Talk:Mark Zuckerberg

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[edit] STEALING WIKIPEDIA CONTENT!!!

http://english.pravda.ru/business/companies/13-03-2008/104494-mark_zuckerberg-0

They even left the [citation needed] in.

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 (talk) 07:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] September 2006

"On Septemeber 5th 2006, Zuckerberg created the mini feed, encouraging stalkers everywhere to set forth on a global rampage." - Definitely not a neutral point of view (loudestnoise : talk) 05 September 2006

[edit] October 2005

There's currently not much noteworthy about him except for his creation of Facebook. Besides, the main facebook article mentions everything currently on this page about him. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 169.229.99.156 (talk • contribs) 01:43, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] March 2006

I recreated this article because I think Zuckerberg is now notable enough to merit his own stub. There are stubs for other Facebook employees and it seems the founder and CEO should get one too. - L1AM (talk) 09:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] July 2006

He is absolutely noteworthy enough to have his own stub. Someone needs to track down the New Yorker's piece on Zuckerberg that was printed in its May 15, 2006 edition. I remember the article saying that he was offered something in the hundreds of millions for the site. Anyone who has been offered hundreds of millions of dollars for anything is worth a "stub" on Wikipedia. [[1]]

[edit] August 2006

Why is this article still considered a stub? Generally, when I find a stub it's a paragraph long, maybe 2, but that's about it. While this isn't a 5-page essay on the guy, I'd certainly consider it more than a stub... 82.139.89.208 11:57, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] May 2007

Is it true that Facebook started out as a game like Grand Theft Auto? That really sounds wild...and it's unsourced. --24.151.241.181 03:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jewish American

I would remove this from the header per WP:MOSBIO, opening paragraph point #3, ethnicity. Any thoughts? Thanks --Tom 18:14, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I didn't see any reason why it should have been removed, unless it was used in an offensive way which it wasn't. Infact it's positive for the Jewish community, showing Jewish success in Internet ventures, considering Bittorrent and many other contributions the Jewish community has made. I think it should be put back, but in a subtle way on the article somewhere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.179.67.167 (talk) 02:32, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
...because Jews are relatively unheard of in the business world or something? I'm not trying to stereotype, but please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 20.2.185.8 (talk) 13:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC).

well jew's have been persecuted and put down by the world and are continuously and when a jew makes a difference...or when a member of any minority makes a significant contribution of any type...it's only proper that somewhere...it be noted.

credit is given where credit is due. let the haters see elsewhere, don't discriminate or hate, single that you aren't zucky baby —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.87.115.182 (talk) 02:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Added it back as it needs verification for the Jewish businesspeople [2] list. I have read from numerous Jewish websites where he has been interviewed and that he still holds ground to his Jewish roots while not a practicing Jew (in terms of obeying all the rules). Hence the reason why i added Conservative Judaism. As a Jew and studying at a Jewish school this would be my best guess, so unless you know better dont change it. Respect peoples religious beliefs, keep it there for all to know so people may relate to him or do religious statistics etc etc. ---Moondy (talk) 08:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Harvard Student Status

I removed him from the Harvard Alumni category. Drop-outs are not alumni.


--Check the definition of alumnus again, yes they are, alumnus = graduate OR FORMER STUDENT (emphasis mine) of a school. - Josh Sims

According to wiktionary, an alumnus is a student or graduate. If he is neither a student or graduate (and drop-outs aren't either), then he's not an alumnus. 20.2.185.8 13:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


Not to be anti-wiktionary or anything, but that did not sound quite right to me, so I checked with my most used dictionary, the American Heritage online, and it says

A male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.

For good measure, I checked Merriam-Webster's and it says

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university
2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate.

To be fair to others, my own older edition (print) of American Heritage only defined alumnus as male graduates. Nam1123 07:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Early life" section

I deleted "Jews are the best at everything and Jewish people have created mostly everything you use everyday. "

That is just not professional. Its a stereotype, positive, but still racist.

it is impossible for something to be racist against jews.... the jewish people are not a race.

No people are a race... There are no such thing as human races, only ethnic groups and religions. And when you attack or praise people just for their religion or ethnicity is it is commonly termed "racism".--158.36.137.7 06:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Facebook" section

This sentence sounds incomplete: The network first expanded to allow other university students to join. Should there be a date at the end of this?

I think this means university as opposed to high school and everyone else, and the date on that would be...2004 to 2006. The expansion happened gradually and I don't know if you can put a date on it. But I agree, the sentence is not great. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 04:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Defacing

Somebody added on "The most over valued website in history." under the Partial Sale section. Clearly not Wikipedia material, so I'll remove it. Jon914 01:46, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

"HE touched his little crotch." What the heck is that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.122.27.218 (talk) 19:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

It's just media hype. Everyone knows FB, with its $X _million_/year profits, isn't worth anything close to $15B. No one in his right mind would pay $15B for a 100% stake. Exponential user growth can't last forever -- I think growth will slow down in the next year or two and the Web 2.0 bubble will finally burst. Wikipedian06 12:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, and we'll have the last laugh because he could have sold it in 2007 and been a literal billionaire by now. There's no way Facebook's value is going to increase much beyond this point, social networking is at tipping point (look at Facebook's visitor stats). 92.232.121.101 (talk) 12:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

After losing Myspace to Google, Microsoft paid a ludicrous $240m to secure worldwide advertising rights on the property, the 1.6% cardboard bubblegum stake was merely thrown in. To value the company based on that deal is ludicrous. Considering Facebook's cash burn rate and the fact that they just took $100m in debt financing through TriplePoint, I'm wondering if it's worth even what RM paid for Myspace.--122.106.251.190 (talk) 11:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ConnectU Section

I rewrote the final paragraph due to the heavily pro-Zuckerberg biased language used. It should now read more neutrally. I also added the results of the case at the end of the paragraph. Wolfraem 21:19, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American computer coordinator?

Um... what is a computer coordinator? It used to say computer programmer and entrepreneur. -FeralDruid (talk) 20:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Time

One of time magizines 100 people of 2008 is... Mark zuckerberg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.67.189 (talk) 20:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Again, regarding religion...

He has now been placed under the catagory of "Jewish atheists". We've got the link that says he had a Jewish upbringing, but where does it indicate that he lost his faith, or that he stopped believing in God? Not050 (talk)Not050Not050 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 21:46, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Often the term Jewish is used to describe someone's ethnicity; not their race. I have a friend who was raised Christain and considers herself Christain, but she also calls herself Jewish because she's of Jewish ancestry. SamanthaG (talk) 12:45, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

yes that is aboslutely correct. Jewish is considered an ethnicity.