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}} I think the author shoould make a distinction in the name.... Anthony John Stewart Bennett in the title. Their are numerous other Anthony Bennett's in the world, and as one of them, I would like to be entirely disassociated with all political figures. It is misleading to have the heading Anthony Bennett, to reference Anthony John Stewart Bennett, when there is no definitive or most famous Anthony Bennett. The most famous Anthony Bennetts I am aware of, is the Australia artist Anthony Bennett, or the former Barrow and London Skolars RL player, or indeed the prominent lawyer Anthony Bennett - all of whom should be entitle to their own space in wikepedia. This page seems to getting more & more like an advert for Tony Bennett, he seems to be a self publicist more interested in his name being mentioned everywere & using this site for sales of books, not very good for Wikipedia. Is this the same Anthony Bennett actor & voice overs? Have seen this guy on GMTV, very good actor.
131(2) reads
"If a person without lawful authority or excuse pulls down or obliterates a traffic sign places on or over a highway, or a milestone or direction post (not being a traffic sign) so placed, he is guilty of an offence; but it is a defence in any proceedings under this subsection to show that the traffic sign, milestone or post is was not lawfully so placed."
Just to point out that the original entry was created without my knowledge; I have added to it, but so have others. Just for the record, it is Anthony John Stuart Bennett. I was informed that on 8 July, a malicious entry about me was placed on the site (I have a copy); someone kindly removed it on 9 July before I had a chance to see it. In response to the person above (who ought to improve his spelling, by the way), it was not me that chose the description 'English politician' and I don't think it's that accurate, though I have been a candidate in several elections. I would have no objection to the entry about me on Wikipedia in its entirety being removed - T Bennett, 26 July 2007.
Dude....are you editing your own wikipedia article? Are you aware of Wikipedia's standards on that? FYI;
Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged, unless your writing has been approved by other editors in the community. Editing a biography about yourself should only be done in clear-cut cases.
Wikipedia has gone through many prolonged disputes about the significance, factual accuracy, and neutrality of such articles. [1] Avoiding such editing keeps Wikipedia neutral and helps avoid point-of-view-pushing.
Writing autobiographies is highly discouraged. It is not impossible to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and they are not strictly forbidden. But there are many common problems.
If you have published elsewhere on a topic, we strongly welcome your expertise on the subject for Wikipedia articles. However, every Wikipedia article must cover its subject in a neutral, fair, and comprehensive way in order to advance knowledge of the subject as a whole. Articles that exist primarily to advance the contributor will likely be deleted. Autobiographies are no exception.-- Amadscientist 01:31, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
REPLY: I am not familiar with all the Wikipedia rules. What I do know is that Wikipedia allowed the original entry about me, which was quite hostile and contained a number of inaccuracies. Wikipedia did not tell me that they had sanctioned this article and I only found out about it when someone (a journalist) said: 'Do you know what Wikipedia is saying about you?'.
I have responded to that initial article by giving some biographical details so that readers have a fuller picture of who I am and what I have campaigned about. I say again that I would have no objection at all if the entire article was removed. What I could not allow to stand, without correction and amplification, was a slanted, inaccurate portrayal of my career.
I see there is comment about me on my page, such as this: "Despite these activities, he is generally considered sane". That is opinion, and I do not seek to interfere with it. But I reserve the right to correct factual inaccuracies about me.
Tony Bennett 29 July 8.50am
REPLY: I have now seen this in the form of a private message:
QUOTES
Mr. Bennett, It appears your recent edits to Anthony Bennett (English politician) have been against our conflict of interest editing policy. Please stop, and allow a more neutral editor to step up and edit. You can read about our manual of style here. Somitho 10:46, 29 July 2007 (UTC) If you have further concerns relating to the content of articles you are featured as a subject of, please take up the matter on the talk page. --Agamemnon2 10:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC) Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tony_Bennett" Tony Bennett is no more a politician than Mickey Mouse.
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Question: Is there a process whereby I can be notified if anyone changes the content of this page about me? Incidentally my recent edits over the past 24 hours have been mostly to add sources where previously it said 'citation needed'. I was simply following Wikipedia policy. I have no objection of course to a 'neutral editor' - but how do I know what s/he is posting, what s/he may be adding or deleting? I don't want to have to visit my page evey day. The main reason I have been visiting my page recently is because there was an untrue, libellous and malicious entry about me placed on my page on 8 July and I only learnt about it by accident. I am grateful by the way to the editor who spotted this on 9 July and removed the adverse entry
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OK I have spent a while today cleaning up this article so that it reads more like a wikipedia article than an advert for Tony Bennett. I knew very little certainly about some of the content. However, it has also been clear that some information that could and should have been included has previously been kept out of the article. Also there were many claims made that whilst I would not say they were untrue, they were certainly distorting or bending the truth slightly so as to make the subject of this article appear more favourable. The Stuart Lubbock section I knew nothing about, but unfortunately now do. I have tried again with that section to make it way more balanced than it was previously. I have searched for and added additional sources, and also cleaned up how the sources are inserted. Which then leads on of course to other articles connected with the subject of this article, Tony Bennett such as the article about Stuart Lubbock and others which really do also need cleaning up if they are anyway similar to this. I had already cleaned up the CountyWatch article which also previously just read as an advert for the group.
If as I no doubt have, made any mistakes, please correct them. I need a rest now... ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 00:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I have taken the liberty of moving the hugely long messages that were placed on here to Tony Bennetts user page as most of the content was general comments about various aspects of wikipedia and about not just one article but different articles. The content was clogging up this page with discussion of stuff that was not relevant to this article specifically and given the lengthy messages I felt it was best to simply move it in its entireity rather than picking out bits and pieces, as they were mainly questions, comments, criticisms raised by one user that are best dealt with on that users own talk page. The content can be found in full, here - User talk:Tony Bennett. ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 21:42, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Why has Solicitor, been replaced with Rights Adviser, for Anthony Bennett? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.221.173 ( talk) 14:16, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I've protected this article for a week against non-autoconfirmed editors who just do not seem to understand our policy on reliable sources and especially in relation to biographies; these policues are not negotiatable. Edits may be requested during this time using the {{ editprotected}} template, but in no way is this article going to become a venue for soapboxing. Any editor may also request comments on a proposed source here . -- Rodhull andemu 21:32, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
Harlowsafe history doesn't mention mr Bennett, the link shows a page that's recently edited
Last amended by Cliff Moore on Tuesday March 03, 2009
http://www.harlowsave.coop/history.html
So I think it's best to either remove that information or find a reliable source.
22:17, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Dunnowhy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunnowhy ( talk • contribs)
Dunnowhy ( talk) 22:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
While I agree that mentioning Madeleine McCann in the introductory section of the article without following it up is not strictly correct, I think it better that the article be reworked and so the contents list would read:
The paragraph concerning Stuart Lubbock in the introduction would be replaced by “Bennett started private prosecutions against Michael Barrymore in connection with the death of Stuart Lubbock and against Gerry and Kate McCann in respect of the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.”
The section concerning the disappearance of Madeleine McCann would then be reinstated (and possibly expanded) at §4.2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.165.213.18 ( talk) 08:11, 5 August 2009 (UTC) This article gives the impression that Anthony Bennett is a solicitor Anthony Bennett is not a solicitor,source SRA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.221.129 ( talk) 11:08, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Tony Bennett was a solicitor, but he is no longer a member of the Law Society. I have not yet had the opportunity to identify the exact year that his name dissappeared from the Law Society lists.
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21:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC)Tony Bennett has not had a solicitors practising certificate since 1999, thus making him not qualified to act as a solicitor, on the 15th October 2009 he voluntarly removed his name from the Law Society roll.Source Law Society.
Anthony Bennett has taken a serious undertaking that he is not allowed to post, give links, encourage or allow his peers to post the aforementioned, on any website, which defames or libels the McCanns.
Mr Bennett has recently been posting very very libellous postings in a supposed private forum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.157.211 ( talk) 21:43, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Most of the article " Active Resistance to Metrication" is about a single person, Bennett. However, two sentences within it purport to be about a group, beyond Bennett, and (until you get to the notes) aren't obviously sourced to ARM itself. These are:
The first is sourced to a page at bbc.co.uk. The only mention of ARM within it is this:
Thus we have a reliable source for the claim that ARM, whatever it may be, was founded by Bennett. But for no more than that.
The second is sourced to ARM, not a disinterested source, so it doesn't count.
Google News provides zero hits for news coverage of ARM.
As no disinterested information has been adduced to suggest that ARM has any significance beyond Bennett, the article " Active Resistance to Metrication" gives a misleading impression. It should be turned into a redirect to the article on Bennett. -- Hoary ( talk) 01:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
A week has gone by, and nobody has argued against this whereas two have supported it, so I'm about to make the changes. -- Hoary ( talk) 13:31, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Wouldn't he be better described/disambiguated as a "campaigner"? His profile, such as it is, rests more on his activities in relation to Stuart Lubbock/Michael Barrymore and the McCann case than it does on his reputation or stature as a politician of any serious sort. When it comes to party politics proper, according to the article he was once a local councillor about 40 years ago, which is the sum total of any formal positions he's held; other than that, he's held a few internal party posts in fringe groups over the years. N-HH talk/ edits 13:18, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
I checked the hit counts of various Tony Bennett articles - the singer gets about 1200 per day - all the others combined do not mnanage that number per week! I suggest that this article gives Bennett's full name, but that on the disambiguation page he be identified as "Campaigner, particularly in respect of controversies surrounding Madeleine McCann, Stuart Lubbock and metrication". Martinvl ( talk) 12:21, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm grateful to Boson for notifying me of the reappearance of an article on "Active Resistance to Metrication". (The article is currently at Active resistance to metrication.)
As you'll see above (and in its own history), " Active Resistance to Metrication" was previously redirected to this article on Bennett. I suggested this and nobody opposed it.
Of course it was imaginable that "Active Resistance to Metrication" would come to have increased significance and coverage and would then merit an article. It now has an article. This lists six sources. One is "Active Resistance to Metrication" itself; the others are:
So from sources independent of "Active Resistance to Metrication" itself that are cited in the article, we learn:
And that's all.
Slim pickings indeed. I suggest that (1) the current article on ARM is written in such a way as to suggest a significance for ARM that no sources yet adduced for the article back up; and therefore that (2) the current article on ARM should be turned back into a redirect to Bennett.
In the next few minutes, I shall notify the user who resuscitated the article (and any other user who subsequently edited it) to this discussion. -- Hoary ( talk) 01:40, 27 November 2013 (UTC), slightly reworded 02:01, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
LFaraone has turned it back into a redirect. (See this.) -- Hoary ( talk) 00:57, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
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}} I think the author shoould make a distinction in the name.... Anthony John Stewart Bennett in the title. Their are numerous other Anthony Bennett's in the world, and as one of them, I would like to be entirely disassociated with all political figures. It is misleading to have the heading Anthony Bennett, to reference Anthony John Stewart Bennett, when there is no definitive or most famous Anthony Bennett. The most famous Anthony Bennetts I am aware of, is the Australia artist Anthony Bennett, or the former Barrow and London Skolars RL player, or indeed the prominent lawyer Anthony Bennett - all of whom should be entitle to their own space in wikepedia. This page seems to getting more & more like an advert for Tony Bennett, he seems to be a self publicist more interested in his name being mentioned everywere & using this site for sales of books, not very good for Wikipedia. Is this the same Anthony Bennett actor & voice overs? Have seen this guy on GMTV, very good actor.
131(2) reads
"If a person without lawful authority or excuse pulls down or obliterates a traffic sign places on or over a highway, or a milestone or direction post (not being a traffic sign) so placed, he is guilty of an offence; but it is a defence in any proceedings under this subsection to show that the traffic sign, milestone or post is was not lawfully so placed."
Just to point out that the original entry was created without my knowledge; I have added to it, but so have others. Just for the record, it is Anthony John Stuart Bennett. I was informed that on 8 July, a malicious entry about me was placed on the site (I have a copy); someone kindly removed it on 9 July before I had a chance to see it. In response to the person above (who ought to improve his spelling, by the way), it was not me that chose the description 'English politician' and I don't think it's that accurate, though I have been a candidate in several elections. I would have no objection to the entry about me on Wikipedia in its entirety being removed - T Bennett, 26 July 2007.
Dude....are you editing your own wikipedia article? Are you aware of Wikipedia's standards on that? FYI;
Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged, unless your writing has been approved by other editors in the community. Editing a biography about yourself should only be done in clear-cut cases.
Wikipedia has gone through many prolonged disputes about the significance, factual accuracy, and neutrality of such articles. [1] Avoiding such editing keeps Wikipedia neutral and helps avoid point-of-view-pushing.
Writing autobiographies is highly discouraged. It is not impossible to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and they are not strictly forbidden. But there are many common problems.
If you have published elsewhere on a topic, we strongly welcome your expertise on the subject for Wikipedia articles. However, every Wikipedia article must cover its subject in a neutral, fair, and comprehensive way in order to advance knowledge of the subject as a whole. Articles that exist primarily to advance the contributor will likely be deleted. Autobiographies are no exception.-- Amadscientist 01:31, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
REPLY: I am not familiar with all the Wikipedia rules. What I do know is that Wikipedia allowed the original entry about me, which was quite hostile and contained a number of inaccuracies. Wikipedia did not tell me that they had sanctioned this article and I only found out about it when someone (a journalist) said: 'Do you know what Wikipedia is saying about you?'.
I have responded to that initial article by giving some biographical details so that readers have a fuller picture of who I am and what I have campaigned about. I say again that I would have no objection at all if the entire article was removed. What I could not allow to stand, without correction and amplification, was a slanted, inaccurate portrayal of my career.
I see there is comment about me on my page, such as this: "Despite these activities, he is generally considered sane". That is opinion, and I do not seek to interfere with it. But I reserve the right to correct factual inaccuracies about me.
Tony Bennett 29 July 8.50am
REPLY: I have now seen this in the form of a private message:
QUOTES
Mr. Bennett, It appears your recent edits to Anthony Bennett (English politician) have been against our conflict of interest editing policy. Please stop, and allow a more neutral editor to step up and edit. You can read about our manual of style here. Somitho 10:46, 29 July 2007 (UTC) If you have further concerns relating to the content of articles you are featured as a subject of, please take up the matter on the talk page. --Agamemnon2 10:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC) Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tony_Bennett" Tony Bennett is no more a politician than Mickey Mouse.
UNQUOTE
Question: Is there a process whereby I can be notified if anyone changes the content of this page about me? Incidentally my recent edits over the past 24 hours have been mostly to add sources where previously it said 'citation needed'. I was simply following Wikipedia policy. I have no objection of course to a 'neutral editor' - but how do I know what s/he is posting, what s/he may be adding or deleting? I don't want to have to visit my page evey day. The main reason I have been visiting my page recently is because there was an untrue, libellous and malicious entry about me placed on my page on 8 July and I only learnt about it by accident. I am grateful by the way to the editor who spotted this on 9 July and removed the adverse entry
Tony Bennett 12.10pm 29 July
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OK I have spent a while today cleaning up this article so that it reads more like a wikipedia article than an advert for Tony Bennett. I knew very little certainly about some of the content. However, it has also been clear that some information that could and should have been included has previously been kept out of the article. Also there were many claims made that whilst I would not say they were untrue, they were certainly distorting or bending the truth slightly so as to make the subject of this article appear more favourable. The Stuart Lubbock section I knew nothing about, but unfortunately now do. I have tried again with that section to make it way more balanced than it was previously. I have searched for and added additional sources, and also cleaned up how the sources are inserted. Which then leads on of course to other articles connected with the subject of this article, Tony Bennett such as the article about Stuart Lubbock and others which really do also need cleaning up if they are anyway similar to this. I had already cleaned up the CountyWatch article which also previously just read as an advert for the group.
If as I no doubt have, made any mistakes, please correct them. I need a rest now... ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 00:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I have taken the liberty of moving the hugely long messages that were placed on here to Tony Bennetts user page as most of the content was general comments about various aspects of wikipedia and about not just one article but different articles. The content was clogging up this page with discussion of stuff that was not relevant to this article specifically and given the lengthy messages I felt it was best to simply move it in its entireity rather than picking out bits and pieces, as they were mainly questions, comments, criticisms raised by one user that are best dealt with on that users own talk page. The content can be found in full, here - User talk:Tony Bennett. ♦Tangerines♦· Talk 21:42, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Why has Solicitor, been replaced with Rights Adviser, for Anthony Bennett? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.221.173 ( talk) 14:16, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I've protected this article for a week against non-autoconfirmed editors who just do not seem to understand our policy on reliable sources and especially in relation to biographies; these policues are not negotiatable. Edits may be requested during this time using the {{ editprotected}} template, but in no way is this article going to become a venue for soapboxing. Any editor may also request comments on a proposed source here . -- Rodhull andemu 21:32, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
Harlowsafe history doesn't mention mr Bennett, the link shows a page that's recently edited
Last amended by Cliff Moore on Tuesday March 03, 2009
http://www.harlowsave.coop/history.html
So I think it's best to either remove that information or find a reliable source.
22:17, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Dunnowhy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunnowhy ( talk • contribs)
Dunnowhy ( talk) 22:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
While I agree that mentioning Madeleine McCann in the introductory section of the article without following it up is not strictly correct, I think it better that the article be reworked and so the contents list would read:
The paragraph concerning Stuart Lubbock in the introduction would be replaced by “Bennett started private prosecutions against Michael Barrymore in connection with the death of Stuart Lubbock and against Gerry and Kate McCann in respect of the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.”
The section concerning the disappearance of Madeleine McCann would then be reinstated (and possibly expanded) at §4.2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.165.213.18 ( talk) 08:11, 5 August 2009 (UTC) This article gives the impression that Anthony Bennett is a solicitor Anthony Bennett is not a solicitor,source SRA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.221.129 ( talk) 11:08, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Tony Bennett was a solicitor, but he is no longer a member of the Law Society. I have not yet had the opportunity to identify the exact year that his name dissappeared from the Law Society lists.
Martinvl (
talk)
21:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC)Tony Bennett has not had a solicitors practising certificate since 1999, thus making him not qualified to act as a solicitor, on the 15th October 2009 he voluntarly removed his name from the Law Society roll.Source Law Society.
Anthony Bennett has taken a serious undertaking that he is not allowed to post, give links, encourage or allow his peers to post the aforementioned, on any website, which defames or libels the McCanns.
Mr Bennett has recently been posting very very libellous postings in a supposed private forum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.157.211 ( talk) 21:43, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Most of the article " Active Resistance to Metrication" is about a single person, Bennett. However, two sentences within it purport to be about a group, beyond Bennett, and (until you get to the notes) aren't obviously sourced to ARM itself. These are:
The first is sourced to a page at bbc.co.uk. The only mention of ARM within it is this:
Thus we have a reliable source for the claim that ARM, whatever it may be, was founded by Bennett. But for no more than that.
The second is sourced to ARM, not a disinterested source, so it doesn't count.
Google News provides zero hits for news coverage of ARM.
As no disinterested information has been adduced to suggest that ARM has any significance beyond Bennett, the article " Active Resistance to Metrication" gives a misleading impression. It should be turned into a redirect to the article on Bennett. -- Hoary ( talk) 01:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
A week has gone by, and nobody has argued against this whereas two have supported it, so I'm about to make the changes. -- Hoary ( talk) 13:31, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Wouldn't he be better described/disambiguated as a "campaigner"? His profile, such as it is, rests more on his activities in relation to Stuart Lubbock/Michael Barrymore and the McCann case than it does on his reputation or stature as a politician of any serious sort. When it comes to party politics proper, according to the article he was once a local councillor about 40 years ago, which is the sum total of any formal positions he's held; other than that, he's held a few internal party posts in fringe groups over the years. N-HH talk/ edits 13:18, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
I checked the hit counts of various Tony Bennett articles - the singer gets about 1200 per day - all the others combined do not mnanage that number per week! I suggest that this article gives Bennett's full name, but that on the disambiguation page he be identified as "Campaigner, particularly in respect of controversies surrounding Madeleine McCann, Stuart Lubbock and metrication". Martinvl ( talk) 12:21, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm grateful to Boson for notifying me of the reappearance of an article on "Active Resistance to Metrication". (The article is currently at Active resistance to metrication.)
As you'll see above (and in its own history), " Active Resistance to Metrication" was previously redirected to this article on Bennett. I suggested this and nobody opposed it.
Of course it was imaginable that "Active Resistance to Metrication" would come to have increased significance and coverage and would then merit an article. It now has an article. This lists six sources. One is "Active Resistance to Metrication" itself; the others are:
So from sources independent of "Active Resistance to Metrication" itself that are cited in the article, we learn:
And that's all.
Slim pickings indeed. I suggest that (1) the current article on ARM is written in such a way as to suggest a significance for ARM that no sources yet adduced for the article back up; and therefore that (2) the current article on ARM should be turned back into a redirect to Bennett.
In the next few minutes, I shall notify the user who resuscitated the article (and any other user who subsequently edited it) to this discussion. -- Hoary ( talk) 01:40, 27 November 2013 (UTC), slightly reworded 02:01, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
LFaraone has turned it back into a redirect. (See this.) -- Hoary ( talk) 00:57, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
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