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I'm not sure of the exact wiki policy to quote but this just looks wrong in an encyclopaedia.
I've also added a {{ Fact}} to the claim that his Gable House is named after Clark Gable and not so called just because it's a gable house. Andy 13:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
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Can we get a photo of the man himself here please?
Thanks 172.201.84.154 16:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
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While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives ( talk) 10:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Large parts of this article appear to have been lifted directly from the biography given at http://www.jimbowen.tv/biography.php - I have blanked these sections. This article needs totally rewritten. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
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This article lifts most of the text word-for-word from this version of the article. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 13:33, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
Bowen was born in Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire, and was adopted at nine months from an orphanage in Wirral, [1] by Joe Whitaker, a World War I veteran [1] and his wife, Annie Whittaker; both from Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire [2] He later changed his name to James Whittaker. [3] He was educated at Accrington Grammar School in Lancashire and Chester Diocesan Training College. At fifteen years old, he worked as a dustman in Burnley, and then trained as a PE teacher at schools in Lancashire, before becoming a deputy headmaster of Caton Primary School near Lancaster. [4] [5]
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I'm not sure of the exact wiki policy to quote but this just looks wrong in an encyclopaedia.
I've also added a {{ Fact}} to the claim that his Gable House is named after Clark Gable and not so called just because it's a gable house. Andy 13:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 17:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Can we get a photo of the man himself here please?
Thanks 172.201.84.154 16:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
The following is unsourced information:
While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives ( talk) 10:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Large parts of this article appear to have been lifted directly from the biography given at http://www.jimbowen.tv/biography.php - I have blanked these sections. This article needs totally rewritten. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
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This article lifts most of the text word-for-word from this version of the article. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 13:33, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
Bowen was born in Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire, and was adopted at nine months from an orphanage in Wirral, [1] by Joe Whitaker, a World War I veteran [1] and his wife, Annie Whittaker; both from Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire [2] He later changed his name to James Whittaker. [3] He was educated at Accrington Grammar School in Lancashire and Chester Diocesan Training College. At fifteen years old, he worked as a dustman in Burnley, and then trained as a PE teacher at schools in Lancashire, before becoming a deputy headmaster of Caton Primary School near Lancaster. [4] [5]
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