Talk:Jonah Falcon

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An individual covered in this article, Jonah Falcon, has edited Wikipedia as JAF1970 (talk • contribs).

Contents 1 Height 2 Ripped Off 3 Biased 4 Obsessed YES Board Member Editing 5 Okay then... 6 Needs work 7 Update 8 Image 9 Erect? 10 loss of consciousness?

[edit] Height

According to IMDB he is 5'9. please check it and edit if necessary

He may be a trainwreck in progress, but this article is hardly NPOV:

• The article claims both that his body is 'modest' and 'pudgy'.
• The 'border on homely' and 'living at home with his mother' slurs are clearly unrelated to the rest of the article and are an attempt to demean Falcon.
• The article claims that he has only 'one outstanding attribute', though there's no evidence to support the claim that the attribute for which he's famous is the only one which is 'outstanding'.

Need I go on? And really, is Jonah Falcon enough of a celebrity to merit an article on here?

--(Heath) 24.197.25.238 19:36, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, the "modest" and "pudgy" and "border on homely" are POV, but he does live at home with his mom. I have a friend who dated him and is still friends with him. --24.251.68.181 07:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

LOL I am glad wikipedia has real important articles such as this one Prof richards 23:12, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ripped Off

This is a direct rip-off of the Rolling Stone story.

Wiki might like 'open source' but Rolling Stone surely will not.

[edit] Biased

I agree it's biased against him.

Agreed, not NPOV, maybe the author is just jealous: "... clearly show that he no more than 15 inches when comparing to the length of his forearm". 212.79.87.141 09:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Obsessed YES Board Member Editing

Some obsessed YES Network board member is trying to attack him by editing the last line.

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And there he goes again. Entry "repaired".

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Bonerman2006: Get a life.

[edit] Okay then...

Please refrain from personal attacks, on other posters or the subject of the article. Thanks. NickBurns 02:21, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Just took a few more things out of the article - I'll reiterate what's at the top of the page: This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Negative material that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. NickBurns 02:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Needs work

Having just watched a documentary on Jonah Falcon on British TV last night, I can't help feeling that this article really fails to do justice to the man. The documentary is the only source of knowledge that I have about the man, but this article has no comment on the difficulties with his sexuality, or the enormous length of time he spent as a professional on the New York club circuit in the 90s (the comment about him declining to act in porn seems slightly disingenuous). I can't help feeling that there is a lot more information about the man that is in the public domain that a well written article (by someone who knows more about him than me) should include. Legis 08:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Legis - to the best of my knowledge, other than the HBO special, there was only one Rolling Stone article, and it was focused on his endowment, if you will....I think it missed much of what you suggest. If you have seen a documentary on him, you may have more info than those of us in the States. NickBurns 13:19, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Update

Just did work on Definitely Maybe as a Clinton Campaign worker. Since it's frowned on to add material in your own bio, feel free to add it however. 67.100.144.18 19:11, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Am in this weeks The Onion (NY) paper (p43, Vol 42, No. 49) JAF1970 00:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Randomly came across an image of him, not suitable for the article so I'll leave it here for reference for future editors. Image (nsfw)

[edit] Erect?

Are there any erect pictures of him? I can't find any. 68.0.113.54 00:47, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Have fun. [1]

-G —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.117.157.7 (talk) 02:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] loss of consciousness?

Due to the massive amount of blood that is needed to achive a full erection, Falcon tends to lose consciousness before a full erection is obtained. Film star and porn pioneer John C. Holmes experienced this same problem.

This sounds more like a joke than anything else. If nobody has a citation for this, it probably should be removed. dougmc 20:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)