Talk:Terry Carter

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"Knight is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter after crashing his pickup truck into music industry vet Terry Carter and actor/filmmaker Cle “Bone” Sloan in 2015, killing Carter." - Rolling Stones (Oct. 24 2023)

"Knight crashed his car into two men, one of whom was Terry Carter, the co-founder of Heavyweight Records, and a friend of his." - The Sun (Oct 1 2023; Nov 2 2023)

"He ended up killing Terry, while the second person and filmmaker - Cle Sloan - suffered injuries to his head and foot." - The Sun (Oct 1 2023; Nov 2 2023)

I understand at the time it was fairly new, but as of right now it is confirmed. 2600:6C4A:747F:DB83:A94C:CBC3:3C44:7131 (talk) 08:00, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

A million Terry Carters in the world, and the subject of this article is not a "music vet" or the co-founder of Heaveyweight Records. Plus he confirmed on Twitter in 2016 that he was still alive. Let's put this to bed.— TAnthony^Talk 06:57, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Article overhauled, expanded, thoroughly documented by Neutral editor

This article has now been extensively overhauled, expanded, and thoroughly documented by a Neutral editor, not connected in any way to this subject.

Nearly all flags (some of which I initially added, myself) have now been replaced with suitable reference citations -- mostly to general major media (such as New York Times) or major entertainment-industry media (such as Variety).

This includes all awards / award-nominations listed (except "Golden Antenna" awards; their site claims over 20,000 awardees, but doesn't seem to list them anywhere. It looks like a relatively bogus "award", perhaps a cleverly disguised phishing scam.)

It may be time to pull the flags at the top of this article. No doubt, much can still be done to improve in the direction the flags urge -- but this article is no longer a poorly-sourced, shallow puff-piece (if it ever was), and is pretty solid, now.

~ Penlite (talk) 12:14, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Importance rankings may not be correct

After researching this subject, thoroughly, and overhauling and expanding the article to reflect Wikipedia standards and a large volume of significant overlooked information about this person, it appears that he is far more important than initially obvious in the original form of the article. Consequently, though not particularly famous, it appears that he is particularly notable, at least at the "Medium-importance" level, for these reasons, now documented in the article:

• Widely referred to as a "pioneer" in multiple major media or industry media publications.
• One of the first black Americans to have a continuing role in a television series (Phil Silvers Show / Sergeant Bilko)
• One of the first black American television journalists, anchors, and critics. (The first in all of New England, and some say possibly the first in America, if not the world).
• Title role in one of the first Blaxploitation films (Brother on the Run),
• Key role in the first big hit film of the Blaxploitation genre, Foxy Brown.
• One of the first black Americans to have a continuing MAJOR role in a television series (McCloud, for seven years.)
• Long-running key co-star role in a cult-classic sci-fi series (Battlestar Galactica)
• Producer of documentaries for the Library of Congress and PBS, including one nominated for an Emmy.
• Producer of an L.A. Emmy-winning TV mini-series
• Founder of industry-reform organization
• A Governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (who produce the The Emmys)
• Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
  on committees oveseeing Oscar picks in two genres.
• U.S. government "goodwill" ambassador to China (in media)

In short, this guy's bio is long and substantive, and he's probably had a substantial impact on the industry, and thus, indirectly, on the public. So maybe this article's "Low-importance" rankings (and Categories) should be upgraded to at least "Medium-importance"). ~ Penlite (talk) 12:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)