Talk:Jason Isaacs

Best Known

The intro para is almost impossible to read. The phrase "best known" is singular; can we decide on one or rewrite the para to make it comprehensible? --72.10.202.61 (talk) 01:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Have done a minor rephrasing. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 05:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Liverpool and Lancashire?

Liverpool is in the county of Merseyside.. right??! Not Lancashire...--Vindicta (talk) 00:40, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

As the hidden comment in the article indicates, at the time when Isaacs was born Liverpool was in Lancashire. It would be wrong to say that Liverpool was in Merseyside at that time, since "Merseyside" only came into existence in 1974. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 07:14, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Well surely the logical thing to do, is to remove the county all together. Liverpool is a city of almost half a million and I would suspect for a city that size the normal style would be to have simply Liverpool, England. Normally only small towns would be clarified by their county so as to remove any potential confusion on which town is being referred to. In this case there is no risk of confusion (See Liverpool (disambiguation)). As such, I will remove Lancashire unless someone sees a valid reason for it to remain included (for example if Mr Isaacs considered himself a Lancashian rather than Liverpudlian) --Daviessimo (talk) 21:00, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Good idea. The inclusion of the county seems to cause more confusion than it is worth. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 15:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Since when has Liverpool been in Lancashire?

Liverpool is in Merseyside. It is not in Lancashire and never has been. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.147.68 (talk) 05:34, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Ummm, not true. According to "Merseyside", "the title 'Merseyside' came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974", and the article "Liverpool" says the city was "[h]istorically a part of Lancashire". Therefore, in 1963 when Isaacs was born, Liverpool was in Lancashire. Anyway, the point is moot because the reference to the county has been removed, which is probably for the best since it seems to cause more confusion than its inclusion is worth. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 15:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

An editor reinserted "Lancashire" as the county that Liverpool was in when Isaacs was born, and this was later changed to "Merseyside" by an anonymous editor. As indicated above, it is incorrect to indicate that Isaacs was born in "Liverpool, Merseyside", as the term "Merseyside" only came into existence in 1974 and Isaacs was born in 1963. I have reworded the article so that it merely states "Liverpool, England", as Daviessimo also did, as this seems to be a suitable compromise. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 04:35, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Good article?

If this is a "good article" the standards for that must be pretty low. It reads like a random string of name-dropping and throw-away puff-piece quotes and gossip. So he lobbied for a cameo in a Harry Potter movie... this is noteworthy? "He posed for photographs after his performance on 3 March 2007"... seriously? Are you kidding me? This is not an encyclopedia article; it's a joke. - 99.54.138.197 (talk) 03:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

I think its a great article. It gives a very good feel for the guy. Besides, if you are going to criticize have something constructive to add. This is just your opinion. No. No one is kidding. Im not sure why you put "good article" in quotations. The reason his activities and interests are written here is because this article is about him. Sign your post next time, whoever you are! Lollipopfop (talk) 15:15, 5 April 2010 (UTC)