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[edit] Popbitch allegation

The passage pasted below is true, and of significant current comment, and should absolutely be part of Anderson's entry until the story develops further.

He was recently the subject of an allegation made on the 'Popbitch' gossip newsletter, accusing Anderson of defecating in a kettle in a hotel room.

——The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.111.238.111 (talk • contribs) 21:11, May 25, 2006 (UTC)

That definitely wasn't Clive Anderson mentioned in the Popbitch email. They didn't name the celebrity this time round, but the first time they printed it they did- and that time, it was Bob Mortimer, another legally-trained comedian. Given that this story is completely unsubstantiated, and appears to have been attached to two separate people, it definitely shouldn't be on Wikipedia. As such, I'm deleting it. -K- 16:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Succession box

Removed the WLiiA? succession box -- the show only had two hosts, and really, Clive wasn't succeed by Drew Carey. Amnewsboy 10:32, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DEAD?!?!

He's not dead! Certainly not 2 years ago anyway... He was on QI.

To add to my point this page has been defaced with reference to the spoof Brass Eye. IN which case it is VERY inaccurate as Brass Eye went out in 1997/8 so the said incident could not have taken place in 2004. Get your facts right if you want to plagarise Chris Morris.

[edit] Noel Edmonds

did noel edmonds kill him??? if u now send me an email johnnie.gallacher@gmail —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.129.27.134 (talk) 22:20, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Radio 4

Clive Anderson did a piece on Radio 4 on wikipedia 24-Jul-2007 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/efv21/

Yeah I thought I'd come on and add that in case everyone else that just heard him challenge the Wikipedia community to do so was busy, but you beat me to it ;) Sean 11:09, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Hehe, aren't we all checking out Michael Portillo too? ;) Great programme, but i was suprised that Clive let that pretensious anti-Wiki naysayer make his outrageous claims without any retort. Unusually quiet of Clive. Lurkio 18:24, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Lurkio
Well I'm glad the actually had some fair criticism of Wikipedia by comparison to Britannica's experts-only style and so on, but there were a couple of claims that require a "citation needed" tag :) Sean 00:18, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I think Clive is a reliable source, if we stretch the definition. Tim Vickers 03:43, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
"Now, I wonder if my Wikipedia entry will record the fact that I've made a program about Wikipedia?" Very nice. Λυδαcιτγ 04:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Second Tim on the reliability of Clive (and the BBC; although it was more light entertainment than thorough journalism). He's a national treasure!  ;-) I did particularly like the section in the programme where he turned the spotlight onto the entry for "cat" in the early editions of some of our esteemed "paper and ink" rivals. And some say WP has too much POV ... --Plumbago 08:47, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

"Cute but unencyclopedic" gah...I thought it rounded the paragraph of nicely....(regarding the removal of the fact that Clive wondered at the end of program whether the program would cause this page to change)...

I'm not going to edit the page and put it back, but I thought it belonged there...perhaps somebody could wrap up his actual quote in a more 'encyclopedic' manner and make suitable for the main article...

"Now, I wonder if my Wikipedia entry will record the fact that I've made a program about Wikipedia?" Johnnywikki 10:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)johnnywiki

[edit] Free content image

I have a pic (about twenty pics, one is bound to be usable) of Clive Anderson I took for this page. They're currently on my work laptop, but I should have that home and be able to upload the pic early next week - David Gerard 20:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barrister

While the article does not indicate any prominent cases Anderson was involved with, it seems desirable that his former occupation is given in the resume, if only as an indication of the approach he uses in his work. "Criminal law" did seem an unnecessary elaboration though, so I have cut it from the introduction. The use of "barrister turned comedy writer" in the caption on the relevant page of Radio Times for the "Story" programme was surely meant as a compliment to this site, another reason to keep it. Philip Cross 21:08, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

There is no question he is known as a former barrister, I'd rather put the comedy writer first but couldnt reword it in a way I liked so I have left it and I do agree that the barrister is notable enough for the opening, SqueakBox 21:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{Notable Wikipedian}} on this page

What's the evidence that he edited as that IP? Videmus Omnia Talk 21:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Huh? As what IP? Your comment is incomprehensible so please clarify, SqueakBox 00:35, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Please look slightly up the page, at the templates there. This should improve your comprehension somewhat. Videmus Omnia Talk 01:01, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Yep, we need a good source for that (I'll relisten to the wikipedia story prog tomorrow and see if we can source it from there or not) and I've deleted it, SqueakBox 01:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
He stated on the programme that he made this edit. Paul B 09:03, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Quite, I've restored it. User:David_Gerard supervised the change. I think people are forgeting that things like WP:Cite are guidelines, not rules and should be implemented in conjunction with WP:Use common sense. John 20:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)