Talk:Simon Fuller/Archives/2014

"Fuller also represents young British golfer Henni Brockway who is gay."
Is this relevant? --67.97.209.36 (talk) 19:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hastings?
I'm almost certain Fuller was not born in Hastings. His father taught abroad, and i'm pretty sure he was born in India, then the family moved back to Sussex when he was young as the Fuller Family is originally from Brighton.

19
Should the link to the song 19 link to 19 (number) (as it currently does via a redirect) or to the section of that page 19 (number)? Thryduulf 09:23, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Ideally the song would have its own article. In the meantime, I changed the link to go straight to the relevant section. Everyking 11:20, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Not sure he should be listed as a producer
AIUI he is a Manager and impressario rather than a producer. User:DavidFarmbrough12 May 05 12:58 (BST) i would love to know why he axed s club 8 i think that he should never of done that cause that is pure evil he didnt even give there fans warring he just got rid of them which was wrong i think he should try and approch them allyes all 8 of them and see if they would like to give it another chance because people really miss them and there music as there is not alot of pop music out there at the momment and i think it would be a great achivement for him as those guys really did give youndstter a chance to belive in themseleve and prove that any one can make it some day and children and young adults looked at the juniors as a real inspration. so please siomon bring back sclub 8. they are really worth it. i also think that bringing out the sclub united tour out on dvd/vcr would be the right and first step in the right direcstion. because i sure that would win all the fans back even all the sclub 7 fans which would then again be a great achivement in its own way. so please siomon re think this over you have made the wrond choice so please try and turn your wrong doing round and make it a positive choice. thankyou

Popstars vs. Pop Idol
I have not managed to source this yet, but it is well known in the industry that Simon Fuller created the Idol Format in the late '90's BEFORE POPSTARS. He shopped it around the UK broadcasters, but as it was before the reality TV boom started by 'Survivor' in the US and 'Big Brother' in Europe, they passed on it. He then refined the idea for a couple of years, with Thames and after Big Brother and took it back to broadcasters. Popstars UK was already in development with ITV at this time, but after a bidding war between the BBC and ITV, ITV won and commisioned the show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.71.138.193 (talk • contribs)

Popstars started in New Zealand -- the first broadcast was April 1, 1999. See http://www.tv.com/popstars-new-zealand/show/22124/summary.html. -- ArglebargleIV 13:44, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Bad Picture
I am not sure if that is even Simon. A better picture of him should be used. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.108.10.3 (talk) 06:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

Honda F1 involvment?
"His "Earth Car" created for Honda Racing F1 was competitive throughout the 2007 Formula 1 season driven by British driver Jenson Button and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello."

Apart from the fact that "WAS competitive throughout the 2007 Formula 1 season" implies that the season is already over, does anyone genuinely believe Honda to be having a competitive season this year?

Cleanup
Repetition and eccentric MOS items need fixing SatuSuro 10:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the rather ludicrous claim that a record he was involved had "Gone platinum and Gold all over the world!", which is a start. I want to remove a lot more stuff that doesn't appear to be cited, but honestly, there would be no article left. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.12.224.190 (talk) 01:58, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Hype
I don't claim to know anything about Simon Fuller, but nevertheless this article reads (to me) as a series of absurdly hyped statements and PR guff, not hard Wikipedia facts. Surely it wasn't written by Mr Fuller or his associates? Surely not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.152.250.61 (talk) 01:06, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree, it reads like a press release, some do a wiki traceback and find out while one of his minions is writting this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.23.10.176 (talk) 18:49, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Me too.--94.194.237.87 (talk) 00:06, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, there is little sign that this is about a real, flawed human being, and a number of signs that it might have been mostly written by people with in an interest in making him seem amazing - which, oddly, has the opposite effect in the even-handed context of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.127.26.134 (talk) 18:31, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

RE: Spice Girls Album sales
375 Million albums sold in less than 3 years?.....um, no.

Maybe 37.5 million —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.103.248 (talk) 02:42, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Superpowers
Wow, he founded New York in 1985 (according to the grammar in the article). I need a new history teacher —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.146.246 (talk) 17:51, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

is simon fuller the same person as simon cowell?
... is this the same person as the other simon or someone else entirely, and if this is a different person why has the article been swithced? and does anyone know how it is that major television network's award credit production-credits or officially recognize a television show's creation? -sio. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.230.224.27 (talk) 00:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Birthplace
The birthplace of Fuller has become a bit of a back and forth issue, however I have managed to find a 2002 news article based on an interview with Fuller that states he was born in Cyprus, not East Hastings as later reports that were not based on an actual interview with Fuller claim. As the 2002 article is based on an interview with Fuller and not third-party sources, it should be considered the most reliable source. Jeremy112233 (talk) 19:37, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Idol versus American Idol
It appears there have been several attempts to add American Idol to the header. Given that American Idol has had successes distinct from the more general franchise, I am going to add it to the header, but as an addendum to the franchise being in the header. Hopefully this is a good compromise between the two points of view. Jeremy112233 (talk) 21:30, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd also note that if we are including the UK version of Idol in the header, the US version--given that it has become the most popular of the versions in terms of viewers--can be included as well. Best, Jeremy112233 (talk) 21:36, 7 June 2012 (UTC)