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The old query

The majority of readers will be interested in Emily Maitlis' occupation, rather than her religious/ethnic background - hence it is more appropriate to major on her journalistic history in the first paragraph of her biography.

I've kept the oft-added link to the [[]] - but put in the third paragraph which seems a lot more appropriate.

Having now made the changes, I'll stick my neck out and suggest that we discuss the matter on this page before someone immediately reverts the page again. Perhaps more energy needs to be put into creating an article about UJIA! AMe 21:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Her religious or ethnic background is of interest and should be included. How do you know what will interest the majority of readers? In any case it is relevant information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.57.177.154 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 23 March 2006

You're right on most counts. It is of interest - and was included in teh third paragraph (or if it wasn't, should be). I don't know what will interest the majority of readers. Neither do you. It is relevent - but why add a second link to the UJIA? Two links on the one page to the same external source (in fact the only one I can find on Google linking Maitlis to UJIA) is one too many by Wiki's standards. AMe 16:24, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know that she used to be a bond trader, I am quite sure of this. I won't add this until I find a reference though. 81.106.80.55 (talk) 16:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Year of birth

If you follow the first outside link on the page the website states that Maitlis was born in 1972, not 1970 as in this article. Which is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paddyman1989 (talk • contribs) 18:31, 27 July 2006

The Guardian and The Observer items cited in the article, which Maitlis clearly had a decisive input in to, give her year of birth as 1972. There are Times articles on the Speccie debacle, and an Indie article from when Maitlis was appointed to being a Newsnight regular, whuch would suggest 1970 or 1971 respectively, but they were doubtless taken from secondary sources. So 1970, which is on the imdb page, is probably wrong, but is Septenber 6, from the same source, correct? I have changed the article to reflect the first point. Philip Cross 21:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

She left school with A-levels in 1989, which would suggest Sept 1970 unless she took an accelerated route (which I don't think was an option in the 80s). I do have a citation for this but not online. -- roundhouse0 02:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References do not have to be accessible online, indeed it would be difficult to write many articles with that constraint. John 21:21, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

British Zionist? Neither accurate, relevant or appropriate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.179.230.10 (talk) 11:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Her date of birth, as 6th September 1970, was given in an in-depth interview in the Sunday Times quite recently. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.36.22 (talk • contribs) 22:20, 19 July 2007

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Her Husband's Business

"She is married to Mark Gwynne, an investment manager, ". Mark Gwynne started out at Smith New Court, which is 27% owned by Rothschild Bank. "Smith Bros, which Marks had joined in 1958, becoming a director in 1975, took part in the move towards consolidation after Big Bang, buying a small stockbroker called Scott Goff Layton and selling a 27pc stake in itself to Rothschild in 1986. It became Smith New Court, taking part of its new name from Rothschild's office in New Court. Marks became chief executive in 1987."^[1] MrSativa (talk) 16:49, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Smith New Court was bought by Merrill Lynch in 1995. Khamba Tendal (talk) 21:56, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Only presenter not schooled privately

How is this relevant to anything?

If the statement is political, it seems to be undermined by the fact that she attended Cambridge, which is a typical hunting ground for the BBC.

And if she went there from a state school, so does a substantial - and growing - percentage of the Oxbridge intake.

The inclusion of this 'fact' seems to imply that some major obstacle was overcome. Surely not. Mike Galvin (talk) 22:47, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Two stalkers?

...a man with the same name pleaded not guilty to breaching an order restraining him from contacting her by writing a letter with the intention it be passed to her.

What a strange way of reporting. The link goes to an article showing that it was the same man. Valetude (talk) 22:37, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Prince Andrew interview - subjective, emotive sentence

"As a consequence of the disastrous fallout from this programme, Prince Andrew was obliged by the Queen to resign from Royal duties and from public life."

(1) The above is unsubstantiated. (2) Use of the word 'disastrous' is subjective, emotive, unsubstantiated (and objectively unsubstantiateable). (3) 'Obliged' is unsubstantiated speculation.

Better and neutral might be something like: "Subsequent to the programme, Prince Andrew resigned from Royal duties and from public life."

Dominic Cummings Scandal

“The Guardian” has not been the “Manchester Guardian” since 1959! So have deleted the word “Manchester”.

Helen Sharman

Why on Earth is there the section on Maitlis's Father teaching Helen Sharman at university and the banal comment regarding her chosen mode of transport. Sharman was selected for a £7,000,000 publicity stunt, privately funded junket to the Mir Space Station, courtesy of the rapidly collapsing USSR. The trip, as another event in Sharman's life, was a shambles. She was given a couple of antiquated royal baubles and honorary doctorates for earning a living in the media promoting science to school kids. She really didn't do anything particularly noteworthy other than probably being an early feminist DEI hire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.46.91 (talk) 16:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I quite agree. I have deleted the sentence. -- Alarics (talk) 22:44, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

LBC radio

According to the lead, "She is currently a presenter of the daily podcast The News Agents on LBC Radio" which is misleading because you can't listen to the podcast by tuning a radio into LBC. It's available via the Global player application, Global being the parent company of LBC, but the implication is that there's a daily broadcast on LBC radio, which is untrue. 87.75.117.183 (talk) 07:58, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2949448/It-started-with-a-bang.html

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