Talk:Fyre Festival

Sources

Here are some sources that might be helpful for the expansion of the article:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/arts/music/fyre-festival-ja-rule-bahamas.html
• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/28/526019457/paradise-lost-luxury-music-festival-turns-out-to-be-half-built-scene-of-chaos
• http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-fyre-festival-chaos-20170428-story.html
• http://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/the-fyre-festival-was-a-luxury-nightmare
• https://www.wsj.com/articles/fyre-festival-organizers-push-to-keep-it-from-fizzling-1491130804
• http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fyre-festival-canceled-after-guests-allege-hoax/

--Posted by Pikamander2 (Talk) at 00:54, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Criminal history of Jeffery Atkins

I am being repeatedly sabotaged in trying to list the criminal history of the other organizer of the Fyre Festival, Jeffery Atkins (AKA Ja Rule.) Any addition or reference I add is being immediately deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.165.196.108 (talk) 13:52, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Read WP:SYNTH. Any reference you add must mention the Fry Festival. Otherwise, you are making an implicit association that is not supported by the source. Barte (talk) 14:33, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Repeatedly trying to add this material without a good source (see above), much less no source whatsoever, won't work. WP:BLP Barte (talk) 18:51, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

I have repeatedly added numerous citations and references. But apparently someone believes that only one of the two organizers of this event should be examined. Jeffrey Atkins was deeply involved with this event. Several reports by other employees of the festival have made clear that Mr. Atkins was very aware, in advance, of the conditions that existed, and was a major component of the decision to go forward with the event anyway. Sorry, but he doesn't get a free pass. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.168.251.107 (talk) 19:01, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Several reports by other employees of the festival have made clear that Mr. Atkins was very aware, in advance, of the conditions that existed, and was a major component of the decision to go forward with the event anyway. If you have a reliable reference for that assertion, please cite it. Barte (talk) 19:47, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

McFarland's prisoner number

Why should Wikipedia users be told what his prisoner number is? Even though McFarland's a convicted felon and evidently an utter scoundrel, at least some of his information is surely private. How can it possibly be in the public interest for complete strangers to know what his prisoner number is?178.197.231.222 (talk) 15:05, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure I agree that it's private information, given that it's publicly available, but I agree that it's not appropriate, especially for an article about a festival, so I've gone ahead and removed it. Cheers! -- irn (talk) 17:50, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for removing it. I agree that it doesn't belong, but I wasn't able to come up with any Wikipedia based rationale, other than a lack of encyclopedic value. The issue has been resolved by deleting it, but I'm wondering if any more experience editors know if there is a specific Wikipedia policy regarding this issue? ^†Basilosauridae❯❯❯Talk 18:33, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Not all content disputes are going to have policy-based rationales that you can rely on. Sometimes it just comes down to editorial discretion. In this case, I don't really see policy dictating either inclusion or removal. The original poster may have been referencing the presumption in favor of privacy, but I don't know if that applies in this situation, both because of the nature of the personal information at issue here and because the information is wholly out of place in this article. The only policy I can think of that addresses this would be WP:NOTEVERYTHING, which holds that just because something is true and verifiable doesn't mean it should be included. Cheers, -- irn (talk) 00:48, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

His prisoner information is perfectly acceptable information to include in the Wikipedia article. If it was removed and that information is known, then it should be added back in. Skcin7 (talk) 10:34, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Norman's Cay

The article currently claims that the festival's announced site, Fyre Cay, "did not exist", but the Netflix documentary says that the promoters were planning to use Norman's Cay, which had indeed belonged to members of the Medellin Cartel, and that, despite Norman's Cay's clear unsuitability, they changed to Grand Exuma only when the owners of Norman's Cay rescinded permission because the promoters featured Pablo Escobar in advertising.

We also differ with Netflix on the question of what island Billy McFarland and Ja Rule purportedly saw from an airplane, inspiring them to put the festival on. Netflix says Norman's Cay and we say Grand Exuma.

Netflix also says that the promotional video was created on Norman's Cay. TypoBoy (talk) 17:41, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Lineup

Would it be acceptable to include the advertised lineup for the festival? The only performer mentioned in the current article is Blink-182. Hoof Hearted (talk) 15:50, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes, that would be acceptable. Skcin7 (talk) 10:33, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Fyre Festival 2

Wsj interview 66.9.173.112 (talk) 11:00, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Business Ethics

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 January 2026 and 1 May 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Clarakrebs (article contribs). Peer reviewers: APstrike3, Ellakesaryan.

— Assignment last updated by GPenderg (talk) 23:57, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Ethical dilemmas

@Clarakrebs: I have undone your addition of a section on ethical dilemmas, because it appeared to be original analysis to cast certain events as dilemmas. Wikipedia has a policy calling for no original research, and stating that certain things are "ethical dilemmas" when we don't have sources indicating that they were qualifies as original research. That might be good for a paper about the Festival, but not so much for Wikipedia. (I would also suggest that not all unethical behavior qualifies as as dilemmas. A dilemma will occur when there are ethical costs on either side of a decision -- should I tell my friend his new suit is ugly and hurt his feelings, or should I not and risk that he wears it to the party and risks ridicule, that's a dilemma. Should I lie to someone so I can get money I don't deserve, that's not an ethical dilemma, the ethics are quite clear.) -- Nat Gertler (talk) 13:43, 3 May 2026 (UTC)