Talk:Clay Tanner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or if there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Stub	This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]
	This article is supported by the Arts and Entertainment work group.

This article has been automatically assessed as Stub-Class by WikiProject Biography because it uses a stub template. If you agree with the assessment, please remove {{WPBiography}}'s auto=yes parameter from this talk page. If you disagree with the assessment, please change it by editing the class parameter of the {{WPBiography}} template, removing {{WPBiography}}'s auto=yes parameter from this talk page, and removing the stub template from the article.

[edit] Deletion

I'm recommending that this article be deleted in that it has no TRUE sources stating any of the information and that it discredits Dr.LaVey who has already made the claim (which is common knowledge) of him being the actor who played Satan. Such articles are in of them selves vandalism.

I have also deleted the stub labels in that this person hasn't even be verified of being an actual person. Clay Tanner is probably just a common stage name for actors to use. please stop putting utter nonsense on Wikipedia or you will be given a warning of vandalism. unlike you, I will remain in wiki policy and give you a friendly heads up before I mark your page with Vandalism warnings!

I agree that this article should be deleted. CLay Tanner isn't anything more than a stage name used by several actors. These Lavey bashers need to stop putting bogus info on this site just to discredit LaVey. I'll be checkin' on some wikipolicies or whatever to get this page sent to the trash can! Bob2222 19:53, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know where I can find a biography (and page number would help) or official interview in which LaVey, himself, makes such a claim?

I've read through the sources and here are my discoveries:

• With -
  • http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/BOT.html
  • http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/LaVeyOccultAmerica.html
  • http://www.churchofsatan.com/home.html

Anton LaVey, himself, does not make this claim, the gentlemen interviewing him makes that statement in the introduction (not during the interview, Anton LaVey would have no chance to contradict)

• With -
  • http://www.satanic-kindred.org/tribute.htm
  • http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rosemarys_baby/about.php
  • http://www.disobey.com/horror/movie_media/rosemarys_baby/index.shtml
  • http://home.att.net/~r.s.swartz/rose.html
  • http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/satanism/levey.html
  • http://www.religion-cults.com/Occult/Satanism/Satanism.htm

No primary sources are mentioned at all!

• However, The following sources have either the credential or primary sources to make such a claim, but they deny his involvement:
  • Gene Gutowski; William Castle, Step Right Up! I'm Gonna Scare the Pants off America, New York: Pharos Books, 1992 (William Castle was the producer of the film)
  • Michael A. Aquino (COS, page #17) [1] (Michael A. Aquino was a member of the Church of Satan and therefore has an undisputed (to my knowledge) connection to LaVey)

• The following have only those mentioned above as sources:
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/trivia
  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491989/
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/
  • www.churchofsatan.org/aslv.html (however this article claims that LaVey actually made the claim yet does not cite it's source for such knowledge)

I realize that we could pile on many websites that back up his involvement, but none of these mention any sources at all! We do however have info from primary sources claiming he was not. In fairness to Wikipedia policy and NPOV, we must leave the information as is (maybe mentioning that there is a rumor, but nothing more) Thank You. AlexanderLevian 17:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)