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The way the Appearances section is written reads very much like a commerical. If it's actually viable and important to the article, I guess it could stay, but I don't see why it would need to be there. Aurick 22:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Dear WIKIPEDIA,
First, here is the correct citation for the recent "Zapped" data in Entertainment Weekly: p. 47, "Virgin Territory" by Chris Nashawaty, Issue # 929, cover story - The Sopranos's last season. Hope that helps you.
Second, this new additional sentence to the paragraph on "Arrested Development" may still have to be properly checked and verified. ("He made reference to this in his first episode......he appealed to a younger crowd.")
For the record, Scott was never called in to replace Henry Winkler on "Happy Days" at all. He was simply there to essentially play The Fonz's younger sidekick and cousin, Chachi Arcola. There was no plan to get rid of Mr. Winkler's character on that show.
And of course, "Arrested" fans know that Henry Winkler had to leave A.D. behind since he fortunately got himself a job on a new series with Stockard Channing on CBS. Mr. Baio clearly had nothing to do with that lucky turn of events.
Truly Yours, LOKI (September 19, 2007)
Why is Scott Baio is a Republican?-- 4.242.174.98 ( talk) 03:05, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Why is Scott Baio is NOT a Democrat?-- 4.242.174.98 ( talk) 03:08, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Mr. Baio has the basic individual freedom and human right to vote for whomever or whatever he likes as a citizen and resident of the United States. Nobody should be allowed to persecute,harass, denigrate or demean Scott for his own honest and genuine (right-of-center) political beliefs and opinions, especially when he does not actively look around for trouble in terms of a negative quarrel or controversy with others. Scott Baio's political rights must always be respected, whether you ultimately agree or disagree with him. Let us all please remember that concerning this subject matter. - LOKI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.40.130 ( talk • contribs)
Amen,Loki. Why is Scott Baio a Republican? Because he has the freedom to vote for a Republican candidate. (Actually, he appears to prefer identifying himself nowadays as "an independent political conservative" rather than just being narrowly tied down to one single political party.) Why is Scott Baio not a Democrat? Because he also has the same freedom to vote against a Democratic candidate. In the future should he decide to change his mind and vote for the other side or even for an entirely brand new third political party representative (ex: the Tea Party movement), Scott Baio and others like him will and must always have the constitutionally-protected freedom to exercise their political rights without fear of public or private persecution and harassment. Politically, personally or professionally, Scott Baio certainly doesn't need to explain himself and his own decisions to virtual strangers. - the arcolytes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.160.233 ( talk) 06:27, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
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The controversy over Baio and his wife's Twitter Postings has been picked up by several major media sources. I think this may merit a "Controversies" section, as it has received a good deal of news coverage.
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In April 2010, Baio was involved in a controversy surrounding his Twitter postings. His posting, “Taxes are DONE...That should feed, house & provide medical for a few lazy non working people at my expense. Have a great Monday!" was picked up by the blog Jezebel, and the heated web-based discussion between Baio, his wife, the Jezebel.com authors, Jezebel readers and Baio fans was covered by major news organizations.
http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/21/scott-baio-and-his-wife-in-another-twitter-tussle/
http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/04/21/scott-baio-renee-baio-twitter-facebook-bad-attitudes/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/20/scott-baio-defends-wifes_n_544235.html
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/04/scott_baio_has.php
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1245303/Happy-Days-star-Scott-Baio-calls-FBI-Twitter-death-threats-Michelle-Obama-joke.html
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On July 4, 2010 the Wrong Hole paragraph have been deleted because it was "found to be somewhat trivial in the greater context, and the placement to be rather disjointed from the rest of the article". While I may agree on the lone placement in the article, I do think that -even if a little trivial- the Wrong Hole cameo is worth mentioning since is one of Baio's latest actings and gained much attention thanks to the viral spread of the video. I'd restore the paragraph, what do you think? -- WikiKiwi (askme) 02:16, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
In May 2011, Scott Baio was honored as the featured guest speaker during the Hollywood Congress of Republicans monthly meetup. He made this very interesting statement about his own showbiz work experiences in recent years: "I was never afraid to speak my mind (as a conservative). But I remembered times on a set where I'd hear my liberal friends talking and I didn't speak out. I stepped back and did not comment. Because there is a stigma that IF YOU TALK (as a conservative Republican), YOU DON'T WORK." ("Scott Baio, Reagan Republican" by Ann Marie Murrell, www.reagan.com, 5/5/2011) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.59.54 ( talk) 02:06, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
P.S. It is kindly requested that the WIKIPEDIA Administrator in charge of The Scott Baio article page to also please include THE SCOTT BAIO FAN BLOG @ scottbaio.wordpress.com among the helpful references on Scott for his loyal fans to check out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.59.54 ( talk) 02:17, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Was Baio born September 22, 1960 or September 22, 1961? Slightly more sources say 1960, but enough say 1961 to request input on this. Also, see this. -- Jreferee ( talk) 05:22, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
1960:
1961:
Both:
It would have been a cinch if the TIME article was about Baio. It was not, just a passing mention. With the reliable sources divided on the subject, I present another source of questionable reliability:
That kind of division in reliable sources makes me afraid to touch the article, especially with the misapplied "YouTube is not a valid source" reverts done previously. 71.234.215.133 ( talk) 21:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Dear WIKIPEDA, I visited your Scott Baio page and tried to include more crucial missing data about him, such as his lesser-known accolades and prizes for acting in television and movies. If you will permit me, I shall add more good information during my return. Please don't erase it anymore. What I find problematic about this website is that sometimes you tend to emphasize the negative stuff about a celebrity and ignore the positive things about him or her. Thank you for reading my letter. Sincerely, LOKI.
Dear WIKIPEDA, This is my second visit. Previously tried to log in but failed due to confusion about the directions. Never mind. Sorry about the editing mix-up. Please keep the important positive stuff about Mr. Baio that I've added with good intentions. It makes your article more complete now, doesn't it? Thanks anyway. Sincerely again, LOKI.
Anyone else think the above poster is actually Scott Baio?-- 70.60.0.70 23:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Sorry to disappoint the above hatemonger but I am not Mr. Baio. I'm just a humble fan. Isn't it sad when internet trolls are compelled to spread hatred and negativity across the web for the purpose of giving their own insignificant lives some real meaning?? I personally choose to help out wherever I can rather than injuring others. P.S. Congratulations to WIKIPEDIA for the great improvements on their Scott Baio page. And thanks for the recent picture of him as Bob Loblaw in 'Arrested Development'. Sincerely, LOKI.
I don't think calling someone Scott Baio counts as spreading hatred and negativity.-- 209.243.31.233 12:51, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it does because in doing this, you're negatively implying that Scott Baio is miserably hated by others so much that he's all alone in trying to defend himself from hatemongers such as yourself. Please do not be incredibly stupid or intellectually dishonest in your future posts. It counts as "hate speech" and you know it. And do not come back here if you really have nothing positive to contribute to WIKIPEDIA at all.
LOKI
I read on this site that Baio is of Italo-American descent and otherwhere (I seeem IMDB) that both is parents are (or were) Italians born in Italy. Well, I don't think so, because it's clear from his looking he has some Asian (or Native American) blood. What do you know about?
Dear WIKIPEDA, Just revisited the Scott Baio page here and discovered a possible attempt to sabotage the article. Currently trying to fix certain portions thereof. It's one thing to write negative comments or blatant falsehoods about Mr. Baio in other blogger pages. But erasing any records of his deserving accolades for his three independent films is downright malicious. They ought to leave those important facts alone. I'll keep putting them back into the article repeatedly if I have to. Don't think that I won't because I will. Makes you wonder if some trolls out there are really "threatened" by such innocent truthful data about Scott's artistic capabilities. Sincerely, LOKI. P.S. Sorry but I cannot do anything about the missing photos of Scott Baio. Better get somebody else to fix this other problem.
Dear LOKI,
No matter how much you like Scott Baio, you do not own this article. Unless it was blatant vandalism, the content was probably removed for a good reason, and the pictures were probably not fair use. Undoing any edit that you disagree with without finding out the motivation behind it is generally bad form.-- 209.243.31.233 12:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Dear Last User,
As long as WIKIPEDIA embraces and preserves my well-researched truthful statements of facts and trivia concerning Mr. Scott Baio within their informational article about him, I shall be quite happy. At least, I do not spread blatant lies or falsehoods about innocent celebrities like other malicious people on the net. Don't be jealous of my well-meaning intentions or abilities to help WIKIPEDIA improve their materials once in a while.
LOKI
Ummm...'ethnical' is not a word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.163.140.28 ( talk) 07:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Should the article not be re-written to reflect his Happy Days time, as their are entire paragraphs devoted to lesser known films, while his best known role is almost only mentioned in passing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.192.73 ( talk) 19:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
There already exist other more comprehensive Wikipedia articles regarding Happy Days as well as Joanie Loves Chachi. But I suppose that adding further helpful information about said classic TV shows around here would still be a good thing. Just leave intact the necessary data about "Bugsy Malone" and Scott's later independent films outside Hollywood ("Very Mean Men", "Italian Ties" and "The Bread, My Sweet") as well as his Emmy nominations for "Stoned" and "All The Kids Do It".
LOKI
Would someone please add the following to the bottom of the personal section:
GimRenwaller.
Dear GimRenwaller,
I do not think that Mr. Baio was intentionally "excluded" from the Today interview by Matt Lauer. Said "Happy Days" reunion simply involved the ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS of the show (Richie, The Fonz, Mr. C and Mrs. C, Joanie, Potsie and Ralph). Wasn't this fact obvious ??
Unfortunately, SCOTT BAIO WAS NOT AN ORIGINAL SERIES MEMBER in the same way that Ted McGinley, Cathy Silvers, Lynda Goodfriend and others were also later cast additions to "Happy Days". Said people were not present either at that interview.
Besides, Scott and his wife Renee were too busy visiting other morning shows with their very cute newborn baby daughter Bailey.
Sorry. We cannot add your information. It would not be fair to poor Scott at all. LOKI
Dear Loki, Thanks for pointing out such an "obvious" fact to GimRenwaller. If Scott was indeed "excluded" from the "Happy Days" cast reunion interview of the Today morning show, so were Lori Beth (Lynda Goodfriend), Roger (Ted McGinley), Jenny (Cathy Silvers), K.C. (Crystal Bernard) and Flip (Billy Warlock). Fans already know that Big Al (Al Molinaro) and Arnold (Pat Morita) sadly passed away in recent years. But what about Chuck 1 (Gavan O'Herlihy) and Chuck 2 (Randolph Roberts) ? And who could ever forget Pinky Tuscadero (Roz Kelly) ?? The Today interview was only for the ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS (from Season 1) of this show. It should be quite clear to anybody that Mr. Baio was never "excluded" at all. Sincerely, Lourdes.
Scott Baio has made several disparaging statements about President Obama on Twitter, including accusing the President of being a Kenyan Marxist. There should be a section about "Controversy" or "Politics" that details this. Here is the section that Wikipedia deleted and which needs to be restored:
In October 2009, Baio created controversy on Twitter when he called President Obama a "shitfuck". [1] In that same month, Baio posted a picture to his Twitter account [2] of Stanley A. McChrystal having a discussion with President Obama; a thought balloon drawn about McChrystal's head said, "...a community organizer from Kenya. A Marxist. A Marxist Kenyan Community Organizer is giving me orders. oh God, oh God, Jesus help me." The picture was captioned, "General Stanley McChrystal Wishes He'd Joined The Navy Right Now." Baio added a caption under the graphic stating "This is what U.S. troops are dealing with." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryking ( talk • contribs)
Links to support Scott Baio's behavior, which not only include derogatory comments about President Obama, but bizarre accusations that other Twitter users were out to "extort" him:
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/10/scott-baio-my-wife-calls-obama-stfk-i.html
http://popdynamite.com/president-barack-obama/z-lister-scott-baio-attacks-on-twitter/
Link to the Twitpic described above:
Apologies if I'm violating formatting standards here, this is new to me and I haven't the time -- right now -- to study the how to's of Wikpedia's formats.
ATTENTION WIKIPEDIA!!! SCOTT BAIO'S TWITTER ACCOUNT WAS THE RECENT VICTIM OF AN ANONYMOUS HACKER. THEREFORE, ANY CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS THEREIN PROBABLY MAY NOT HAVE ORIGINATED FROM HIM. WIKIPEDIA NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT INCLUDING THIS DUBIOUS NEW INFORMATION IN FAIRNESS TO MR. BAIO. SCOTT HAS ENEMIES ON THE INTERNET WHO SEEK TO DESTROY HIS REPUTATION FURTHER. PLEASE CONSIDER AND INCLUDE THIS DISTURBING NEWS ABOUT A HACKER IN MR. BAIO'S TWITTER ACCOUNT. Loki —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.59.54 ( talk) 02:28, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
The basic facts and important sequence of events regarding this controversy: 1. Scott Baio is a regular viewer and fan of the Glenn Beck show on FOX News. 2. He was deeply sympathetic to the program's host when Mr. Beck became emotional in one episode and openly wept about his own daughter who is a "special-needs" child. 3. Scott wrote a positive message of support on behalf of Glenn Beck in his TWITTER page which he and his wife also use to promote their Bailey Baio Angel Foundation. 4. Angry detractors and virulent haters of Glenn Beck negatively reacted by tweeting very ugly messages and bashing poor Scott for expressing his positive opinion of the FOX News host. 5. Hearing of the ruckus, Mr. Beck tweeted a personal message of thanks to Scott and even interviewed him on his popular radio show. 6. Scott returned to his TWITTER page and discovered that a malicious internet hacker dangerously violated the security safeguards of his account, leaving various false messages in his name without his permission or cooperation. 7. As a direct consequence of this violation of his privacy, Scott needed to properly verify his correct identity with the administrative staff of TWITTER once again and subsequently create a brand new TWITTER account in his rightful name, hopefully with stronger and better security safeguards. Under these unfortunate circumstances, WIKIPEDIA cannot include this controversy because there is a great likelihood that the original sources thereof have become tainted and unreliable. - Mordred La Fey
Why is the structure of this article different from the other actor articles? No films list with dates and parts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:B097:5822:F5E7:91A1 ( talk) 22:01, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
There is an editor who keeps editing the article with the claim that Scott Baio is no longer an actor--keeps adding the word "former" before the description of "actor". I would like that editor to provide a reliable source to support such an edit and also to discuss the other edits which add questionable information to the article. Please do not re-add that information until you discuss right here on the talk page. ML ( talk) 14:37, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Claiming that he is a "former actor" is pointless, his acting is what he was best known for, but I'm not so sure about deleting other details. As has been mentioned above his comments on Twitter are indicative of his politics. Calling Michelle Obama a cunt and his outburst directed at Obama, seemed to get more than enough coverage to considered notable. -- 109.79.117.155 ( talk) 20:33, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
I keep seeing reports that Baio had an altercation with a barista, some say there was a battery-shove, some not. The argument started, supposedly, over the barista's refusal to pronounce the name of Donald Trump. I can not find a reliable source for this story, but if someone can, it might be worth putting in the article. 96.90.200.185 ( talk) 23:44, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
I removed an earlier version that was heavily POV and unsourced. The new version was sourced and needed ust a few tweaks to clean up the POV and such.
Yes, Baio retweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" tweet, apparently meant to insinuate that Heyer's death (and the deaths at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are hoaxes. Yes, folks on the 'net took him to task for it, he pulled down the tweet and says he wishes he hadn't sent it.
While there is little to say about Baio in the past few years outside of his fiery political grandstanding, I don't think that serves to lower the bar for inclusion here. There just doesn't seem to be substantial coverage in independent reliable sources showing that this particular incidence of stepping in it is a significant aspect of Biao's biography.
I don't think this fits in at the moment. While I wouldn't be surprised to see a source surface discussing this and the Erin Moran dust up as being in some way related, I don't think we're there yet. Thoughts? - SummerPhD v2.0 21:02, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
Erin Moran, known as Joanie on Happy Days, passed away recently and before a cause of death was determined, Baio made inappropriate comments regarding Morans use of drugs and wrongly proclaimed that as the cause of death . Baio then apologized when the cause of death was determined to be complications of stage 4 cancer. [1] [2] [3] 24.69.165.94 ( talk) 01:20, 27 April 2017 (UTC)31jetjet
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I changed the following sentence to insert the bold "that":
On August 26, 2017, Baio re- tweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" meme, insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer was a hoax.
User:SummerPhDv2.0 reverted it, correctly pointing out that the word "that" adds no meaning here, but that's not why I added it. I added it to improve the flow: when you're scanning the sentence, it's easy to try to parse "insinuating the recent death" with "the recent death" being the subjectobject of the verb "insinuating", and only once you get to "was a hoax", you realise your mistake. The word "that" basically keeps it from being a mild form of
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"The existing picture in this biography is of extremely poor quality and is out of date. It appears that whoever loaded it intended to either defame or slander Mr. Baio by using an inferior picture or took the photograph themselves without the subject's consent. To improve the quality of the article, I recommend the picture be revised immediately." - File page of soon-to-be-deleted professional shot.
Yes, the current photo is old and of low quality. That said, we cannot just grab a professional headshot, claim fair use and start using it.
To use a photo here, it must be released from copyright, not copyrighted or not replaceable. "Released from copyright" involves the author of the photo specifically posts a notice with the image essentially saying anyone can use it for just about anything. (That's clearly not the case here, so my unfamiliarity with the details doesn't really matter...) "Not copyrighted" generally applies to very old works, works created by the U.S. Government (such as the current photo) and a bunch of other cases that do not apply here. This leaves us with "not replaceable", which Wikipedia generally applies to: people who have died, people who are extremely reclusive, fictional characters, etc., such that it is impossible for someone to take a photo of that person in public and make it available to use. Baio is neither dead, reclusive nor fictional. It is theoretically possible for someone to take a photo of him and release it here.
As for the claims that a low quality/old photo is defamation or slander, the claim is laughable, else people posting photos of me from high school on Facebook are in serious trouble. The photo sucks, but it doesn't say or imply anything negative about Baio, let alone something we have any reason to doubt.
The claim that it was taken "without the subject's consent" is immaterial. (It's also simply not true. When you join a line of people shaking hands with Nancy Reagan with a photographer taking a picture of each one, you can't reasonably claim you didn't want to be in a picture. [8])
But let's ignore all of that. Let's assume all of these horrible things about the current photo are true. OMG! What can we do?!?! Simple. Remove it. Alleged problems solved. Using a different photo is a separate issue.
We can discuss whether or not we should continue to use the current photo. Anyone interested can certainly look for a replacement (I'm guessing there might be something out there from Baio's activities in support of Trump). Until either of those occurs, the photo stays. - SummerPhD v2.0 13:07, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
The archive box on this page does not link to the talk page archives. It links to a long list of random Wikipedia articles. Can somebody who understands User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis fix this please? 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:5081:C294:44B8:F581 ( talk) 15:06, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
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In the sentence, "On August 26, 2017, Baio re-tweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" meme, insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer was a hoax", please change the link from Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories. Also, please add an explanation of the connection between Sandy Hook and Heather Heyer, e.g. "...insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer was a hoax, and claiming that the mother of Heather Heyer was the same person as the mother of one of the Sandy Hook victims." 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:CC4A:21F3:2F33:20B2 ( talk) 11:27, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
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BLP bio otherwise. Here is one {{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/scott-baio-248812| title=Scott Baio: Television Producer, Actor, Television Actor (1960–)|publisher=Biography.com|archivedate=October 13, 2018|archiveurl=http://archive.is/OqA34|deadurl=no}}</ref>> -- 2604:2000:1382:C5DD:0:DA07:D6E:614D ( talk) 13:52, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
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Also, here is source for some of his early life. Note that, according to every other biographical source, he lied about his age in this interview. Actors often do that. There's not really any reason for him to have lied about his grade school or where he was born, though: {{cite news|title= An Intimate Interview with Scott Baio|work=[[16 (magazine)|16]]| volume=19|issue=2|date=August 1977|publisher=16 Magazines, Inc.}}
I was born on September 22, 1962 in Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York. ... My mom is Rose and my dad's Mario. He's a used car dealer in Brooklyn ... My brother is Steven and my sister is Stephanie -- they're twins. They're 19 and they both go to college. ... I started out in public school -- I went to kindergarten at P.S. 201 in Brooklyn. ... [F]rom first to eighth grades I was at St. Bernadette's, also in Brooklyn. ... I had an older cousin who was acting and when I was about 8, I got interested. So I went to see some agents and managers and pretty soon I got my first commercial. ... After that I acted in some plays and did some modeling in magazines. When I got the part in Bugsy Malone, I really hadn't been doing anything for a while. ...But I liked Bugsy, and when they were casting for Blansky's Beauties, I decided to try out.
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In an interview on January 12, 1980 he said he is age 18 years old, making his birth year 1961. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TES4kNzXiO4
5.41.17.226 ( talk) 16:34, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
I have reverted the deletion of a minor edit by dmies that removed the reason Baio claimed Eggert's claims against him had been undermined by her own prior words. It provides a useful explanation of a well established element of the page and is notable. I'd request it not be deleted again without consensus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelgmitchell45 ( talk • contribs) 02:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
ronz has now followed me to this article, as well as a prior article I edited, and undone my edits. This is not normal protocol for editing disputes Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution#Follow_the_normal_protocol. I would appreciate other editors weighing on on this before I decide whether escalation is justified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelgmitchell45 ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
An anonymous editor is making the same change repeatedly without explanation.
They are changing Baio's "Years active" to end in 2017 rather than 2015. The last professional date I see is 2015.
They are also are removing one of the disputed birth years, as discussed previously.
As I am at 3RR, I will not be reverting further tonight. If the same changes are made again without discussion, I will revert again tomorrow night, with a WP:3RR warning for them.
Other editors, of course, are free to revert them in the meantime and/or comment on the issues. - SummerPhD v2.0 01:35, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Called Obama a Muslim and said that the death of Heather Heyer and the Sandy Hook shooting were hoaxes, I don't see why we can't call him a conspiracy theorist. Jaydoggmarco ( talk) 20:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
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In November 2020 Baio floated the idea of moving to Utah in order to run against Mitt Romney in 2024 for the United States Senate. Baio floated the idea in response Romney's criticism of Trump. [1]
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From my perspective, that's a case of WP:NOTNEWS. If there's substantially more to it than a tweet and an article about how some people are upset at Romney, then we might want to revisit it. -- Hipal ( talk) 22:24, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
01:53, 13 February 2021 (UTC) 2601:205:C003:6300:FC00:EE3E:E793:99F6 ( talk)
The section under political views contains topics that are beyond the scope of Baio's political views, and should be broken out into a separate section labeled "controversies". For instance:
"In an interview with Ashley Webster, Baio described President Barack Obama as being "either dumb, a Muslim, or a Muslim sympathizer, and I don't think he's dumb".[25]"
This is not a political view per-se, but a personal opinion as to the intelligence of a political figure. The controversy is the pejorative used against a President.
"On December 15, 2016, Baio accused Nancy Mack, wife of Chad Smith, drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers, of physically assaulting him at their children's elementary school function. Baio claims Mack began berating and cursing him over his support of Trump and at one point attacked him, grabbing him under his arms and then shaking and pushing him. Mack said she was merely trying to show Baio how Trump hugs women and denies any intentional physical aggression.[26]"
This is not discussing Baio's politics, but an assault that occurred because of the woman's politics. Her assault does not reflect directly on his political views, but hers, and should be under a Controversies sub-section.
"On August 26, 2017, Baio re-tweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" meme, insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer and the Sandy Hook shooting were linked hoaxes.[27][28]"
Tweeting a meme does not necessary discern ones political views.
These additions seem to be to link a given party to a specific set of beliefs, and that is pigeonholing and "othering" a group over the particular actions of an individual.
Therefore, these instances and examples should be separated into a section on "controversies" as is common with public figures. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:205:C003:6300:FC00:EE3E:E793:99F6 ( talk) 23:36, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Logical reasons? Howso? If those "logical reasons" are not based in policy, they don't matter.
For topics about a particular point of view – such as philosophies (Idealism, Naturalism, Existentialism), political outlooks (Capitalism, Marxism), or religion (Islam, Christianity, Atheism) – ::::: it will usually be appropriate to have a "Criticism" section or "Criticism of ..." subarticle. Integrating criticism into the main article can cause confusion because readers may misconstrue ::::: the critical material as representative of the philosophy's outlook, the political stance, or the religion's tenets." Like I stated above, this biography is written as to conflate the general outlook of a political ideology with that of a person. 2601:205:C003:6300:7143:2B0E:39C0:7011 ( talk) 19:59, 17 February 2021 (UTC) Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:205:C003:6300:7143:2B0E:39C0:7011 ( talk) 19:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
What do the references actually say?-- Hipal ( talk) 20:10, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
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The way the Appearances section is written reads very much like a commerical. If it's actually viable and important to the article, I guess it could stay, but I don't see why it would need to be there. Aurick 22:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Dear WIKIPEDIA,
First, here is the correct citation for the recent "Zapped" data in Entertainment Weekly: p. 47, "Virgin Territory" by Chris Nashawaty, Issue # 929, cover story - The Sopranos's last season. Hope that helps you.
Second, this new additional sentence to the paragraph on "Arrested Development" may still have to be properly checked and verified. ("He made reference to this in his first episode......he appealed to a younger crowd.")
For the record, Scott was never called in to replace Henry Winkler on "Happy Days" at all. He was simply there to essentially play The Fonz's younger sidekick and cousin, Chachi Arcola. There was no plan to get rid of Mr. Winkler's character on that show.
And of course, "Arrested" fans know that Henry Winkler had to leave A.D. behind since he fortunately got himself a job on a new series with Stockard Channing on CBS. Mr. Baio clearly had nothing to do with that lucky turn of events.
Truly Yours, LOKI (September 19, 2007)
Why is Scott Baio is a Republican?-- 4.242.174.98 ( talk) 03:05, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Why is Scott Baio is NOT a Democrat?-- 4.242.174.98 ( talk) 03:08, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Mr. Baio has the basic individual freedom and human right to vote for whomever or whatever he likes as a citizen and resident of the United States. Nobody should be allowed to persecute,harass, denigrate or demean Scott for his own honest and genuine (right-of-center) political beliefs and opinions, especially when he does not actively look around for trouble in terms of a negative quarrel or controversy with others. Scott Baio's political rights must always be respected, whether you ultimately agree or disagree with him. Let us all please remember that concerning this subject matter. - LOKI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.40.130 ( talk • contribs)
Amen,Loki. Why is Scott Baio a Republican? Because he has the freedom to vote for a Republican candidate. (Actually, he appears to prefer identifying himself nowadays as "an independent political conservative" rather than just being narrowly tied down to one single political party.) Why is Scott Baio not a Democrat? Because he also has the same freedom to vote against a Democratic candidate. In the future should he decide to change his mind and vote for the other side or even for an entirely brand new third political party representative (ex: the Tea Party movement), Scott Baio and others like him will and must always have the constitutionally-protected freedom to exercise their political rights without fear of public or private persecution and harassment. Politically, personally or professionally, Scott Baio certainly doesn't need to explain himself and his own decisions to virtual strangers. - the arcolytes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.160.233 ( talk) 06:27, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
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The controversy over Baio and his wife's Twitter Postings has been picked up by several major media sources. I think this may merit a "Controversies" section, as it has received a good deal of news coverage.
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In April 2010, Baio was involved in a controversy surrounding his Twitter postings. His posting, “Taxes are DONE...That should feed, house & provide medical for a few lazy non working people at my expense. Have a great Monday!" was picked up by the blog Jezebel, and the heated web-based discussion between Baio, his wife, the Jezebel.com authors, Jezebel readers and Baio fans was covered by major news organizations.
http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/21/scott-baio-and-his-wife-in-another-twitter-tussle/
http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/04/21/scott-baio-renee-baio-twitter-facebook-bad-attitudes/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/20/scott-baio-defends-wifes_n_544235.html
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/04/scott_baio_has.php
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1245303/Happy-Days-star-Scott-Baio-calls-FBI-Twitter-death-threats-Michelle-Obama-joke.html
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-- 93.133.255.255 ( talk) 18:51, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
On July 4, 2010 the Wrong Hole paragraph have been deleted because it was "found to be somewhat trivial in the greater context, and the placement to be rather disjointed from the rest of the article". While I may agree on the lone placement in the article, I do think that -even if a little trivial- the Wrong Hole cameo is worth mentioning since is one of Baio's latest actings and gained much attention thanks to the viral spread of the video. I'd restore the paragraph, what do you think? -- WikiKiwi (askme) 02:16, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
In May 2011, Scott Baio was honored as the featured guest speaker during the Hollywood Congress of Republicans monthly meetup. He made this very interesting statement about his own showbiz work experiences in recent years: "I was never afraid to speak my mind (as a conservative). But I remembered times on a set where I'd hear my liberal friends talking and I didn't speak out. I stepped back and did not comment. Because there is a stigma that IF YOU TALK (as a conservative Republican), YOU DON'T WORK." ("Scott Baio, Reagan Republican" by Ann Marie Murrell, www.reagan.com, 5/5/2011) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.59.54 ( talk) 02:06, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
P.S. It is kindly requested that the WIKIPEDIA Administrator in charge of The Scott Baio article page to also please include THE SCOTT BAIO FAN BLOG @ scottbaio.wordpress.com among the helpful references on Scott for his loyal fans to check out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.59.54 ( talk) 02:17, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Was Baio born September 22, 1960 or September 22, 1961? Slightly more sources say 1960, but enough say 1961 to request input on this. Also, see this. -- Jreferee ( talk) 05:22, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
1960:
1961:
Both:
It would have been a cinch if the TIME article was about Baio. It was not, just a passing mention. With the reliable sources divided on the subject, I present another source of questionable reliability:
That kind of division in reliable sources makes me afraid to touch the article, especially with the misapplied "YouTube is not a valid source" reverts done previously. 71.234.215.133 ( talk) 21:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Dear WIKIPEDA, I visited your Scott Baio page and tried to include more crucial missing data about him, such as his lesser-known accolades and prizes for acting in television and movies. If you will permit me, I shall add more good information during my return. Please don't erase it anymore. What I find problematic about this website is that sometimes you tend to emphasize the negative stuff about a celebrity and ignore the positive things about him or her. Thank you for reading my letter. Sincerely, LOKI.
Dear WIKIPEDA, This is my second visit. Previously tried to log in but failed due to confusion about the directions. Never mind. Sorry about the editing mix-up. Please keep the important positive stuff about Mr. Baio that I've added with good intentions. It makes your article more complete now, doesn't it? Thanks anyway. Sincerely again, LOKI.
Anyone else think the above poster is actually Scott Baio?-- 70.60.0.70 23:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Sorry to disappoint the above hatemonger but I am not Mr. Baio. I'm just a humble fan. Isn't it sad when internet trolls are compelled to spread hatred and negativity across the web for the purpose of giving their own insignificant lives some real meaning?? I personally choose to help out wherever I can rather than injuring others. P.S. Congratulations to WIKIPEDIA for the great improvements on their Scott Baio page. And thanks for the recent picture of him as Bob Loblaw in 'Arrested Development'. Sincerely, LOKI.
I don't think calling someone Scott Baio counts as spreading hatred and negativity.-- 209.243.31.233 12:51, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it does because in doing this, you're negatively implying that Scott Baio is miserably hated by others so much that he's all alone in trying to defend himself from hatemongers such as yourself. Please do not be incredibly stupid or intellectually dishonest in your future posts. It counts as "hate speech" and you know it. And do not come back here if you really have nothing positive to contribute to WIKIPEDIA at all.
LOKI
I read on this site that Baio is of Italo-American descent and otherwhere (I seeem IMDB) that both is parents are (or were) Italians born in Italy. Well, I don't think so, because it's clear from his looking he has some Asian (or Native American) blood. What do you know about?
Dear WIKIPEDA, Just revisited the Scott Baio page here and discovered a possible attempt to sabotage the article. Currently trying to fix certain portions thereof. It's one thing to write negative comments or blatant falsehoods about Mr. Baio in other blogger pages. But erasing any records of his deserving accolades for his three independent films is downright malicious. They ought to leave those important facts alone. I'll keep putting them back into the article repeatedly if I have to. Don't think that I won't because I will. Makes you wonder if some trolls out there are really "threatened" by such innocent truthful data about Scott's artistic capabilities. Sincerely, LOKI. P.S. Sorry but I cannot do anything about the missing photos of Scott Baio. Better get somebody else to fix this other problem.
Dear LOKI,
No matter how much you like Scott Baio, you do not own this article. Unless it was blatant vandalism, the content was probably removed for a good reason, and the pictures were probably not fair use. Undoing any edit that you disagree with without finding out the motivation behind it is generally bad form.-- 209.243.31.233 12:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Dear Last User,
As long as WIKIPEDIA embraces and preserves my well-researched truthful statements of facts and trivia concerning Mr. Scott Baio within their informational article about him, I shall be quite happy. At least, I do not spread blatant lies or falsehoods about innocent celebrities like other malicious people on the net. Don't be jealous of my well-meaning intentions or abilities to help WIKIPEDIA improve their materials once in a while.
LOKI
Ummm...'ethnical' is not a word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.163.140.28 ( talk) 07:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Should the article not be re-written to reflect his Happy Days time, as their are entire paragraphs devoted to lesser known films, while his best known role is almost only mentioned in passing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.192.73 ( talk) 19:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
There already exist other more comprehensive Wikipedia articles regarding Happy Days as well as Joanie Loves Chachi. But I suppose that adding further helpful information about said classic TV shows around here would still be a good thing. Just leave intact the necessary data about "Bugsy Malone" and Scott's later independent films outside Hollywood ("Very Mean Men", "Italian Ties" and "The Bread, My Sweet") as well as his Emmy nominations for "Stoned" and "All The Kids Do It".
LOKI
Would someone please add the following to the bottom of the personal section:
GimRenwaller.
Dear GimRenwaller,
I do not think that Mr. Baio was intentionally "excluded" from the Today interview by Matt Lauer. Said "Happy Days" reunion simply involved the ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS of the show (Richie, The Fonz, Mr. C and Mrs. C, Joanie, Potsie and Ralph). Wasn't this fact obvious ??
Unfortunately, SCOTT BAIO WAS NOT AN ORIGINAL SERIES MEMBER in the same way that Ted McGinley, Cathy Silvers, Lynda Goodfriend and others were also later cast additions to "Happy Days". Said people were not present either at that interview.
Besides, Scott and his wife Renee were too busy visiting other morning shows with their very cute newborn baby daughter Bailey.
Sorry. We cannot add your information. It would not be fair to poor Scott at all. LOKI
Dear Loki, Thanks for pointing out such an "obvious" fact to GimRenwaller. If Scott was indeed "excluded" from the "Happy Days" cast reunion interview of the Today morning show, so were Lori Beth (Lynda Goodfriend), Roger (Ted McGinley), Jenny (Cathy Silvers), K.C. (Crystal Bernard) and Flip (Billy Warlock). Fans already know that Big Al (Al Molinaro) and Arnold (Pat Morita) sadly passed away in recent years. But what about Chuck 1 (Gavan O'Herlihy) and Chuck 2 (Randolph Roberts) ? And who could ever forget Pinky Tuscadero (Roz Kelly) ?? The Today interview was only for the ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS (from Season 1) of this show. It should be quite clear to anybody that Mr. Baio was never "excluded" at all. Sincerely, Lourdes.
Scott Baio has made several disparaging statements about President Obama on Twitter, including accusing the President of being a Kenyan Marxist. There should be a section about "Controversy" or "Politics" that details this. Here is the section that Wikipedia deleted and which needs to be restored:
In October 2009, Baio created controversy on Twitter when he called President Obama a "shitfuck". [1] In that same month, Baio posted a picture to his Twitter account [2] of Stanley A. McChrystal having a discussion with President Obama; a thought balloon drawn about McChrystal's head said, "...a community organizer from Kenya. A Marxist. A Marxist Kenyan Community Organizer is giving me orders. oh God, oh God, Jesus help me." The picture was captioned, "General Stanley McChrystal Wishes He'd Joined The Navy Right Now." Baio added a caption under the graphic stating "This is what U.S. troops are dealing with." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryking ( talk • contribs)
Links to support Scott Baio's behavior, which not only include derogatory comments about President Obama, but bizarre accusations that other Twitter users were out to "extort" him:
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/10/scott-baio-my-wife-calls-obama-stfk-i.html
http://popdynamite.com/president-barack-obama/z-lister-scott-baio-attacks-on-twitter/
Link to the Twitpic described above:
Apologies if I'm violating formatting standards here, this is new to me and I haven't the time -- right now -- to study the how to's of Wikpedia's formats.
ATTENTION WIKIPEDIA!!! SCOTT BAIO'S TWITTER ACCOUNT WAS THE RECENT VICTIM OF AN ANONYMOUS HACKER. THEREFORE, ANY CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS THEREIN PROBABLY MAY NOT HAVE ORIGINATED FROM HIM. WIKIPEDIA NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT INCLUDING THIS DUBIOUS NEW INFORMATION IN FAIRNESS TO MR. BAIO. SCOTT HAS ENEMIES ON THE INTERNET WHO SEEK TO DESTROY HIS REPUTATION FURTHER. PLEASE CONSIDER AND INCLUDE THIS DISTURBING NEWS ABOUT A HACKER IN MR. BAIO'S TWITTER ACCOUNT. Loki —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.59.54 ( talk) 02:28, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
The basic facts and important sequence of events regarding this controversy: 1. Scott Baio is a regular viewer and fan of the Glenn Beck show on FOX News. 2. He was deeply sympathetic to the program's host when Mr. Beck became emotional in one episode and openly wept about his own daughter who is a "special-needs" child. 3. Scott wrote a positive message of support on behalf of Glenn Beck in his TWITTER page which he and his wife also use to promote their Bailey Baio Angel Foundation. 4. Angry detractors and virulent haters of Glenn Beck negatively reacted by tweeting very ugly messages and bashing poor Scott for expressing his positive opinion of the FOX News host. 5. Hearing of the ruckus, Mr. Beck tweeted a personal message of thanks to Scott and even interviewed him on his popular radio show. 6. Scott returned to his TWITTER page and discovered that a malicious internet hacker dangerously violated the security safeguards of his account, leaving various false messages in his name without his permission or cooperation. 7. As a direct consequence of this violation of his privacy, Scott needed to properly verify his correct identity with the administrative staff of TWITTER once again and subsequently create a brand new TWITTER account in his rightful name, hopefully with stronger and better security safeguards. Under these unfortunate circumstances, WIKIPEDIA cannot include this controversy because there is a great likelihood that the original sources thereof have become tainted and unreliable. - Mordred La Fey
Why is the structure of this article different from the other actor articles? No films list with dates and parts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:B097:5822:F5E7:91A1 ( talk) 22:01, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
There is an editor who keeps editing the article with the claim that Scott Baio is no longer an actor--keeps adding the word "former" before the description of "actor". I would like that editor to provide a reliable source to support such an edit and also to discuss the other edits which add questionable information to the article. Please do not re-add that information until you discuss right here on the talk page. ML ( talk) 14:37, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Claiming that he is a "former actor" is pointless, his acting is what he was best known for, but I'm not so sure about deleting other details. As has been mentioned above his comments on Twitter are indicative of his politics. Calling Michelle Obama a cunt and his outburst directed at Obama, seemed to get more than enough coverage to considered notable. -- 109.79.117.155 ( talk) 20:33, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
I keep seeing reports that Baio had an altercation with a barista, some say there was a battery-shove, some not. The argument started, supposedly, over the barista's refusal to pronounce the name of Donald Trump. I can not find a reliable source for this story, but if someone can, it might be worth putting in the article. 96.90.200.185 ( talk) 23:44, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
I removed an earlier version that was heavily POV and unsourced. The new version was sourced and needed ust a few tweaks to clean up the POV and such.
Yes, Baio retweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" tweet, apparently meant to insinuate that Heyer's death (and the deaths at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are hoaxes. Yes, folks on the 'net took him to task for it, he pulled down the tweet and says he wishes he hadn't sent it.
While there is little to say about Baio in the past few years outside of his fiery political grandstanding, I don't think that serves to lower the bar for inclusion here. There just doesn't seem to be substantial coverage in independent reliable sources showing that this particular incidence of stepping in it is a significant aspect of Biao's biography.
I don't think this fits in at the moment. While I wouldn't be surprised to see a source surface discussing this and the Erin Moran dust up as being in some way related, I don't think we're there yet. Thoughts? - SummerPhD v2.0 21:02, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
Erin Moran, known as Joanie on Happy Days, passed away recently and before a cause of death was determined, Baio made inappropriate comments regarding Morans use of drugs and wrongly proclaimed that as the cause of death . Baio then apologized when the cause of death was determined to be complications of stage 4 cancer. [1] [2] [3] 24.69.165.94 ( talk) 01:20, 27 April 2017 (UTC)31jetjet
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I changed the following sentence to insert the bold "that":
On August 26, 2017, Baio re- tweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" meme, insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer was a hoax.
User:SummerPhDv2.0 reverted it, correctly pointing out that the word "that" adds no meaning here, but that's not why I added it. I added it to improve the flow: when you're scanning the sentence, it's easy to try to parse "insinuating the recent death" with "the recent death" being the subjectobject of the verb "insinuating", and only once you get to "was a hoax", you realise your mistake. The word "that" basically keeps it from being a mild form of
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"The existing picture in this biography is of extremely poor quality and is out of date. It appears that whoever loaded it intended to either defame or slander Mr. Baio by using an inferior picture or took the photograph themselves without the subject's consent. To improve the quality of the article, I recommend the picture be revised immediately." - File page of soon-to-be-deleted professional shot.
Yes, the current photo is old and of low quality. That said, we cannot just grab a professional headshot, claim fair use and start using it.
To use a photo here, it must be released from copyright, not copyrighted or not replaceable. "Released from copyright" involves the author of the photo specifically posts a notice with the image essentially saying anyone can use it for just about anything. (That's clearly not the case here, so my unfamiliarity with the details doesn't really matter...) "Not copyrighted" generally applies to very old works, works created by the U.S. Government (such as the current photo) and a bunch of other cases that do not apply here. This leaves us with "not replaceable", which Wikipedia generally applies to: people who have died, people who are extremely reclusive, fictional characters, etc., such that it is impossible for someone to take a photo of that person in public and make it available to use. Baio is neither dead, reclusive nor fictional. It is theoretically possible for someone to take a photo of him and release it here.
As for the claims that a low quality/old photo is defamation or slander, the claim is laughable, else people posting photos of me from high school on Facebook are in serious trouble. The photo sucks, but it doesn't say or imply anything negative about Baio, let alone something we have any reason to doubt.
The claim that it was taken "without the subject's consent" is immaterial. (It's also simply not true. When you join a line of people shaking hands with Nancy Reagan with a photographer taking a picture of each one, you can't reasonably claim you didn't want to be in a picture. [8])
But let's ignore all of that. Let's assume all of these horrible things about the current photo are true. OMG! What can we do?!?! Simple. Remove it. Alleged problems solved. Using a different photo is a separate issue.
We can discuss whether or not we should continue to use the current photo. Anyone interested can certainly look for a replacement (I'm guessing there might be something out there from Baio's activities in support of Trump). Until either of those occurs, the photo stays. - SummerPhD v2.0 13:07, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
The archive box on this page does not link to the talk page archives. It links to a long list of random Wikipedia articles. Can somebody who understands User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis fix this please? 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:5081:C294:44B8:F581 ( talk) 15:06, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
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In the sentence, "On August 26, 2017, Baio re-tweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" meme, insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer was a hoax", please change the link from Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories. Also, please add an explanation of the connection between Sandy Hook and Heather Heyer, e.g. "...insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer was a hoax, and claiming that the mother of Heather Heyer was the same person as the mother of one of the Sandy Hook victims." 2001:BB6:4703:4A58:CC4A:21F3:2F33:20B2 ( talk) 11:27, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
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BLP bio otherwise. Here is one {{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/scott-baio-248812| title=Scott Baio: Television Producer, Actor, Television Actor (1960–)|publisher=Biography.com|archivedate=October 13, 2018|archiveurl=http://archive.is/OqA34|deadurl=no}}</ref>> -- 2604:2000:1382:C5DD:0:DA07:D6E:614D ( talk) 13:52, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
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Also, here is source for some of his early life. Note that, according to every other biographical source, he lied about his age in this interview. Actors often do that. There's not really any reason for him to have lied about his grade school or where he was born, though: {{cite news|title= An Intimate Interview with Scott Baio|work=[[16 (magazine)|16]]| volume=19|issue=2|date=August 1977|publisher=16 Magazines, Inc.}}
I was born on September 22, 1962 in Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York. ... My mom is Rose and my dad's Mario. He's a used car dealer in Brooklyn ... My brother is Steven and my sister is Stephanie -- they're twins. They're 19 and they both go to college. ... I started out in public school -- I went to kindergarten at P.S. 201 in Brooklyn. ... [F]rom first to eighth grades I was at St. Bernadette's, also in Brooklyn. ... I had an older cousin who was acting and when I was about 8, I got interested. So I went to see some agents and managers and pretty soon I got my first commercial. ... After that I acted in some plays and did some modeling in magazines. When I got the part in Bugsy Malone, I really hadn't been doing anything for a while. ...But I liked Bugsy, and when they were casting for Blansky's Beauties, I decided to try out.
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In an interview on January 12, 1980 he said he is age 18 years old, making his birth year 1961. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TES4kNzXiO4
5.41.17.226 ( talk) 16:34, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
I have reverted the deletion of a minor edit by dmies that removed the reason Baio claimed Eggert's claims against him had been undermined by her own prior words. It provides a useful explanation of a well established element of the page and is notable. I'd request it not be deleted again without consensus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelgmitchell45 ( talk • contribs) 02:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
ronz has now followed me to this article, as well as a prior article I edited, and undone my edits. This is not normal protocol for editing disputes Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution#Follow_the_normal_protocol. I would appreciate other editors weighing on on this before I decide whether escalation is justified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelgmitchell45 ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
An anonymous editor is making the same change repeatedly without explanation.
They are changing Baio's "Years active" to end in 2017 rather than 2015. The last professional date I see is 2015.
They are also are removing one of the disputed birth years, as discussed previously.
As I am at 3RR, I will not be reverting further tonight. If the same changes are made again without discussion, I will revert again tomorrow night, with a WP:3RR warning for them.
Other editors, of course, are free to revert them in the meantime and/or comment on the issues. - SummerPhD v2.0 01:35, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Called Obama a Muslim and said that the death of Heather Heyer and the Sandy Hook shooting were hoaxes, I don't see why we can't call him a conspiracy theorist. Jaydoggmarco ( talk) 20:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
3O Response: I am responding to the request for a third opinion regarding this issue. Since there is no verified material in the prose of the article that explicitly labels him as a conspiracy theorist, I think it is inappropriate to add the category. As a reminder, any material about
living people must include reliable sources or it
will be removed. This especially applies to contentious labels, see
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Contentious labels for more information. --
LuK3
(Talk)
21:16, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
In November 2020 Baio floated the idea of moving to Utah in order to run against Mitt Romney in 2024 for the United States Senate. Baio floated the idea in response Romney's criticism of Trump. [1]
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From my perspective, that's a case of WP:NOTNEWS. If there's substantially more to it than a tweet and an article about how some people are upset at Romney, then we might want to revisit it. -- Hipal ( talk) 22:24, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
01:53, 13 February 2021 (UTC) 2601:205:C003:6300:FC00:EE3E:E793:99F6 ( talk)
The section under political views contains topics that are beyond the scope of Baio's political views, and should be broken out into a separate section labeled "controversies". For instance:
"In an interview with Ashley Webster, Baio described President Barack Obama as being "either dumb, a Muslim, or a Muslim sympathizer, and I don't think he's dumb".[25]"
This is not a political view per-se, but a personal opinion as to the intelligence of a political figure. The controversy is the pejorative used against a President.
"On December 15, 2016, Baio accused Nancy Mack, wife of Chad Smith, drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers, of physically assaulting him at their children's elementary school function. Baio claims Mack began berating and cursing him over his support of Trump and at one point attacked him, grabbing him under his arms and then shaking and pushing him. Mack said she was merely trying to show Baio how Trump hugs women and denies any intentional physical aggression.[26]"
This is not discussing Baio's politics, but an assault that occurred because of the woman's politics. Her assault does not reflect directly on his political views, but hers, and should be under a Controversies sub-section.
"On August 26, 2017, Baio re-tweeted a Sandy Hook "truther" meme, insinuating that the recent death of Heather Heyer and the Sandy Hook shooting were linked hoaxes.[27][28]"
Tweeting a meme does not necessary discern ones political views.
These additions seem to be to link a given party to a specific set of beliefs, and that is pigeonholing and "othering" a group over the particular actions of an individual.
Therefore, these instances and examples should be separated into a section on "controversies" as is common with public figures. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:205:C003:6300:FC00:EE3E:E793:99F6 ( talk) 23:36, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Logical reasons? Howso? If those "logical reasons" are not based in policy, they don't matter.
For topics about a particular point of view – such as philosophies (Idealism, Naturalism, Existentialism), political outlooks (Capitalism, Marxism), or religion (Islam, Christianity, Atheism) – ::::: it will usually be appropriate to have a "Criticism" section or "Criticism of ..." subarticle. Integrating criticism into the main article can cause confusion because readers may misconstrue ::::: the critical material as representative of the philosophy's outlook, the political stance, or the religion's tenets." Like I stated above, this biography is written as to conflate the general outlook of a political ideology with that of a person. 2601:205:C003:6300:7143:2B0E:39C0:7011 ( talk) 19:59, 17 February 2021 (UTC) Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:205:C003:6300:7143:2B0E:39C0:7011 ( talk) 19:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
What do the references actually say?-- Hipal ( talk) 20:10, 17 February 2021 (UTC)