Talk:Rob Newman (comedian)

Time-wasters
People! Do NOT insert frivolous 'citation needed' tags. Uncontroversial statements do NOT need citations, and as a rule of thumb it's best to have as few footnotes as possible. ONLY IF there is likely to be a substantial amount of controversy does a statement need a citation. Sartoresartus (talk) 11:21, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

PoV
Removed some NPOV comments about Dependence Day. They may well be true though, and I might read the book now to find out Coyote-37 16:06, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

History of the World Backwards
What about "The History of the World Backwards" ? On BBC4 tonight 30th October 2007. Bigfatspider 22:12, 30 October 2007 (UTC) OOOPS ! Even so, it AIN'T called "No Planet B" - I'll get me coat... Bigfatspider 22:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Communism
"worked as a communist" -- what did that involve? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwaptiva (talk • contribs) 23:37, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ApocNowCDCover.jpg
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Disputed copyright status of image
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Citation template removal, fact tags & misc
Some of the fact tags seemed random and excessive. For example, there's no request for a reference regarding selling out Wembley arena, but there were requests for verification as to whether or not a CD or DVD had been issued. I tried to respond to all requests for references, but I took out the [citation needed] tag regarding the existence of DVDs and CDs. They are available for sale at robnewman.com and Amazon, among others. Removed citation template. Removed 1st entry under “further reading” as it is now cited as a footnote.Typing Monkey - (type to me) 22:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Acceptable use of non-free image robert_newman_history_of_oil_screenshot.jpg
This image is an "acceptable use" of a non-free image. See WP:NONFREE, section 2.1.3. Also see the image page for detailed fair use rationale. This is in line with thousands of other screenshots used throughout Wikipedia. Typing Monkey - (type to me) 20:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Non-free images of living persons are not permissable in articles about that person. See WP:NONFREE, section 2.2.3. Cheers. Marwood (talk) 17:27, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There's a pic of him in the dustjacket and pr materials for his book "The Fountain at the Centre of the World." I think that qualifies as non-lawsuitable.  I could scan and post it.  What think yeAvapepper (talk) 03:13, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Previous jobs
What is a "mover"? I assume this means he worked for a moving company, but I thought I'd check before wikilinking - can anyone shed any light on it? ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 14:00, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Reliability
This whole piece is obviously written by the subject or his PR agent. Rustygecko (talk) 07:52, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Total Eclipse of Descartes
Could this article also put in that Newman has presented a BBC Radio Four comedy series called "Total Eclipse of Descartes"?Vorbee (talk) 17:35, 12 September 2018 (UTC)


 * It's already listed in the 'Solo career' subsection of the 'Filmography and bibliography' section. JezGrove (talk) 17:47, 12 September 2018 (UTC)