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[edit] Vaginica Story

David Gest appeared on Irish Televishion's Late Late Show. During this appearance, he re-told the story of his maid Vaginica. During this, he stated that she "..married a guy called Harry Ceeman "with a C"". (I'm guessing the spelling Ceeman).

All references to his maid in the press seem to refer to her as "Seaman". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dermdaly (talk • contribs) 21:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC). ]]

He has repeated the story again on tonight's 8 Out of 10 Cats. DWaterson 22:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Needs heavy cleanup work, including removal of point of view statements. - Mickthefish | Talk 16:09, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advert template

I have placed an {{advert}} template on the article, as as it stands the article reads as though it was written by Mr Gest's agent, it is massively favourable POV and full of peacock words. DuncanHill 12:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article has NPOV problems and lacks balance

David Gest is also the source of a high amount of criticism for his grandstanding and less than factual statements regarding his relationship to Liza Minelli. At the least, there should be some reference to this criticsm, as it is so widespread.

Without this, this article *still* appears to have been written by his agent. Someone please rewrite it to achieve balance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.102.2.153 (talk) 19:34, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism--quit deleting Gest's personal life information

Someone is deleting issues that are releveant to the topic of David Gest. Besides his show-biz accomplishments, do not delete factual information regarding Gest's personal life. This information is true and documented in the article. Deleting it because you don't like it constitutes vandalism.

I have contacted Wikipedia editors to watch this. If it continues, they will put a lock on the site so no one can change it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.103.29.196 (talk) 23:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, they won't. The article was brought to AN/I due to IP editors acting in problematic ways. As a result of that AN/I thread, I came in and helped clean house. Other editors at AN/I agreed the article is better cut down to the important facts. Please stop trying to turn this into a fan site for Gest. ThuranX (talk) 23:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for dialogue on Personal Life section

Let's stop the edit warring and discuss what should be in David Gest's personal information.

His very public wedding and marriage to Liza Minelli was a well-known, media event. Since he attempted to further publicize it through a cable TV reality show, we should document it in some way. His sad but very public divorce played made media headlines for months. This also needs to be documented.

Can we come to some compromise, rather than deleting work?

Update: I have added the David Gest lawsuit information to the personal section, along with a citation and link to the court transcripts. I'm trying to provide NPOV information about this period. Please do not delete it without engaging in some discussion about why. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swilli88 (talk • contribs) 02:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)