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"David Cameron's Wikipedia page hacked to display Ed Miliband's face and huge 'vote Labour' banner". The Independent. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

Edit request 31/01/14

Cameron's bike was stolen the first time at 6pm on the 23rd July 2008: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7523144.stm Then again in May 2009 as per ref. 247.

This is reported under the cycling section.

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why include his 8th cousin??

copy ex rjensen talk page:

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2015

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Update honours/awards to include being made Companion of De Montfort University for introducing the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Act) 2014. Thought to be the first ever university graduation at 10 Downing Street.

De Montfort University (2015) "Prime Minister awarded DMU's highest honour in recognition of his fight for equal marriage", 04 August, available from http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2015/august/prime-minister-awarded-dmus-highest-honour-for-his-fight-for-equal-marriage.aspx.

Leicester Mercury (2015) "Concerns raised over De Montfort University gay marriage honour for David Cameron", 07 August, available from http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/COncerns-raised-Montfort-University-gay-marriage/story-27564709-detail/story.html#ixzz3iGDPg3QA.

Ad bauer24 (talk) 21:18, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: The "Honours" section currently lists just one honor: the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud. Do you mean to add "Companion of De Montfort University" to that list? I would think the section is reserved for notable awards, i.e. those that have enough attention to deserve standalone articles. I did a quick search on Wikipedia for "Companion of De Montfort University", and I couldn't find sufficient evidence that the award is notable enough for inclusion in that list. Maybe we could mention it elsewhere in the body, but I'm hesitant to add it to the "Honours" section for these reasons. In any case, I would feel more comfortable if there was a consensus established prior to using {{edit semi-protected}} for this request. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 04:33, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article length

This article is far too long - WP:Article size says that any article over 100 kB should "almost certainly be divided" and it is currently on just under 180,000 kB. I propose removing a large chunk of the "Media Commentary" section, and possibly creating a new article "Early Career of David Cameron" (possibly with a better title!). What do others think? Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 22:58, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would also suggest removing a large chunk of the "Ancestry" section - there is already a full article on this and the content in this section alone is much more than a quick summary. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 23:04, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2015

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There is no possible reason for including all the material here and on other MP pages like Corbyn. The entry is about the person NOT the monarch or any of the other immaterial and at time inaccurate guff. 86.175.6.135 (talk) 15:16, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

86.175.6.135 (talk) 15:16, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: - this is not an edit request, just a gripe about the article. If you have specific ideas for improving the article, please discuss here and develop a consensus before making another edit request. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 16:44, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Insertion of penis into a pig's mouth

According to Conservative peer Michael Ashcroft, some currently unpublished photographic evidence, and as reported in many of the British newspapers, Cameron sexually assaulted a dead pig during his student days at Oxford University. This probably warrants inclusion in this biography somewhere. Perhaps under the 'Personal life' or 'Education' sections. 195.99.34.218 (talk) 07:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tabloid sources are not appropriate for a Biography of a Living Person as per BLP guidelines, especially for a potentially libellous claim Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 08:47, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a tabloid source though? The story's been covered in quite a few non-tabloid newspapers by now, but surely the source itself would be the Ashcroft book anyway? I think it definitely merits some mention given the scale of the response to it. 86.14.118.207 (talk) 09:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The book isn't published, it will be next month, and this information may become verified in reliable sources in time, or a story about the impact of the allegations might be. Right now it isn't. Alanbelllibertus (talk) 09:19, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Further, and I add this only as a legal point, the allegation refers to a dead pig, not a living pig, so it would not qualify as a sexual assault, or any other illegal act::::