Talk:Sian Williams

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Not only is the tone of some of this article unencyclopaedic ("things changed pretty dramatically... asked if she fancied having a go" etc) but parts are lifted from the BBC webpage http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/presenters/1782305.stm -- which is "copyvio". Perhaps the editor who added these bits would care to do some rephrasing. Flapdragon 15:34, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

No takers? This article is a blatant copyvio and nearly everything will have to be blanked if it isn't reworded. Flapdragon 15:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

I've just done a bit of a re-write. I'm not sure if it's up to wikipedia standards but it's certainly better than an obvious copyvio. I also took out the stuff about her being Welsh. Apart from her name and the fact that she presents on BBC Wales, I can't find any evidence that she is actually Welsh (though she mentioned on this morning's Breakfast that she was learning the language). She must be Welsh by heritage if born in Eastbourne (and her very English accent would suggest that she wasn't brought up in Wales). I'll try and do a bit more research when I can to see if I can find out exactly how Welsh she is and whether or not it warrants a mention in the article. Crisso 14:49, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

According to [1] she has an "All Welsh-born family", so I've stuck a mention of it at the end of the article. Crisso 15:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Good stuff. Flapdragon 20:05, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Not born in 1968

Miss Williams mentioned in an October 2005 edition of Breakfast that she was in her 40s, so that rules out 1968. It seems the only source that gives this date is IMDB which is essentially only a reliable source for dates concerning the film community (like Wikipedia anyone can contribute to IMDB, so there is much room for error). She can't be very far into her forties (I'm guessing that she was born between 1962-64) so I've replaced 1968 with c. 1963. Hopefully if I keep watching Breakfast she might eventually give away her actual age! Crisso 11:12, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

My morning viewing seems to have paid off! Actor Simon O'Brien was a guest on this morning's programme to discuss his role in Grange Hill. Sian commented how she and Simon had discovered after talking in the green room that they were the same age. According to his official website O'Brien was born in June 1965, making him 40 - as Sian had mentioned in October that she was already in her 40s, she must be 40 now and 41 on her next birthday (28th Nov.). So all arrows seem to point to 1964. Crisso 17:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

I was in the library this afternoon flicking through a copy of Debrett's People of Today, a source I've been using for DOBs for the last couple of years, and who should I find when in the W section? Sian Mary Williams. All that fuss about finding out her real age and her details were in Debretts all the time, and I never thought to look her up! I was right about 1964 at any rate. Crisso 18:07, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Llanelli/Eastbourne

In what sense is SW "originally from Llanelli" if she was born in Eastbourne? Born in Eastbourne and brough up in Llanelli? Flapdragon 15:41, 4 November 2005 (UTC)