Talk:Dale Winton

Inaccuracies

Lol. This article epitomises everyhting that is wrong with wikipedia.

I agree completely :) I'm sure the Jew bit is vandalism, but then again...does anyone know?

Vandalism

Good to see someone sorted a minute ago. I was just in the process of doing so myself ;) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.80.32.8 (talk) 11:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

I have sorted the article after vandalism.I think it is disgraceful that the small minded minority can ruin this information for everyone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The lake district (talk • contribs) 17:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The 'everyone' desperate for reliable information on Dale Winton, fock they must have been worried for a minute there. Good Work!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.12.229.69 (talk) 23:56, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Winton's fake wedding

Why is there nothing said about the mockumentary about him and Nell McAndrew getting married? It was a pretty big thing, although few people believed it even though they tried to convince people that it was real for a short time. It should get a mention at least! yes it should!!!

The Times Online had a good article about Dale Winton which should cover it. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4767255.ece

That link appears to be dead and so is the one referenced in the main article here, now. 2.31.166.248 (talk) 22:42, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Changes needed

The link to Supermarket Sweep is wrong. Robin Guest (talk) 13:12, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Needs a major tidy up

this article is a complete mess, and there's a hell of a lot of unnecessary fluff. We don't need every single tv and radio show he's ever appeared on detailed in the career section. Surely just a focus on the significant ones (supermarket sweep etc)? Coolug (talk) 10:58, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Place of birth

According to this article Dale was born in Mansfield but apart from this article I cant find any other information to support this, there is also Nottingham and Middlesex as a place of birth. C. 22468 (talk) 20:52, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

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Stub, needs expanding; good thing that we have an image. Iolakana•T 16:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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It did work, but now removed as a tabloid source. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:18, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Death

He Died 08/04/2018 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Callumsmith441 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

18/04/2018 aged 62 Samueldjohnston (talk) 20:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Died - 18/04/2018 86.133.162.79 (talk) 20:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

1234Tdelor13 (talk) 20:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

He died today

Died at home Wednesday 18th April 2018 Nu3nd0 (talk) 20:41, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

 Already done Thanks for the edit requests everyone, I've taken the liberty of merging the identical death announcement requests together. Iffy★Chat -- 20:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2018

Change "Winton died suddenly on 18 April 2018." to "Dale Winton died on Wednesday 18 April 2018. KieranFifield (talk) 20:45, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes - there is no evidence that he died "suddenly", whatever that means anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.7.72.170 (talk) 20:55, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

 Done JMHamo (talk) 20:58, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2018

Death: On 18 April 2018, Wintons long-term agent Jan Kennedy had announced that Winton had died. He was 62. Sp383 (talk) 20:56, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

 Already done this is the 4th one today. Iffy★Chat -- 20:59, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Fair use image

The guy's barely been dead a few hours, and we claim fair use for this publicity shot? As such a prominent individual, there are bound to be free images available, has anyone actually checked? The Rambling Man (talk) 23:05, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Very heavy smoker

Should the article mention he was a very heavy smoker? (86.144.84.44 (talk) 21:51, 27 April 2018 (UTC))

It could do, if there were multiple reliable sources that support such a claim I see that the Daily Mirror said here that: "Dale was also a chain smoker, which caused him such severe breathing ­difficulties that John had to help him install a home ventilation device. ... he could hardly breathe because he smoked four packets of cigarettes a day" But that's a tabloid and so isn't WP:RS. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:02, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Anti Obama & supported Donald Trump?

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/dale-winton-donald-trump-is-he-hero-or-villain/

"As one who has spent his entire professional life being ridiculed for my “fluorescent tanned” complexion, I felt compassion for the man before he even uttered a single word. However, by the time he was three minutes into his speech, I’d put the foot rest down on my recliner and was sitting bolt upright hanging onto his every word. The distraction of his strange lacquered bouffant seemed…well, less of an issue!

From a TV technical point of view, I idolise his lighting man. He must travel everywhere with him. I’ve never ever seen him lit badly…..before, now or ever in HD. My personal bete noire has always been chronic TV studio lighting! I marvel at the way American networks beautifully light their studios and artists."2A00:23C5:5674:DD00:A4C9:C04E:DD43:2D31 (talk) 22:40, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

"I reserve judgement on the answer to my question." Conservativewoman.co.uk is hardly The Economist, is it, luvvie? We all need a bit of pocket money when the shelves are looking a bit bare? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:58, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2021

InfoBox metadata needs fixing (the extra curly braces after the mother field probably need removing).

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 Done. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:34, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Wrong career dates.

He didn't move to London in the year stated. He was at Radio Trent between 1977 and the early 80s. Also, his time at Beacon Radio was 88-91. 146.199.189.195 (talk) 23:46, 3 January 2023 (UTC)