Talk:Leo Sayer

message: Someone has uploaded an image of him here.  Any use?  --RobertG ♬ talk 17:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there a better image out there  somewhere ? Derek R Bullamore 23:34, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: March 2006

message: This page got a mention on "Big Brother Digital Spy". Article Mentioned in this link —The preceding unsigned comment was added by FireSpike (talk • contribs) 21:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh crap. I can't believe I forgot to sign that. FireSpike 02:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Congratulations! 

message: I've removed the link to the article Bedford Hotel (Brighton), as Sayer worked at the King's Hotel in Hove - confusion has arisen as there were fires at both hotels in the 1960's. The site referenced in the new text reproduces text from newspaper articles of the day reporting on events, and Sayer himself appears to have posted a comment to this site correcting the hotel name. As the Bedford Hotel article references this story, I've updated that as well. — samt talk 12:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 1967 hotel fire

message: We have four sections, and apart fronm the 'life and career' section we have:
'Celebrity Big Brother 5'
'1967 hotel fire'
'Wiggles Guest Appearance'
See the problem? Wiki has become trivia, and not a balanced representation of someone's life and works, but a dumping ground for trivia and minor facts. Sayer wrote every song on Roger Daltry's sucessful solo album, but 'Celebrity Big Brother 5'
'1967 hotel fire' and \'Wiggles Guest Appearance' have more space dedicated to them.
God knows, if Winston Churchill were stll alive, his appearance on Big Brother would be his crowning glory.
:As with many of the above comments, efforts are being made to improve this article.  Rather than moan, gripe, vandalise, or add POV all construcive edits would be much apppreciated.  I have a bias towards Leo Sayer simply because I feel he does not, or has not, generally got the credit / recognition / serious encyclopedic entry that he undoubtedly deserves.  However, perhaps oddly enough, I am not a fawning fan - merely someone who would like to see the present article more representative of his contribution to music, and less focused on trivia etc.  Can someone else out there chip in with a useful, and hopefully referenced, contribution.  Moreover, my bloody name would not be plastered all over this page for ever ! Many thanks to you all,
:Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:07, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: the Leo Sayer page shows why wiki hs a bad reputation

message: This makes it seem like he is no longer a British citizen, which im pretty sure he still is. Would it be better to call him English-Australian?Kasbaar (talk) 16:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because he is now an Australian citizen. 86.132.138.159 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: But unless he has specifically renounced his British citizenship to the British authorities (and I doubt that he has), he remains a British citizen. There is no bar to a person who is naturalised as an Australian citizen retaining his or her previous citizenship if the country of previous citizenship allows it, which the UK does. Therefore he is almost certainly now both an Australian citizen and a British citizen (along with many other people). Ondewelle (talk) 00:38, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Per WP:OPENPARA – "In most modern-day cases this will mean the country of which the person is a citizen, national or permanent resident, or if notable mainly for past events, the country where the person was a citizen, national or permanent resident when the person became notable." – therefore British is correct. Keep the note about becoming an Australian citizen though. Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:52, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "English-born Australian" 

message: Substituted at 21:52, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: Partly to address concerns about trivia highlighted above under "the Leo Sayer page shows why wiki hs a bad reputation", I've rewritten and expanded the last two paragraphs of Personal life into a new subsection "Health issues".
My edit is also based upon two new working sources for the information; they replace the previous single reference which, at least from today's date, was on an unreachable page due to "403 - Forbidden".  Twistlethrop (talk) 09:03, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal life: Health issues 

message: I found the video of the interview Sayer did when he made the claim of the potential Elvis visit. I also found many other places where folks offered a more detailed look as to whether the claim could have been true based on the facts concerning Elvis' life at that time in Aug. 1977. The events around Elvis at that time casts serious doubt as to whether Sayer is remembering accurately. There is no way to substantiate the call Sayer claimed to have received unfortunately. Elvis was to have been finalizing details for his tour the day after his death which casts doubt of the length of the possible visit being "days". The claim of hearing the news of the death in the morning casts doubt since the official announcement of death occurred 3:30pm Memphis time.
I've removed the paragraph concerning the Elvis visit due to this info which is corroborated by several sites I looked at. Obviously they could all be copying each other in their analysis. My thought was that some "fans" of Elvis would have deeper info than casual fans resulting in a more believable look at the claim. Either way, not my monkey, not my circus. Unless credible 3rd party sources can be found for the claim it should not be restored to the article and perpetuate a possible false claim. THX1136 (talk) 16:07, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Elivs" claim removal