Talk:Mark Zuckerberg

September 2006

"On Septemeber 5th 2006, Zuckerberg the son of a whore created a mini feed, encouraging stalkers everywhere to set forth on a global rampage." - Definitely not a neutral point of view (loudestnoise : talk) 05 September 2006

October 2005

There's currently not much noteworthy about him except for his creation of Facebook. Besides, the main facebook article mentions everything currently on this page about him. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 169.229.99.156 (talk • contribs) 01:43, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

July 2006

He is absolutely noteworthy enough to have his own stub. Someone needs to track down the New Yorker's piece on Zuckerberg that was printed in its May 15, 2006 edition. I remember the article saying that he was offered something in the hundreds of millions for the site. Anyone who has been offered hundreds of millions of dollars for anything is worth a "stub" on Wikipedia. [[1]]

Harvard Student Status

I removed him from the Harvard Alumni category. Drop-outs are not alumni.

--Check the definition of alumnus again, yes they are, alumnus = graduate OR FORMER STUDENT (emphasis mine) of a school. - Josh Sims

According to wiktionary, an alumnus is a student or graduate. If he is neither a student or graduate (and drop-outs aren't either), then he's not an alumnus. 20.2.185.8 13:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Not to be anti-wiktionary or anything, but that did not sound quite right to me, so I checked with my most used dictionary, the American Heritage online, and it says

A male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.

For good measure, I checked Merriam-Webster's and it says

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university
2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate.

To be fair to others, my own older edition (print) of American Heritage only defined alumnus as male graduates. Nam1123 07:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I think it is generally pretty well understood that alumnus means graduate. Dictionaries tend to be overly inclusive in their definitions. If you call most schools and ask them if their drop outs are considered alumnus, they'll tell you, "No." In order to take advantage of a school's alumni network and benefits, it is mandatory to have graduated. Unsuspected (talk) 04:51, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Your statement about what is "generally pretty well understood" doesn't seem to be sufficient justification for contradicting the dictionary (again just because you say that the definitionn is "overly inclusive"). I also don't care what schools do in terms of conferring benefits, which has nothing to do with whether the label alma mater is correct. Even the Wikipedia article on alma mater includes the dictionary definitions, including attendance rather than graduation. I'm going to give some more thought to the issue, but it seems to me that Zuckerberg's attendance at Harvard permits him to call Harvard his alma mater and the information should be put back. I'm not even sure that the parenthetical qualifier "dropped out" is necessary, but wasn't a bad compromise.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:59, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Just to add my 2 cents, there was a similar issue at Sean Hannity, ie dropout. I think the final "compromise" was to say "attended" or something like that in the info box and go into detail in the body of the article. Of course these things change :) Good luck. --Threeafterthree (talk) 15:10, 17 September 2010 (UTC)ps, went and took a peek, it is still "holding" :)....--Threeafterthree (talk) 15:11, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

An excellent compromise, and worth more than 2 cents. Thanks!--Bbb23 (talk) 23:29, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Criticism Section

Why isn't their a criticism section? He has drawn a decent amount of attention, such as banning user accounts when they post negatively about him. I am sure their is also publicity of him and not facebook.108.7.234.223 (talk) 05:32, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

I agree, they ban and delete without telling you the reason. I did nothing wrong and went to log in one day and my account was GONE! My hubby and I and friends have all left FB because of this crap. And it IS crap. Hope your stupid movie tanks---Zuckerberg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.157.223.50 (talk) 15:26, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

New Yorker's 2010 article about Zuckerberg

Plenty of interesting and relevant details there: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas?currentPage=all

Mark Zuckerberg is no longer the youngest billionaire in the world

a) according to Forbes 400 of August 2010 he is worth 6.9 billion. b) his former classmate Dustin Moskovitz is 8 days younger and worth 1.4 billion. see http://www.forbes.com/profile/dustin-moskovitz

hope this message works, never posted to semi protected before Finny388 (talk) 16:28, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Worked just fine. I tweeked the lead. Don't think we need an update of his net worth. The guy is a billionare, more detail can go in the body if needed/appropriate. --Threeafterthree (talk) 16:40, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

$6.9 Billion = 24% of $11 Billion (Facebook's valuation)?

Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth was announced last week at being about $6.9 billion. If Facebook is currently valuated at $11 Billion then how does Mark's 24% stake equal his personal wealth (which I'm sure comes directly from Facebook). Does he take 24% of the estimated $800 million annual every year since Facebook started generating income?96.229.146.58 (talk) 19:49, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 12amrambler, 28 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} The religion of Mark Zuckerberg's parents is not pertinent and should be omitted. In Wikipedia I have found that biographies of other persons in regard to the religion of their parents or the subject of biography is only mentioned if the subject of biography or the subjects parents are Jewish. Please correct this inconsistency by changing "Zuckerberg was born in White Plains, New York and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Zuckerberg's parents are Jewish,[3] but he considers himself an atheist" to: "Zuckerberg was born in White Plains, New York and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York."

 Not done seems to be a relevant fact to his upbringing The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 15:43, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Zuckerberg willingly noted that he attended Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, NY as a youth. Being Jewish is not only a religion, it is also an ethnicity that Zuckerberg obviously identifies as, considering his involvement in Alpha Epsilon Pi at Harvard, the Jewish fraternity, and his involvement with Hillel, a Jewish group on college campuses. http://www.facebook.com/q/What-synagogue-did-Mark-Zuckerberg-attend-while-growing-up-in-Dobbs-Ferry-New-York/446654356319?t=2&hid=68310606562 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.130.120 (talk) 13:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Zuckerberg is color-blind?

Zuckerberg is color-blind? And it is because of that Facebook is blue in color? Although the news comes from a CNN post, I don't know whether it is appropriate for the article. If anyone feels so, please do add it. See this for further details. — Finemann (talk) 20:56, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

copyright violation?

The text from much of this article bears a striking similarity to the content here: http://hu bpages.com/hub/The-Film-about-Facebook-founder-Mark-Zuckerberg although it is unclear to me who copied from who. Apparently, that domain is also on the Wikipedia blacklist, though I'm not sure if that's relevant to the topic of plagiarism or not. Johnny Mnemonic (talk) 15:34, 6 October 2010 (UTC)