Talk:Sunset Marquis Hotel

Conflict of interest editing
User:SunsetMarquis heavily edited this article earlier in 2012, to its detriment. the edits were unencyclopedic, unsourced, and further edits after these made simple reversion impossible. i have taken the article back to the last uncorrupted edit (there were also some IP edits likely from the hotel as well). I made an independent editorial decision to remove the gallery. the link to Commons is more than sufficient. I sincerely hope this individual does not return to editing in this fashion, but can first learn about COI and how to edit here before starting again. I will check all the edits since June 2012 for any noncontroversial edits i should put back. I put a template on the article to alert any future editors if they notice any further oddities (i may not return here for a while, as i dont "watch" many articles consistently).Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:44, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

These facts were added which would definitely add color if sourced, even to the hotels book. i move these edits here to spur further research. NONE of this material should be added back unless sourced, esp. as some of it involves living people.

EXCERPTS FROM SUNSET MARQUIS’ 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BOOK “IF THESE WALLS COULD ROCK”

In 2013 Sunset Marquis celebrates their 50th anniversary, the anecdotes and quotes below are from the upcoming book about 50 amazing years in Hollywood.

Self-described “three-time mayor” of the Sunset Marquis and actual three- time Academy Award nominee Billy Bob Thornton, lived at the hotel for six years.

Jeff Beck’s favorite room, since when he first came with The Yardbirds, is Suite 116 located in the main building on the ground floor facing the pool.

Cyndi Lauper has been staying at the Marquis since 1979. “The first time I came here I met Bruce Springsteen and we walked up to Sunset to get waffles together.”

Lenny Bruce used to do stand up by the pool, assuming Bette Midler and Neil Diamond weren’t performing to pay their tab.

Mike Nichols and Elaine May took up several villas while they edited their film MIKEY AND NICKEY here.

Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin set up their writing staff in several of the villas. The result was Sanford & Son.

Richard Harris was famous for padding down to the pool in nothing but his nightshirt, removing it, taking a dip, then casually dressing and returning to his room.

Rodney Dangerfield was frequently asked to put something more appropriate on, as management was fielding complaints from those trying to enjoy their Sunday brunch.

Tiny Tim got married to Miss Vicki in the lobby, just before leaving to do it all over again on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Tom Petty and Bob Dylan wrote several songs together at the Marquis, then decided to start a band called the Travelling Wilburys with George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Geoff Lynne.

Sal Mineo, who was murdered in 1976 - a block away from the hotel, still inhabits Villa 10, according to the cleaning staff.

Roger Ebert used the Marquis as his headquarters while he wrote a movie about and for the Sex Pistols with VALLEY OF THE DOLLS producer Russ Meyer and Malcolm McLaren.

Harry Connick, Jr. met his wife, Victoria’s Secret model and mother of his three children, Jill Goodacre, in the pool.

The Sunset Marquis was where Courtney Love was residing when Kurt Cobain killed himself. She scrawled several poems across the hallway walls in lipstick. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:03, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Latest massive rewrite of the article
It looks like this was written by an advertising copy writer. See WP:NPOV. It resurrects the above claimed material from 50 year, etc. There isn't a WP:RS or for that matter any attributed source whatsoever. Rather, the claim by the editor is that this is all true, and conversely that the prior cited material is untrue. The prior material is sourced, and the new stuff isn't. See WP:Truth. I think that a major revision like this should be discussed and vetted on the talk page first. The addition of the links looks like linkspam, and a violation of WP:ELNO. I would also note that the latest contributions were made by a totally new account, who is of this writing a single article editor. I do not yet know if User:Capo689 User talk:Capo689 is a sockpuppet for SunsetMarquis, another interested editor who edited similarly, may have had a conflict,and was likewise a single article editor. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 02:32, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ... and I woke up to read this on my Talk page. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones / The Welsh Buzzard 09:13, 28 November 2012 (UTC)