Talk:The Fat Controller
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[edit] Removed text
Argh, the "hit save, get preview" bug strikes again. Try again. Here follows the text I removed from the article:
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"Fat Controller Magazine"
Fat Controller is the UK's National Student Magazine and was formed by a young Scottish entrepreneur, Douglas Bell in 2004. Fat Controller is at the helm of British student media, publishing 30,000 copies per month and distributing throughout the UK using an enormous network of volunteer students.
Fat Controller challenges established media practice in that it's contents is exclusively supplied by the readership - undergraduates and post-graduates at the UK's top ranked universities. Fat Controller's "fully interactive" feature has made it an instant success with students and is thrusting the publication to the forefront of youth culture.
The magazine is managed by three Durham graduates (Douglas Bell (Law), Rob Pain (Chemistry) and Alex Hodgkinson (Economics)) who set out aspiring to take student media to new heights. Editorial includes student travel, politics, music, media, and careers. Controvesy has surrounded Fat Controller Magazine from it's outset; in it's pilot issue, editorial included a call for the abolition of the National Uninon of Students, branding the troubled organisation as "thoroughly useless", "illegitimate" and "out of touch". In a characteristically bold move, Fat Controller's following issue published figures on the lack of graduate employment prospects, detailing a stormy forecast for the UK's graduate employment market to current university undergraduates.
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All of this is puffery or comes without references. I don't think "challenges established media practice" is really necessary as a gloss for "it's contents is exclusively supplied by the readership" [sic both "it's" and "contents is"]; despite a claim of "monthly in term-term" on the website, the latest content there seems to be the article which followed the pilot issue; and there are no cites for the claims of "the" national student magazine. I have certainly never seen it in the local university, but perhaps we're not sufficiently top-ranked to get it. --Telsa 13:50, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I can find no external verification for the ACLU v. Fat Controller comment, or whatever you'd call it. I've removed it. If true, please reinsert but I'd wencourage more specific details that ACLU successdfully argued in 1989. Was this in a court? Which court? Is there public record? Alexa411 21:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)Alexa411
[edit] Sodors Family Railways
Is Lady Hatt (nee Jane Brown) related to Sir Handel Brown the owner of the Skarloey Railway?
And has no one on Sodor ever heard of nepotism? Penrithguy 16:32, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Controversy
I note that the article states ""Fat Controller" has been the subject of much controversy because of the supposed political incorrectness of the name." Does anyone have a source for this, as I have heard no criticisms (although I have noticed Sir Topham Hatt appearing more and more). DavidFarmbrough 11:16, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image
What is the story of the link to the image at the top of the page? Would it not be better to display an image internally, and if so does one exist? If not what is the legal status of uploading an Image of the Fat Controller either scanned in from one of the books or captured from the DVD?
--Oliver Lane 15:22, 10 June 2006 (UTC) (A New Wikipedian)
This is something that's slipped under my radar, but I'll work on this now. I agree, it would be much better to have an internal file than a link to an external one. Gonzerelli 15:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article name change
I think this article should be changed to Sir Tophamm Hatt, since that's his real name. 65.103.84.79
- The STH link redirects to this article already. Also, TFC is the UK terminology, and considering that it is from a UK series, it is the most correct. Thehalford 02:50, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dorky?
Someone keeps writing that the Fat Controller has appeared "dorky" in recent seasons. First of all, that's not the sort of language that should be used in an article. Secondly, it's an opinion more than anything else. HonestTom 22:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What about this?
I noticed that this article doesn't mention that Sir Topham Hatt controlled the Skarloey Railway in early seasons and was later replaced with Mr. Percival. Should I put this down? Moojgoo 21:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
- It is well-spotted, but I don't think there is any need to add this here. This information is already present at Skarloey Railway, and this article does mention that TFC appears to be in charge of all the engines on Sodor (see the 'on TV' section).
- EdJogg 23:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
