Talk:Geoffrey Hayes

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Rainbow television.jpg

message: Hello, the vast majority of Mr Hayes's page has no citations whatsoever. An amendment to add his accident in 2011 continues to be deleted due to lack of sources. This line was in for the best part of the past two years and was only removed due to a reference to Jimmy Saville (note this related to his funeral and was written a year before the unpleasant stories emerged). Considering virtually the whole page is unsourced, why cannot this one line be included, as the logic does not make sense.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.25.118.84 (talk) 17:03, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Per WP:BLP, any biographical material which is challenged can be removed immediately "whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable". If you want to challenge the assertion that he also appeared in a crisp advert or a pop video, go ahead - if any other editors care about it, they'll look for a source that supports it and add it back. If you're keen for the article to mention a cycling accident, all you need to do is provide a source showing it to be true. If it didn't get any press coverage at the time, then per WP:V that tells us that it's not significant enough for an encyclopedia article either. --McGeddon (talk) 17:25, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion due to lack of sources 

message: I've removed mention that his birthname was "Charles Geoffrey Hayes" as I'm unable to verify this in any secondary sources (the two given were "findmypast", which is currently down but which is primarily a collection of primary sources, and a local history site that may or may not be reliable and provided no way to verify that it related to the correct individual). Thryduulf (talk) 14:28, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: This has now been sourced with the Guardian obituary. Samuel J Walker (talk) 14:01, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  birthname 

message: There is no question that his death was announced on 1 October, but did he die on 1 October or 30 September? The Guardian's obituary  says 30 September. The Hearald's obituary  says 1 October. I can't find anything else that explicitly says one way or the other (although I'm not registered with The Telegraph so can't see their full obituary). Thryduulf (talk) 16:37, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: who have been going backwards and forwards with this. Thryduulf (talk) 16:38, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

text: Herald's obituary is not a reliable source.Ednamode5700 (talk) 03:04, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death 

message: Due to persistent silly vandalism (usually repeating the same thing about who was at his bedside) by various anonymous users, often with misleading edit summaries, I've semi-protected the article for 3 days. Thryduulf (talk) 21:27, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protection