Talk:Terry George (entrepreneur)

Comment by User:Daxuk
Page is factual of a entrepreneur featured and referenced, in many news articles and documentaries. The editor Alchemy12 claims that the article is created and edited by the subject this is an untrue statement, editors on this page can be viewed on its history. This seems like a Nonsense attack. (this comment was made by User:Daxuk)
 * Daxuk. I made the allegation (under my user name at the time) and withdraw it.  Apologies. 81.159.211.87 (talk) 15:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * If you have an opinion, I recommend contributing to the discussion at the article's articles for deletion page. Ha! (talk) 00:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

First civil partnership claim
I've added references to the article and some of them definitely do say it was the first, but one also says "among" the first. Yet another says "the moment" the law came into force. So I reverted User:Alchemy12's deletion of that section and went with "the first". If you're unhappy with the "first" claim I suggest changing it to something along the lines of "one of the first" rather than deleting it. Ha! (talk) 00:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Claim is certainly inflated. 1) The claim to be the first "recognised" couple (see history on the Civil Partnerships article) was demonstrably untrue: per Schedule 20 of the Civil Partnership Act, same-sex marriages carried out abroad prior to 21 December were recognised at 00:01, 8 hours before this couple signed on the dotted line. 2) CPs took place in many parts of the country at 08:00, notably in Brighton and many parts of London - this pair were just one of dozens and they just happened to get their faces on the TV. 3) Per the Civil Partnership article, which is well-referenced, first CP took place a fortnight before theirs (one of the couple was dying) and several took place the day before due to confusion about the start date.  BBC says "were among the first", which is, I guess, about right.  They certainly were not THE first in the UK, not the first on 21 December in England... they may have been the first in Leeds, but big deal! (grin)


 * NB, They made the same claim on the Civil Partnerships article. It was immediately removed.  Amusingly, they are the third couple to have made the exact same claim! Alchemy12 (talk) 07:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)