Talk:Steve Wright (DJ)

message: Needs citations of these supposed criticisms. At the moment it appears that someone just doesn't like him so is filling up space with their own rants. 81.145.240.124 23:56, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: Shouldn't this be under the Current Work section? It refers to his Radio 2 show & current co-presenters (Kennedy & Wogan), rather than his Radio 1 show. --Whoosher 16:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't this section not be in the article at all. It's trivial and it's not encyclopedic as such it violates Five pillars of Wikipedia WP:5P wikipedia is not a vanity press Hmcst1 (talk) 08:50, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Tend to agree. Probably all true, but all unsourced and looks like trivial fancruft. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:07, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Love the show" 

message: Shouldn't there be a disambiguation page here? Because there is more than one person named Steve Wright... Talk User:Fissionfox 09:02, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: [The following link and quote relate to this edit. Neglecting to sign this has caused a misunderstanding on the part of one or more other editors. I haven't made an edit that requires tildes for 3 months, and totally forgot about them. Apologies.] Mannafredo (talk) 09:25, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well you're right, but please don't pretend to be Jimmy Wales when you're actually someone else 81.158.143.105 (talk) 22:11, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See here. Mannafredo (talk) 09:06, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries. FYI I was actually the anon ip (I got timed out and didn't realise until after I'd made the post). Glad everything's sorted out. Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chernobyl/Smiths 

message: Clarification (preferably with reference) to confirm Wright's birthplace - given as Blackheath and Greenwich (and there's also a claim on the Deptford page). Of course, parts of Blackheath are also in the London Borough of Greenwich, but would be good to sort it out. Paul W (talk) 17:12, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of birth 

message: When Steve went into his first broadcasting post, as far as I am aware the radio station was called Radio Thames Valley, rather than Radio 210.  I can remember Steve telling me that he had got the position with "Thames Valley" when I was working at Radio 2. I have added this station name to the article, but please correct me if I am wrong. LynneMcC (talk) 18:19, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beginning of Broadcasting Career 

message: If he was raised in New Cross, how come he went to a school in Southend?
(There's not much about the school on the internet, but it doesn't appear to have been a boarding school)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.131.27.148 (talk) 13:22, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Southend or New Cross 

message: Wow a lot of people are editing this, understandably why, but a lot of the page is getting broken by edits then re-edits and so on, so forth. Could we just amalgamate all changes needed to make sure it's not gonna keep getting broken? Ta. --NorthernSystems (talk) 17:22, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, I did not see a citation at the very beginning, but rather a couple sentences further. I ended up edit warring/too many reverts because I had only seen words. Tropicalkitty (talk) 17:27, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  News regarding Death 

message: WP:BDP says this: "" Not sure Wright ever committed a "particularly gruesome crime", but one might still want to wait a while? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:42, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait a while for what? Andrew🐉(talk) 11:10, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess to watch for claims of "possible suicide or particularly gruesome crimes". Alleged gruesome crimes involving BBC DJs seems to have occurred in the past. One wouldn't want spurious claims, from unreliable sources, appearing the article. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:22, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:BLP]] 

message: There seems to be some confusion over the date of his marriage.  So far as I can see, the BBC date of 1985 is correct - the England & Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index shows a marriage in Henley, Oxfordshire, in June 1985, between Stephen R Wright and Cynthia L Robinson.  This source reports the end of his 14-year marriage in 1999, which matches.  I have no idea why some sources give the 1972 date (when he was 17 or 18), apparently incorrectly.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This source, currently used in the "Personal life" section, says 1972? And also says it was in the US? It also says Cyndi, not Cynthia, lol. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:11, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  Who knows where they got it from?  It's wrong, and the BBC is simply more reliable.  I know that this source also mentions 1972, but more reliably gives these details:  "Steve met Cyndi while working with DJ Mike Read at independent radio station in Reading in 1976.  She was a local newspaper journalist who had been sent to interview the pair and it did not appear to go well....  Any hopes of romance were scuppered by a move to Radio Luxembourg.  He returned to Britain in 1980 to join Radio 1 and pursued Cyndi once more.  But unable to propose marriage in person, Steve did it live on air in 1983...."   Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:16, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

text: There is another couple, Cindy and Steve Wright, in the US, who were married in 1972 and whose story appears on sites like this.  He looks quite similar to "our" Steve Wright, but he is quite obviously not the same person.  It looks to me as though some journalist, somewhere, has found that article (or a similar one) and misinterpreted it.  Mistaken identity.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:22, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah I see, many thanks for clarifying. Yes, confusion is possible. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:24, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: ...and also, the US Sonic the Hedgehog voice actress Cindy Robinson (b.1968) is not the same person as his ex-wife.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:08, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I think The Daily Telegraph also mentions the marriage correctly, but it is subscription-only. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:12, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: @Jaymailsays, that article in The Mirror seems to be the only source that claims Cindy was "US-born". I wonder did they maybe get that wrong? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:02, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The Mirror' also claims (here) that they married in 1972 - which is simply untrue.  It can't be treated as a reliable source for information about his marriage.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:16, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

text: PS: To be fair, the Reading Chronicle, covering the time of his early work in the town, states here:  "His first wife , American Cyndi Robinson, was also involved in local journalism. She worked for the Chronicle and the Evening Post. "   Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh dear. Seems kinda muddled! Martinevans123 (talk) 16:26, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

text: This Telegraph source now gives more details about the circumstances of his death. I was able to see that he lived in Marylebone, but the source is subscription only. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:36, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage