Talk:Richard Barnbrook

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git

what a git!

BA?

I may be wrong, but I think the Royal Academy Schools offer only postgraduate teaching, and thus would not award a BA degree. Can anyone clarify this? Widmerpool (talk) 14:46, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, that's true. Also I can find no reference to Jarman's film "human soup" allegedly based on Mr B's screenplay. Paul B (talk) 17:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Very dodgy. I am looking into it, but I suppose that counts as original research. It is however uncited, and a BNP inhouse magazine is not a reliable source.--Gordon (talk) 17:51, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the Human Soup / Jarman reference, as a Google search for "Human Soup" "Derek Jarman" reveals only this page. See [1]. Gordon; bear in mind that the onus is on anyone inserting claims into the article to provide adequate references for them. Simply removing claims that do not meet WP:REF would in no way violate WP:NOR, even if your basis for making the edit would also fail to meet WP:REF. It would not, however, be a good idea suggest that he does not have the qualification, unless you can provide an adequate reference, as that may breach WP:NOR and WP:BLP.FrFintonStack (talk) 16:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, I'm going to remove that stuff, replaced with material from the BNP London site, and put a verifiabilty tag on it...--Gordon (talk) 16:29, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anything from a BNP website would fail WP:V#Questionable_sources and WP:RS#Extremist_sources if presented at face value to support anything in the slightest contentious. I think straightforward removal would be better.FrFintonStack (talk) 16:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Gordon (talk) 17:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not happy with the changes made recently to the article. Referencing the man's own bio does not really seem acceptable even if it is republished by another source.--Gordon (talk) 13:53, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's news I received from the RA:

In 1985 Richard John Barnbrook was awarded the Royal Academy Schools Diploma (Post Foundation) following 3 years of study here. This qualification was the nearest thing we offered to an undergraduate degree although because it could be obtained without a student having received a recognised number of "O" Level qualifications, the Department of Education did not recognise its status as a standard educational qualification for all purposes in the same way it would accept a BA for instance. The Academy Schools worked slightly outside the state systems for many years. Acceptance into the art school was based on portfolio presentation rather than other qualifications. I hope this is of some help. Regards Name Deleted Research Assistant Royal Academy Library

--Gordon (talk) 13:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Verifiability

The apparently contentious statement in the article reads: "Barnbrook's biography claims that he graduated from the Royal Academy of Art (sic) in 1985 and is a sculptor." Now, all or any of this may or may not be true; however, what is undeniably true is that Barnbrook claims these things (and I have no reason to doubt him, especially given the note above from the RSA). So, the fact that it is claimed is verifiable, and correctly referenced. The source may not be reliable as to him actually being a graduate of RSA or actually being a sculptor, but it is reliable that he claims these things. I have, then, removed the 'unreliable source' tag.Emeraude (talk) 12:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]