Talk:Tony Hendra

message: I just reverted a series of edits by user User:Anthonyhendra, who I'll assume is the actual person the article is about. There was a fair amount of useful information in the addition, but it was overlong and fairly POV, amounting to a copy-and-pasted version of a publicity bio, apparently. Interestingly, the user put all the new material at the top of the article, and followed it by several pages of return characters, having the effect of pushing the original version of the article way down the page. An interesting approach to de-emphasizing the existing material, but not consistent with Wikipedia editing policies.
Anyway, I intend to take a look at the new material, and see what might be taken from it for the article. Anyone else who wants to do that is encouraged to do so as well.
For User:Anthonyhendra, the following resources are recommended:
* Wikipedia:Autobiography
* Help:Contents/Policies_and_guidelines
Thanks. --John Callender 16:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi again John (and Anthony). There is some good material in that bio posting from Anthony, if it could be teased out in a NPOV manner and accurately sourced. If i get a chance over the next week or so, i'll see what i can do to incorporate it. If Anthony could provide the source of this info, that would be very helpful also. Rockpocket 17:53, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anthony Hendra's edit 

message: Was he not involved in producing parody newspapers?  I seem to remember "Not the New York Times," "Not the Wall Street Journal," a parody on the New York Post, and one of the National Enquirer (in which he called himself "Tonioso Hendra" on the masthead).  I am going by memory, so I'll leave it to others who may have kept copies to add to the article proper.  Eddieuny 04:03, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Projects

message: I intend to go through the article and take out some of the pro-Hendra language, while leaving the essential facts. In a number of places in the article, it reads like a resume, talking about the "acclaimed" this and "successful" that. I think it would be stronger if some of that was de-hyped. -- John Callender (talk) 19:29, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed cleanup 

message: There appears to be a long-running campaign of edits on this article by what ostensibly are a series of separate users, but who appear to have certain characteristics in common, suggesting that they're actually the same person. This user (or users) have consistently edited the article in a manner that appears intended to enhance Hendra's professional reputation, while removing mentions of the controversy associated with his daughter's book (in which she alleges that she was abused by Hendra as a child).
Looking back over the history of the page, there was a user HenryHolt who edited the page a number of times in April 2006. In correspondence with that user at the time, he or she acknowledged being an employee of Hendra's publisher ("Henry Holt" is the corporate name of that publisher). At the time the user gave me the impression of being someone acting in good faith, who, when Wikipedia's policies were pointed out, ceased making edits with strong pro-Hendra POV.
Since then there have been several other users who have engaged in sustained campaigns of editing the article to add pro-Hendra material, and remove controversial material. In June of 2006 a user Anthonyhendra made a number of such edits. I speculated at the time that the user in question actually was Tony Hendra (the subject of the article), though I'm not aware that the user ever acknowledged that. Besides reflecting a strong pro-Hendra POV and access to highly detailed (and unsourced) material about his career, I note in retrospect that the user in question used a lowercase "h" for his last name, and never supplied an edit summary.
Since that time, there have been three more users who have made a series of edits to the article that have a lot in common with the Anthonyhendra edits. The user "Galahad inspring" made a series of edits in December 2007 and January 2008, the user "Newyork journalist" made a series of edits in February 2008, and the user "London independent" made a series of edits beginning in January 2008 and continuing until the present. In each case, I note that the username has an uppercase first name, a lowercased last name, and no user page (as did the earlier "Anthonyhendra" account). I also note that the users tend to make pro-Hendra edits containing detailed, unsourced information about his career, and to remove mentions of the Jessica Hendra allegations. The users never supply an edit summary. In all cases since the "Anthonyhendra" account (but not including that account), the edits are always accompanied by a "This is a minor edit" flag.
On balance, I think it's likely that "Galahad inspring", "Newyork journalist", and "London independent" are sock puppet accounts for a single user. I suspect, although the evidence in this case is not as strong, that that user is, in fact, Tony Hendra (or at least, someone acquainted with him who has detailed knowledge of his professional career, and a desire to remove mentions of the controversy involving his daughter).
I encourage the user in question to review Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. I believe you will be more effective at creating an accurate, fair representation of Tony Hendra's life and career by working openly with other editors, rather than by trying to mask your efforts behind multiple accounts. For other editors, I wanted to mention what I'd noticed, and alert you to the apparent campaign to skew the article. -- John Callender (talk) 19:41, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Campaign of POV edits 

message: The article credits him as editor of the book The Sayings of Ayatollah Khomeini Trans. The Little Green Book of Ayatollah Khomeini (Paris). (Editor) (1980).
I don't see his name listed on the book.  Is there a reference for this? 76.241.143.42 (talk) 23:07, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sayings of Khomeini? 

message: As noted , early in his career as a performer , he worked with John Cleese & Graham Chapman. Later , as a staff member of The National Lampoon , in the "In Like A Lion" issue - March 1977 ( ? ) - Tony Hendra wrote the Monty Python parody titled "Monty Snake". ( Illustrated by Randy Enos ). It's hard to say where the "parody" begins , and a sort of angry jealousy begins. I'm unsure if it's necessary to include in the main body - thus I've attempted no changes - but , it is of some interest … or perhaps not. 75.104.174.154 (talk) 18:45, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worthy Of Inclusion? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello all. I'm terrible at the WP coding, but if any experienced editors are following this page, it might be worth adding that in November of 2019, Hendra was diagnosed with ALS.
More details here: 
https://fundly.com/crack-a-bottle-crack-als?fbclid=IwAR0sJsJSZMnfQCalUm5y33FIeJQ-w6pC31ER3sguomUwLPph150P7ZYRSd8
and here:
https://www.facebook.com/catherine.burns.3139/posts/10157909677296468
CharlesGlasserEsq (talk) 23:58, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hendra diagnosed with ALS