Talk:Jason Isaacs

message: Jason Isaacs was never part of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. Yes, 'Lucius Malfoy' was mentioned a few times in the film, but that's just about it. Jason never made an appearance in the film, and he was never part of the cast. And, by the way, the year of release is also incorrectly mentioned. The film was not released in 2003, but in 2004. If someone has to put in incorrect information, at least make it look as authentic as possible. 
If you want to add his appearance in a Harry Potter film, add 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' where he appears as a moving portrait (of Lucius Malfoy) in the film (and nothing more). 
59.184.181.46 (talk) 06:21, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jason Isaacs was never part of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' 

message: It should be mentioned that Issac played the third on screen regeneration of Rassilon the founder of the Time Lords in the Doctor Who special The End of Time.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.202.89.11 (talk) 21:12, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be Timothy Dalton.  Franey (talk) 10:38, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr Who 

message: He is not ethnically English he is Jewish so keep it to British and referring to Great Britain and not English and referring to English people.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeordieWikiEditor (talk • contribs) 00:49, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  English people and being Jewish 

message: Under the Selected Works section it lists "Black Hawk Down" and "Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets" as winning back to back Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Acting. When you go to the Wikipedia page for the Society's awards, however, neither film is listed among the winners. The official website for the Phoenix Film Critics Society does not offer an archive of past winners so I was unable to verify. Someone should verify these and the other awards listed for accuracy. Peace! Renegadefl (talk) 23:36, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awards 

message: The article describes him thus "Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is a British-American actor". In what way is he American?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.172.74.46 (talk) 13:44, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This was part of a vandal edit a few days earlier, from someone claiming in the edit summary to be his wife and telling us how Isaacs was tricked into signing up for an "International Imposters Association". I've reverted all this and restored "English actor". --McGeddon (talk) 16:53, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  British American 

message: User:Aurora Prince has been blanking sections of the article insisting that Isaacs "is not married and has no children", and that Emma Hewitt is merely his "good friend". The user claimed to be acting both "at behest of Isaacs family" and that Isaacs had asked the edits to be made personally, but apparently ignored the suggestion that Isaacs himself should contact Wikimedia through WP:LIBEL if he had concerns. A brief Google search shows many press sources referring to Hewitt as Isaacs' wife, and mentioning his children.
(This goes alongside User:Sera Nowitzki claiming that Isaacs is actually married to Emily Rose Martin, and IP editors also making the Emily Rose Martin claim, stating that Isaacs actually has the surname Nowitski, fabricating surreal quotes about the "International Imposters Association" and claiming to be his wife and blanking the entire, sourced personal life section of the article, golf photo and all, as libel.)
Aurora Prince's most recent edit was to correct a press quote of "Emma Hewitt, his wife of 20 years, and his two young daughters, Lily and Remy" to "Lily and Ruby", apparently having accepted that he may actually have children. Checking the source out of curiosity, the original quote was actually "Emma Hewitt, his partner of 20 years (to whom he invariably refers as “my wife”), and his two young daughters, Lilly and Ruby" - an IP editor changed this with no explanation in October 2012.
There's a 2004/5 interview with The Sun floating around online where he says "We met at drama school, and have been together for 17 years. We're not actually married, although we call each other husband and wife otherwise people get rather peculiar. It seems a bit weird to call someone your girlfriend when you have a child. I have proposed and, bizarrely, Emma accepted, but every time we think about arranging a wedding I get a job." but I can't find an original copy of it, so it shouldn't be taken at face value. But it does look like he may just have been casually calling Hewitt his "wife" in interviews, which was then reported as fact by journalists.
Do we know if they've gotten married since 2005? --McGeddon (talk) 13:13, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to note that we now have a 2015 interview source for them now being married: "We got married in the end, my wife and I, for insurance purposes." --McGeddon (talk) 08:39, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage to Emma Hewitt? 

message: Hi there to all reading and editing the article about actor Jason Isaacs. I just wanted to use this space to clear up a matter that appears to be causing a bit of disagreement amongst a few who are interested in editing this page. As we can all see from the top of the article itself, there is a very prominent notice urging editors to ensure that all material provided on this page is cited, properly and from a reputable and existent source that is linked to and available for all to access themselves. This is an extremely important point and is very necessary to adhere to, regardless of what the consensus opinion of the few current editors is. Obviously, it is imperative that all edits are in accordance with policy and that those that violate it be pointed out to the editor who made the edits. It is also of course necessary to make others aware of the reasons for your edits, which should be done at the bottom of the Edit page, just before you save your changes. Any other editor can then check through your edit themselves and verify that you did what you say you did and that it was in accordance with Wikipedia's policy. Removal of an un-cited source may well be unpopular amongst some editors and/or fans of the actor himself; however, the policy is extremely important and must be adhered to at all times. If people continue to re-insert or unnecessarily dispute changes that are in line with the stated Wikipedia policy on Biographies of Living Persons, they can indeed be blocked or banned by admins. I'd advise people to really familiarise themselves with this policy as it seems that some are under the impression that popularity of an opinion on a public person's personal life, beliefs, relationships and career can override the availability of verifiable online and publicly available evidence to support the statements. For example, it may be a well held fan opinion that a famous person such as Jason Isaacs holds a particular belief, and this may well supported by forum posts, blogs and reports of fan meetings, sightings etc. However, if there is no verifiable statement contained within a reputable online source that can be correctly cited within Wikipedia's policy guidelines, then that information cannot be placed on his Wikipedia page. This is not a matter where a majority vote of editors can win out. If you are unable to provide a citable source and/or that source is found to be one that is not considered to be credible under the Wikipedia guidelines, please do not place the statement here. Existing statements without sources are being deleted immediately, as we are all required to do, but of course can be later replaced alongside an actual source by anyone who wishes to. Happy editing to you all, and please don't hesitate to post any queries or misunderstandings here for reply and discussion. All the best, Basic Bicycle (talk) 00:43, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to clarify, I don't think there's been a problem with any of your removal of unsourced content (I, for one, certainly have no objection to that). The issue has been the removal of some of sourced content that you've done previously (e.g. this). This is where discussion needs to take place – if a source is considered by one editor to be, say, a WP:UNRELIABLE source, then other editors need to come to the same conclusion. If there is any question about whether a source is "not reliable" or not "appropriate", that needs to be discussed. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:18, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

text: Basic Bicycle, your tone here is coming off somewhat patronizing – I know well about WP:RS (I've been editing Wikipedia for a while...). The issue is that, with some sources, it is not always clear-cut as to whether they are "reliable" or not; or, at the least, whether they are or not is controversial among editors. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:41, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

text: IJBall, sincerest apologies for the patronizing tone; that was certainly not my intention. Indeed you are correct that the Wikipedia guidelines most likely do not account for every single possible source available to users, and therefore it may at times arise that there is an issue about credibility that needs to be discussed and a compromise between editors reached. However, the real issue here seems to be that you were contesting my removal of some material that was web-archive sourced. As I have pointed out to you now several times, the contested material along with the relevant web-archive link is now back in the article and I have not attempted nor intend to remove it since. I do intend to look further into whether that particular web-archive site fits within the guidelines, as it is not the one that the they cited when stating it was fine to use these as sources. However, I will of course present something on the Talk page prior to taking any action on the article itself should I find anything that contradicts what you stated. All the best, Basic Bicycle (talk) 12:14, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Note Re: Policy and Consensus Opinion 

message: Hi there all. It's been suggested by one or two other editors interested in working on this page that we provide details of any edits we have made to a separate Talk page, hence why I have established this section. Any questions or requests for further explanations can be made here from now on. Please note that this is just an additional feature designed to help others who may have difficulty interpreting the information provided in the Revision History section alongside each individual edit and is not in any way intended to replace the need to summarise edits before submitting them. Though I am happy to do this in the interests of community harmony and consensus, it would be great if editors could try to use the Edit Summary feature as much as possible (available by clicking on the 'View History' tab). Thanks and best wishes, Basic BicycleBasic Bicycle (talk) 02:47, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Question: Why did you remove the portion that mentioned The Golden Globes (which included a reference to The Golden Globes, which is certainly acceptable in terms of WP:RS)? --IJBall (contribs • talk) 12:59, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  The Golden Globes portion was removed due to a lack of a linked, cited, source. Referencing "The Golden Globes" is not sufficient by any standards. The person who wrote the material about the Golden Globes needs to include the actual article that the information came from as a source and in-line citation. As this was not available, the material had to be deleted. I hope that makes things clearer for you, IJBall. All the best, Basic Bicycle (talk) 14:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:   According to who? According to you? Well, you're quite wrong about this... I am now starting to have serious concerns about your edits, as you do not seem to have a firm enough grasp of WP:RS. From this point forward, I would strongly urge you to stop removing any sourced content without discussing it on the Talk page here first. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:36, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

text: User:Basic Bicycle appears to be a sockpuppet of User:Aurora Prince, who - per previous talk page sections - was making some strange edits and claims regarding Isaacs' wife and children. They were blocked indefinitely in March, and have tried to evade their block in the past. I've raised an SPI. --McGeddon (talk) 13:34, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi McGeddon. I have just posted my response to the sockpuppet investigation on the relevant page of the 'Aurora Prince' account. Once again, I'd like to reassure all that I am not, and never have nor will, participated in any sockpuppeting whatsoever. Furthermore, I have not tried to evade any blocks, as evidence by the 24hr block I was subject to recently and very patiently waited out when asked to do so. All of my edits on the pages mentioned have been in excellent faith, rarely contested and have not, in any way, been 'strange' by any definition, nor have I made any 'claims' regarding the matters you refer to. I sincerely hope this misunderstanding gets resolved very rapidly indeed. Yours sincerely, Basic Bicycle (talk) 14:15, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You have blanked sourced content about Isaacs having a partner and two children. Let's just wait for the SPI to resolve. --McGeddon (talk) 15:25, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hi there McGeddon. I haven't blanked out the new material - just moved it to the Talk page until we get a better idea of consensus opinion. Please do join in the discussion as your expertise is always very welcome and helpful. Thanks Basic Bicycle (talk) 18:16, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

text: I have re-added the family info, with several newer reliable sources. That should make everyone happy now, shouldn't it?  :) --‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 15:52, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, if this is WP:BLOCKEVASION it should all get dialled back. But we should be careful about referring to Hewitt as Isaacs' "wife" - per an earlier talk thread, we have him on record as saying that he's called his partner his "wife" for the sake of simplicity, in interviews in the past. --McGeddon (talk) 16:00, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed – if the SPI pans out like you suspect it might, we will need to revert to a version of the article previous to all of these recent changes... Then the rest of us can go through the article, and focus on just removing unsourced content. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:30, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: IJBall, unsourced content has been diligently removed by me, as you well know, despite your protestations. Please be patient regarding addition of new sources until we all reach a consensus opinion (as per Wikipedia stated policy) regarding whether the information is credible or not. Like I said before, this is not personal nor a battle of any kind, so let's all try and keep it in perspective and act in the best interests of quality editing. Cheers, Basic Bicycle (talk) 18:20, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current and Recent Edits 

message: Greetings to all reading this and interested in working on this article. I think we really need a space to discuss propositions about new material insertions and recent material insertions. Wikipedia is very clear in its guidelines that non sourced information must be removed immediately with no discussion required, but that when adding new ideas, group discussion is essential. A user name Ebyabe recently re-inserted some highly controversial information about Isaacs' personal life, which had previously been removed due to a mysterious lack of actual sources associated with it (all of them led to broken pages, fan forums etc) and included at least 5 assumed sources to back up the material. Two have already been removed due, respectively, to one referring to a completely different person by the same name as Isaacs' proposed partner and the other being clearly a fake article. The Jewish Chronicle has a very distinctive format, and the one this web-catched page tried to present was very clearly not it. Given the very controversial nature of precisely what Isaacs' relationship status, orientation, lifestyle choices etc is (pretty sure all fans or those with any interest in the man at all are familiar with this), it seems to be rather inappropriate for one individual to so hastily post such a mass of 'evidence' to support one side of the debate. This is clearly a matter in which sensible discussion and consensus opinion is going to need to be employed. For now, I would like to move all of this controversial material, including sources, to this Talk page for further discussion before we make such a hasty and potentially libel or defamatory decision to publish contested and controversial material. Hope everyone is okay with that and we can continue the discussion to a productive conclusion. 
Proposed Material to add to Jason Isaacs Personal Life section of page:
 partner      = Emma Hewitt
 children     = 2
Isaacs has lived with his partner BBC documentary filmmaker Emma Hewitt since 1988. The couple began dating at the Central School, and have two daughters, Lily and Ruby
My thoughts as a long-time follower of his career: 
All of the sources presently supplied seem to contain suspiciously copied sounding  information. Of course it may not mean anything either way, and it could indeed well be that Isaacs has or did have a partner with children, but there is a peculiar dearth of photos of him with them. Most famous people or celebrity types are photographed out and about doing everyday things at least a good handful of times, regardless of how private they try to be, but there are none of Isaacs. Thirdly, a poster on a forum not long ago pointed out using screen shots of an older article (circa early 90s) of him with a female PA alongside a newer photo of him with the same woman and some accompanying text stating her as his fiance. Of course, we can't be sure either way, but I would encourage others to be a bit more savvy when it comes to online sources - they are notoriously easy to fabricate and sources such as The Independent are well known for fabricating the majority of their so-called "interviews". Anyone want to add anything or weigh in with their opinion? Basic Bicycle (talk) 18:14, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm curious. What is controversial about someone having a spouse/life partner and children, in general? Thoughts? --‖ Ebyabe talk - State of the Union ‖ 18:19, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

text: The fact that you think the Independent is an unreliable source shows that you don't know what you're talking about.  These are multiple reliable sources, and certainly more reliable than your unsourced ideas about his life.  Your edits are disruptive, please don't do that again. Black Kite (talk) 18:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

text: Sources seem fine here. Your personal suspicion, a rumour you heard and a screenshot you saw on a forum does not trump three mainstream British newspapers. --McGeddon (talk) 18:42, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

text: Thanks. I haven't got time to pick through the debris right now, but we should probably roll back the article to the version before Basic Bicycle started editing it, and re-apply the constructive edits made in that time. From the discussions above, it sounds as if Bicycle either didn't understand how sources worked or was pretending not to as cover for removing the line about Isaacs being married with kids, while making lots of other cuts, so we've probably lost some perfectly good content. --McGeddon (talk) 19:15, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:   I will "roll" the article back to the last "good" version imminently. After that, I hope to take another look at this article over the next week, to see if it should be trimmed (it does seems like there's a fair amount of unsourced content that may need to go...). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:49, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversial Edits 

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message: Hey, Jason isn't really married to Brit Marling, right? That's just a joke edit someone made because it's *SPOILERS FOR NETFLIX'S THE OA SEASON 2* reference to the last episode of that season that gets into a meta universe? 76.87.113.57 (talk) 07:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
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message: Just wondering about this page, it doesn't seem to follow the conventions used on most of the actors pages I've visited Daddy (talk) 17:06, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
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