Talk:Jo Whiley

XFM

Perhaps my edit seems a bit harsh but the idea is to provide a neutral point of view and to cite sources. There should also be a source for the asertion that XFM's playlist is similar to Jo's though I've left that for the moment. MGSpiller 01:27, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Official complaint to the BBC

I have made the following official complaint to the BBC:

I wish to make a formal complaint in regards to your radio show "The Scott Mills Show". On January 19 they made various edits to the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia that were false and/or ridiculous (for instance, they wrote "Edith has been romanticly linked with an ironing board." on the Edith Bowman article).

I can provide exact links of where they did this, we maintain an audit log of every change that we make. They also had to create an account "Joshworkinghard". When they log in to the site, they are expected to follow certain site policies: these can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines One of the policies is our policy on adding absurd or ridiculous information, which we class as a form of vandalism. They appear not to have followed this policy.

My complaint is that a media organisation appears to have decided that it is OK to vandalise our website, with the participants seemingly paying no thought to the consequences of their actions, or the reputation of the BBC. After all, I was not aware that the BBC, a respectable institution, condoned and encouraged vandalism!

Would Scott Mills and Mark Chapman create an account on Kuro5hin or slashdot and then proceed to add malicious or ridiculous information? There are similarly easy ways of gaining accounts on these websites, methods in which you will not be identified. The point that Scott and Mark were apparently trying to make was that anyone can edit the website with impunity.

Perhaps I should put this a different way. You can go to a public space where there is no surveillance underway, grab a can of spraypaint and then vandalise the wall. You would do this with impunity. Does this mean that the DJs of radio shows should broadcast that they are vandalising public property because they can get away with it? I think that the answer here is fairly clear.

So, to summarise: I would like to make a complaint about the conduct of your employees, Scott Mills and Mark Chapman when they vandalised various pages, of which I can provide detailed evidence. I would like to know what the BBC's position is on the deliberate vandalising of Wikipedia, or of any other website that are publicly available. Does the BBC encourage or condone such actions?

Finally, I would like to request that you cease and desist from such actions. We provide a valuable service to the public, and while we have some issues of vandalism from individuals, we NEVER expected to see such an august institution as the BBC participating in such petty and irresponsible actions.

Cordially,

Chris Sherlock

Wikipedia Administrator

Above comments appear to have no relevance to article. Sherlock, you should make an official complaint to the BBC rather than posting your grievances on Jo Whiley's talk page. Riksweeney 22:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

I was not aware that the BBC condone vandalism. Does this mean that Scott Mills and Mark Chapman will be creating a slashdot or kuro5hin account to deliberately vandalise those websites? - Ta bu shi da yu 02:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

How is a complaint made against the Scott Mills show relevant to Jo Whiley's article? This kind of spam is just as much vandalism as what Mills and Chapman did - only at least they had a bit of fun with it. Smurfmeister (talk) 10:05, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I guess there's a tenuous link if the Mark Chapman who is a sports expert on Ask the Experts is the same Mark Chapman referred to above. I'd love to know whether this letter got any kind of response. :) TheRetroGuy (talk) 22:43, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Salary

I would like to suggest adding Jo Whileys salary information to the page. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/apr/19/broadcasting.bbc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesgiles2000 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Done - thanks. -- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 13:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

In the time since the above comments were made the salary seemed to have disappeared again, but someone claimed it to be £643,000 today. I've removed this for now though as the person had also made personal attacks agains her family. Can someone find a reference to confirm, however, what her salary actually is and I'll be happy to add that. Thanks. TheRetroGuy (talk) 18:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Errors?

Under Early Career: ", firstly at British Satellite Broadcasting where she produced and presented the indie show,"

What 'indie show' ? Was it called 'The Indie Show' ? ... Jaruzel (talk) 08:06, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Current no longer current

The material about features on the show says "Current features are marked in bold type". Presumably this applied to the weekday show which no longer exists, so the explanation about bold type is a bit lame now. I suggest that someone who knows more about this show or the replacement DJ or Jo Whiley's new show makes the necessary edit. I think that it is still useful & interesting to describe the features. JRGp (talk) 23:09, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I think that did refer to the weekday show as the information has been there for a while. I wonder whether it's not worth moving it to a separate "The Jo Whiley Show" article, in the same way that we have articles for Wake up to Wogan, Chris Evans Drivetime, etc. It was on air for several years so is notable. TheRetroGuy (talk) 17:25, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

I see the change is now done. That solves the problem. JRGp (talk) 13:31, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Ask the experts - missing expert

The last sentence in "Ask the experts" says "is one of the experts, with her field being relationships". Can someone who knows about this insert the name of the expert? JRGp (talk) 23:09, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

According to the show's website, it looks like Tracey Cox is the relationships expert. The full list of experts is;

• Martin Lewis - Money
• Angela Buttolph - Fashion
• Johnny Minkley - Video Games
• Tracey Cox - Relationships
• Tom Dunmore - Gadgets
• Natalie Jamieson - Entertainment News
• Mark Chapman - Sport

I'll add her. TheRetroGuy (talk) 17:53, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

OK. And it's been included in the new "The Jo Whiley Show" article as mentioned in the previous section, which seems to be the right move. JRGp (talk) 13:31, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

BBC Radio 2

Once again I've tidied up the paragraph regarding her appearances on BBC Radio 2, where she stands in for Claudia Winkleman occasionally. I don't think it's necessary to add every single appearance as the article then becomes a long and monotonous sequence of "She stood in for Person A on January 1 and Person B on January 2 and Person C on . . ." and so on. Wikipedia isn't a fanzine. I'd argue that a particular appearance is only worth mentioning if something significant happens while she's on air. Any thoughts? TheRetroGuy (talk) 14:06, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Name

Is her name Jo Whiley, or Jo Wiley-Morton or Jo Morton-Whiley? I can find sources only for the first of these. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:14, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

A source for Jo Wiley-Morton has now been kindly added by User:Indiekidwiki and it looks quite correct. Many thanks. But I can't see any direct link between her professional name and that name, or the company for which she is Secretary, apart from the fact that the company is based in Northamptonshire. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:21, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

TV show

Hi! She had a TV show in the '90s. I can't seem to find that show listed on Wikipedia or in this article. Thoughts?

Electricmaster (talk) 16:51, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Any of those listed here? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:54, 23 September 2021 (UTC)