Talk:Shannon Larratt

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Contents 1 NPOV cleanup 2 Conflict of Interest 3 Power Struggle? 4 Updates

[edit] NPOV cleanup

I'll try and clean up some of the more obvious POV in this page.

As far as the notability of Larrat (as discussed at the deletion discussion for this talk page), at least one sociologist (Victoria Pitts) reports that Larrat "is recognized by insiders as part of the vanguard of the body modification movement" (In the Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification New York:Palgrave Macmillan 2003, p. 167). Once the NPOV issues are addressed, I think that it is reasonably encyclopedic to include Larrat in wikipedia, given the attention he has received from established social scientists. Zandrous 21:24, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree fully, Larrat (in my opinion) is well qualified for inclusion in the encyclopedia. RuSty420 04:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree also, Larrat is a highly-recognizable figure in the industry, and the movement. He is the founder of the most widely used body modification website in the world. ActingWilly 23:39, 1 October 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.137.138.246 (talk)

[edit] Conflict of Interest

I've remove COI tag as the article has been cleaned up and no objections to the article content have been posted on the talk page 172.206.9.133 08:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Power Struggle?

Does anyone have any information about the apparent power struggle going on between Rachel et al. and Shannon over BME/IAM? His web page indicates that he is locked out of control: http://www.bodytwo.com/. Even BME's blog seems to indicate that there has been change, but does not indicate what has happened. Reid 17:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

BMEzine has no information on this conflict, and has gone so far as not to allow comments, questions on the FAQ, unfriendly comments on IAM. This appears to back up Shannon's story on bodytwo, and in the absense of any retained comments on bme proper, this story seems to stand up. notenderwiggin

There are a bunch of post's on his wife's blog, detailing her side of the story. Shannon is apparently only locked out of the administration of IAM and BMEZine, and not locked out altogether. Basically, the issue is still really cloudy (especially as to why this leadership change came to pass) and Shannon's wiki page is probably not the best place to speculate. Gsham 21:40, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Certainly not, however I think the fact that he is no longer actively blogging on those site should be acknowledged, and people should be pointed to his new modblog. People without IAM access are not going to be figure out that he's not on the main site anymore from publicly available content. notenderwiggin

He already 'closed' bodytwo.com and resumed posting at the original modblog.bmezine.com url. Can someone fix this on the article? Camilafs (talk) 13:39, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Updates

At this point, I do believe the legal issues are resolved. bodytwo has been shut down permanently. As far as the accuracy of this page, I'd have to say its pretyt good. I've known Shannon for a couple years now, and this page seems to be quite "neutral" and accurate in content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.169.216.174 (talk) 19:56, 26 April 2008 (UTC)