Talk:John Seigenthaler, Jr.

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[edit] Really a Junior?

It's not really proper to call this John Seigenthaler a Junior since he doesn't have the same middle name as his father. Has someone found a source where he's called Junior and his father is called Senior? If not, I'd recommend renaming these, either with a middle initial or with something in parentheses. wknight94 17:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Well his father is called Sr. in the op-ed which started the controversy [1] Nil Einne 01:10, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

John M. Seigenthaler used to use "Junior" when he anchored in Nashville to prevent confusion with his father. You are right though. He is not, technically, a junior. Nut-meg 05:57, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I guess it depends on what you definition. Technically, I would argue he is in fact John Seigenthaler Jr. However he is not John M. Seigenthaler Jr... Nil Einne 09:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad press

Does Seigenthaler even know what he's talking about? It sounds to me like he hasn't done too much research into Wikipedia. He refers to us as "Wales' volunteers" and claims that Wikipedia allows anything to be posted. Only reason this stayed on the article as long as it did is because most people probabl don't look at this page very often. --Phoenix Hacker 08:48, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

More bad press here. The guy really did his best to harass wikipedia :( Halibutt 15:21, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• According to Brian Chase (Wikipedia hoaxer), Seigenthaler Sr. was pretty lenient with the person who posted the incorrect info, even encouraging Chase's employer to refuse Chase's resignation when he offered it. Johntex\^talk 20:36, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I just saw this article on someone's talk page, I skimmed through it, I already had an idea of what it was about. The fact of the matter is that there are a lot of GOOD people who are defamed on Wikipedia, both article subjects and users alike. However, we can only hope that the "volunteer" editors here catch the unvarifibale information quicker. Livin' Large 04:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)