Talk:Reginald D. Hunter

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I've requested protection for this page today due to back and forth editing related to recent media blowup about events at the Edinburgh Fringe.Boredintheevening (talk) 17:33, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Debut

The 'TV debut' bit looks strange? it says 2005, but then the 11 o clock show is listed as something he worked on, which i don't think has been on for 5-10 years. 213.48.1.41

He didn't appear on HIGNFY before 2007 either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.17.53.21 (talk) 22:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Antisemitism

Doesn't seem v impartial. A journalist can trash someone's reputation motivated by who knows what, but can an encyclopaedia? Hunter has a reputation for being fair-minded; see his comments about the (latest) Big Brother (UK) 'racism' row. Johann Hari presumably finds offensive Hunter's 'gay jokes' but there isn't a WP section for that. In any case, it's just one person's opinion unbalancing the article atm. Gratuitously, imo.Hakluyt bean (talk) 23:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The label is not a major controversy, he just happens to have been accused of antisemitism - as part of his act, he's been accused of just about everything. The tag is not just for famous anti semites who have had political influence, someone who has been accused of it publicly can be 'qualified'. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 20:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure some hacks have said lots of things about Tony Blair, that doesn't mean he should be in a category for each of them.--212.159.16.241 (talk) 21:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's gratuitous and partial and poorly substantiated, but I guess there's no point talking about it right now. I'm removing the category. Anyone who wants to re-insert it please explain why. But I should warn you that if you get my back up I might accuse you of being anti-semitic and I guess (as that simple statement would be the only criterion) you will forever be in that category yourself. I'll keep a list on my Talk Page :o Hakluyt bean (talk) 04:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good, I tried to get rid of it earlier but was accused of vandalism. --193.128.72.68 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:54, 8 June 2009 (UTC).[reply]

I was wondering if Wikipedia might want to get rid of the 'criticisms' section. It's been quite a while since Hari's ridiculous article comparing Hunter to Bernard Manning was published, no one has followed it up, and, to the best of my knowledge, no one serious nowadays accuses Hunter of being racist/anti-semitic. Just a thought. All I mean to say is that Hunter's reputation for being racist or anti-semitic is hardly essential to his 'legend' in the same way that an article about Manning or Jim Davidson that did NOT mention their racist would be seriously misleading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.201.178 (talk) 21:37, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and I'm removing it. While I am a huge liberal, and I agree with many if not most of hari's ideas, He is much younger than hunter, much whiter, has probably never suffered any more hardship than a bit of bullying, wasn't brought up black in the deep south, and most relevantly of all he's never written anything (that I've read anyway) that is at all funny, which is unnatural and/or immature. I don't trust him to recognize irony, and that one source takes up half the article.76.109.129.235 (talk) 05:13, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Early life

I'm going to remove the part about his mother and her alleged abuse until this is verified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tyilin (talk • contribs) 23:32, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 2 Evening Standard is a reliable source; it says 'she beat him regularly'. Jim Michael (talk) 19:51, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delicious

No, that was something he said on a round of Would I Lie To You?, but it was a lie. As the person who added that knows, I'm sure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.67.187 (talk) 10:45, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How many siblings again?

I'm quite certain that it's not 42, as the article currently states. The cite is a dead link. Someone should fix this. -The Man 128.135.100.102 (talk) 01:32, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've reinstated to the article that he is the youngest of nine, hence he has eight elder siblings. I've read the source, The Times, which is reliable and paywalled. Jim Michael (talk) 21:59, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

His mother beat him regularly; she died in 2004

"His mother beat him regularly; she died in 2004." This line sounds weird. Do we really need it? If this is relevant, can it not be rephrased better?173.52.30.75 (talk) 03:55, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we need it, and have removed the first part. The whole line could go, really, unless there's something more to say about it. Robofish (talk) 22:08, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The-special-word-beginning-with-'n'-that-some-idiotic-filter-has-picked-up-on

The large section on the-special-word-beginning-with-'n'-that-some-idiotic-filter-has-picked-up-on gives, in my opinion, this subject undue prominance. To call him a racist because of this is absurd. In the UK the unmentionable-word has never had the extreme racist undertones that it had in the US and people in the UK understand the humour with which he uses the word to promote racial equality and general fair play. 2.102.213.120 (talk) 10:37, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tend to agree there's a big disparity between US and UK here. The word is often used as a joke in the UK. But I think that section deserves its place. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:54, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A mention, in the proper context of his humour, yes, but a whole section like this is out of all proportion to its importance to the person as a whole. 2.102.213.120 (talk) 11:39, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right. It doesn't help that the entire first paragraph has been unsourced since April 2017. Let's see if we have any other views. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:50, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to the text in that section, but I don't think it needs it's own section. I have therefore merged it with the "Stand Up Comedy" section. Also added a reference for the first paragraph. LoveEverybodyUnconditionally (talk) 06:49, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:56, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

any recent news?

other than his new stand-up, has he done anything of late? Remthebathboi2 (talk) 10:32, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]