Talk:Michael Recanati

"LGBT"?
Recanati is categorized as "LGBT". The only reason for this that I see within the article is "Recanati battled cancer the last three years of his life. His partner at the time was Tom Schalk." Two assertions that are presented unsourced. Source? -- Hoary (talk) 05:49, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

See footnote (currently 1) from the The IDC Herzliyan Winter 2016 PDF. Page 16 contains the 'In Memoriam' page by Ariel Rodal-Spieler. It mentions Tom Schalk at the end and cancer at the top of the page. Schreierdm (talk) 04:24, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Washington Free Beacon
The article is sourced to "Washington Free Beacon" (WFB). It's not a website I'd heard of, but a glance at the sources cited here shows Senator Al Franken (as senator) referred to as a "funnyman", and similarly blatant attempts to make those who allegedly or actually benefitted from Recanati's largesse seem lightweights, sinister, or both. Is the WFB a reliable source? -- Hoary (talk) 05:49, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I've also raised the matter here at WP:RSN. -- Hoary (talk) 06:31, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

The Washington free beacon is like breitbart — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flamingoflorida (talk • contribs) 07:12, 12 June 2017 (UTC)


 * WFB and Breitbart do give off the same odor; however, WFB gets praise from at least one unexpected place. If you're saying that WFB puts out fiction, do you have source for this? -- Hoary (talk) 08:14, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

https://www.mediamatters.org/shows-and-publications/washington-free-beacon Flamingoflorida (talk) 18:03, 12 June 2017 (UTC) They have a long history of smear Flamingoflorida (talk) 18:04, 12 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Those who take the Washington Free Beacon seriously will say that this is just a predictable attack on a "beacon of freedom" by a lefty publication. A critical review of the Beacon by a centrist publication (NYT, WashPo, etc) would carry a lot more weight. -- Hoary (talk) 22:49, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/02/the-worst-mission-statement-in-the-history-of-dc-journalism/252744/Flamingoflorida (talk) 23:23, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

https://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/conservative-website-relied-on-republican-opposition-researc?utm_term=.dfbjGDE8r4#.do9DMxnvXG Are these considered centrist Flamingoflorida (talk) 23:27, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

https://www.thenation.com/article/conservative-free-beacon-fronts-taiwan-lobby/ Flamingoflorida (talk) 23:31, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Why is this article relevant for the public a private citizen with a single article from a right wing source — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flamingoflorida (talk • contribs) 08:19, 13 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Could you please clarify? The article has multiple sources. Are you saying the article should be deleted? -- ‖ Ebyabe talk - Inspector General  ‖ 09:20, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

This article is not accurate as they don’t even have births and death date among many other things the article also discusses a child metal health condition. This person was not a public figure the mason source is is the Washington free beacon that is not a reliable primary ÷source for a private person — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flamingoflorida (talk • contribs) 23:51, 13 December 2017 (UTC) I took out all information that could be libel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flamingoflorida (talk • contribs) 05:04, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the Social Register
Michael may well have been a good businessman, donor and Democrat. but I'm not sure he was notable in any of the three fields. The article is being edited with personal details that are not relevant to the encyclopedia. An encyclopedia should always be accurate, but accuracy is not a sufficient condition for inclusion. Insofar as there is consistent edit warring here, I'm going to start tagging assertions. If there is no citation provided, the assertion goes. Take for example nationality. What passport(s) did he hold? Rhadow (talk) 20:28, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

He wasn’t notable that is the point I’ve been trying to say he had a duel American and Israeli passportFlamingoflorida (talk) 20:59, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

NYU gift
The gift was to be given over 20 years after 2 years the gift was revoked as benchmarks by the NYU child study center where not met the revocation of the gift was not published for respect for nyc the institute was closed in 09 you will no mention of it after 09 I have a confict of interest as I am related but still this is fact not speculation a gift of that size doesn’t go disappear after 2 years unless it was revokedFlamingoflorida (talk) 23:08, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia relies on content that has been published in reliable secondary sources. If you can provide one that confirms this, the content can be changed. If not, it won't. At this stage the article says that a donation was reported in 2007, which is confirmed by the source.Melcous (talk) 23:19, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Would a email from the Ira Statfeld the donor be enough to prove itFlamingoflorida (talk) 23:22, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Morris center
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/benjamin-millepied-tries-to-change-how-los-angeles-views-dance/article_20b2f46e-febf-11e1-badb-0019bb2963f4.html Of noteFlamingoflorida (talk) 01:42, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/artists/benjamin-millepiedFlamingoflorida (talk) 01:43, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Millepied is of note He was at the Morriss center for 2 years dancing

Also recanati chair at NYU is also notable http://www.nyu.edu/about/giving/donor-recognition/endowed-chairs.htmlFlamingoflorida (talk) 02:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Note: these requests were made by a now banned conflict of interest editor. The first, about Millepied, is irrelevant to this article and the second, about NYU, is not in the source given, hence neither has been included. Melcous (talk) 23:05, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Overseas Shipholding Group / Maritime Overseas Corporation
HI - I'm the guy who reported Michael's passing, a former employee who followed his exploits now and then, at a distance, then I read something somewhere about his death confirmed it in the Interdisciplinery Center tribute, but found nothing in Wikipedia. Would check every few months and nothing. He did not care much for me, nor I him, but what a presence.

He led some interesting technological innovations at MOC, and refused to let IBM sales folks on the same floor he was on after he had been embarrassed by them. He stopped having large meetings in which I was included, but occasionally came to one as the 'guest speaker'. And I never got lunchroom privileges, though most of my peers did. I do agree in some ways he is not a notable other than being from the famous and wealthy Recanati family. But he had been in Wikipedia while alive and it seemed wrong not to bury him.Schreierdm (talk) 22:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)