Talk:Noel Edmonds

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Implied involvment in death of child

Have deleted the allegation that "Edmonds' image took a further blow when Garry Malley, a nine-year-old boy with special educational needs, was killed in a helicopter crash during a flight sponsored by Edmonds' charity, the Airborne Trust." The article referenced for this made no mention of Edmonds whatsoever. Edmonds had no involvement in the incident besides being charitable enough to be associated with the charity that organised the helicopter ride. The crash was due to overloading, something in the hands of the flight crew and event organisers; in what way could Noel Edmonds' character possible have been impuned? Unless you can find a reference which does raise questions about his involvement, I will not allow his - or anybody's - character to be tarnished and associated with the death of a child. Ebor Buses 08:56, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, chill out. Jesus 88.111.96.241 12:19, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ALOT of charity to not be an COMPLETE asshole. Amazing :) That's the amount of charity gazelles get from lions.

Radio 2

Does anyone else agree with me that Noel Edmonds was a complete embarrassment on his 2003 stint on Radio 2? He was slow witted and doddering. He recounted same anecdote about the tautological lyrics of Thin Lizzy song “Jailbreak” on several successive days!! Unisigned comment by User:80.177.124.44, who then blanked it

I didn't listen, but it's not worthy content for wikipedia. Keep it NPOV, please. The JPS 23:59, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

This is one of those pages prone to vandalism, for some reason. Could contributors please remember to keep a neutral point of view when writing for wikipedia. I'm watching this pages, and inappropriate comments will be quickly reverted. The JPS 11:05, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very prone to "death" additions too. Someone hates him, that's for sure. Brushwell 16:41, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hi, i edited the article a few days ago to say that in the brasseye section regarding the hostages at the dinner party, that noel shot and killed clive anderson, rather than he took him hostage (it was implied that he was holding the other guests hostage, but had killed clive anderson outright) . this was then edited back to its original form soon after. this section is in the episode 'decline' during the ad break (yeah its a bit wierd to be accurate about a detail which diddnt actualy happen but thought it was valid enough

Tone of article

I don't like the tone of this page in general. It seems to try to associate Noel Edmonds with a series of unfortunate events for which he is wholly unresponsible, instead of focussing on his radio and TV careers. I'm not his lawyer or a die hard fan, I just think it's unreasonable.

Picture

We really need a better picture for this article. Billy H 06:23, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the best image I could find that can be considered 'fair use'. The JPS 20:40, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me. At least we can see his face! Billy H 20:49, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

1986 accident dating

I've done some expansion over at The Late, Late Breakfast Show and in the course of that have confirmed from newspaper accounts that the accident happened on November 13th 1986, with the show's cancellation happening two days later on the 15th. As such, I've removed the footnote dealing with the questionable dating. Vashti 07:44, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

typo?

"In the "May 2006 edition of "Q" Magazine (UK), Read was criticized by Edmonds as a "complete wanker". << Is this meant to be 2005 or do they release a few months early? -Posted Apr-2006

Edmonds' inerview in Q Magazine was only published recently, so 2006 is correct. It appears someone has altered it to the incorrect date of "2005" though. Pufnstuf 00:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Religious/spiritual beliefs

Does anyone know about the markings on Edmonds' hands and what they mean? Apparently some article said he was a member of something like a 'cosmic request system' or something. Does anyone know any more? Is it worth including? Magic Pickle 18:29, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's associated with the Cosmic Ordering Service. Its purpose is explained in Deal or No Deal (UK) article. Bobo . 18:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It mentions it, but very briefly. This surely has more relevance in the entry for Noel himself, as it is a spiritual belief of his, not directly related to Deal or No Deal, presumably. Do we know any more about this set of beliefs? Magic Pickle 23:55, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He appeared on Jonathan Ross and talked briefly about it. Sounds very cult-like, much like Scientology to be perfectly honest. Definitely need more on this!chemaddict 22:29, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Elephants

One of the commonest jibes aimed at Edmonds is that he shoots elephants. Does anyone know if this is true?

"Complete Wanker" controversy

Read was criticised by Edmonds as a "complete wanker". It is hoped that they have now managed to overcome their diffferences

"It is hoped"? By whom? Noel Edmonds' mother? Over-sensitve fans of 1970s Radio 1 DJs? Emotional writing like this has no place in a Wiki article. Pufnstuf 00:35, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Further to the above, I heard an item on Irish radio last week in which he was asked about this. He said that he did not call Read "a complete wanker" verbatim, but made some joke about that was considerably more wordy and less direct. I'm taking out this sentence until it can be reliably sourced. Blaise Joshua 07:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think I might have a copy of Q magazine somewhere which has an interview with Noel in it - he talks about the Mike Read thing, so I'll see if I can dig it up... --El Pollo Diablo (Talk) 10:59, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Motor Racing

No mention about Edmonds' involvement in motor racing, despite the fact that he was the prime mover behind a team which raced or tried to qualify to race at Le Mans .

He did enter two cars, if i rememebr right they were Panoz cars and retired during the night. A BBC doc was made featuring Clarkson

Additions to article

Slightly expanded the Noel's House Party content and added a few more insights from the May 2006 edition of Q Magazine. Agree with other posters that Noel Edmond's achievements in entertainment and charity are not properly addressed here, though I do not have sufficient knowledge to update these sections myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidHainey (talk • contribs) 17:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC) Noel I beleive signed by one of the following racing teams Ferrari---Ford/castrol---McLaren Mercedes in 1974 true or false???[reply]

The biog on his web site claims he signed for Team Ford/Castrol in 1974, but there's no more detail than that.

Referencing/citations

On her talk page, I've asked User:Lucy-marie to help reference the article properly, since she added all of those {{fact}} tags. The JPS^{talk to me} 12:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've just added a few references. I'll add some more today if I can find absolutely nothing better to do. Beest 10:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Noël?

Where on earth did this come from? His first name isn't really spelt 'Noël', is it? Billy H 12:50, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Im not sure either but i think that some people spell the name Noel and others Noël i know of a town spelt Noël and have a freind who spells their name Noël but im unsure about Mr Edmonds spelling of his first name.--Lucy-marie 14:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think we can ditch the accent. If you look at sources where you would expect it to be used, such as the cover of his book[1] or his web site[2], there's no accent. So I say get rid of it. Beest 12:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]