Talk:David Hallam

NPOV
The article as it stands makes a number of claims which are not verified by any sources, and one suspects might be considered to be opinion rather than fact even if a source could be found. Eg 'he was something of a "marked man" and many in the Labour leadership were determined to marginalise him' and 'every effort was made to ensure that Hallam and others were not re-elected in 1999'. Do other editors feel this material is problematic and have any views on how it could be improved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.196.231.122 (talk) 11:42, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 April 2014
Papers relating to David Hallam's work as an MEP have been lodged with the Shropshire Archives Service in Shrewsbury.

Low Town (talk) 13:22, 17 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. -- El Hef  ( Meep? ) 13:28, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 March 2019
Update at the end:

In 2015 David Hallam graduated from Birmingham University with a Masters of Arts degree in West Midlands History. His dissertation was published in 2018 as "Taking on the Men: the first women parliamentary candidates 1918". In 2016 he was elected as the West Midlands Representative to the National Members' Council of the Cooperative Group, the UK's largest ethical retailer.https://www.thenews.coop/105780/sector/retail/members-council-elections/

He is researching and campaigning to commemorate the life of Tony O'Connor (1918-2006, Britain's first Black head teacher, who was appointed head of Bearwood Primary School, Smethwick, in 1967.

Note to editor: Wikimedia hold a photograph of David Hallam at a Cooperative Store and the front cover of "Taking on the Men"

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Hallam_at_Clayton_Road_Co-op,_Newcastle-under-Lyme_copy.jpg

and

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Taking_on_the_Men%22_front_cover.png DivvyD (talk) 14:11, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Pending-protection-unlocked.svg Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. MrClog (talk) 21:17, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Commons files used on this page have been nominated for deletion
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 * David Hallam speaking by the Guildhall in Newcastle-under-Lyme during the 1984 European Parliamentary election.png
 * David Hallam unveils a plaque to mark the opening of the Environment Agency's new building in Shrewsbury, 1995.png
 * David Hallam, Labour candidate, campaigning in Solihull during the 1979 General Election.png

Typo fix
Please change the typo "unnessecary" to "unnecessary" under section Iraq Body Count (line 3). Regards, 223.17.177.154 (talk) 13:08, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Typo fixed. Feline Hymnic (talk) 14:23, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Style criticisms
Cloptonson (talk) 18:59, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Birth date conspicuously absent - surely it could be found (if it was not withheld) in reference works like Who's Who (publisher Black's), the Birmingham Post Year Book, and in guides to members of the European Parliament during time he was an MEP (the publisher of the latter escapes my memory).
 * Birthplace details would also be welcome.
 * Infobox wanted in line with other wiki biographies of legislators.
 * Summary lead - better trimmed, best left to detail of time as MEP. The other positions given in that paragraph could be put lower in the page as they are of relatively minor importance.
 * Publications section - the coverage given to the three books read rather like publisher's blurbs with synoptic information. Normally titles, years of publication and publisher are what are normally given (what might be called a 'big three').