Talk:Jim Bowen

message: I'm not sure of the exact wiki policy to quote but this just looks wrong in an encyclopaedia.
I've also added a  to the claim that his Gable House is named after Clark Gable and not so called just because it's a gable house. Andy 13:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of 'smacked out of his head' comment

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 17:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: Can we get a photo of the man himself here please?
Thanks 172.201.84.154 16:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: The following is unsourced information:
*His wife's maiden name was Owen. For his stage name, he took Owen and added the B from the first letter of his middle name (Bowen).
*Jim was the original choice to present the quiz show SUDO-Q but turned it down due to commitments with his You Can't Beat a Bit of Bully show.
While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (talk) 10:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced material 

message: Large parts of this article appear to have been lifted directly from the biography given at http://www.jimbowen.tv/biography.php - I have blanked these sections. This article needs totally rewritten. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation 

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message: This article lifts most of the text word-for-word from this version of the article. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 13:33, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I have cited some facts from this Daily Express source. Now, normally, I'd say the Express is for people even more right-wing hard-core Brexiteers than the Daily Mail (and the sidebar on the article is basically porn, more or less); however in this case it doesn't have anything to do with politics or bias, and can be used straight for facts. What do others think? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:54, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That is obviously a well-researched source - I think it's fine.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:52, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

text: Additional - watch out for sources like this one that say one of his catchphrases was "super, smashing, great" - that's an urban myth. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:59, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don't use The Birmingham Mail as a source