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Can anybody confirm the factual accuracy of this sentence:
It was changed from an earlier, completely different "fact" by an anonymous user. Joe D (t) 16:17, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I couldn't really care less about the exact details of Lucas' hair loss. The current explanation is "Lucas has had alopecia since an early age, which in interviews he has inconsistantly attributed to various events", which was added because of the 'being knocked over by a car' explanation having no reference. Do the URLs given in the article link to the interviews mentioned in this new edit? I would suggest that if not then some references should be found, since otherwise the reason for the current edit seems somewhat hypocritical to me. mat_x 08:46, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Next, can we get references for Daffyd being based on Lucas? IIRC, in the Radio 2 interview on the Series 1 DVD they say Daffyd's based on somebody they knew years ago who refused to believe anybody else he knew could be gay. It's possible Daffyd is a combination of the two though... Joe D (t) 23:02, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
According to a recent interview on Michael Parkinson's chat show, this character was created by David Walliams, rather than by Matt himself. I have no idea if this is inconsistent with earlier interviews though - so don't like to change the article. - MykReeve T· C 20:53, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
"Lucas' finest work"? I take issue with this (particularly given the forumlaic nature of S2&3, vs. the genius of, say, Rock Profile). This is of course POV - but so is the above statement. Changing to "most successful". -savs
There's a section in the David Walliams page about his work with Lucas. Should we also include that in this article (or even create a new one)? Apterygial 07:48, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
The first paragraph of the Personal Life section appears to be a direct rip or the BBC News story... Someone fancy rewriting it? Dotwaffle 22:57, 17 December 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 23:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
This YouTube video claims to show Lucas at 11 on Saturday Superstore. No idea if it's really him, but it does look like him. 86.132.138.159 ( talk) 02:51, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I am translating the article into Chinese,but what is the meaning of "Write for Sacha Baron Cohen"? A writer to an artor or something?i can't understand.
我正在翻译这篇文章,但是其中一句“Lucas has written for actor Sacha Baron Cohen.”我不能理解。是Lucas为Cohen或他的角色写剧本还是什么其他的,谁能解释一下?-- Zhufangliang ( talk) 16:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
The BBC site only says that McGee was "found hanged". This may have been accidental death rather than suicide and so I am changing the statement unless an alternate source that clearly states suicide as a cause of death is provided.— Ash ( talk) 08:15, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
This stuff does not appear to be supported by either of the cited references - [1] and [2]. – ukexpat ( talk) 20:33, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Should this page have the Shooting Stars template at the bottom? The article is obviously about Matt Lucas in general, not his persona George Dawes on Shooting Stars, so it seems a little out of place. President Evil Zero ( talk) 23:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The last sentence of the personal life section is currently:
After six years together, the couple divorced through the High Court in 2008, becoming the first high-profile same-sex couple divorce in Britain. Ten months later, on 5 October 2009, Kevin McGee killed himself.
It is sourced to this article from the Daily Telegraph.
The statement has been removed several times by IP editors with edit summaries like "Manner of ex-partner's death not relevant to the subject. Content removed." I and several editors have been reverting the changes.
Today, 89.216.35.34 got in contact with me on my talk page. He claims to be Matt Lucas (and I have no reason to doubt that), and requests that the last sentence be removed.
I am unsure what the correct decision is here. On the one hand, it is a sensitive topic and obviously something no one wants on their Wikipedia article, and I think he may have a good point about it not being relevant. On the other hand, Wikipedia policy says that we shouldn't remove content just because it is objectionable to some.
The important question is "Is the statement relevant to the subject of the article?" The relevant policies are:
Mahahahaneapneap ( talk) 19:33, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the comments everyone. I think the consensus is clearly in favour of removing the sentence, so I'll be closing the RFC.
Mahahahaneapneap (
talk)
10:32, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
This article says Matt Lucas was born in Paddington; the Stanmore article says he was born there. Which is correct? -- rossb ( talk) 10:26, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Moved as proposed. Technically, since the previous move was recently made without discussion, and is clearly controverted, it could be reverted as a matter of course with a request for discussion. However, there is consensus here, so there is no need to revisit that issue. bd2412 T 02:47, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Matt Lucas (comedian) → Matt Lucas – I was going to suggest a move to "Matt Lucas (actor)", considering his increasingly diverse oeuvre, but looking at the other two articles under the name of Matt Lucas (singer) and Matt Lucas (rugby union), I think this Matt is significantly more notable and should hold the primary page with Matt Lucas (disambiguation) or even just a standard line at the top of the page to guide users to the others if desired. This is particularly true regarding his new regular role in Doctor Who and the world-wide recognition that comes with that. U-Mos ( talk) 13:06, 8 January 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. JudgeRM (talk to me) 16:43, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Occasionally, I see a television commercial in the USA with a voice-over that I swear sounds like Mr. Lucas' voice. Has he done any voice-overs or am I having auditory hallucinations? --- B*) --- Thank you, Wordreader ( talk) 02:28, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
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Apparently ML is, by his own account, also a German citizen. As far as I can see this is probably not of any particular notability, and may not even be strictly speaking verifiable, as there's only a primary source (his tweet) and some iffy-looking (and outright deprecated) UK media sources re-reporting this. 109.255.211.6 ( talk) 00:43, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
He has done a voice-over role for the UK's digital switchover campaign, couldn't see this in his roles thought I'd bring this to light??
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4972082.stm 86.29.242.86 ( talk) 14:13, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
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Can anybody confirm the factual accuracy of this sentence:
It was changed from an earlier, completely different "fact" by an anonymous user. Joe D (t) 16:17, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I couldn't really care less about the exact details of Lucas' hair loss. The current explanation is "Lucas has had alopecia since an early age, which in interviews he has inconsistantly attributed to various events", which was added because of the 'being knocked over by a car' explanation having no reference. Do the URLs given in the article link to the interviews mentioned in this new edit? I would suggest that if not then some references should be found, since otherwise the reason for the current edit seems somewhat hypocritical to me. mat_x 08:46, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Next, can we get references for Daffyd being based on Lucas? IIRC, in the Radio 2 interview on the Series 1 DVD they say Daffyd's based on somebody they knew years ago who refused to believe anybody else he knew could be gay. It's possible Daffyd is a combination of the two though... Joe D (t) 23:02, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
According to a recent interview on Michael Parkinson's chat show, this character was created by David Walliams, rather than by Matt himself. I have no idea if this is inconsistent with earlier interviews though - so don't like to change the article. - MykReeve T· C 20:53, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
"Lucas' finest work"? I take issue with this (particularly given the forumlaic nature of S2&3, vs. the genius of, say, Rock Profile). This is of course POV - but so is the above statement. Changing to "most successful". -savs
There's a section in the David Walliams page about his work with Lucas. Should we also include that in this article (or even create a new one)? Apterygial 07:48, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
The first paragraph of the Personal Life section appears to be a direct rip or the BBC News story... Someone fancy rewriting it? Dotwaffle 22:57, 17 December 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 23:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
This YouTube video claims to show Lucas at 11 on Saturday Superstore. No idea if it's really him, but it does look like him. 86.132.138.159 ( talk) 02:51, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I am translating the article into Chinese,but what is the meaning of "Write for Sacha Baron Cohen"? A writer to an artor or something?i can't understand.
我正在翻译这篇文章,但是其中一句“Lucas has written for actor Sacha Baron Cohen.”我不能理解。是Lucas为Cohen或他的角色写剧本还是什么其他的,谁能解释一下?-- Zhufangliang ( talk) 16:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
The BBC site only says that McGee was "found hanged". This may have been accidental death rather than suicide and so I am changing the statement unless an alternate source that clearly states suicide as a cause of death is provided.— Ash ( talk) 08:15, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
This stuff does not appear to be supported by either of the cited references - [1] and [2]. – ukexpat ( talk) 20:33, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Should this page have the Shooting Stars template at the bottom? The article is obviously about Matt Lucas in general, not his persona George Dawes on Shooting Stars, so it seems a little out of place. President Evil Zero ( talk) 23:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The last sentence of the personal life section is currently:
After six years together, the couple divorced through the High Court in 2008, becoming the first high-profile same-sex couple divorce in Britain. Ten months later, on 5 October 2009, Kevin McGee killed himself.
It is sourced to this article from the Daily Telegraph.
The statement has been removed several times by IP editors with edit summaries like "Manner of ex-partner's death not relevant to the subject. Content removed." I and several editors have been reverting the changes.
Today, 89.216.35.34 got in contact with me on my talk page. He claims to be Matt Lucas (and I have no reason to doubt that), and requests that the last sentence be removed.
I am unsure what the correct decision is here. On the one hand, it is a sensitive topic and obviously something no one wants on their Wikipedia article, and I think he may have a good point about it not being relevant. On the other hand, Wikipedia policy says that we shouldn't remove content just because it is objectionable to some.
The important question is "Is the statement relevant to the subject of the article?" The relevant policies are:
Mahahahaneapneap ( talk) 19:33, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the comments everyone. I think the consensus is clearly in favour of removing the sentence, so I'll be closing the RFC.
Mahahahaneapneap (
talk)
10:32, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
This article says Matt Lucas was born in Paddington; the Stanmore article says he was born there. Which is correct? -- rossb ( talk) 10:26, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Moved as proposed. Technically, since the previous move was recently made without discussion, and is clearly controverted, it could be reverted as a matter of course with a request for discussion. However, there is consensus here, so there is no need to revisit that issue. bd2412 T 02:47, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Matt Lucas (comedian) → Matt Lucas – I was going to suggest a move to "Matt Lucas (actor)", considering his increasingly diverse oeuvre, but looking at the other two articles under the name of Matt Lucas (singer) and Matt Lucas (rugby union), I think this Matt is significantly more notable and should hold the primary page with Matt Lucas (disambiguation) or even just a standard line at the top of the page to guide users to the others if desired. This is particularly true regarding his new regular role in Doctor Who and the world-wide recognition that comes with that. U-Mos ( talk) 13:06, 8 January 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. JudgeRM (talk to me) 16:43, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Occasionally, I see a television commercial in the USA with a voice-over that I swear sounds like Mr. Lucas' voice. Has he done any voice-overs or am I having auditory hallucinations? --- B*) --- Thank you, Wordreader ( talk) 02:28, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Kevin McGee (showbiz). Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Leschnei ( talk) 21:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
Apparently ML is, by his own account, also a German citizen. As far as I can see this is probably not of any particular notability, and may not even be strictly speaking verifiable, as there's only a primary source (his tweet) and some iffy-looking (and outright deprecated) UK media sources re-reporting this. 109.255.211.6 ( talk) 00:43, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
He has done a voice-over role for the UK's digital switchover campaign, couldn't see this in his roles thought I'd bring this to light??
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4972082.stm 86.29.242.86 ( talk) 14:13, 4 June 2023 (UTC)