Talk:Jeff Bezos

Lauren Sanchez Affair and Sexts

Why is there no mention of Jeff's affair with Lauren Sanchez? It received wide publicity and news coverage, and their relationship continues to receive coverage. I understand there's likely an Amazon-led PR effort to sanitize any mention of his infidelity, but it's notable and news-worthy.

This needs non biased factual references.

Request for Addition of Additional Details Regarding Marital Infidelity and Lauren Sanchez Affair

I brought this up in an earlier post, so here it is again, with reputable, non-biased sources:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/inside-the-bezos-affair-a-tale-of-love-lust-uncertainty-lauren-sanchez

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-relationship-timeline-photos-2020-1

https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/jeff-bezos-affair-national-enquirer/

I'd be happy to provide some text if someone is willing to make the edit and brave the wrath of Amazon's sycophant PR team.

Jeff Bezos’s adopted father

Why isn’t Jeff Bezos’s adopted father listed as his parent as well? You all give the biological father's existence more credibility than the man who adopted and raised him, Miguel Bezos. Plasmawipes (talk) 13:28, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

sir I'm respected you Vali asim (talk) 06:50, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

The article gives roughly one sentence to each of Bezos' biological and adoptive father. The infobox only lists biological father, but a) this is a trivial additional point of recognition and b) the person infobox template doesn't seem to have a meaningful line item for adoptive parents. This might be something worth raising at the infobox template talkpage. For this specific article I think what matters is the equal weight in the text. -- Euryalus (talk) 07:06, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Jeff Bezos's physics

If you listen to the story, Yasantha did not "defeat" him in a physics problem. He and another student went to Yasantha for help on a physics problem and when he realized that Yasantha recognized the answer and he didn't, he decided to not pursue theoretical physics.

"eclipsed the feat"

What does "eclipsed the feat" mean, if anything? Errantios (talk) 01:34, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

I've read it several times and can't figure out what it's saying either. @MSincccc: added it on 21 March 2023, pinging him for clarification. Schazjmd (talk) 13:54, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 October 2024

acquired the company]] for $13.7 billion on August 28, 2017," so I hope to see something like that added to the Bezos page. The citation provided for that is below. ECE Prof (talk) 04:21, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

 Not done It's not clear what change you want made, and the citation you've provided is a press release, which we try to avoid using as sources. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

References

Jeff Bezos’ is an Oligarch.

or at least so it says in his article despite it being protected to prevent vandalism. I don’t see the rationale behind titling him as such, and would like clarification on the reasoning behind this being an approved change; I for one don’t deem it to be a fair characterization, and don’t think it belongs in the article. WireBreaker (talk) 22:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

It appears to have been added in this edit by @Firecat93. It fairly transparently violates WP:V and WP:BLP, so I have removed it for now. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:29, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Or actually @Schazjmd removed it, because edit conflict. Either way. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I found a few pieces (The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and Politico) that explore the U.S. as an oligarchy, all mentioning Bezos among other billionaires. That possibly might be worth summarizing in the body, but not sufficient to justify stating it as a fact in the lead sentence in wikivoice. Schazjmd (talk) 22:43, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I have made this addition. Firecat93 (talk) 23:49, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

And I have moved it out of the lead. AntiDionysius (talk) 23:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

OK. Can you make a similar edition to Elon Musk's page, please? I am not an extended confirmed user, unfortunately. Firecat93 (talk) 00:26, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

..it’s unfortunate that you don’t have the freedom to label billionaires as oligarchs? Wikipedia should prioritize neutrality and verifiable facts over terms that carry political or subjective connotations. Labeling someone as oligarch can be seen as a value judgement rather than fact, especially in the context of US politics, in which the claim of the existence of an oligarchic system is highly contentious; I believe it’s crucial that we maintain objectivity, especially when discussing public figures. WireBreaker (talk) 10:55, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

It was added without a source so I've removed it for now. Labels in the lead should be those commonly applied by reliable sources. Schazjmd (talk) 22:29, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Seems much more a matter of opinion than something we should be saying in wikivoice. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 23:58, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Infobox image

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  Bezos in 2017, previous one used in article
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  Bezos in 2018
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  Bezos in 2019, current one used in article

@Firecat93: Sorry from my side , I had no intention of making such remarks, I had just become too sentimental while making edit. Well, yeah let's discuss it here, some of the editors are leaning to add the most recent image of Bezos, in my opinion, 2018 one may came in handy but 2017 image wins over slightly being of more resolution one and a proper headshot portrait in comparison with current one used in article, Please feel free to discuss further. Wallu2 (talk) 17:54, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

The reason why I changed the image was because the 2019 photo is slightly newer and of acceptable quality. But it ranks below the 2017 one if we want to have a headshot. Either works for me, and I'm fine with it going back to the 2017 version! SWinxy (talk) 18:16, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Uhm, now you got my point what I was trying to convey, previously. I also used to make similar edits while ago but when I faced similar conflict of interest by other editors about lead images, they advised me to go through WP:LEADIMAGE guidlines before making such edits snd discuss it rightaway on talk pages to avoid any edit conflict. Well, in short, the subject's image should be atleast of proper headshot one with high resoultion, that's what criteria there is. Anyways, thank you both of you for your replies, I am reverting back to 2017 one and will install the most recent one rightaway if I am able to find it one of free sources. Cheers! have a good one 🙂. Wallu2 (talk) 08:26, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

I would support keeping the 2019 image, as it more recent and higher resolution compared to the 2017 photo. Firecat93 (talk) 18:37, 15 November 2024 (UTC)