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This is meant to be an information page, not a vehicle through which to express sentiment, negative or otherwise, regarding George Lamb. Hitler got fairly bad press, though there is no section dedicated to this on his page. Though a mention of the coverage Lamb has received may not be entirely unnecessary, it hardly requires the space currently held. Has anyone got any constructive suggestions as to how we can allude to the debate without bringing it onto the page, and without excessive external linking? If not, and if there are no well-founded objections, I will delete both press coverage sections. Cheers, Soulsonic Bambaataa ( talk) 10:39, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I would disagree that the press comments make it unneutral. If I find positive comments then they'll be posted to. The comments reflect what is found in the media. The unprecented amount of coverage George Lamb has attracted is, I feel, very much an important part of his biography and to omit it is to ignore a huge swathe of thought. ~~Matt Whitby~~
I am unaware of any DJ who was received as much press as George Lamb and the list was aimed at demonstrating the widespread feelings about it, both positive and negative. That the negative comments outweight the positive is simply down to the quotes available. If there were more positive news stories then I would expect that to be represented in the wikipedia article. -- Matt Whitby
If you all agree to leave these in for now, I'll try and edit them down into a 'Controversy' section when I have a free moment. It is pretty unique for a DJ to provoke such a reaction and it's got to be worth recording. Meanwhile, I found another vaguely pro-article and added that. Gks000b ( talk) 09:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Why is this considered "positive" press coverage: "Guardian, 13 May 2008: "Controversial BBC 6 Music DJ George Lamb, who provoked a listener backlash among some sections of the station's audience, was last night crowned the Sony Radio Academy Awards inaugural "rising star"." [25]" Simply reporting that he won an award is neutral at best, they are merely reporting the fact that he won an award, they do not imply that it was deserved or undeserved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.14.174 ( talk) 13:33, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
What possible relevance does press coverage, negative or positive, have to a biographical article on a minor celebrity such as this? It's turned the article into a nonsense. The quotes make him sound as controversial figure as General Franco. I'm deleting the two sections. Labcoat ( talk) 13:16, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Is the bit about Kim Wilde really relevant and noteworthy? drak2 ( talk) 16:52, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Well unless anyone has any objections, I'll remove the paragraph "On 27th August 2008, Lamb again caused offence ..." as it is neither sourced nor noteworthy. drak2 ( talk) 10:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
I've removed the link to the George Lamb fan forum added by User:Millie79. I don't believe it benefits the article, as the forum is not noteworthy as far as I can tell. It only has 97 posts and 11 members, and was founded 5 days ago, by Millie79, so I believe the link is advertising for the forum. The Wikipedia:External links page lists forums as links to avoid in any case, and Millie79 seems to have a conflict of interest. Silverfish ( talk) 21:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
The Ray Davies interview that was mentioned in the 'controversies' section of the article has been found to be 'not in breach' of 'generally accepted standards' by Ofcom (the media & communications regulator), so I believe to be not noteworthy. In the latest Broadcast Bullitin about 100 other programmes were also found not to be in breach of the Broadcasting Code, we can't list every complaint.
See [2] for details. -- drak2 ( talk) 15:06, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. I have however preserved the DAB as it's really a three-way and this simplifies the hatnotes. Andrewa ( talk) 19:48, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
George Lamb (presenter) → George Lamb – This article is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, getting 20 times the pageviews of the only other George Lamb last month [3] [4], and it has been for some time [5] [6]. A dab page is unnecessary because George Lamb (politician and writer) can be referenced in a hatnote. Station1 ( talk) 18:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Lamb's birthplace is London as per the ref. This is also confirmed by the additional information on the reference that the mother's maiden name is Martin. His mother's name according to this article is Linda Martin. The fact that to read the additonal information you have to subscribe doesn't make it non-verifiable. If you can find a record of a George Lamb being born in Dundee in 1979/1980 (A birth in late December will likely be recorded in the following month), by all means re-instate that information. Actual birth records are more trust worthy than what an individual has claimed in an interview.
Moneysuch8 ( talk) 17:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
George is distinctively tall, and that will doubtless be a talking point among TV viewers. Indeed, I was surprised to find that his Wikipedia entry didn't mention his height at all. Therefore, could someone please find and cite a source (i.e. a reliable article detailing his height/ an article quoting George referring to his own height) and update the main entry to include mention of it. JD 22:48, 18 March 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.8.232.65 ( talk)
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