Talk:David Tang

message: I have, for the second time, removed broken and redundant links in this article. the redundant links are links to different articles david has written in the Observer. while undoubtedly interesting, we only need one link to show that he has written this column regularly. interested readers can find the rest. and a broken link is a broken link. if someone wants to try to research and find the link again, feel free, i wont touch a working link. please dont replace the links as they existed without testing them to be sure they still work. 404 not found is not acceptable. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: couldnt resist, im back. i once again have removed broken links, and excessive links to the subjects newspaper articles. we only need one such link to his writing, unless he has written about himself. if anyone wants to add the broken links back, dont just restore them from the articles history, but research them and get them right. there are still excessive links here, but i left a few more than necessary to show that i am not biased against the subject. i did improve the article on his restaurant, making it more appropriate for WP. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:22, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing broken links 

message: * Cigar Aficionado article and interview (1997, before the handover of HK to China)
* New York Observer article about the opening of the New York branch of Shanghai Tang, 30 November, 1997
* Telegraph article about China Tang restaurant in London, 24 September, 2005
* The Independent article about Tang's London restaurant, 8 October, 2005
* Net News Asia article about Tang's London restaurant, 15 January, 2006
* Spectator 'Diary' article by David Tang, 2 August, 2006
* Global Business article ("3 lessons from China's most colourful entrepreneur"), 5 September, 2006
* Independent article by David Tang, "My China," 18 February, 2007
* page contains a link to a webcast of a panel discussion held by The British Library, and a talk by David Tang on "Celebrating Chinese entrepreneurs in Britain", 16 April, 2007
* link to listen to online stream of above speech, 16 April, 2007
* Times article by David Tang, 20 May, 2007
* Spectator article by David Tang, "Thatcher, me, and Hong Kong", 27 June, 2007
* Spectator article by David Tang, "Death of a Clubman", 29 August, 2007
* Spectator article by David Tang, "My Chinese week with Elle Macpherson, the Prince of Wales and Tony Blair," 7 November, 2007
* International Herald Tribune article by David Tang, about censorship in Hong Kong, 9 November, 2007
* Real Business article, 8 January, 2008
* interview with James Chau, January 2008
* Spectator 'Diary' article by David Tang, 6 February, 2008
* Daily Telegraph article about Tang's holiday experiences, 18 April, 2008
* Spectator 'Diary' article by David Tang, "Imagine the terror of the Chinese officials", 16 July, 2008
* Spectator article by David Tang on the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, 13 August, 2008
* Time Out Hong Kong article about David Tang's new Island Tang restaurant (undated, but probably Sept. 2008)
* Time Out Hong Kong article about David Tang (sometime in 2008, shortly after the previous article)
* China Daily (Hong Kong Edition) article about David Tang, 10 September, 2008
* Interview with Cherwell (independent student newspaper of Oxford University), 23 October, 2008
* Spectator article by David Tang, on a recent trip to Kabul, 29 October, 2008
* BBC News website, article by Tang ("Optimism is the cure for the downturn"), 31 December, 2008
* article and Q&A with Tang in the Evening Standard's Londoner's Diary ("Inside Out: Sir David Tang"), 26 January, 2009
* article about Tang in the Evening Standard's Londoner's Diary ("Tang's plan to bring floodlit racing to London"), 19 March, 2009
* Spectator 'Diary' article about Bayreuth Festival by David Tang, 5 August, 2009
* Daily Telegraph, Culture Clinic interview, 30 November, 2009
* Pheasant shooting is a passion for Sir David Tang, KBE (article in The Field), 4 January, 2010
I copied above links from a linkfarm in the external links.  Some may be of interest to source the article, but we are not a linkfarm, hence they don't belong in the external links.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:49, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repository 

message: I added a reference in Norwegian to the claim that David Tang was in an accident. However, note that news reports seem to agree that David Tang is 57 years old, not 62. However, the man identified only as Charles is said to be 62. I don't know if this means there is a different David Tang, or that the news reports are confused.  — Preceding Kjetil Kjernsmo (talk) 21:07, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I also found this article which describes the person involved in the accident returning to Norway to donate money to the search & rescue service. This apparently took place AFTER the subject of this article had died. Citobun (talk) 12:11, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accident 

message: The quoted information about Tang "attending Perse from age 13 and not being able to speak English" is almost certainly incorrect.
* His primary school web site states that it specialises in teaching English.
* He attended Perse school from late 1970 until July 1973, meaning he was not there until he was 16.  He appears on the July 1971 school photo, and for the next two years, but not the one taken in 1970 (I have copies).
I realise that none of the above is good enough to edit the site, but could a statement 'further citation needed' be added ?  --Pteerr (talk) 18:50, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perse School and English 

message: I traced the claim regarding his career at Macfarlanes to this diff here, but it isn't sourced and I couldn't find one after some research. There doesn't seem to be anything not citogenesis-ed linking him to Vanni Treves or Macfarlanes, let alone the specific quotes attributed to Treves.
The original editor also seems to have a history of making unsourced claims.
Not going to edit anything yet -  Opinions? 5.151.94.118 (talk) 18:09, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced Macfarlanes Claim