Talk:Kevin Ashman

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A link placed in this article takes one to a web site which is in breach of copyright, given that it steals data and statistics, copyright and database rights for which vest in Quizzing.co.uk (and its owners Quizzing Ltd.) and, in some cases, the International Quizzing Assoc. Ltd.. The owner of the offending website - who actually has the temerity to claim copyright of the misappropriated data for himself - had been instructed in writing by the IP owners to remove said material but had not done so within the quite reasonable time allowed him (see also the discussion page on Wikipedia concerning quizzing.co.uk). After consulting a Wikipedia volunteer, I have been given the go ahead to delete the link.

I also quote here from Wikipedia’s own page concerning ‘External Links’.

“External sites can possibly violate copyright. Linking to copyrighted works is usually not a problem, as long as you have made a reasonable effort to determine that the page in question is not violating someone else's copyright. If it is, please do not link to the page. … linking to a page that illegally distributes someone else's work sheds a bad light on us ...”

In this instance the person linking to the site was the same individual who had violated copyright in the first place!

~~Mad Carew~~

A response to these allegations is posted here. Jw6aa 11:41, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article mentions his "first-round score of 41, with 0 passes, remaining a record to this day". Surely 41 was his score for the full game? 41 questions in two minutes must be impossible.

Upon hearing it on Eggheads (and reading it here) I thought it referred to the first round of the whole mastermind tournament, as in the first show he appeared on in that series, the score of 41 being a total of the two game rounds (specialist subject and general knowledge) for that one show. Can anyone who can verifiably confirm what this line means clarify the wording maybe? Jastein 19:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, it refers to the first round of the tournament, not of the individual heat. - Q4

Age?

Shouldn't this have his date of birth here, or is that unknown? Ashnard _Talk 19:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It is really strange to have a so-called biographical article without a date of birth. The whole thing reads more like a PR exercise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.145.5 (talk) 17:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if perhaps you can tell us what it is, we can put it in! --Ged UK (talk) 17:14, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A repeated canard

On several occasions in the last few months I've heard the allegation that Mr Ashman is in the rather dubious position of being both a competitor on AND a question-setter for the 'Eggheads' programme. While I'd never given any serious consideration to the hinted-at impropriety, the article's assertion that Mr Ashman was a question-setter for 'Brain of Britain' suggests an easy route for this canard to have got started. Definitely something for the PR people to watch out for, since this sort of misinformation can easily spread.

A Karley 22:10, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

fansite

My husband and I are in the process of creating the first Kevin Ashman fansite. I have tried to add it to the external links but it gets removed every time. I admit, there isn't much content yet, but give it time because there's some interesting original material to come in the very near future. I think it would be appropriate to have our site linked here to make people aware of it.

Thank you,

Maria Duchateau —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.101.14.152 (talk) 09:19, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's a fan site, it isn't a reliable source. Please see WP:Linkspam for our guidelines, particularly Adding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam which is contrary to your intention of make people aware of it. Thanks. --Ged UK (talk) 12:39, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jorkins???

Jorkins appears to have returned to Brain of Britain. Is this Kevin Ashman again? Or someone else? AuntFlo (talk) 13:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would assume it's Kevin; I thought each question setter has his/her own nickname. I'll see what i can find out. --Ged UK (talk) 15:40, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not Kevin. The person now being referred to as Jorkins is someone else whose name escapes me. Jw6aa (talk) 15:53, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you tell me which egghead was the taxi driver Chris or Kevin, I cannot find the answer any where, many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.32.192 (talk) 18:31, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of them, that was Fred Housego. Ged UK 21:36, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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