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Latest comment: 2 years ago5 comments3 people in discussion

I made some edits to reorder how the information about Gow's participation in adult films was presented. Someone had made edits to create a lead that was two paragraphs long that focused almost entirely on the current news story about pornography, which was completely undue weight given his decades-long academic career. To try and get ahead of it, I made a new section about the adult film controversy. I feel like that alone contributes to making the article give undue weight to the topic, but given that it's become a major news story and so what most people who have heard of him know him for right now I'm not sure how to appropriately adjust the article. Sevey13 (talk) 14:13, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Sevey13: You're not wrong. The article was arranged that way because it started with what was at the top of the news, and what was recently in the news, with the rest being built onto it from there. BD2412 T 21:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Sevey13 I agree. Does pornographic actor have to be in the first sentence? MaskedSinger (talk) 12:19, 6 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have removed the first mention of that (and of his being a musician, which is also a rather minor point of notability), but he is certainly most notable for his firing for appearing in pornographic films, which I have left untouched. BD2412 T 15:51, 6 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

@BD2412 Great! I think what you did was absolutely perfect. Thank you. MaskedSinger (talk) 17:26, 6 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

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