Talk:Tom Poston

Bad Link
The biography link to MSN has gone bad.

Personal Life
There is nothing about his personal life, such as children.

Movie
I recall this man was in a movie called Zotz. I wonder if anyone can put up something about it?

http://www.nndb.com/films/236/000088969/

Gay?
Was Tom Poston gay (before he got married to Suzanne Pleshette)?

I recall him saying (seriously, I thought), "..I'm gay..", on a talk show many years ago (maybe the old Late Night with David Letterman show).

Was it a joke? Or was it true?

72.82.171.33 01:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think I remember the sketch, and it was trademark Poston deadpan. --Dhartung | Talk 04:18, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Air Medal
Which is it: an Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster representing TWO awards; or an Air Medal with TWO Oak Leaf Clusters represeting a total of three awards? It's one oak leaf cluster per additional award (silver = 5 additional awards). Rklawton 12:22, 2 May 2007 (UTC) According to Army Regulation 670-1, the AM has numeral devices to show how many awards are received, not OLCs.

Citations needed?
After seeing my additions of "Citation needed" templates reverted twice, I am seeking feedback from other editors; the editor who reverted and I obviously have differing viewpoints. The edit summary accompanying the second removal of the templates says, in part, "... If we add a reference for every easily verifiable fact the article will be cluttered."

In light of that edit summary, how many of the following items qualify as exceptions to Verifiability? How many are "easily verifiable"?
 * Poston's birth name
 * Poston's date of birth
 * Poston's winning an Emmy Award and being nominated for three more
 * Poston's being cast in a film from which his scenes were deleted
 * Poston's role in a play in St. Louis
 * Poston's being a longtime friend of Bob Newhart

With regard to the Emmy items, the edit summary also said, in part, "An Emmy nod doesn't require a citation as it's already indexed here on Wiki." I have understood that content of each article needs its own sourcing, regardless of whether it is sourced elsewhere in Wikipedia.

I consider good sourcing to be a strength of a Wikipedia article, rather than seeing it as clutter. How are exceptions like those itemized above decided? Eddie Blick (talk) 03:04, 14 December 2023 (UTC)