Talk:Michael Winner

message: ....Phase4 22:35, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments by anon ed 210.7.18.2

message: I've removed the unsupported claim that Winner is gay (which was given its own section!). Could not find any evidence for this from a google search. This is the kind of thing which will get Wikipedia sued Bwithh 06:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sexuality

message: He's looking a bit thin and gaunt of late. Does he have a health problem? Martyn Smith 14:04, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe he's just stopped being a fat b*stard. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.43.189.130 (talk) 13:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

text: He's currently (17 January 07) in Hospital in London where newspaper reports have stated he needs to have a leg removed, as a result of an infection and morbid obesity.GazMan7 13:41, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The Independent had an interview with him at home in April, and there is no subsequent record of him being taken back in. The Indy article is very detailed on the nature of his illness & subsequent treatment. --Stephen Burnett 11:06, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Michael appeared on radio a few weeks back saying that the reason he was thin was because he dieted. He lost weight before he was ill. He particularly made the point that the weight loss was not due to the illness. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 10:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He is selling a diet book!, he lost weight due largely to being ill, having had a long stay in hospital. (see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=461138&in_page_id=1773), MRSA, 11 operations, close to death etc.  He may want to gloss over that to make money which is a real shame.GazMan7 (talk) 13:06, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Health

message: Why was his address listed?
This is not usual for Wikipedia  and I have removed it from the article Paul210 (talk) 19:16, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Address

message: I am aware that he had at least one Jewish parent, but Michael has never made a big thing of his religion, in fact I don't think I have heard him mention it at all. Wikipedia's style guide says that a subject's religion should only be mentioned if it is the reason they are notable, or if the subject has chosen to speak about this. Unless someone has evidence that he has said that he's a Hebrew, then it should be removed. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 10:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Jews are not Jews by religion but by ethnic descent. Very many prominent Jews are atheists or agnostics etc. But remain and are also saying that they are Jewish.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16B8:C157:6900:B804:3A8F:F10D:6338 (talk) 20:08, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish? 

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message: The article states that he is from a Jewish family - is that on both sides? It states that his father was Russian and his mother was Polish. If he was born of a Russian Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother, does that mean his descent is Jewish only, or is he also of Russian and Polish descent? If the latter is the case, he should be added to Russian and Polish descent categories. Werdnawerdna (talk) 00:51, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The page says hes from jupiter, space  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.99.11 (talk) 20:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He's clearly not from Jupiter. Now reverted. --Jameboy (talk) 22:09, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ancestry

message: Michael Winner is regarded as a UK national treasure, due to his down to earth persona and hard work ethic that has reaped him the rewards of celebrity/star, with a kind and generous nature, and with an address book of superstar friends past and present to prove it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.83.8 (talk) 23:14, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Jim Michael (talk) 19:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  National treasure 

message: The list of friends under the /* Celebrity life */ section was unsourced. A request for citation had been pending since added by GazMan7 at 18:59, 20 March 2008. As the list was unlikely, I have removed it.  Please do not add friends back in without proper sourcing. --Bejnar (talk) 23:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Friends

message: There have been exchanges of email which I have merged together under . This includes an official biography which I copy by permission at Talk:Michael Winner/Bio. This is, of course, not presented with inline sources and the style is not compatible with our manual of style, but I would appreciate it if people could cross-check for factual inaccuracies since Mr. Winner's office is (perhaps understandably) unwilling to spoon-feed us with specifics and I currently have jetlag having just returned to the UK from NYC. Guy (Help!) 14:37, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fact check 

message: I was wondering why the 2010 film 'Burke and Hare' appears in the list of Winner's films when the page for that article makes no mention of him?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.202.25 (talk) 15:05, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: He's there now. He had a small role in which he was thrown off a cliff. — WylieCoyote 22:15, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmography 

message: I'm surprised this article makes no mention of the long-running series of TV adverts Winner appeared in, with the catchphrase "Calm down dear, it's only a commercial..." As this Daily Mail article notes, they're arguably what he's best known for. (Admittedly I can't for the life of me remember what the adverts were actually for... car insurance, I think?) Robofish (talk) 15:58, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Esure. He was replaced by Mr. Mouse, a blue animated mouse character with an American accent. — WylieCoyote 22:19, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of TV adverts? 

message: In the 'Personal Life' section, it is stated about his house that
'It was announced in 2008 that Winner intended to leave his house as a museum, but discussions with Kensington and Chelsea council apparently stalled after they were unable to meet the £15 million cost of purchasing the freehold of the property, which expires in 2046.[33]'
I wonder whether that should not read 'leasehold' instead of 'freehold' as freehold does not expire?
Sejtam (talk) 12:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freehold or Leasehold? 

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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Michael Winner]] 

message: "His family was Jewish;[5] his mother was Polish, and his father of Russian extraction." - So?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16B8:C157:6900:B804:3A8F:F10D:6338 (talk) 20:10, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish or Polish or Russian?