Talk:Iain Dale

message: Isn't Guido Fawkes the Pseudonym for political blogger Iain Dale? Or is that vice versa.
Think this should be included as informed rumour at the least.--JamalQi 09:43, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: no, Guido Fawkes is Paul Staines 131.111.195.11 14:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Guido?

message: I note that there is a minor skirmish going on concerning some of the activities of 18 Doughty Street. I don't know whether the information is defamatory, as one anonymous contributor has claimed, but it does strike me as being a bit off topic. Dale is very much the "front man" of 18DS, but he doesn't own it, nor is he personally responsible for its activities. I think that stuff about 18DS really belongs in the appropriate article. Laurence Boyce 10:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dale is very much the public face of the programme, appearing frequently in mass media where he is introduced equally as "Conservative blogger Iain Dale" and "director of the new internet conservative TV channel 18 Doughty Street". He is much better known in that role than either Shakespeare or Montgomerie. MarkThomas 10:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 18DS

message: Several different IP number-users calling themselves "Iain Dale" at the end of comment lines are busy deleting referenced material and adding in their own text. I propose Iain - if it is you - that you sign in - it only takes a moment - so that we can discuss things with you properly. If it really is you, then you are not best placed to edit your own article. For example, take a look at Dealing with edits by the subject for more information. If it is not you, and these unsigned edits are just straightforward vandalism, then the page could be blocked from editing by new and unsigned users. So it would be best to register. In the meantime I propose we revert all the unsigned changes. Thanks. MarkThomas 22:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Followup - unsigned user continuing to make changes claiming to be Iain Dale - have requested on the IP page that he sign in and discuss. If we don't know this is the Iain Dale, how can we treat these edits except to revert? MarkThomas 23:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Anybody could create an Iain Dale user account. Changes stand or fall on their content, not on who the author claims to be (which we cannot verify). Nssdfdsfds 23:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems fairly clear that the user below is the Iain Dale - are you claiming for some reason that he isn't? This can easily be resolved by asking him to email Wikipedia. MarkThomas 23:24, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks for logging in Iain and for taking the time to check over the article about you. Of course, you are entitled to remove anything defamatory or critical. Also note that I am not the TV left-wing comededian Mark Thomas, we just happen to share the same name. However, you should not be changing anything on the article that you happen to disagree with or feel puts you in an insufficiently good light - that is for other editors to do. I am reviewing the attack ads more carefully to see what Wikipedia should say about them, but I do think they meet WP criteria for including in these articles because they are notable (first attack ads in the UK) and at least one of their targets (Ken Livingstone) is very notable. Thanks again for joining Wikipedia! MarkThomas 08:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsigned user calling himself "Iain Dale" editing his own page?

message: I've protected this page until this edit war is resolved. The entering of any unsourced, negative information is a violation of WP:BLP and is not allowed. Once people here work out their issues, let me know and I'll lift the protection. Best,--Alabamaboy 01:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected page, make sure page doesn't violate BLP 

message: I dropped by to look at what qualifications Iain has, but noticed the entire section has no references. Not much use really. Should it be included at all if there are no sources quoted?
--91.104.6.253 19:50, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced material 

message: Could those adding the Specialist Speakers extlink explain why it should be added in terms of the Wikipedia:External links standard. The only possible reason I can think of is if Iain Dale is an owner of Specialist Speakers, in which case that should be mentioned in the main text instead. Rwendland (talk) 11:20, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Because that constitutes advertising.  The external links should be about the topic of the article itself, not anything remotely related. Also, since you are closely related to the topic of the article, you should read over WP:COI to learn about how to edit with a conflict of interest. Themfromspace (talk) 21:51, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Specialist Speakers extlink 

message: Is it worth mentioning criticism of Iain Dale? See , ,  and . Computerjoe's talk 18:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Those sources are all blogs, which are not in general considered a reliable enough source for WP.  Rwendland (talk) 15:20, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: What does this mean?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 07:55, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: weekly evening presenter

message: I have removed the passage beginning "Dale was known for provocative statements..." on his 'Iain Dale's Diary' blog. As it stood, only Dale's blog was cited, which is insufficient for establish notability. There was a minor edit war over the inclusion of this passage about two years ago, with a bot suggesting it was vandalism and contained BLP issues. Using the terms contained in the passage about Dale's various comments an editor has considered provocative does not reveal that the mainstream/RS media has picked up on them, of whatever strip. There is no basis which has anything to do with Wikipedia for restoring the passage. 14:07, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: "Provocative statements"

message: This profile is rather sanitised CV that does not reflect the character aberrations and the extent of smear campaigning that this individual has conducted. Surely this should be properly reflected.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.238.143.70 (talk) 09:29, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Puff Pieces' or are these profiles meant to accurately reflect the individual 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: While I am sure the cited statement "In 2005, he became the first openly gay Conservative candidate to contest a parliamentary election" was included in good faith I am not sure that it is strictly accurate. The 2005 election was also contested by the incumbent Conservative MP Alan Duncan whose article says "He became the first openly gay Conservative Member of Parliament, publicly coming out in 2002."  Additionally Michael Brown, MP for Brigg and Cleethorpes unsuccessfully contested the new Cleethorpes seat at the 1997 election. His article notes that he "subsequently acknowledged his homosexuality" after he had resigned from a government post in 1994 "after The News of the World published pictures of him on holiday in Barbados with a 20-year-old gay man", though it is not 100% clear if this was before or after the 1997 election (the cited source dates from 1998). Thus I wonder if the statement needs to be modified perhaps to say something like "In 2005, he became the first non-incumbent openly gay Conservative candidate to contest a parliamentary election". Dunarc (talk) 20:12, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slight issue with statement 

message: I have just restructured the article to make it look less like a CV which has meant several subheadings. I was wondering if this is a constant issue or just a one-off problem?
- HyacinthBucket55 (talk) 18:41, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Structure of article 

message: Has he resigned from LBC?  What does "stepping back" mean?  I find that ambiguous. 82.35.219.102 (talk) 18:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  LBC