Talk:Howard Marks

message: I believe he currently live in Leeds, England  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.202.98 (talk) 22:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Currently living 

message: Hello, I just read Howard Marks' autobiography, and there is no mention of him being the father to a "Daniel Marks". Shouldn't this be deleted?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.68.144.90 (talk) 11:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father of ... 

message: It seems very unlikely that he controlled 10% of the hashish trade in the world. I checked the reference and there is no justification for it there either. Samsite (talk) 18:34, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  10% of hashish trade? 

message: I watched Howard Marks promote his new book on stage last night (2 Nov 2011) in Shrewsbury. So he didn't die in October 2011.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blair.nimmo (talk • contribs) 16:51, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Died 

message: Judy Marks is referred to as " His ex-partner, Judy Marks" -  If she was his wife, then why use this ambiguous term?Kdammers (talk) 09:12, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ex-wife 

message: In Mr Nice,' Marks writes about a biography of him called High Time.  I searched the Internet and the British book records and could find no mention of it (except in a German version of Mr Nice).211.225.33.104 (talk) 08:11, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoops, found it at Amazon.211.225.33.104 (talk) 08:17, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  High Time 

message: That cant be right and allowed by Wiki? He is essentially writing his own wiki page and using his own book as refernces to prove what he writes is correct? Someone needs to fix this??  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.8.84 (talk) 16:11, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, but take all that stuff out and you don't have much of an article. It's a common feature for bios of those who live in the shadows. Ericoides (talk) 13:29, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  87 references from subjects own book? 

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message: Ref recent edit-warring.
I too am against this in the lead. For several reasons:
* It doesn't belong in the lead. The lead needs to be clearer and less subjective. I would agree that he was "very Welsh", but the lead isn't the place to go into this.
* "Very Welsh" is idiomatic Welsh dialect. It shouldn't be used bare and unexplained, and the unexplained shouldn't be in the lead.
* Idiomatic Welsh is a problem on the English-language WP. It's unclear, or at least unfamiliar, to the majority of Anglophones. This is not a term that conveys anything more than an English phrasing would do.
I think this term could be used in the body of the article, so long as it was in an appropriate context and explained alongside. However it doesn't belong in the lead, as it's being added here. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:25, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It's just one person in Stockholm being silly.  I'm sure they'll get over it.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "very Welsh" 

message: Is it just me or are half his claims overblown?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.36.53 (talk) 12:23, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes! For example he claims he "was connected with groups as diverse as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia." Is there any external verification of these claims? Was his connection with the IRA ever more than a few low level hoods? -31.52.208.197 (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fantasist? 

message: I've done a little tidying up of one or two details. Some thoughts -
The drug smuggling part of his life is extensively covered but his post-prison life as a campaigner and celebrity deserves more attention. 
His ex-wife has published a book 'Mr Marks & Mrs Nice' and has been interviewed about his life as a celebrity which gives some additional details about him. Indeed, there should probably be mention that they divorced, not least because she attributes it to his celebrity. This might also mean that we have more than one source! Senor Nice gives some details on his celebrity life, for instance, but I am loathe to quote his own work again.
He gave plenty of interviews in Welsh (I have read some of them!) and I think that it is a notable fact that he was bilingual. I know that there is a note about him not speaking English until the age of five, but it should be more clearly indicated that he did not grow up a monoglot English speaker. GlenUsk2 (talk) 10:42, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  a little tidying up