Talk:Tim Gunn

March 16 edits
A major edit was done on March by User:Tuccijam. More detail was added. This is good. However, all of the information was without reference. Also, there were no Wikilinks included and existing links were removed, much of it was Point of View, and it violated many of the Wikipedia Policies. I understand the desire to provide more information about Tim Gunn. However this is not a fan site. For more information, please see, What Wikipedia is not and Neutral point of view and perhaps look at other well done article on Wikipedia. Crunch 00:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Introduction Concerns
"Timothy M. Gunn (born July 29, 1953) is a gay American fashion maven..." Is there anyway Gunn's sexual orientation can be incorporated into this article without making it feel as if his career is predicated on it? The way it's phrased currently feels the same way as if it were "Tim Gunn is a gray haired American fashion maven..." I Just Kissed A Pacino 20 August 2007 —The preceding  signed but undated.

Maven? Of what? (and says you!)
The word "maven" is non-descript and subjective. What exactly Tim Gunn does should be described more specifically. This problem is similar to that of articles that describe someone as a "mogul." It doesn't tell the reader much about the subject. ask123 20:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Parson's seems to have hidden Tim Gunn's Bio and listing as faculty member
I clicked on the link provided at the bottom of the article ( Parsons The New School For Design Official Biography) and the page that came up a Parson's web page, but the bio was completely blank. I then tried to find him listed as a faculty member and there was no listing him. I'm guessing that probably due to his celebrity, they have hidden this information.

Dalijon (talk) 12:03, 7 December 2007 (UTC) Jonathan Schwartz


 * He's no longer on the faculty at Parson's. He is CCO of Liz Claiborne now. Softlavender (talk) 05:51, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * PS: I therefore removed the link, which no longer has any Tim Gunn info. Softlavender (talk) 04:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Crop or replace image
Someone should further crop or replace the image of Tim Gunn in the infobox. You can clearly see another individual who is posing with him for the picture. A portrait image should not include the fan who approached him and asked to take a picture with him... It's not very professional looking. Anyway, that kinda stuff is for fansites... Let's try to get an image of him alone or FULLY cut out that other person in the pic... Cheers! ask123 (talk) 21:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, file a request at Graphic Lab/Images to improve. Banji boi 22:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't want to seem like I'm barking an order and not doing it myself... I'm just so jammed with editing other articles! I will try, but perhaps someone who is invested in this article can spearhead this move... Any takers? Just a thought... ask123 (talk) 21:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Looking at it again the photo should simply be replaced as his eyes are closed, there's like 850 others on Flickr. Banji boi 22:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Semiotics
Gunn has made occasional references to semiotics and uses its jargon -- e.g. http://www.comicmix.com/news/2010/04/17/tim-gunn-talks-comics-fashion/ -- does anyone know if he has had any training in semiotics? If so, should it be included in this article? MisterJayEm (talk) 19:40, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Born in the U.S.A.
Tim made Jimmy Fallon look like Bruce Springsteen from his Born in the U.S.A. album, not Born to Run. 12.186.80.1 (talk) 16:35, 1 September 2010 (UTC) 1 September 2010

Is Tim Gunn's middle name really "Machine"?
I can't find this anywhere else. 71.67.189.30 (talk) 23:20, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

"Public Critic NPOV?"
"low-blows and lack of professionalism" is pure opinion and lacks specificity in violation of the neutrality policy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.225.75 (talk) 02:01, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Yep. I changed it up some and added a positive quote to balance out the negative quote. 74.80.58.186 (talk)

Gunnkowski
The statement that he was born Timothy Gunnkowski and that his father's last name was Gunnkowski needs a valid citation. --Crunch (talk) 04:07, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Asexuality
Under the Personal Life heading, there is a sentence stating that Tim is Asexual. The reference given is an opinion piece which links to the actual statements by Tim Gunn. In those statements he claims to have been celibate for 29 years, but nowhere does he say he is asexual. In fact, this article has several links to Tim saying he is homosexual. Celibacy is not the same thing as asexuality, so I am removing this sentence from the article. Chelos (talk) 20:33, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Tim Gunn is not asexual
I keep seeing this article claiming Tim Gunn is asexual, but the source article never once has him claiming to be such. Instead the article is about him declaring himself CELIBATE as a gay man. Celibacy is very different from asexuality and it is not good to conflate the two.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/tim-gunn-celibacy-sex.html

"If you watch the above video until the end, you'll see Gunn speaking in halting sentences, holding back emotion, as he explains that his decision to remain celibate by choice followed a difficult breakup and is partly "psychological." He cites health, and fear of sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS."

As you can see, Gunn made a choice to be celibate. Asexuality is NOT a choice, no one chooses to be asexual. Gunn made a clear choice to be celibate because of difficulties of sexual relations as a gay man in the era of his youth.

I try to edit this information because it is very misleading and sets forth harmful precedents about asexuality and celibacy being confused, but someone has made it so the page auto-resets to the edited line about asexuality if you try to change it. This willful obfuscation of the fact of his celibacy to wrongfully claim him as asexual is against the entire purpose of Wikipedia being a factual aggregation of information.


 * According to this article Tim Gunn DOES self-identify as asexual. I see a lot of articles leaving that bit out. A person can be both celibate and asexual, seeing as celibacy is a behavior and asexuality is a sexuality. That being said, I believe the sources should be updated to make this clear. Mell0nite (talk) 23:34, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
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Still with the Liz Claiborne name? If so, which one?
The Liz Claiborne corporation sold off many of its brands, including the Liz Claiborne clothing line. That was purchased by JCPenney. The Liz Claiborne corporation changed its name to "Fifth & Pacific Companies" in 2012 and again in 2014 to "Kate Spade & Company".

So, did Gunn go with the Liz Claiborne clothing line to JCPenney or did he go with the Liz Claiborne corporation to its new iteration, Fifth & Pacific Companies, then Kate Spade & Company? Or did he leave Liz Claiborne altogether prior to its reshuffling? Curiously, Wordreader (talk) 19:26, 9 August 2016 (UTC)


 * The article claimed that he was a member of the board and chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne. This was true at one time, and there are sources provided that back this up. I cannot find a current source that shows he's still a member of the board or CCO at either company. So, I removed this information from the infobox. The article as written talks about his starting at Liz Claiborne, and this information remains correct and cited. I could not find sources that talked about him leaving or that talked about the current CCO of Kate Spade & Company, Deborah Lloyd, taking over, so I didn't make any more changes to the article. &mdash;C45207 &#124; Talk 21:05, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Constant editing to claim Tim Gunn is Asexual
Someone continuously edits the Personal Life section to claim Tim Gunn is asexual instead of celibate.

If you see the reference they cite for this claim of asexuality, it clearly says he is CELIBATE.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/tim-gunn-celibacy-sex.html

"If you watch the above video until the end, you'll see Gunn speaking in halting sentences, holding back emotion, as he explains that his decision to remain celibate by choice followed a difficult breakup and is partly "psychological." He cites health, and fear of sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS.

"Do I feel like less of a person for it? No!" he said. "I am a perfectly happy, fulfilled individual." He said he started his self-imposed celibacy as AIDS began ravaging the gay community, and that he and many other people simply retreated from that danger."

Celibacy is not at all the same as asexuality. Celibacy is a personal choice; asexuality is a sexual orientation which you are hard-wired towards from birth, just like heterosexuality and homosexuality.

Please, whoever keeps editing this, stop.

ETA: I just realized that in the Biography section, someone also edited it to say "Tim Gunn used to identify as gay but now identifies as asexual." They cite this source:

http://www.metroweekly.com/2007/09/naked-gunn/

A quick CTRL+F of this article shows absolutely no mention of the word asexual. I don't know if whoever keeps putting in these edits is doing it as a joke but I think it accounts to vandalism at this point. This has been happening for months and I continuously edit it back but someone keeps inserting unsourced claims of aseuxality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.19.112.126 (talk) 2016-12-09T08:49:35 UTC