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The term "bibliography" is ambiguous as a title for the section listing Komando's published works. It is not immediately clear if she is the author of the books, or if she is a subject of the books. Please clarify. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.67.12.44 ( talk) 21:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC).
Encyclopedic content must be verifiable--a birth certificate and an expert source on genealogy are needed to verify the claim about her last name. Otherwise, the claim merely belongs in a "trivia" section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.67.11.244 ( talk) 18:38, 10 May 2007 (UTC).
Here is the text of the assertion:
"Accordig[sic] to a talk radio industry publication, the program is considered the most-listened to weekend syndicated talk radio show. [1]"
Why it has been removed:
1) The source reference link is not correctly cited at the bottom of the Wikipedia page. It says Kim Komando is the source, then directs the browser to the talkers.com page. This is a violation of the talkers.com terms of use, and therefore, must be removed immediately.
2) The more appropriate place for this assertion is on
The_Kim_Komando_Show Wikipedia page.
3) This list of statistics is not substantial authority on the topic. The footnotes clearly say these statistics are very rough estimates.
4) The list makes no claim about Komando's show being the "most-listened to" or a "weekend show." It is only by inference by the reader that this claim is made.
5) Serious doubts about the validity of this list: a) Don Imus is still listed, b) why is the distinction given to Komando's show over Brinker's when the statistics are indistinguishable?, c) Art Bell's weekend show isn't even listed here, d) do these statistics include Komando's *daily* Computer Minutes?
6) Weasel wording. "is considered" is on the list of avoidable
weasel words. Her show could be *considered* to be all sorts of things.
Gee, had no idea posting information about one of the most listened to women radio talk show hosts would generate such controversy. Komando's like No. 3, and the biggest on the weekend. She doesn't do politics, which is rare. Thought someone might care about that accomplishment.
Regarding that list of biggest hosts, the Talkers Magazine list hasn't been updated. It list Imus, who recently was forced off the air. G. Gordon Liddy, I believe, doesn't have such a big show anymore. So it's likely Komando may move up.
Anyway, I put the original claim to large listenership on the Kim Komando Radio Show page, which I at the time didn't realize existed as a separate entity. Don1962 01:25, 29 May 2007 (UTC)Don1962
How about some more information, i.e., place of birth, parents, education? T.E. Goodwin 19:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
i mean it says something like "broadcasts from a 10,000,000,000 square-foot studio" - who the hell would care about that? and many of the citations are from Komando.com
who edits this page, Kim herself? it just sounds silly. and i listen to her a few times a month but come on. 66.87.4.244 ( talk) 20:38, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
The so-called www.komando.com 'Forum' requires that you pay a fee & register before you can critique any of her assertions. While I admire much of the stuff she writes, she is virtually uncritical (and misleading) of her sponsor products. (Is this whistling in the wind?) See '
Carbonite Shortcomings'
--
Wikidity (
talk)
04:32, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
I agree this seems a lot like propaganda; I visited her web site, and got to a page that says "For security reasons, we block IPs from a few parts of the world. Our business primarily serves the citizens of the United States. Regarding online operations, we will take whatever precautionary steps that we believe are in the best interests of our company and our operations." How can she claim to be the most listened to program when by her own admission she has no presence outside North America ? How can someone who claims to understand technology not "get" that the internet is global ? per the comment on carbonite, someone should write a section "criticism" to balance things out — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.118.154.88 ( talk) 13:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Her bio info says she graduated from college at 20. That would still have her born in 1965... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.188.252.185 ( talk) 14:33, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Article says she was born in 1967 and graduated from ASU in 1985 with a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems. Anyone else here have a compsci degree? Anyone actually CHECK the ASU registrar records or is this just another case of "believing some website because it says so"? Anyone actually SEEN proof of birth? Something doesn't jive here.
I've heard this woman's radio segments and I have a compsci degree, there is no way this article is accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.21.232.38 ( talk) 04:04, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
>>My impression about "Computer Information Systems" as a major is that it's Computer Science Lite: You'll know yourself around an IT department but you'll won't get "elbow-deep" in the hardware or software. ASU has a perfectly good School of Engineering that's capable of turning out perfectly good computer engineers but CIS is a major taught by the School of Business. However,the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU is a Top-20 business school so a BS from there (regardless of the major) won't exactly be worthless. My guess that CIS graduates in the working world would serve as go-betweens between the IT nerds and the other departments. Bayowolf ( talk) 22:22, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
i think i heard that she graduated high school at age 15 or so, then graduating from university at age 18 or 19 if you're that smart might be possible? maybe i just heard an myth about her? i does burn me a little to hear her call herself the digital goddess or whatever "im so hot im so hot" lol. 107.32.156.252 ( talk) 22:42, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
Her year of birth has jumped around in various edits, hopefully honing in on the truth. Two other events I found: she graduated eighth grade in 1978 and was a junior in high school in 1981. Still searching for birth information. StrayBolt ( talk) 07:03, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
I was born in July 1967 and came up through the New Jersey public education system. I graduated "on-time" from high school in 1985. If Kim graduated HS in 1981 (as stated in the current version), that's a full four graduating classes ahead of "normal" for someone born in 1967. Atltraffic ( talk) 21:27, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
"She graduated eighth grade from Watchung's Valley View School in 1978". Huh? Born in 1967, finished 8th grade in 1978? She would've had to have started first grade at three years old for that to make sense! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.142.74 ( talk) 02:56, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
FWIW, Kim appears in the most recent issue of AARP magazine (August-September 2022) and is said to be 58. Richard K. Carson ( talk) 20:21, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
I tagged the whole article and all the dead links I could find (almost all). I was able to fix one of them. Article needs lots of work.-- TjoeC ( talk) 16:18, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
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I agree with the tag placed two years ago: the referencing is atrocious. There are some that fall afoul of WP:BLPPRIMARY and others are just a bad idea such as her mother's LinkedIn profile. I think in a while I'll challenge and cut some more of the wholly unreferenced stuff. 2600:8800:1880:91E:5604:A6FF:FE38:4B26 ( talk) 10:29, 30 May 2018 (UTC)