Talk:Ian Levine

message: Hey, I was spelunking through the history of this page, and I noticed an edit war over the link to Ian's forum.  Why?  It seems like the kind of link that might be of interest to people interested in him, considering it gives people a way to get in contact with him...  Is there a rule against linking to forums? Jm307 03:19, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No there isn't. Just one anon IP who keeps removing the link for unspecified reasons and we keep putting it back. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 03:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Forum Link

message: Forgive my amatuerness, but how do I get this picture approved for permanent usage on the website. It's a pretty common picture- Reverend Malibu
:The question that has to be answered is what its copyright status is.  Do you know where it was originally published?  (That is, where TVCream got it from?)  In order to stay on Wikipedia, it'll need to have some sort of image copyright tag.  I'm not very sure about these myself, as most such photos need a fair use claim, which I'm not sure would apply in this case.  Perhaps someone at the help desk might be able to assist you more.  Good luck! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 00:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On the subject of images, does anybody else think the one currently on the page is a bit unfortunate? It looks like one of those photos you see in a newspaper of a criminal who's been surprised while walking outside his home. Angmering 06:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I was thinking the same - it looks like he's about to enter court for some heinous crime. --Deadly∀ssassin 12:08, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ian Levine Picture

message: Is this worth mentioning in the article, and if so, how?  I'd think that it would be appropriate, especially if we can also find a reliable source commenting on how many Doctor Who fans were (or are now, in hindsight) a bit embarassed about that particular stunt... —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cancellation protest 

message: Is it really  necessary for Wikipedia to feature a bitchy rumour about Levine in relation to the supposed resembelance between him and the character played by Peter Kay? A remark of this nature might just about me justifiable in the description of the episode, but what relevance does it have to Levine personally? Rob 20:18, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I certainly wouldn't weep if it was removed; it may be cited as speculation by some people, but it's still speculation. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 00:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's notable. There's 'a long-standing fan myth' in there as well, after all. Jim 04:20, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How can there be any deliberate resemblance between Levine and the Abzorbaloff when the latter was the result of a design-a-monster competition in a children's TV show? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.19.57.170 (talk) 13:49, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The purported resemblance is not in the monster's appearance, but in the role the Abzorbaloff plays in the episode.  See the essay here for one perspective on Levine and the Abzorbaloff.  It might be more accurate to say that the resemblance isn't to the Abzorbaloff monster per se, but to Victor Kennedy, the man who takes charge of the "fan" group and takes the fun out of it.  (Please note that I'm not saying Levine did anything of the sort in Doctor Who fandom, but there are people who apparently think he did.) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 14:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Abzorbaloff

message: I've removed this paragraph, because without citations it violates WP:BLP.  Frankly, I'm not sure that it would be particularly encyclopedic even if citations were provided, but in the absence of citations there's really no justification for its inclusion.
:As mentioned above, Levine is sometimes viewed as a controversial member of fandom, with critics citing his temper and attitude as unfavourable.  However, others claim that he simply loves the show and that his behaviour, whilst arguably erratic and sometimes forceful, is but a sign of his dedication, and frustration that sometimes things go badly wrong with it.
:Of late, various public arguments have occured in relation to a rumour concerning the cancellation of the new series of Doctor Who, and in relation to projects concerning the recolourisation of The Ambassadors of Death and more recently with plans to reanimate missing episodes of the series, in the style of the DVD release of The Invasion, an idea that was eventually shelved, for now at least.
With the latter, Levine felt that plans publically announced were a personal slight against him, and a conspiracy was underway to ridicule him and undermine his own personal actions in regard to animating the episodes.  However, this has been denied by all involved with the announcment, and many who heard the news regarded it as a positive step forward for Levine's project as opposed to a hindrance.
Has any of this been discussed in reliable sources?  (That is, somewhere outside of internet fora?)  I know that Doctor Who Magazine made a passing and oblique satirical reference to Levine's meltdown last year over the possible cancellation of Doctor Who after the 2008 series, but has it been explicitly mentioned anywhere else?  What about the tempest-in-a-teapot over the colourisation of The Ambassadors of Death or the collapse of the animation plans?  If they've only been discussed on internet fora like Outpost Gallifrey's forum, the Restoration Team forum, or Levine's own forum, they're not notable enough for Wikipedia's purposes. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed section per [[WP:BLP]] 

message: Maybe I'm misremembering but I seem to recall that Gregory was a notorious 'missing episode' hoaxer, so probably not really a friend of Levine?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.6.159 (talk) 22:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I really don't think there are enough reliable published sources around to go into this sort of thing. Nor, really, should Wikipedia be bothering itself with the details of some sci-fi shows fandom wranglings. Angmering 17:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Darren Gregory

message: We really should have citations for Eric Saward and Paula Woolsey's versions of the writing of Attack of the Cybermen.  Does anyone know what issue of Doctor Who Magazine it was in?  I might be able to find it and add the citation, but I'd like to have an idea of when it was. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 02:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations needed for "Attack" writing stories 

message: It would be extremely useful to have a complete list of the records Ian Levine has produced here, or, at least, a representative sample of them, to show the diversity of his work.
RomanSpa (talk) 23:23, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll add a source: his Discogs page. Discogs reveals a lot more, some "facts" in the article are not true, which I'll prove too. 83.85.143.141 (talk) 10:25, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: List of Records Produced

message: I just removed a completely uncited attack paragraph (an assertion of "oh, everyone in fandom knows" isn't Wikipedia-quality) and removed every claim that was fact-tagged. I haven't checked every reference, but it probably needs that too. Flagged on WP:BLPN - David Gerard (talk) 17:20, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The article still contains unjust claims though. 83.85.143.141 (talk) 10:28, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP cleanup 

message: This article from 2012 mentions two things which used to be in this article but were removed because they were uncited: Levine's mammoth family reunion and Blackpool class reunion. The relevant text is:
:Ian Levine’s manias extend to collecting every D.C. Comics release, organizing his matrilineal side into the largest family reunion of all time, and—here’s where things get straitjacket strange—staging, according to Simon Reynolds’s Retromania, “a bizarre re-enactment of his childhood, reuniting all thirty of his classmates from Blackpool’s Arnold School, along with the original teachers, garbing them in authentic sixties uniforms and recreating a typical school day complete with morning assembly, gym lessons and a game of rugby.”
If we wanted, we could restore those to the article. But should we? Are they worthy of inclusion? I honestly have no idea.
The Retromania reference takes us to that book by Simon Reynolds, which contains a three-page sidebar about Levine (pp. 219–221). That itself could probably be a useful source for the article. It mentions the family reunion as "the largest family reunion of all time" — a pretty remarkable claim. If we feel that Retromania is a sufficiently reliable source, that probably should be added. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:05, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources for some items formerly in the article; but are they noteworthy? 

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message: I removed the claim which stated the label had scored a No. 1 hit single in every West-European country. The three artists applicable to this claim - Boys Town Gang, Village People and Evelyn Thomas - released indeed records achieving those successes, but only the latter did that via Record Shack Records and above all did not score a top notch record in all of West-Europe. Of those number one records, Boys Town Gang's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" was a 1982 release by Dutch Ramshorn Records, and Village People's "Y.M.C.A." and "In the Navy" were Casablanca Records releases. 83.85.143.141 (talk) 19:14, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
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message: I note that the DMC World Interview is sourced several times in the article. This is an interview with the subject in which the subject is claiming credit for several things. Several of those claims are untrue according to other wikipedia articles, and elsewhere. For example, his claim to have written the first three of Take That's singles. The Wikipedia articles on those singles show other writers, and the article for their first album show the subject as co-writer only of three tracks. Looking into the claim to have compiled the Solid Soul Sensations LP, this is refuted by Amazon's "Compiled by Label Boss Dave Mcleer with the Help of Blackpool Mecca Main Man Ian Levine." Looking at his claim to have produced The Exciters' Reaching For The Best, the record label shows that the track was produced by Herb Rooney and Ian Levine (and Rooney's Wikipedia article also shows this a joint credit).
I would suggest that claims from the subject are often exaggerated at best, and in some cases simply untrue, and therefore any sources which rely on the subject's claims are to be considered unreliable. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 18:13, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source reliability question: