Talk:Peter Mullan

Politics
He's involved with the Scottish Socialist Party isn't he? I certainly remember him being involved with their campaign around the time of the G8 summit. This might be worth a mention. Leithp (talk) 14:30, 1 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Done. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 05:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Birthdate ?
Has anyone got a reliable source of his birthdate? (Apparently, imdb is not considered "a reliable source") Pdfpdf (talk) 00:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Dec 2005 (born 1960, Peterhead) & http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0611932/
 * 14 Sept 2006 1959
 * 19 Sept 2006 1957
 * 19 Sept 2006 1959
 * 7 Jan 2007 1956
 * 27 May 2007 1959
 * 27 May 2007 8 July 1958
 * 18 Aug 2007 8 July 1959
 * 18 Aug 2007 2 November 1959
 * 22 Aug 2007 2 November 1956
 * 11 Nov 2007 12 November 1956
 * 1 Apr 2008 12 November 1959
 * 6 Apr 2008 21 October 1956
 * 2 Nov 2008 2 November 1956
 * 3 Nov 2008 21 October 1956
 * 5 Feb 2009 2 November 1959
 * 21 Mar 2009 12 August 1955


 * The reliablility of IMDb is discussed at Citing IMDb and its talk page; it certainly would be better to site a more reliable source, particularly for biographical stuff. Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:56, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


 * In the January 2001 Guardian interview it says he was 41. That puts his birthdate likely in 1959; we can put that as a reliable source and say "born c.1959", with a hatnote saying "imdb says 2 November 1959". -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:01, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

BLP issues
It seems a succession of SPAs have been removing, without explanation, biographical material regarding Peter Mullan's family. The sources given inline for this were a uselessly tangential BBC mention, and a Daily Record story that has since been removed. For BLPs, particularly when we're making claims like this, Wikipedia articles have to be supported by reliable sources. I've looked for evidence from other reliable sources, but I can only find wikipedia mirrors and a few blog comments. So I've removed this material, and it absolutely must not be restored to the article without reliable sourcing. I appreciate that those restoring the SPAs' deletions have done so in good faith, thinking them vandalism, but for material like this we've no option but to be scrupulous. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)