Talk:Michael Tilson Thomas

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[edit] Categorizations

I removed some catgories because I could find no sourced assertions in the article that supported them. Someone else put them back asserting that they are in fact there. I still can't see them - maybe I've gone blind or have forgotten how to read. Not interested in starting a revert war, but for the record, I think it would be nice to have the assertions and sources pointed out more clearly. Mrhsj 17:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Explicit declarations

yes, mtt is gay...and openly so. though it is not express in the article--and there's nothing in the mos requiring such declarations--at least one of the links makes an implicit ~and~ an explicit reference to orientation. --emerson7 | Talk 07:08, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Would you care to provide a reference? Or at least tell us which link to follow? Thanks. Grover cleveland 09:10, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

So why don't you just add the sentence "MTT is gay" in the article and provide a citation? Not every reader of the article will know that. It is wrong to assert it indirectly via categorization. Mrhsj 15:21, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

• Michael Tilson Thomas GLBTQ Encyclopedia --emerson7 | Talk 22:07, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

According to WP:BLP "Category names do not carry disclaimers or modifiers, so the case for the category must be made clear by the article text. The article must state the facts that result in the use of the category tag and these facts must be sourced." and also "Category tags regarding religious beliefs and sexual preference should not be used unless...The subject's beliefs or sexual preferences are relevant to the subject's notable activities or public life, according to reliable published sources.". I'm removing all categories not supported and sourced in the article on the basis of this policy. Grover cleveland 06:55, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Just FYI, the LGBT cats are now viable, as I added a confirmation source to the reference section. --Xiaphias 19:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Last name

I think, he should be sorted as "Tilson Thomas, Michael" instead of "Thomas, Michael Tilson", see e.g. [1]. Any comments? --FordPrefect42 (talk) 11:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)