Talk:Alistair Hinton

A fact from Alistair Hinton appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 July 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alistair Hinton persuaded composer Kaikhosru Sorabji to relax the ban he had placed on performance of his music, including the four-hour Opus clavicembalisticum?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alistair Hinton.

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Petition on statutory immunity

Would it be worth it to reference https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11663481.couple-fight-david-and-goliath-battle-against-financial-regulator/ in the article? Toccata quarta (talk) 22:44, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No 79.135.119.193 (talk) 16:57, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image

There is an image of Hinton in this article. If we can track down the copyright status of the image, should it be added? Wilh3lm^{Go here to trout me if I do a stupid} 15:58, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IP removing info

An IP user (79.XXX.XXX.XXX) has been removing info from the page. Specifically, he removed a sentence saying the city Hinton lives in, the name of Hinton's wife, and... HINTON'S MIDDLE NAME??? This seems a bit odd. As I write this the edits have been reverted three times (the most recent of which was me). Wilh3lm^{Go here to trout me if I do a stupid} 23:24, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There are cases where the subjects of a biographical article are heavily invested in said article, going as far as to create the article of themselves, or otherwise heavily editing it in their own favor. I do not think the former is the case in this situation, but I cannot promise you the unfeasibility of the latter.

Best,

Editair AppleSliceEater (talk) 09:43, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at this IP's edit history, I see a lot of edits relating to Sorabji and the people who work with the Sorabji Archive, such as Powell, Bowyer, Hamelin, and Carlo Grante. The second option you list is certainly possible. Wilh3lm^{Go here to trout me if I do a stupid} 10:03, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update: it happened again. Curiously, the IP user didn't bother removing the citation for Hinton's middle name.

Best,

Wilhelm

Wilh3lm^{Go here to trout me if I do a stupid} 16:55, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection/Increase#Alistair_Hinton

I requested semi-protection

Best,

Wilh3lm^Talk 17:10, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Aaaaand request declined Wilh3lm^Talk 09:37, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

After the fourth revert, user @John Yunshire (who reverted it) left a message on the IP's talk page. The IP is confirmed to be Hinton himself, meaning we have a major WP:COI and possibly WP:BLPPRIVACY concerns. He requested the discussion be done via email too, rather than on Wikipedia talk pages.

Best,

Wilh3lm^Talk 17:16, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update: a user by the name of Ryon has removed the sentence with Hinton's wife's name and hometown, citing privacy and that it is unnecessary. Once again, no discussion on the talk page. I suggest that he review the links above, and that talk page discussion is done until consensus is reached. If Hinton wants to appear and explain why he chose to remove the information in the first place, I am open to discussion here. Wilh3lm^Talk 20:11, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

HINTON REMOVED HIS BIRTHDATE (reverted, again) Wilh3lm^Talk 18:12, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's still going on. I feel that there is a HUGE WP:COI going on, and an explicit breaking of policy. Pacamah (talk) 10:13, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weirdly, the IP user hasn't edited since March. Also, he admitted to being Hinton on his talk page. Wilh3lm^Talk 13:39, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Same thing from 109.236.165.9 now. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 17:43, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, reverted already. Brand-new IP user, immediately jumps to this article with an edit summary suggesting at least familiarity with the situation. Also admitted to being Hinton ("my page"). More WP:COI issues of course. @Reshadp has already put a message on the IP's talk page (no response) as well as getting one on his talk page from the IP. Wilh3lm^Talk 22:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]