Talk:Nick Davies

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Can't see why this page has been deleted previously - the guy has won quite a few awards, written books with loads of indeependent coverage, been interviewed pretty relentlessly. I'll keep working on this article Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 13:33, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Birthdate is in question

According to the Wikipedia bio of Nick Davies ex wife, actress Janet Fielding, they were married in 1982. This would have made Nick a husband at 14. There is little biographical information on-line for Nick Davies that I found on a precursory look around. Would someone please look into this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulSchmitt (talk • contribs) 20:17, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Daily Mirror?

Is this the same Nicholas Davies who was the Mirror foreign editor under Maxwell? --Wool Bridge (talk) 13:49, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Well at the moment, this article is about Nick Davies, author of Flat Earth News and Guardian freelancer. In the past it has been about Nick Davies, Mirror foreign editor, and alleged Mossad agent. Both have had a lot of media coverage and IMHO both are notable, although the latter not for over a decade. For a clarification from the younger, Flat Earth News journalist, see http://www.nickdavies.net/1991/10/01/somebody-is-making-a-mess-of-my-name/

There is a problem that the articles Robert Maxwell and Janet Fielding both link to this article despite it being about a different Nick Davies. We really need some disambiguation. For a similar example where this works, we have Duncan Campbell (investigative journalist) and Duncan Campbell (The Guardian). Davies isn't a Guardian staffer (and nor will Campbell be soon), so it's slightly harder: perhaps Nick Davies (investigative journalist and author) and Nicholas Davies (Mirror). The material that had been added and deleted related to the Maxwell affair Davies can then be entered into the new article and the links adjusted. I don't know why the article had been deleted - maybe Mossad has infiltrated Wikipedia :) --Cedders^tk 08:08, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

It does help that Nicholas Davies (sacked by Maxwell rather than resigning according to http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/1991/nov/06/politicalnews.uk) seems to have since adopted that name for his subsequent writing career - whether they agreed this between them, I don't know. I think Nicholas (Mirror) deserves an article, partly as it was a major headline for about 2 weeks in 1991, and partly to avoid further confusion. The deletion log is here. I've also removed the birth date, as it clearly cannot be correct for either subject.

British Library lists several books by Nicholas Davies, about Maxwell, boxing, Princess Diana, etc. including biog from blurb: from his "Death of a tycoon", c1992:t.p. (Nick Davies) jkt (lives in Brighton, England; began career with Birmingham post and mail; joined Mirror Group newspapers, 1961 as foreign correspondent and investigative reporter; served as foreign editor for 14 years). Sharing MGN as an employer is confusing. I know there are sources out there, even if not on the web. --Cedders^tk 09:10, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Request

{{Request edit}} If you find this link useful may you please add it to the article’s external links: *Interview with Nick Davies on Investigative Journalism in FiveBooks. Thank you, Anon111 (talk) 15:50, 26 March 2010 (UTC)Anon111

Not done: as per Talk:Chibli_Mallat. --JokerXtreme (talk) 09:01, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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