Talk:Belle de Jour (writer)

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There is much speculation as to who Belle in fact is. On April 1st (yes, I know) last year http://erotic-review-coterie.blogspot.com/ was created, which claimed to explain the backstory to the blog and belle's success, and had notable features like a shared rss feed with belledejour-uk.blogspot.com. It was later deleted though. It is now back up, posted by 'Darren' according to the RSS feed - who I assume is someone who kept a copy of the original blog and decided to recreate it. Worth mentionning? Or at least some of the news stories about how belle might not be the person she claims to be? Tommy-Chivs 12:50, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

The news stories are probably worth mentioning. Much as I like the blogosphere an un-corroborated blog is probably not worth mentioning. She is deliberately anonymous so various things can be alleged & she will not respond to protect that anonymity. She may even have posted an april fools spoof herself, it is not particularly out of character. MGSpiller 23:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More on her identity

I've changed the opening paragraph from "someone who claims to be a former call girl" to "a former call girl". Although there are people in the media who believe that Belle is entirely fictitious, I think WP:BLP means we can't infer she is a liar without some evidence to that effect. The "Real identity" section still covers the question mark over her identity, although it requires a citation. Marwood (talk) 13:48, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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it seems awfully familiar if you've seen any of the "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.47.150.126 (talk) 01:09, 8 February 2008 (UTC)