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This whole thing is totally POV. It lists only his victories and describes his efforts as 'substantial' improvements. I will remove all POV statements, and any other unproven comments. If Mr Bloomberg has staff editing Wikipedia, he needs to know that money and political power mean nothing on Wikipedia. If a policy is described as a 'substantial improvement' then we need substantial evidence. Otherwise it will be deleted and I will track this article.( Btipling 05:28, 8 October 2005 (UTC))
( Btipling 05:44, 8 October 2005 (UTC))
Up for re-election this November, he is widely expected to win, in what one pollster has dubbed a "Bloomberg Blowout." As of October 11, 2005, a separate Marist College poll shows Bloomberg leading by a formidable 27 percentage points.
It's irrelevant propoganda that doesn't belong in an Encyclopedia. ( Bjorn Tipling 02:27, 13 October 2005 (UTC))
These guys don't stop. I have removed the following highly biased statements:
( Bjorn Tipling 02:17, 14 October 2005 (UTC))
I AGREE WITH THIS 100%, ITS LIKE TOTAL BRANWASHING. +400,000 people have been arrested in NYC under Bloomberg FOR MJ. NO mention of 1000's of New Yorkers arrested and treating worse then animals IN 2004? PARTS OF NYC ARE TOTALLY DEVESTATED. THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY BLOOMBERG CRONIES. I CANT BELIEVE IT. Bike paths appear just weeks before the election? What about the last 7 1/2 years? What about the MILLIONS spent arresting bikers in Critical Mass rides? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ejpusa ( talk • contribs) 07:42, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
This article is extremely biased. I see no evidence of anything anti-Bloomberg in it. I live in New York and it is not a glowing utopia. The article makes it seem like Bloomberg has turned it into one. This article is TOTAL BS. NYC is now the Marijuana arrest capital of the world. There are homeless everywhere. ALL reference to the 2004 JAILING of almost 2000 New Yorkers in 2004 (barbwire topped cages by the way) has been removed. I guess when you are a billionaire you can have someone full time edit your wiki entry. do the papers also report how he has ingored the 9/11 responders medical needs and had people arrested for talking about it . this mayor is not the peoples he is bought and paid for by some other sector in society. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.223.88 ( talk) 23:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
In 2004 at the Republican National Convention, Bloomberg endorsed George W. Bush! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.241.148.82 ( talk) 15:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Article is difficult to read, owing to references, which somehow messed up the formatting. Many edit notes are now visible on the public page. Dogru144 03:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Adding that seems rather POV to me. I can see adding something along the lines of NY Republican, but RINO is, as the RINO page says, disparaging. Yossiea 18:32, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
If it ever fit a candidate on the Republican line it would fit this guy. He was a life long Democrat until he decided he wanted to be the mayor of NYC. The only reason he switch parties was he wasn't going to make it out of the Democrat primary. It is for that reason alone he is a RINO. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.117.109 ( talk) 03:14, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Bloomberg is socially liberal, this much is agreed. However, his often belligerant anti-union posture, his opposition to the city's contributing to WTC responder death benefits and his support of police heavy-handedness toward protestors reflect a conservative nature. Thus, it is more appropriate to label him centrist. Dogru144 06:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
There are two politicians named "Mark Green." The reference in this article used to link incorrectly to the article about the Wisconsin Republican. I added a new article about the New York Democrat, and changed the link here. There should still be a disambiguation page about this name.
An anon has added that Bloomberg is 5'10" (although the height is just stuck on there, without a verb or anything). I'm taking it out of the lead section and turning it into a sentence, but I know that, on other bio pages, there's been disagreement about whether the person's height should be listed at all. I lean toward listing it but it's open to argument. JamesMLane 05:52, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
Is it correct to say he's supported "a number of measures"? I remember one major piece of legislation -- one with a significant effect, to be sure, but I'm not sure "a number" is correct. JamesMLane 18:48, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Someone put in a sentence in the gun control section that seems to express POV in its reference to the second amendment. Dogru144 14:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
The author of the above gun control comments cites a Free Republic freerepublic.com post as its source. Does a post on a political webpage suffice as a good reference? The author does not give a real quote of the mayor. Rather, he gives a paraphrase. This also seems to go against wikipedia standards. Dogru144 14:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I have two sources re the NRA ratings: 1) Gail Cardwell article the New York Times, cited below in the references, and 2) Project Vote Smart: www.vote-smart.org, a non-partisan organization that gives information on elected officials. BTW, why did anyone remove the reference to his philanthropy? Dogru144 17:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
It is rather odd that Bloomberg, as a gun-control advocate, supports candidates who the NRA loves. Can we get a specific url link to either the Cardwell article, or the specific candidates that Bloomberg has supported? Lifthrasir1 19:22, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
would help to provide balance. even if we remove all pro-Bloomberg bias from the article, a straightforward neutral recounting of only his achievements and desired policies is in itself, unbalanced and pro-bloomberg. Bwithh 02:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC) (I live in NYC, but only got here from the UK earlier this year and not really positioned to wrtie about NYC politics myself)
( Bjorn Tipling 04:45, 14 October 2005 (UTC))
There are two sections worth of what is POV about this article right above this part. Have you read it? Also as was stated by Bwithh, without a criticism, this article in it's entirety is POV. It sells the candidate that is currently up for election, it's not neutral nor objective. ( Bjorn Tipling 16:52, 17 October 2005 (UTC)) For example, you have added his endorsements by democrats, why not also list who his opposed to him. Is it fair and balanced to just list all the people who have endorsed him? It seems if all the world was for him. It's not accurate, nor realistic. You yourself, have contributed to futher pushing this article into a more unbalanced presentation of Bloomberg. ( Bjorn Tipling 16:56, 17 October 2005 (UTC))
Okay let me put it to you very plainly: Without any criticism of Bloomberg, and only a listing of his accomplishments and endorsements, this article is POV. Are you getting that? Also, I dispute the signficance of the democratic endorsements. This is an encyclopedia, not a Bloomberg advertisement. So, NOW, your contribution is still POV. In fact, I will remove it now. ( Bjorn Tipling 21:35, 17 October 2005 (UTC))
I'm not trying to intimidate anyone. I'm frustrated, however, by your inability to see the blatantly obvious bias in this article. I misunderstood the use of the POV tag, and I now see that it would be inappropriate. I'm not questioning the accuracy of your facts, Patsw, I'm questioning your inclusion of them, in addition to any and all the other positive highlighting of Bloomberg's implied 'greatness'. I don't see how the endorsements are relevant or informative. I do see however the political benefit Bloomgberg will gain by New Yorkers looking him up on the ever more popular wikipedia without ever checking the discussion page and learning how biased this article is.
You seem to see me as isolated in my views, but if you read this section carefully, which I'm sure you have but are conveniently overlooking, you'll see at least three others who share my take on this article. Your facts may be accurate, but your use of them is disingenuous. ( Bjorn Tipling 04:26, 18 October 2005 (UTC))
Bloomgberg's introductory sentence identifies him as a Jewish-American as opposed to an American.
Why is he not simply an American? What other American subjects of Wikipedia articles are described as Christian-American or Bhuddist-American or Atheist-American?
At the least, I consider this usage inaccurate. The identification of his religious affiliation should conform to the style of other articles. patsw 14:34, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
I think thats a fairly valid point that Bloombergs intro sentence should not primarily categorize him as jewish-american. his religion/ethnicity should be mentioned later. is he even particularly religious? On the other hand, I disagree that "Jewish-American" is an odd phrasing. It's an ethnicity as well as a religion, so along the lines of "Arab-American", "African-American" etc., and I think its fairly commonly used. Point to think about - in a similar case, would it be okay or not to primarily identify a black US politician as "African-American"? Bwithh 18:44, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
No, Jewish is not an ethnicity, though it is a cultural identity above and beyond religion. There are Bukharan Jews in Central Asia who look Central Asian and speak Central Asian languages, just as there are French Jews who look and speak French. Do they all belong to the same "ethnicity"? No. But there is a cultural identity. I think it's best not to excessively emphasize specific identities unless the person himself or herself emphasizes these identities in life. Bloomberg doesn't, so mention it later.
Is Bloomberg not the wealthiest citizen of NYC? If not, who is?-- Pharos 03:32, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
How do we get the article visible again? I edited parts of it; and most of the article disappeared. However, the lost parts of the Bloomberg article remain on the edit portion of the screen. Use:Dogru144 17:53, 4 July 2006.
If you believe that there's pro- or anti- Bloomberg point of view in the article, please discuss it here before editing. A lot of work has gone into establishing a consensus over what is either a neutral point of view or "both sides presented" point of view.
You are always free to edit the article, of course, but working with the pro- and anti- Bloomberg advocates on the talk page is more likely to give your edits permanence. patsw 22:44, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I agree with NY101 about the pervasive pro-bloomberg stance of this article. Apparently however, a POV tag isn't 'appropriate' even though the article is highly POV. I suggest a substantial rewrite. ( Bjorn Tipling 05:15, 29 October 2005 (UTC))
What does non-notable mean?
Is it a neologism for insignificant? patsw 02:20, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
I think the random adding of the height to some of the bio articles I (and some of you) edit is a Wiki-prank by some anonymous coward with an anti-conservative agenda, or at least an anti-Wikipedian-editor agenda for those articles. When you look at the bio articles of the current liberal icons you do not see a similar editing insurgency taking place. So I edit references to height out as soon as I see them -- unless and until the subject of the bio puts it into the public record. patsw 15:52, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
Can someone block the vandal that's putting this defemation on the article? Someone put on there that he's the first openly gay mayor since Ed Koch. ( Bjorn Tipling 22:05, 5 November 2005 (UTC))
It is simply a fact that Bloomberg has said, with regard to illegal immigrants, "let them come." New York is operated as a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, New York City takes plenty of federal money.
Factual statements regarding immigration, supported by documented references were stripped out. This is clearly violation of NPOV rules. Dogru144, 03:36, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I was a bit disappointed to see the personal life section so short. I wanted to hear more about his life and how he got to where he is today (before the elections).
Bloomberg opposes marriage bans? Did NY City ever ban marriage???? If this is a reference to the gay marriage debate, someone should change it to be NPOV and for that matter make sense...
I am curious, what is Bloomberg's family heritage? Did he have immigrant parents/grandparents, and if so, where are they from originally? J.J. 07:30, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
I have created the section under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg#Criticisms_of_Bloomberg
edit away. but as noted above, to keep the article from being totally non POV (with all the PR by bloombergies monitoring the article), the section has been created.
i'm sure people will add other criticisms, this is just a starting point after some quick googling.
JJ211219 23:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
This section should definitely be in here, but the language seems to not conform with NPOV standards. While I'll admit I'm not familiar with all the criticisms, they do seem valid, just need to be worded a bit differently. Getting rid of the scare quotes and aggressive adjectives would be a good start.
Oh, and I'm posting this because I put up the POV flag. Jfiling 22:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC) Bold text
This section is completely unsourced. WP:BLP requires that any negative information about a living person be solidly sourced, or it should be removed. Every criticism should be citing a reliable source. Crockspot 00:17, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm still disturbed by the recent additions. We shouldn't be randomly inserting quotes; we should be integrating them into the article. Furthermore, they're uncited ("a New York Times article" isn't really a valid citation). Finally, we do have a separate article on the incidents: merely mentioning them should be enough, as this article is meant to give a broad overview of his life and not dwell on events that were a) in the grand scheme of things. pretty unimportant, and b) rather vaguely connected to Bloomberg himself. Biruitorul 13:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC).
BS. The arrests were ALL done on Bloomberg's watch. He is NOT liked in NYC. A New York Times article by a Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist is not valid? Give me a break.
Bloomberg's housing policies seem a bit mysterious. He has talked a lot of talk, but when it comes to the walk -- well, "drunken stagger" seems more accurate.
The Big Promise was to effectively double the amount of publicly funded or sponsored housing. This was supposed to happen over the course of a decade or so — much of which would take place after Bloomberg was out of office. The smaller promise was 65,000 new units, about $3 billions' worth, PDQ. Reality check: The city's public housing operating authority (NYCHA) renovated or built about 1,200 units according to its last capital report (even assuming that's one year's worth, tripling it for three years' worth ain't no 65,000 units).
Bloomberg has successfully campaigned to renew the city's 421a tax abatement program, which allows very generous abatements to developers who set aside 20 percent of units they build for affordable housing. The law is peculiar, though: A developer can put up really posh housing in Manhattan — the 80 percent allowed — and build the remaining 20 percent in the Bronx or the nether end of Brooklyn, as it appears. Attempts to end this practice were frustrated by an obstinate Mayor's Office.
Another conundrum involves Section 8 participation. Bloomberg has announced (1/29/07) that NYCHA will issue 20,000 new Section 8 vouchers, worth $100 millions. This money is supposed to come from new appropriations to HUD; the money appears to have been appropriated in mid-2006, but the funding for it is on hold as a result of the continuing resolution enacted at the end of the last congress (late-2006). There are other peculiarities in this: Most of NYCHA's aging public housing stock normally carries a monthly rental of $350-$550; the HUD Section 8 contract rent is often more than twice that. It has been speculated that NYCHA hopes to use the increased revenue from Section 8 vouchers to underwrite renovations to its aging housing, most of which is not eligible for other kinds of federal or state support.
At the same time, the city's other housing agency (HPD) has been — the only suitable word seems to be "harrassing" — Section 8 enhanced-voucher holders, decertifying them or imposing substantial increases in tenant's-portion assessments. A lot of these vouchers have been used to secure affordable rents to long-resident tenants in city-funded public housing sold off to real estate speculators. The agency has been pretty cagey about disclosing the procedures it uses to calculate these changes; it has refused outright to provide a transparent description of its procedures, either to affected tenants or public officials.
One major project where new housing has been proposed by Bloomberg is in Brooklyn, as part of a grand redevelopment project largely benefiting Forest City Ratner. To accomplish this end, large areas currently occupied are to be cleared, using the city's power of eminent domain. The city's wholesale use of this is as this is being written remains sub judice (see http://www.nolandgrab.org/archives/forest_city_ratner_company/). What is ignored in this is the destructive character of the development Bloomberg and his cronies advocate. Public housing on this scale is destructive of extended communities; this is widely acknowledged and well documented for wholesale public housing in general and for New York City in particular. It often provides substandard housing, as well.
Finally, a word about "affordable" in "affordable housing". This term is used in different ways by government than it is by ordinary folks. In gov-speak, "Affordable" means affordable to those with an income of $35,000+ per annum (inter alia, the comments of the Rev. Martha Overall, J.D., D.D., rector of St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Mott Haven, Bronx, and in general a recognized authority on low-income and poverty issues in New York). Quite a lot of the ~1 million recent arrivals in New York do not make that kind of money; if they do, their job security is limited.
In short, this puff-piece reads like something that originated in City Hall, or at least had its blessing, and is devoid of solid foundation. The housing comments are just plain misleading. -- djenner 15:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone substantiate the assertions made in the article? Anecdotal evidence doesn't count. Raj 00:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm concerned about this article's neutrality. Most other politicians' pages have their good points and bad points displayed. Bloomberg's page seems to be systematically edited to remove any comments that indicate negative controversy surrounding him - and often those edits are by first time users or IP addresses, which worries me. The following section, which was the closest this page came to having a "Criticisms" section, was removed by just such a single edit user:
It was taken out on the grounds that the sourcing was somehow invalid or did not provide notability to the claims. I'm uncomfortable with it being removed as the sources are meely examples of its notability, rather than the full extent of it. I recall all the issues mentioned being brought up during his electoral campaign. Before reinserting the section and starting an edit war, though, I'd like to discuss how it can be better crafted to meet WP standards. Coricus 16:05, 7 March 2007 (UTC) References: 1. [2] 2. + 3. [3]
There are several comments above talking about sections containing "Criticisms of Bloomberg". These have been removed, except for the portion on the 2004 Republican convention. An article without some of the criticisms of the mayor is POV. 193.129.65.37 06:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I did find it very odd that there was no critical view of the man. The article is almost a perfect endorsement of the man. I think he might be a "Wiki Saint" or something. Some political articles are 3/4th critical. Did Mikey buy Wikipedia or something? He seems to buy everything else. Mantion 22:37, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I have just fixed and updated some of the references for this article because they had various faults. The biggest problem is the use of bare links; i.e., a URL with no other identifying information. These frequently break, and without data like news article titles or website page titles, it is often impossible even to know where to look for a replacement source. Archive sites like the Wayback Machine or Google sometimes help, but often do not. In short, bare links should be never be used as sources for Wikipedia articles.
There are also several "references" that merely state the author, date, and newspaper title, requiring verifiers to read an entire paper to find the actual source. This is unacceptable; an article title and/or page number should be included. One need not create a fully filled-out citation, but one should at least include these basic elements.
I ask other regular editors to assist in the effort to convert and maintain more descriptive links. Current citations 12-14, 18-20, 23, 25-28, and 30-35 all need serious improvement of different kinds. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree with most of your points, but any reference is better than no reference, which is the largest problem faced on Wikipedia. Bare links are better than none at all or an article covered with citation tags.-- Gloriamarie 04:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
The section about the possibility of Bloomberg running for president has serious NPOV problems. Under BLP policy this must be fixed quickly.
Ichibani u t c 15:29, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Bloomberg's bio artcile should be split between his personal biogrpahy and his time as mayor. In a article 70 kB long with the Mayoralty section at around 30 kB long. As the average article length is around 35 kB, both articles would be close to that standard. This has been done before with other articles to trim the articles to more accurately reflect their main point. Rougher07 00:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
This section of the article suggests that Bloomberg is consistently pro Iraq war citing a Village Voice article. The article in question was written before Bloomberg changed his party affiliation, and the quotes of his that were cited in the article are somewhat nebulous, as some of them seem to be about the "global war on terrorism" as it was discussed in the wake of September 11th. The same article also quotes him as saying in August of 2005 that "everybody has very mixed emotions about the war that was started to find weapons of mass destruction and then they were not found." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nonsenseword ( talk • contribs) 19:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
The source for Bloomberg's position on immigration is http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Mike_Bloomberg_Immigration.htm. Unfortunately, if you visit that site you'll see that their source is Wikipedia! Can we find an independent source? Cordless Larry ( talk) 10:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1983&wit_id=5493 is the July 5, 2006 testimony. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/08/14/bloomberg-defends-new-york-immigration/ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/nyregion/31bloomberg.html Jmegill ( talk) 15:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Video of Bloomberg defending illegal immigration http://www.observer.com/2007/video-boy-let-em-come Jmegill ( talk) 09:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I object to characterizing Bloomberg's record on fiscal matters as conservative. The Club for Growth has attacked Bloomberg on fiscal policy. Here http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/07/02/cq_3007.html ILikeBloomberg ( talk) 04:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC) Jmegill ( talk) 06:40, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
No biography of a man Bloomberg's age is complete without an explanation of what he did about the military draft during the Vietnam era. Bloomberg was healthy, educated, and of age during that era. So what did he do to avoid the draft? Given his age, he would have confronted the issue before there was a lottery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.153.18 ( talk) 01:11, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
How can a Draft movement listing - which is part and parcel of the effort today - be considered link spam? And who is TurtleScrubber? ILikeBloomberg ( talk) 04:53, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
We cannot have this article become simply a list of all Bloomberg draft sites that aspire to importance. That is why I have reverted the readditions of ChrisG nyc (who is the creator of RunMikeRun.com) of several non-notable draft sites. Per WP:EL, external links to be avoided include "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article" and "Links mainly intended to promote a website." I propose that draft sites only be included if they have been mentioned in third-party sources, which UniteForMike.com (NY Sun, NY Observer, WSJ), DraftMichael.com (NY Observer, probably others - I just did a quick search), and DraftBloomberg.com (many MSM, and I would argue inherently notable enough for inclusion because of its founders) have--while RunMikeRun.com and others have not, as far as I know. Other sites' notability/not being spam should be established before inclusion.-- Michael White T· C 18:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Michael White is in fact part owner of UniteForMike.com, and is using his editing priviledged to delete what he sees as "competitor sites" to his, from the external links.
Furthermore, my site, RunMikeRun.com has recieved extensive coverage in the media, including multiple mentions in the Wall Street Journal, as well as New York Daily News. Further more, due to internal fighting among the organizers of UniteForMike.com, one partner, who's name I will not mention, has locked the other members out of their petition logs, so their site (UniteForMike.com) is currently using my site (RunMikeRun.com)'s petition because they cannot access their own. The fact that Mike White has the audacity to suggest that other sites should be removed, while deliberately failing to mention fact that he is a partner in UniteForMike, gives him an explicit conflict of interest in deleting mine or anybody elses site from the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisG nyc ( talk • contribs) 20:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I cleaned it out. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not a place to put links to aeveryone's opinions. It is not a webhost. It is not a link farm. There are plenty of references here. Anything beyond the subject's home page is superfluous. Dloh cierekim 20:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
The article states that he had a high approval rating through his terms as Mayor. This isn't accurate. I live in New York City and read the local newspapers. His approval rating was very low from around late 2002 until approximately early 2004. I may delete this on the main page if there are no objections. There is no reference to this claim that he consistently had high approval rating. JonErber ( talk) 19:41, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
There are about six photos I uploaded, all good, which can be found at Commons:Category:Michael Bloomberg. --David Shankbone 18:14, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
The text here says "Many of the arrestees were held for hours in crowded detention areas, thus preventing them from being able to fully exercise their rights to free speech." Hours? I was held for 3 days in a hell hole.
The second second part seems non-neutral. In any case, the entire thing is not cited. 74.70.124.27 ( talk) 15:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Why does the first sentence lable Bloomberg a pedophile?00:47, 5 August 2008 (UTC) 69.124.193.150 ( talk)
While there is a lawsuit in progress (Bloomberg LP v. Federal Reserve), it is not MICHAEL Bloomberg who is suing the private bank. It is his company, under Lex Fenwick. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.192.142 ( talk) 19:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
FisherOfToys ( talk) 00:17, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
People's Temple???
Really?
Uli 18:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)Uli 18:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)Uli
I know almost nothing about this guy and didn't know he worked for this company. The line 'In 1981, he was fired from Salomon Brothers because of gross incompetence and given a $10 million severance package.' appears to be somewhat biased since it has no reference. It may be 100% correct, but a reference would eliminate the appearance of bias. Gmchambless1 ( talk) 08:53, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
I backed the article off to before the IP began the assault. I did also note that the NYT reference included some direct quoting from the article. I have rephrased it a bit. More familiar editors might check my work, and also please check the source to be sure more of the text wasn't copied directly. sinneed ( talk) 07:55, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
This section was deleted by 98.218.194.40. I have restored it. sinneed ( talk) 18:55, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
I just fact-flagged the gun control statement attributed to Bloomberg. Its citation was ontheissues.org... and their citation was ... this article. This is a Very Bad Thing, and calls into question whether or not we can use them as a source. Since they are normally giving their sources, it should be possible, though perhaps painful, cite them directly. I fear that may be needed. I found another that was a citation to a blog... and that won't do. sinneed ( talk) 18:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
I changed the text to show the date of the number. It is a popular target for vandalism and good faith edits... but the last number I can source is the 2008 Sept 17 Forbes list, at $20 billion USD. I have restored that number and put a comment requesting that the date and source be provided for changes, in hope. :)
The edit is in one step, easily reverted if there is a better/newer number.
Is the 92% ownership important? I find myself dubious of such a precise number on a private company being publicly available.
sinneed (
talk) 01:49, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
69.183.58.203 keeps restoring an unsourced claim that Bloomberg committed spousal abuse, and also simple vandalism that Bloomberg is a "homosexual". This article needs protection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.180.129.96 ( talk) 17:52, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
In the infobox, should be adjusted from Jewish to Judaism. 87.79.84.18 ( talk) 17:45, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
A paragraph about Bloomberg's personal life states both:
"Bloomberg married Yorkshire-born Susan Brown in 1975.'"
and
"Bloomberg divorced Brown in 1993 following 18 years of unproven spousal abuse accusations."
Since 1993 – 1975 = 18, this implies that the "unproven spousal abuse accusations" began shortly after the marriage.
This is possible, but seems unlikely. Can someone knowledgeable about this issue please either confirm that the 18, the 1975, and the 1993 are all correct, or else please change the statement so it becomes correct?
Thanks. Daqu ( talk) 22:33, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
This may be premature, since a couple of the worst-offending IP vandals are currently under block with severe warnings, but if IP vandalism returns (such as all the unsupported substitute references to Michael Bloomberg's alleged affiliation with the Aryan Brotherhood, Jews for Jesus, the Opportunist Party, NAMBLA, Scientology, sodomy, etc.), should we ask an administrator to semi-protect this page or impose a different level of protection?
Very roughly speaking, semi-protection prevents direct editing by unregistered IP editors and extremly-new ones, while full protection would require all editors to post through an administrator. The drawback to semi-protection is its discouragement of possibly-useful contributions from newcomers who might have special knowledge, breaking news, a more-felicitous style or just a fresh insight. The drawbacks to full protection are much greater. On the other hand, those who've hung around this article for any length of time are all (regardless of their opinion of the Mayor) pretty exhausted by constant reversions of unsupported libels that aren't even amusing and by warning or flagging a long series of anonymous IP editors. And this article requires especial care because it's a Biography of a Living Person who's naturally the subject of violently clashing opinions. See also the rough guide to semi-protection and the complete page protection policy.
As far as finding an administrator who's not already involved in any controversies or actions relating to Mayor Bloomberg, serendipity seems to have providentially presented what might be the ideal candidate, an experienced administrator who said "I live [on] the other side of the water and but for this post I know nothing of the NYC elections". See Talk:New York City mayoral election, 2009#Kevin Coenen.
Below is a skeleton straw poll or request for comment, in case our respite from vandalism proves short. —— Shakescene ( talk) 05:16, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
corwinjoy {{ editsemiprotected}} In the Business career section it states that "In 1982, Merrill Lynch became the new company's first customer, installing 20 of the company's Market Master terminals and investing $30 million in the company." This should read "In 1982, Merrill Lynch became the new company's first customer, installing 22 of the company's Market Master terminals and investing $30 million in the company."
The source for this change is Bloomberg by Bloomberg (1st ed.) p. 57 where it states that "For our first product delivery, we built twenty-two terminals, keyboards, and screens. Our plan was to install the twenty Merrill Lynch had ordered and then use the two others ourselves, for development and backup. Needless to say, we installed all twenty two in their trading room." (Apologies if I got the format for the change wrong here, this is my first Wikipedia edit.)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Corwinjoy ( talk • contribs)
"Bloomberg has chosen to apply a statistical results-based approach to city management, appointing city commissioners based on expertise and only loosely overseeing their policies."
Could you repeat that, in non-PR language this time?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.35.148.201 ( talk) 05:22, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
The comment that Bronx County is the poorest urban county in the US is not slander. Wikipedia's figures give Bronx's per capita income as lower than these other urban US counties or cities coterminous with counties:
These details can be further corroborated in http://factfinder.census.gov.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Citybot ( talk • contribs) 15:47, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
This line strikes me as slightly untrue:
"He made his fortune with his own import-export company, the Cali Cartel, which he co founded in 1981 to sell Colombia's national product to Wall Street traders and brokers."
And there's no mention of his actual company, Bloomberg. Hmmm. If anyone feels like fixing it...
FisherOfToys ( talk) 00:17, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Verification/sources needed for: "He maintains his home address in the white pages and is known to ride the subway to City Hall every morning, even during periods of heightened terrorist alert against the subway system."—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.194.62.22 ( talk) 12:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Out-migration in New York City simply is not happening. It was reported yesterday (by Bloomberg news service, no less) that the U.S. Census Bureau revised its previous 2005 estimate of New York City's population to a new city record of 8.2 million inhabitants.
Since the article cites a reputable source for its claim of out-migration, I wanted to discuss this issue before changing the article.
As an aside, I live in New York City, and I think that the perception of most New Yorkers is that it's getting more crowded here, not less. I realize this is anecdotal and can't be cited, but it does lead me to be suspicious of the claim that NYC's population is shrinking.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.139.252 ( talk) 21:39, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps a different picture would improve the quality of the article. -- R e m i 04:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree I think that the picture sucks. The pic is blurry, and is making a dumb face, this can't be the first possible 3rd party presidential candidate of this century, let alone the Major of the most important city in the world.
129.186.209.124 21:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)cptcolo
sorry but he almost always makes a dumb face, especially when he speaks his broken spanish. kudos to the photographer that gets a flattering photo of his lizard face —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.201.154.100 ( talk) 22:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I don't know what this is supposed to mean, but it looks like someone's personal rant or website promotion.
"* In 2004 he allegedly won the lawsuit he forced against http://BL00MBERG.com, an art project based on the demand of homography and alternative news role in infowarfare. BL00MBERG.com is stillegal under http://web.archive.org/web/20030408085623/http://bl00mberg.com which shows, that art and freedom of speech is under attack. NUSE IT!"
If there's been some huge controversy over this, rewrite it (one either wins or loses a lawsuit, one doesn't 'allegedly' win) and cite some news sources. - Kwh 15:48, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
Wait a minute... isn't he gay? I don't see anything in the article, or even on the talk page. My god, is not NOT gay?! I think I need to lie down... -- AvatarMN 06:02, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
openly or closet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.201.154.100 ( talk) 22:56, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
It is an outrage that an article about Mike Bloomberg omits the fact that the NYPD under his direction illegally imprisoned thousands of people with no recourse to legal assistance or even the presumably mandatory phone call during the 2004 Republican convention. The numerous settlements against the City have cost us taxpayers millions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.155.132 ( talk) 03:47, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
a —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.33.110.98 ( talk) 14:46, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi everyone who do you think is going to win this election. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.195.56.145 ( talk) 02:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
This sentence appears in the article:
"Bloomberg is the Republican nominee for his third consecutive bid for mayor. So far this election, Bloomberg had spent over $72 Million on his campaign"
According, to all reliable news sources, however, Bloomberg ran as an Independent in the 2009 election, so I'm goint to remove this dubious assertion.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Tad Lincoln ( talk • contribs) 05:28, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
This section, which I have posted below, is both sloppy and biased, not to mention incorrectly formatted.
"In 2009 Bloomberg using the huge US economic meltdown as justification,started a public crusade to stem "pension abuses" by NYC municipal workers. During numerous press conferences Bloomberg referenced his disdain for the police officers term for their career, and retirement goals which is, "20 & out". Many NYC police officers, firemen, corrections and other critical service providers with a 20 year state pension plan opt out at 20 years on the dot. Their reasons are varied, but Bloomberg has stated on more than one occaission the city could not afford to have, "able bodied people in their 40's" collecting a pension.
"During his crusade to stem "pension abuses" it came to light a criminal investigation of former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, his son and several other players had been using the police departments pension fund in a "pay for play" scheme netting millions of dollars for connected businessmen, and city & state public officials[3][4][5][6].
"One of the firms under investigation by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is Quadrangle Management. Quadrangle management was founded by Steven Rattner[7], a boyhood friend of mayor Michael Bloomberg. When Quadrangle's role in this criminal investigation was uncovered, the pension board which seats six members, three appointed by mayor Bloomberg, the board convened a meeting to vote to stop doing business with Quadrangle. All three Bloomberg appointees, including police commissioner Raymond Kelly representing 37,000 NYPD officers refused to vote to remove Quadrangle. This vote was seen as the mayor circumventing the law for a childhood friend, and had created a feeling among NYPD officers of no confidence in Kelly[8][9].
"As of this entry Bloomberg has yet to address the fraud and bribery issues surrounding the police pension fund even though he was very public in trying to reduce the benefit for the officers that worked 20 years and contributed heavily to their share of their pension. Police union members feel strongly Bloomberg has used his ex-employee Arthur Browne (NY Daily News Editorial Page Editor)to promote the mayors agenda using the Daily News editorial page, the idea being civilians hear the mayors side, then the police unions side, and figure what they read in the Daily News Editorial page is a neutral third party opinion when it is the opinion of a former Bloomberg employee..."
I believe this section should be removed entirely, or barring that, undergo serious changes. I will try to work on this in the future, in the meantime I thought it necessary to call attention to it. Thanks, The Fire Tones 19:52, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Someone mind adding this? Granted, he didn't know it was a character witness for a terrorist, but, granted, he has a ton of money, enough to figure out if someone was a character witness of a terrorist or not. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BU6LLO1&show_article=1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.18.200.247 ( talk) 03:59, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
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{{quote|The street vendors get thousands in fines, asylum seekers are put in chains, the “open container” laws become a profit-center, the parking tickets double and triple, the city inspectors victimize the local bistros and diners, the bus routes are canceled… The most classic example is that chain stores get special seed money as local shopkeepers learn that it comes from their own pockets.|<ref name="revbilly.com"/>}} 174.3.98.236 ( talk) 07:54, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
{{editsemiprotected}} I was going to add summarical information about Bloomberg's political views to the overview. But again, I am unable to edit. Why is that? Here is the text I was going to add: "In social and domestic issues, Bloomberg is considered a liberal. He has said that he dislikes taxes but regards them as a necessary evil. Bloomberg is famed for turning New York's $6 billion budget deficit into a $3 billion surplus; because of this, he is regarded as a fiscal conservative." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lesswealth ( talk • contribs) 14:23, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Should his Net worth be mentioned? According to Forbes 400 it's $20 billion.-- And Rew 16:50, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
I have tried twice to add a section about Bloomberg's recent statement regarding New York State/David Paterson's attempts to tax Indian cigarettes. Both of my additions were deleted. I have tried to state the facts, cite my sources, and be concise about this event. I think it deserves mentioning somewhere, since it is receiving a decent amount of attention throughout New York State. It is also based entirely on something that Bloomberg actually said. The following is my version:
[Copyvio redacted]
If anyone can help me make it acceptable, I would very much appreciate it. Scarlett Lily ( talk) 20:56, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
All but the first and last sentence were cut-and-pasted from a copyrighted news article, to begin with; it wasn't "your version." Presenting only one side of a supposed controversy violates BLP and NPOV. Posting a ridiculous insinuation of "hate crime" against a living person is inappropriate. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 04:04, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't we mention Bloomberg's highly public approval of the Cordoba Initiative and his subsequent skewering in poll numbers and his friendly press from everyone outside of News Corp. holdings? Also, his Daily Show interview raised some eyebrows when he claimed "100% of 9/11 victims support" the Cordoba Initiative. There's also the chance that his holdings with certain Middle Eastern companies may be driving his overtly public approval of the Cordoba Initiative.
PokeHomsar ( talk) 22:29, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Ah, you discounting my source is expected. I didn't want that to be the source referenced in the article. The Dubai Chronicle has an article which is linked in the article I posted here along with a few others. I use blogs as link aggregators, which is their most applicable use. PokeHomsar ( talk) 21:16, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
The article's current text claims that MB has been accused of sexually harassing men as well as women, but the current sources document only claims in respect of women. If allegations in respect of men can be documented, this needs to be done. Otherwise the statement should be dropped. Nandt1 ( talk) 12:45, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Further to the above, I have now dug into the history of this statement. The addition of "men and" to the statement about harassment of women was made, without citation, by a user whose only editing record on Wikipedia consists of a few changes to the present article. Note that one of the other edits by this user was clearly vandalism (changing Bloomberg's religious affiliation to "scientology"). Given this context, I take the view that an unsubstantiated claim regarding MB's alleged sexual harassment of men, originating with a known vandal, is worthless, and I am going to delete the claim. Nandt1 ( talk) 20:47, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Should we really be giving so much emphasis (including mentions in the intro) to baseless rumors? 75.76.213.106 ( talk) 21:26, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Add Michael Bloomberg serves as the chair for C40 ( Large Cities Climate Leadership Group), and related wikinews ... {{sister |project=wikinews |text=[[Wikinews]] has news on this topic *[[n:Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance|Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance]], Sunday, April 17, 2011 }}
Probably acceptable for the sentence, but, as I've pointed out many times, the Wikinews links are not for individual news articles, but for categories. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 06:59, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
{{
Wikinews|Category:Michael Bloomberg|Michael Bloomberg}}
. Any sister links to individual articles are absurd. —
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(talk) 00:29, 23 April 2011 (UTC)Like this guy are probably going to be the next world leader. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.202.191.129 ( talk) 19:28, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Marjory Tivan has directly stated that her father was an accountant. She constitutes a source, but I wouldn't make a change without direct evidence to reference. I could not find the evidence to disprove or validate this with a quick search. Could someone please source his father's profession? There are currently no sources. Asa bender ( talk) 03:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Is the wording "arrogantly arguing" really suitable for an unbiased/neutral Wikipedia article?
It might be true that he was arrogant, but should the article express that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.198.204.122 ( talk) 21:32, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Religion: Rastafarian? Somehow I doubt it. I'm no wiki expert, but I'm guessing this is a joke? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.192.32.160 ( talk) 04:32, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
In his autobiography, "Bloomberg by Bloomberg," he directly and unambiguously states that he is an atheist and does not believe in the existence of any God. Someone keeps anonymously editing it to say "Reform Judaism," even keeping my citation to "Bloomberg by Bloomberg" next to it. If you see this, please change it back to "atheist". Thanks. Kwertii ( talk) 22:52, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
In the last 2 months (Jan - Feb 2013) there were multiple edits that were removing a lot of properly sourced criticizing information. (Especially about the Mayors handling of minorities and and poor).
Experience shows that with a powerful politicians there is really nothing you could do about it, since the articles are frequently being closely monitored either by supporters or hired campaigners. (Especially in this case that the subject does not have any finance limitations, and is planning on running for office in Washington.) Brooklynch ( talk) 14:12, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
The article can be locked and the violators banned. There is always something that can be done. 24.197.137.25 ( talk) 00:11, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
I have issues with each part of the section titled "Sexual harassment controversies": 1. "Bloomberg has previously been accused of sexually harassing women under his employment, which he has denied." - This is not relevant enough to stand on its own, many public figures or others in positions of wealth or power receive similar accusations - have there been any records of judgments or corroborated accounts or admissions of wrongdoing here? 2. "In 1997, a former Bloomberg L.P. employee filed a lawsuit accusing Bloomberg of having responded to her announcement to him that she was pregnant in 1995 by saying, "Kill it!" followed by "Great, No. 16", which she cited a reference to the number of pregnant women in the company at the time." - What was the outcome of this suit? Similar issue to #1. 3. "In January 2001, as Bloomberg "began to explore the possibility of entering the mayor's race", he cited a polygraph test administrated[sic] by the FBI's former chief polygraph examiner." - Poor English aside, this sentence makes no sense - you need to dig into the cites to understand that it is related to #2. 4. "In December 2008, Conde Nast Portfolio published a story called "Mayor Bloomberg's Delicate Condition", which reported that in September 2007 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a class-action lawsuit against Bloomberg's company on behalf of three women who worked on the business side, plus a group of women who worked at Bloomberg's company between 2002 and 2007. The article said the plaintiffs "now total 72, out of about 500 women who took maternity leave during that time". In August 2011, Judge Loretta A. Preska of United States District Court in Manhattan dismissed the claims, writing that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had not presented sufficient statistical evidence to justify the charges." - This article should perhaps be included in the Bloomberg LP entry, as the facts of the article aren't necessarily related to Michael Bloomberg. The outcome of the suit, however, might not even warrant its mention there. If you also look at the timing and tone of the Conde Nast article (it was published recently after New York City controversially lifted the city's term limits laws on the Mayor and City Council), it seems to be written as a "hit piece" on Mr. Bloomberg and his reelection efforts and is not a "neutral enough" citation to warrant inclusion here without additional support. 5. Finally, the title "Sexual harassment controversies" isn't really accurate - given the content, it should really be "Sexual discrimination controversies". I'm removing the entire section pending a complete rewrite. None of this is up to the standards of Wikipedia. Pbunyanbox ( talk) 20:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
No Mention of Mayor Bloomberg's position on NYPD Stop and Frisk policies ( Popeclem ( talk) 01:33, 10 January 2014 (UTC))
His stance on firearms needs to be represented. It is said he supports "some" gun control i nthe article but in fact it is near imposible to own firearms legally in NYC due to his policies. -- Youngdrake ( talk) 18:53, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
There has been some speculation of NY dems wanting Bloomberg to run for office. Should we include his potential role in the race? -- TDKR Chicago 101 ( talk) 00:08, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
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