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[edit] Wikipedia User

According to Wikipedia:Press reports, Bill Bailey (the UK comedian) told The Times that he is a occasional reader of Wikipedia (reported here [1] ). Hi Mr. Bailey, Sir! Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 14:01, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

If that's true then he should become a little more active in making sure his article is as good as it ought to be!! :) violet/riga

"I go to all the online versions of papers, and to wikipedia.org, an online encyclopedia, which is actually not mad." Confirmed in a Guardian interview. lots of issues | leave me a message 23:08, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pink Floyd?

"Unfortunatley Bailey has recived critsism for his inabilty to write his own jokes. He has called upon the help of Alan Car, Eric Prydz (the man behind Pink Floyd) and MC Lars"

What is this? Particularly, what is the reference to Pink Floyd? Eric Prydz appears to be some DJ who released a remix of Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall' so can hardly be referred to as "the man behind Pink Floyd". Or is this just vandalism? NullPainter 20:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

It's not a very encyclopaedic wording, it sounds like a made-up claim, it was added with an edit summary claiming to be making a different change, "comedian employs writers" is an oddly weak thing to receive criticism for - it's just random vandalism. Unsourced and negative claims about living people should just be deleted under WP:BLP. --McGeddon 20:28, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicated Trivia

the trivium about him being is the 2005 HG2G film is in there twice once in the triva and once in the "other aperences" section, which one should be kept? I removed the triva entry and added one to the TV/film Euano 18:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-joke

Hi Bailey interested Wikipedians, you've made a sensible choice by coming to this page. There's a minor point over at Anti-joke that should be of interest to anyone familiar with Bailey's stand-up. Check the discussion page and please do comment if you can contribute. Thanks Coyote-37 15:55, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Major changes

I added a trivia section because aside from there being large amounts of duplicated data, the list of achievements etc. was getting ridiculously long and was written in note form. I feel the current layout improves upon the original, but the article still needs serious work. --^pirate 22:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

That seems like a wise move, although a few things do need shuffling around. I'm not sure the bit about audio CDs should be in Trivia, and I would just propose adding them to the list of Selected Works, but I think it's important to make the distinction between the 'Bewilderness' and 'Ultimate Collection Ever' CDs. The Wild West mention shouldn't really be in trivia either - how about a section for guest appearances?
Also, I have a Bill Bailey fansite which is linked to at the bottom. I thought it might also be useful to link to the credits section, which is quite comprehensive and would be a quicker way for people to get a full list. However, I don't want to over-promote my own site, so I'll leave the decision to someone else. --Not Josh 17:50, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Well, I completely rewrote the article. There's a lot of material there now and it needs refining, with a better layout, and probably less bias, but I feel it's much more comprehensive now than it was before.
Not Josh 16:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Irish descent?

Re: the category "People of Irish descent in Great Britain" just added - can anyone back this up? I've never read or heard anything that gives this impression. Not Josh 18:13, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

indeed, he's a thorough West Country bloke through and through I always supposed. At least that's what he infers. No trace of Irish I don't think. Nikevs 18:44, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minor Change?

Does this make sense? "it was later been released in shops as Bill Bailey: The Ultimate Collection" I would have said "it was later released in shops as..."

Agreed, fixed it. --- Trench 16:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shaun of the Dead?

I thought Bill wasn't able to make his appearance in Shaun of the Dead, but can't find confirmation either way. Anyone?

You're right, he wasn't in Shaun of the Dead. The confirmation is in the FAQ section of his official website.
It says "IMDB used to credit Bill as being in this film, and many people seem to be under the impression that he appeared as a zombie - probably confusing him with one of the two bald, beard-sporting zombie twins that feature prominently. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright confirm on the DVD commentary that he was unfortunately busy with other commitments at the time, so could not have a role."
Halen061088 16:14, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Billy Bragg

Bill Bailey appeared with Billy Bragg onstage at the 2005 Glastonbury festival where they performed Bailey's song "Unisex Chip-Shop", a parody of a Billy Bragg-style song. I feel this is worth mentioning, althoguh I wouldn't know where. Trivia presumably...here is a link to the performance for verification anyway, perhaps it could go in the external links [2]212.32.11.115 11:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

Now I assume Bill has a personal life, so why no mention? I thought he was married and a father, so I would've thought that would be important information to be included in a biography? I'd add it myself but I really don't know the facts.

That's probably a reason why there's not much here - he doesn't seem very public when it comes to details about his family life.--Joseph Q Publique 04:45, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
All the same, someone must know some small fact that could be inserted into the trivia section? 86.128.227.223 19:44, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Lord of the Rings

Do we have any evidence that Bill really auditioned for the role of Gimli? I know that he says that he did during his act, but, as the article already notes, he makes a lot of claims during his shows, not all of which are remotely substantiated. Unless anyone can actually cite something with more serious substance to it, I'm going to alter that particular sentence, adding "claims to have" in there. --Tailkinker 20:16, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Future

This section states that Bill claimed he would start his next tour in the States. Since Tinselworm has been announced, and no plans for a US tour are mentioned anywhere on his website, I think it is safe to assume that this comment is not longer true and should be deleted. Anyone disagree? Dibbler5 15:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other Bill Baileys

I'm pretty sure that under Wikipedia guidelines that this doesn't belong here, so I'm going to remove it. If anyone disagrees with me, please feel free to discuss it here or to put the text back in. I think perhaps this other Bill Bailey should have his own article? Dibbler5 23:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Quite - if the other Bill Bailey is a notable enough figure to have his own article, then it can be linked from this article via a disambiguation link at the top. But if he doesn't have an article and has no direct connection to the comedian Bill Bailey, then he shouldn't be mentioned in an article about comedian Bill Bailey. --McGeddon 08:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
And it looks like an article has been created, so we'll just wait to see whether it's notability is proven or not. --McGeddon 08:42, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Eurovision

Just as a quick point the programme from last nights performance mentions the eurovision song contest but the tour of austrailia is about the same time so may well not go ahead.143.167.10.58 15:05, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

The BBC's Eurovision 'Your Descision' website is now up listing the acts to choose from, and sadly Bill isn't among them. [3] Alexsutton (talk) 10:51, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dax or Jadzia Dax?

In the interest of making sure this article is as needlessly pedantic as possible, I think we should ascertain exactly which Deep Space 9 character Bill Bailey's son is named after: Is it the joined Trill Jadzia Dax, or purely the symbiote she carries, known only as Dax? The two characters are technically distinct. --81.158.147.90 (talk) 16:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Update: according to the interview here [4], his son is named after Dax the symbiote and not specifically Jadzia. I'll fix the page accordingly. --81.158.147.90 (talk) 17:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC)