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LGBT Radio Personality

I originally added the category LGBT radio personalities to SM's page as he was joining Gaydar Radio to be a presenter. This makes him a personality of gay interest. I can find no printed source about his sexual orientation but will be interested to see if he chooses to come out as gay or straight when he starts presenting on Gaydar. Is there an alternate category that someone would care to change this to as it remains in dispute? -- Ashley VH (talk) 14:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I once added a LGBT cat to this page, as I assumed it was common knowledge that he was gay, but like you I couldnt find a source, so I removed it. The reason I assumed is because one of my friend's is a member of a gay club called Heaven in London near Embankment, and he gets us into the VIP part. Stuart Miles was in there almost every time I went (about 4 times), and Matt Lucas was there too, which I was very excited about :) Not that that proves he's gay of course, so if he's never officially said so, then he probably shouldnt be categorised as LGBT at all. Gung adin ♦ 15:20, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hm - per WP:BLP, we can't really put him in an LGBT category unless and until there's a WP:RS that says so. Take a look at Little Richard some time. Until then we can put the LGBT Project banner and keep an eye out, but that's about it. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 07:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Finally we have something in print - refer to the interview with Timeout linked to on the page. Ashley VH (talk) 22:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He was born on the 20th of February 1969. Watch this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7vYR4RGkRg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.155.80 (talk) 11:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

Note that I have raised the changes of Stuartmiles (talk · contribs · logs · block log) on Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention for reasons of potential conflict of interest and making unsourced changes, in some cases removing sourced material (see diff).—Teahot (talk) 12:42, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page has continued to suffer malicious edits by Stuartmiles (talk · contribs · logs · block log) as well as anonymous user edits with attempts to change birth date to five years younger with no sources to substantiate the change. This is in contradiction with facts presented in the original BBC broadcast of Blue Peter when Stuart Miles was first introduced as a presenter with a stated birth date of 20th February 1969.—Teahot (talk) 12:45, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It should be noted that the date given in this broadcast does contradict the BBC Blue Peter biography page ("I Love Blue Peter - Stuart Miles presenter biography". BBC. Retrieved 2009-06-26.) where his birth year is given as 1970. However the date should not be changed without an authoritative independent source and in particular no authoritative source shows a birth year of 1974.—Teahot (talk) 12:59, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey the reason I have tinkered with my wikapedia page is that I am the real Stuart Miles and I can confirm I was born 1974 not 69 which was said on Blue Peter to make me seem older! How can I prove to you I am the real Stuart? That is whu I asked for the page to be deleted as I am fed up of reading factually incorrcet things on my page!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuartmiles (talk • contribs) 13:47, 27 June 2009

Thanks for your message. There is some Wikipedia guidance for the situation where the subject of a biography page disagrees with factual content (see WP:BLPEDIT). The best way forward is to edit the article talk page (Talk:Stuart_Miles) rather than the article and point out what is incorrect and suggest an independent source. Other Wikipedia editors are likely to get on and correct the article for you. The process of proving that you are the true owner of the User:Stuartmiles account would in practice make little difference to the outcome as any edits you make to the main article without providing citations are just as likely to be reversed again.

In the meantime I shall add these notes to the talk page and suggest that you think of an independent published source for your birth date such as a magazine or newspaper interview.Teahot (talk) 17:44, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did a bit of research on Google News search. I got two years of birth: 1970 and 1971, but none for 1974. Stuart, could I suggest you add your year of birth to your official site, then we could probably use that? Thanks, Majorly talk 13:18, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]