Talk:Clark James Gable

Arrest and jail for laser pointer incident

The content: Gable was arrested in 2011 for shining a laser pointer at a police helicopter in Los Angeles. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ten days in jail and three years' probation.
Is cited by two wp:reliable sources:

• Lateef Mungin (April 3, 2013). "Clark Gable's son arrested". CNN. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
• "Clark Gable's Grandson Gets 10 Days in Jail for Laser-Pointer Incident". Reuters. January 12, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

I see no doubt that Gable was arrested and jailed over the incident. Jim1138 (talk) 04:31, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

• There seem to be many sources on this incident.

1. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/grandson-of-actor-clark-gable-pleads-to-pointing-laser-at-lapd-helicopter.html
2. https://www.today.com/news/clark-gables-grandson-arrested-laser-prank-wbna43964831
3. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Clark-Gable-Grandson-Jail-Helicopter-137194778.html
4. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/315819
5. http://www.mercurynews.com/2012/01/12/los-angeles-clark-gable-grandson-gets-jail-for-pointing-laser/
6. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/clark-james-gable-grandson-hollywood-legend-clark-gable-10-day-jail-sentence-pointing-laser-police-helicopter-article-1.1005165
7. http://blogs.findlaw.com/celebrity_justice/2012/01/clark-gables-grandson-gets-10-days-in-jail-for-laser-pointing.html

There are too many to list. Some are about the arrest, some the sentencing, some both. Jim1138 (talk) 04:35, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

@Jayman3124: When you removed the CNN reference, you wrote in the edit summary, "CNN article not on this about personality, libelous info on different person must be removed". The second half of the CNN article is about this person, Clark James Gable. Look at it again. Also, it looks like you may think that "libelous" is synonymous with "negative". Something that is true isn't libelous. There's no libel here.

Besides that, I disagree with your edit summary, from when you removed the details about Gable's conviction and sentence, stating that the information about the follow-up to the arrest is "More than enough information for a wiki page". On the contrary, if you're gonna say someone was arrested, it's more important to note whether that arrest led to a conviction, or whether the person was exonerated in court, or whether charges were dropped before the case even went to trial. In fact, it's a problem that media will often report that someone was arrested, and then never follow up, so that we never find out whether he actually did what he was accused of. I've run into that when trying to determine whether an arrest should be mentioned in an article here: If there was a conviction, then definitely yes, but as far as I knew the case was never pursued, in which case the arrest had no place in the article.

It's my intention to restore the conviction details and the CNN citation. Largoplazo (talk) 20:44, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Jim1138 has restored the text, so I'm going to restore the source. Largoplazo (talk) 20:49, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

I added three more possible citation links. The findlaw is of note as it discusses what the penalties could have been. Jim1138 (talk) 21:28, 7 October 2017 (UTC)