Talk:David Ruggerio

POV issues/UPE lingering weirdness

There are several parts of this article that stand out to me as slightly problematic, but (as I'm new to editing) I would like some feedback/a sanity check before making these changes.

This article was created in 2018 by Wikizziola, a sockpuppet of DeportivioLara, which was banned for sockpuppetry/UPE/manipulating AfD. This first version makes no mention of the fact that Ruggerio was arrested for credit card fraud and includes a one-off positive comment from Robert Mondavi under awards, framed in a way that it sounds like an award (while citing an article that does not even contain this comment).

The article has been updated since 2018, and I've edited the most egregious parts, but I believe there are a few issues that persist:

"Ruggerio is a well known cookbook author." While this may true, the source cited is a Publisher's Weekly review, who publish 9,000 reviews per year. Are all their authors well-known? The book has 24 reviews on US Amazon.

"He later went on to star in his own series on Food Network entitled, 'Ruggerio to Go.'" I think it should be mentioned in this section that this show premiered in October 1998 and he was arrested in November, so only a few episodes aired.

"Ruggerio's first novel, "A Wistful Tale of Gods, Men and Monsters," won the Maxy Award 2019 for Best Horror Novel, and Pencraft Awards - Best Fiction Horror 2019." This book has 39 reviews on Goodreads and no outside media referencing it. Is it appropriate for this page, especially the "Media personality" section? Additionally, the person who added this was accused of being an UPE, after which they stopped editing.

Featured publications - Pretty much this entire section is questionable. Two are recipes, one is confusingly 2/3 of a headline, and in Eating History, Ruggerio was mentioned exactly once: "David Ruggerio went from La Caravelle to Le Chantilly and Cyrill Renaud became the chef and owner of Fleur de Sel."

I think changes addressing these would go very far to remove any remaining editorializing from when his page was (potentially) created and maintained by a few UPEs, but am cognizant that I may be being a bit petty. Would love some thoughts. Razor Scooter Road Rash (talk) 14:48, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

After reviewing this article's history more in depth, I am fairly confident that this article is being manipulated by Ruggerio or someone on his behalf. On April 6, 2022, a user with a Long Island IP address made the following changes:

Part 1: Getting Rid of the Bad Stuff

"Took job asHe soon found himself a part of the crew of Gambino capo, Carmine Lombardozzi" (diff)

Interesting choice to use minimizing language, but could just be a way to correct the typo. Let's see what other changes they made...

"Ruggerio said theyOnorato left Macchirole's corpse in a car trunk in Brooklyn." (diff)

"Ruggerio said that in March 1978, he helpedwitnessed Sicilian gangster Egidio 'Ernie Boy' Onorato torture and killmurder a 56-year-old Genovese and Colombo associatesoldier named Pasquale 'Paddy Mac' Macchirole at a tire repair garage in Yonkers, New York." (diff)

Yet, in the sourced VF article:

"Ruggerio said that in March 1978, he helped Onorato torture and kill a 56-year-old Genovese and Colombo associate named Pasquale 'Paddy Mac' Macchirole at a tire repair garage in Yonkers, New York. Ruggerio said they left Macchirole’s corpse in a car trunk in Brooklyn."

Hm...

"In a 2022 Vanity Fair interview Ruggerio claimclaimed that from 1977-2014an early age, he was an active member offorced to follow his Sicilian father into the Gambino crime familyways of the street. Taking part in various crimes such as extortion, loan-sharking, truck hijacking, bookmaking, heroin dealing, and murder. In 1979, after his fiancé was murdered by his father’s lieutenant, Ernie Boy Onorato, he became part of New York’s Cosa Nostra’s Gambino Family." (diff)

Some more minimizing language. The sourced VF article makes no mention of a fiancé, 1979, and does not support this claim.

Part 2: Add Some Fluff

"Ruggerio's first novel, "A Wistful Tale of Gods, Men and Monsters," won the Maxy Award 2019 for Best Horror Novel, and Pencraft Awards - Best Fiction Horror 2019 He followed up with two more novels and his third cookbook. In the fall of 2022, he will release his long awaited memoir." (diff)

I mean, come on.

"Ruggerio is also a well known cookbook author, in his first books, he celebrates his family, friends and foods of Little Italy. He followed that up with his second cookbook, where Ruggerio draws a distinction between the cooking of Naples and that of Sicily." (diff)

So thaaats where that well-known came from.

With that in mind, I am going to make changes to revert the article the previous (more accurate) version before these edits, as well as my first suggestions. Razor Scooter Road Rash (talk) 15:50, 11 February 2024 (UTC)