Talk:Peter Mullan

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Politics[edit]

He's involved with the Scottish Socialist Party isn't he? I certainly remember him being involved with their campaign around the time of the G8 summit. This might be worth a mention. Leithp (talk) 14:30, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Birthdate ?[edit]

Has anyone got a reliable source of his birthdate? (Apparently, imdb is not considered "a reliable source")

1 Dec 2005 (born 1960, Peterhead) & http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0611932/
14 Sept 2006 1959
19 Sept 2006 1957
19 Sept 2006 1959
7 Jan 2007 1956
27 May 2007 1959
27 May 2007 8 July 1958
18 Aug 2007 8 July 1959
18 Aug 2007 2 November 1959
22 Aug 2007 2 November 1956
11 Nov 2007 12 November 1956
1 Apr 2008 12 November 1959
6 Apr 2008 21 October 1956
2 Nov 2008 2 November 1956
3 Nov 2008 21 October 1956
5 Feb 2009 2 November 1959
21 Mar 2009 12 August 1955

Pdfpdf (talk) 00:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The reliablility of IMDb is discussed at Wikipedia:Citing IMDb and its talk page; it certainly would be better to site a more reliable source, particularly for biographical stuff. Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:56, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the January 2001 Guardian interview it says he was 41. That puts his birthdate likely in 1959; we can put that as a reliable source and say "born c.1959", with a hatnote saying "imdb says 2 November 1959". -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:01, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BLP issues[edit]

It seems a succession of SPAs have been removing, without explanation, biographical material regarding Peter Mullan's family. The sources given inline for this were a uselessly tangential BBC mention, and a Daily Record story that has since been removed. For BLPs, particularly when we're making claims like this, Wikipedia articles have to be supported by reliable sources. I've looked for evidence from other reliable sources, but I can only find wikipedia mirrors and a few blog comments. So I've removed this material, and it absolutely must not be restored to the article without reliable sourcing. I appreciate that those restoring the SPAs' deletions have done so in good faith, thinking them vandalism, but for material like this we've no option but to be scrupulous. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]