Talk:John Stape

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Me, Chris the master has now given this page to itself, due to added information on its redirect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris the master (talk • contribs) 17:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

[1] - Reception

[2] - Yahoo feature
[3] - This is a pretty good feature.RaintheOne ^BAM 19:50, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Coronation St copycat killer locked up for 16 years over hammer attack on mother - not sure how relevant this is, not read it all but could show some sort of real-world impact! –anemone projectors– 14:17, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Complaining[edit]

Its been announced that John will leave this summer so why is everyone removing him from the departing cast?????. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.14.176.254 (talk) 18:36, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is because it is speculation - End of.Rain the 1 ^BAM 18:56, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was abit rude of you that next time put it abit nicer or ill report you to Wikipedia.... end of —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.14.176.254 (talk) 19:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All the additions were unsourced. I don't know what the newspapers reported today but Sharon Marshall said on This Morning today that the newspapers had got the storyline wrong. –anemone projectors– 19:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sharon Marshall said the newspapers were COMPLETELY wrong...so yeah, and report Raintheone to Wikipedia? Intimidating. GSσяву ^{Chat with Me!} 20:32, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm not sure if you can report users for supporting the removal of gossip and unsourced material from wikipedia and asking a user to stop adding it back.Rain the 1 ^BAM 20:53, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You certainly can't! Apparently, you were rude, but actually, you gave him a straight answer. GSσяву ^{Chat with Me!} 21:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was rude and i am a girl.

Apologies, girl. GSσяву ^{Chat with Me!} 18:19, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from 86.156.7.238, 4 June 2011[edit]

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why is a page about a coronation street character protected? anyway he left peter's bookies should he not be listed as unemployed in his occupation?

86.156.7.238 (talk) 00:40, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection was requested and applied on May 21, 2011 due to IP vandalism. It will come off protection on the 22nd of this month. As for your request, could you provide a reliable source? — Bility (talk) 00:13, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

John Stape in 2011[edit]

John Stape officially left the show in early 2011, and came back in late 2011 (at which point the character died). It is presented in the infobox that John Stape's character duration is given as "2007-2011", which in essence is lumping all of John's appearances in 2011 together. The problem with this is that this does not demonstrate that the character had two separate stints and officially left the show for a period of time (which itself is even stated in the article). Is there a consensus/guideline/policy that states that years should only be mentioned once and differing stints ending and starting in the same year are to be ignored and counted as one? This would seem fairly bizarre considering a character can be in a show at alternative ends of the year (i.e. leaving in January and returning in December) and not have their absence demonstrated whilst other characters can be absent for a relatively short time (i.e. December to the following January) and have their absence shown. Burbridge92 (talk) 23:31, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That is a little inuniverse tbh. He left sometime in the Summer and returned in October.. A couple of months. There is nothing wrong with the dates, they are a fact. He did continue to appear in 2011. What if a character leaves each month, do we list the duration as "2007-11, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011" The duration is a record of years that character appeared in the series. Also, how do you know that Hawley was not in contract still.Rain the 1 00:33, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

With regards to John Stape, an anonymous user changed his infobox to read "Present; regular", and his duration included 2018, when he made his last appearance in 2011. I have politely said that whoever it is to please stop, and warned that if it persists, that a report will be filed. I am worried that it is slightly harsh, but I did it because it was coming about as disruptive. It doesn't even have to be on this article, it can be on any article where this said user has been making these disruptive edits. I have given them a warning in my edit summary, before carrying out any reports. Hope I have done the right thing. User321a (talk) 17:47, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was only trying to help. User321a (talk) 17:47, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]