Talk:Mike Read

message: Hilarious that his Guardian 'Comment is free' post and the comments on it are, this is no place for the 'commandments' running joke from it. Some of the reviews of his musicals ("hard to feel anything other than incredulous contempt") on the other hand... Lovingboth 14:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Running joke 

message: Can anyone explain why there have been so many edits in the past month, and what all those changes are about. I notice that some vandalism and/or nonsense has slipped through since I last saw this (e.g. "(that is, until he realises they're 'gay'!)", "featured heterosexual rock stars"). Not good for an article that already had people inserting crap and dubious facts to start off with.
What's going on?! Fourohfour 15:30, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: These facts are not dubious. They are simply unfeasible. See the 'I'm backing Boris' link for details. Drella Melmoth 17:11, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  No, the "dubious" facts I referred to was nonsense over the guy's birth date and blatant garbage that had been changed or added to a few months back, before this wave of edits kicked off. Fourohfour 17:59, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed. WTF is going on here?! 

message: After checking with a couple of Cockney builders it seems this article is feasible. But we must build more 'underground' spaces for these articles - in fact put them all 'underground'. Then hopefully we can sell this article from official merchandise stores across the Capital. I will also make sure we find a WikiLaureate who can write about this article in song and verse. Relax - don't do it.
:OK, It seems the feasible joke is related to Mike's ideas about car parks from his unpublished manifesto that made the light of day in his comment is free piece.  While it is the style of the article and not the facts contained within, I think I agree that the running joke is not "feasible" Biscit 21:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this article feasible? 

message: The pictures on this page are of the wrong Mike Read, I am sure the Mike Read from BBC Radio will not be impressed as he is still very much alive ! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.168.134.109 (talk • contribs).
: Despite the insertion of nonsense into this article, there were never any images of the deceased Mike Reid on this page. Are you trying to be funny? Fourohfour 15:21, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: This article is a mess - whether because of the vandalism mentioned above or not - but it looks like it's been written by Read himself (or a close friend) given the use of words like "entertained" in conjunction with his appearances for the Conservative party.
I'm glad to say I don't know enough about him (other than his moral "stance" against Frankie Goes to Hollywood (which isn't even mentioned!)) to write this up properly, but it really ought to be reverted to a stub until someone can do something decent here. Stevingtonian (talk) 22:35, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awful 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Trainspotters - High Rise excerpt.ogg

message: :Image:Trainspotters - High Rise single picture cover.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Trainspotters - High Rise single picture cover.jpg

message: I think that the Blue Tulip Rose Read article is unlikely to be expanded with verifiable information, and the subject's notability is unclear (the article was proposed for deletion in 2007 but it was contested) so I've proposed a merge to this article. snigbrook (talk) 23:48, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Many months later... I support the above proposal. We shouldn't have an article on her, per WP:BLP1E - a merge into this article would be appropriate. Robofish (talk) 16:29, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Blue Tulip Rose Read]] 

message: The lead section gives Mike Read's full name as Michael David Kenneth Read, and states that he was born in Heywood on 1 March 1947. The only source cited is findmypast.co.uk, which shows that a Michael D. K. Read was born in Heywood in 1947. How do we know that this is the same person as the article's subject, and what is the source for the middle names David Kenneth and the birthday 1 March? EALacey (talk) 14:41, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full name, date and place of birth 

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