Talk:Charlie the Tuna

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[edit] James Dean

Well first off as Tom Rogers son it would be a little unethical for you to edit something so close to you. Also, although the james dean part of the entry only has one citation, and a geocites one at that, there seem to be enough mentions/citable places if you do a quick google that it SHOULD be included as the RUMOR it is reported to be. Also, the entry does give the real credit where credit is due. There is no point in editing this entry. It is about Charlie the Tuna, which includes a rumor about Dean, it is clear that it is a rumor, and creative credit is given to the real creators. This entry is about Charlie, not james dean, and not about your father. But since you said all this last year maybe its a moot point. Dirk Pitt 13:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I am Tom Rogers' son. My father took great pride in his work at Leo Burnett and Nurmi's fantastical tale about James Dean being the true creator of Charlie the Tuna is quite offensive. Both Star-Kist and Leo Burnett have given full credit to Rogers for creating the character and I will heavily edit this section unless someone can persuade me to leave it alone.Rogersvb 13:58, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] James Dean Redux

Dirk, my comments referred to the page before it was clarified (by someone else) that the James Dean claim was an interesting rumor and properly gave TR full credit. So, yes, much of your riposte is mooted. I'm not so sure I agree that it is "unethical" for someone to edit a topic that is "close" to them (otherwise we risk disqualifying many firsthand sources), but I acknowledge that there is a potential conflict and I'm glad that the attribution material was added by another editor. Rogersvb 13:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)