Talk:Veronica Belmont

fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 06:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Untitled
Please do not edit the article with certain sections "not to be deleted." Please use the Sandbox if you must edit like this.
 * The "not to be deleted" line was for a request to admins and CVU members to not revert this page as I was in the middle of updating it with a better organized format and content. The Sandbox is to be used by novice users who want to experiment with editing on Wiki.  As of now the "not to be deleted" request has been taken down as I've finished my update on this page.  --LifeStar 18:36, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * "admins and CVU members"? There's more to how we "keep Wikipedia beautiful" (if you will) than the actions of administrators and members of the CVU. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 06:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Was/Is
I changed "Veronica Belmont was a producer and associate editor for CNET Networks, Inc." to "Veronica Belmont is a former producer and associate editor for CNET Networks, Inc." She's not dead. Jordinho 06:12, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Question to Wikipedians
Just out of curiosity, why such an unimportant and relatively anonymous person has a detailed wikipedia entry ?
 * I believe it is because the people who are most familiar with her work are involved in the technology community and are interested in technology in general. As a result, they are more likely to be familiar with wikipedia. Yavoh 18:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Apparently she's not so anonymous anymore. She's the most popular Veronica on Google. --Kamasutra (talk) 07:29, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Photo Of Veronica Belmont
I found a nice photo of Belmont on Flickr--it's the one Mahalo uses. Could it be used on her Wikipedia bio too? Link: http://flickr.com/photos/jdlasica/543480672/

--70.239.165.120 00:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. A much better one is being used. :)

--70.239.165.120 19:16, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

What's with the BS tag for deletion?
I am SO NOT sifting through six hundred episodes of Buzz Out Loud to find episode numbers for this info. Also, this WAS discussed before, Articles_for_deletion/Veronica_Belmont, and was kept. So this page is not going to be deleted now, since the whole Jason Howell debate began. Read your own WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS page. Cleanup, perhaps. Deletion, no.

Anderson Cooper's personal log states:

"It's official. @mahalodaily is proof that @Veronica could easily replace Veronica De La Cruz as the face of CNN.com" (see dated entry 10:58 PM November 07, 2007)

His quote is purely personal opinion, but should be taken with respect as a quote from an Independent source of very high stature.

I can say with certainty that is not Anderson Cooper. Please verify your facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.231.21 (talk) 03:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I think the problem is that this page was created by fans who listened to all her podcasts and just typed down what she said about herself. The problem seems to be that those same fans don't want to go back and re-listen to all the podcasts to get reliable sources. We need to find good mainstream articles written about her to edit the article properly. Species5618 (talk) 23:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

MAD magazine
Is it really necessary to talk about how she enjoyed Mad as a child? Killamator (talk) 23:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Reference to personal relationship
I removed reference to her personal relationship as per Wikipedia:Biography of Living Persons policy [] as it was unsourced and not relevant to the biography.

WS:BLP states:

Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles,[2] talk pages, user pages, and project space.

''Editors should avoid repeating gossip. Ask yourself whether the source is reliable; whether the material is being presented as true; and whether, even if true, it is relevant to an encyclopedia article about the subject.'' 82.44.221.140 (talk) 17:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Starlet is used in a derogatory way
In the "Appearances" section, the article says "...alongside other web starlets like Amanda Congdon." Does anyone else find this to be a distasteful put-down? It reminds me of the days when female CEOs, like Fiorina or Whitman, would be called 'fiesty' in the business press.

And I agree about the MAD Magazine covers. WTF?

208.105.19.114 (talk) 04:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Lead
Can we agree an overall title for VB for the lead section? The lead goes into her specific roles, without mentioning that they are all Internet based. I'd appreciate some suggestions as to her title, such as: Savlonn (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Internet media personality
 * New Media presenter

Improving the Article
I think we should start to include the biographical aspects of VBs increasing popularity, based on reliable, sourced material. One particular aspect not covered in her biography is her use of a broad range of social networking tools to increase her presence. For example, currently she is the top female ranked on Twitter, and has broad coverage from her blog, facebook, flicker, etc.

I've been spending most of my Wikipedia time lately on a very formal biography of a living person, so have the habit of discussing potential changes here on the talk page before inserting them in the article. As such, I'd appreciate some thoughts about the structure of the article, and improvements here. Savlonn (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Every Appearance
Is it really necessary to list every single appearance of Veronica, down to the episode number? Wikipedia is not meant to be IMDB. It all seems a little much to me, but maybe it's just preference.

Mhudson3 (talk) 14:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

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Can we add she's Jewish?
It's a primary source, she states her family is Jewish. "But I think there is still some good to be had from the connections that can be made that might not have happened otherwise. People being able to find their tribes. Quite literally, like I found out that I was … My family’s Jewish and I never knew that before. And that was all because of, yeah, because of technology."--Wlmg (talk) 17:22, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion: You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 23:23, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Veronica Belmont in the hallway at work.png

Merger discussion
Tekzilla has very few reliable secondary sources and nearly all of the available sources are more focused on Veronica Belmont hosting the podcast than the podcast itself. I found a couple books that mention the podcast independently of her, but they are extremely limited with the coverage. I don't think Tekzilla meets WP:GNG as an independent subject of Veronica Belmont. TipsyElephant (talk) 00:39, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose, given that merging to one of the 5-or-so cohosts (Veronica Belmont) seems to be arbitrary. The references seems sufficient to keep the podcast page. Klbrain (talk) 17:55, 7 September 2021 (UTC)