Talk:Vernon Coleman

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Was his column really a 'spoof' as the article suggests? Magic Pickle 13:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Is it worth mentioning that he's come out as a transvestite now? http://www.vernoncoleman.com/thethreemyths.htm

That definitely sounds worth mentioning to me, I stumbled across this article after recieving a surreal 4 page advertisement for his book "living in a facist state" claiming to know the "truth" behind 9/11 amongst several other curious claims.

This article fails to capture the complete nuttiness of the man. Problem is how to capture that without being too POV or libellous! Pontificake 22:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Interesting how the main article refers to him as a satirist, satirising extreme views. Is he intentionally satirising extreme views, does he genuinely believe the stuff he writes, or is he intentionally fanning the flames of controversy? I can't help but wonder if he's doing the literary equivalent of getting into a flamewar... Mittfh (talk) 00:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advertising Standards Authority

Vernon doesn't seem to like the ASA (Advertising Watchdog) Rant 1 | Rant 2 And they don't like his adverts! Adjudication 1 | Adjudication2 | Adjudication 3

Worth a (more formal) mention on the main page - something along the lines of the adverts for his books have caused controversy - with two receiving adjudications from the ASA. Mittfh (talk) 00:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Secondary sources

We need some secondary sources for this article. It seems to be based entirely on Coleman's website. SlimVirgin ^{(talk)(contribs)} 00:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

We now have. Vernon Coleman gave an interview with The Independent in May 2008. Polsequ95 (talk) 22:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)