated with the subject, and the television episodes are affiliated with the subject. In fact, they are the subject. Please take note of this. Thanks. — Mythdon  t / c  01:23, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

The Move to Stamford
I believe it's comfirmed, though not at a reliable third-party source. The Maury Show did say today "If you are going to be in the Stamford, CT area...contact so-and-so for tickets". Does anybody have a good source we could use to update the page? TedKennedyX (talk) 16:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I saw that on my local affiliate, Fox 68 WSYT in Syracuse, NY, so it's decided. FotoPhest (talk) 23:00, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't even know why he says Stamford, CT area since it is in the NYC area... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.89.86 (talk) 17:47, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Inappropriate links
The Out of Control Teens section gives examples of phrases typically uttered by the show's subject, including:

The word "haters" has been hot-linked to another Wikipedia page, which is actually a disambiguation page.

The word itself is an idiomatic neologism. In general, it's only used to belittle and shout down criticism of a particular idea, disregarding the substance of the criticism and invoking argumentum ad hominem. It would not merit a Wikipedia page in itself.

- Your definition is incorrect. It's actually intended to convey that the person doing the criticizing is only criticizing a particular idea to be spiteful to the person who suggested it. E.g. Bobby sneered when Billy suggested the four of them go to the park. However Bobby had begged me to go with him the week before. Bobby didn't like Billy and he was prone to hating on him.

Written text can only be read linearly -- it isn't possible to follow a hot-link and continue reading the original text concurrently. A hot-link, therefore, invites itself to be noted and followed at a later time. A long queue of hot-links to things of no relevance is a considerable nuisance.

A footnote on Wikipedia, hot-linking to supporting information on an external site, is written in such a way that readers can deduce the nature and likely relevance of the target page before following the link. Hot-links internal to Wikipedia show as nothing more than a few highlighted words in the main text: readers must trust the author of the page as to the relevance of the linked article.

There seems to be no consistency governing hot-links between Wikipedia pages. Could the site please draw up some standards?

Complete rewrite
I took the liberty of completely rewriting this article. The way it had been written was appalling and not appropriate for Wikipedia. I deleted most of the descriptive copy and commentary of episode themes, as it honestly wasn't needed. I also deleted various "references", which directed people to episodes that supposedly aired on various dates, but left no further information about those episodes. Also on the topic of references, I added new ones where I could, but unfortunately could not greatly improve the referencing of the article (so I left the tag at the top of the page). — Kendra   Michele  —20:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Article needs to be split
The article needs to be split into two articles: One titled The Maury Povich Show because that was a separate show itself from today's program and then the other with the current Maury series. King Shadeed 19:22, August 9, 2017 (UTC)

Polygraph reliability
Should the fact that polygraph tests have inconsistent rates of accuracy be mentioned in the "criticism" section, given the show's use of them? HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 19:12, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Lie detector test
When my husband left I want to prove to him I had no sex with anyone but did he have sex with Cora who he left me for 2600:8807:A7B1:6C00:6C19:70B3:EAFD:C758 (talk) 03:11, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

FYIO
Hi. FYIO, I came here to find out how many episodes were in a week, and I didn't. IKhitron (talk) 18:56, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Karamo Show still needs to be created
The successor of the show Karamo needs to be created. It's been over half a year and the show isn't on Wikipedia, please someone, everyone made the article. OWaunTon (talk) 03:40, 30 May 2023 (UTC)