User talk:Ta bu shi da yu/Sandbox

Just a quick note to say that I removed the line about "the dismissal of Triple M DJ Michael Tunn" because it was unrelated to the start of Tony's show. (The Adelaide Advertiser article did losely suggest it, but Tony is Melbourne based.)

Stu 03:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

television

He was in several shows people keep deleting, ie he was in the Shambles, a little-known Channel 31 production in Melbourne, playing himself. And he was obviously in Thank God You're Here, yet that's been deleted too.

For consistenncy, this point: "Tony is also the voice behind Bargearse, dubbed episodes of Bluey and Gov. Frontbottom & Judge Muttonchops in The Olden Days - both featured on The Late Show." should credit The Olden Days as dubbed episodes of Rush.

Page Protection

This article needs Page Protection as it gets vandalised as often as the Get This page does. --Ninevah 22:34, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Has been requested --Mikecraig 23:05, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Block

203.49.190.189 should be blocked for vandalism - --Mikecraig 11:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Article protection

Is article protection generally temporary or permanent? Why has this article attracted so much vandalism? Hannybanny 05:07, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I believe that protection is normally granted on a temp basis which is reviewed by the various wiki admins out there...the reason why this article gets vandalised so much is that Tony Martin on his Get This radio program makes fun of wikipedia and discusses the vandalism and sometimes even "encourages" people to cause havoc on articles (his, his program, his co-hosts and even ones like Nik Kershaw). --Mikecraig 05:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Look at Richard Marsland for an epic war over nicknames that have at times been over half the articles length, in non-sentence format. Doesn't help when Ed Kavalee agitates for their return either.

Yeah I know..been keeping an eye on these --Mikecraig 05:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Picture

Why is Tony's photo _exactly_ like Andrew Denton's photo? 220.253.2.41 11:45, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

uhh...Nothing like it --Mikecraig 20:55, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

The above comment suggesting the photos were identical was posted from an internet service provider in Victoria [1] and seemed to anticipate vandalism by 8 minutes from a registered user. That vandalism was reverted 3 minutes later.--Golden Wattle ^talk 22:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I think the vandalism occurred first (at 23:57 22 November 2006 (UTC)) and then the comment was posted nearly 12 hours later (at 11:45 23 November 2006 (UTC)), by which time the vandalism had long since been reverted. --DH85868993 23:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes that's right. Perhaps it was to do with the cache in some way - perhaps the user's own cache!--Golden Wattle ^talk 23:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced material

I have immediately removed all unsourced material in the Personal Life section. I strongly advise anyone who writes about Tony Martin to find a reliable source. WP:BIO should, and in fact will, be strictly followed. --Ta bu shi da yu 18:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

As a general rule, you can assume that the source for any absurd, dubious and clearly comical claims about his life are sourced from Tony himself. He has after all filled an autobiography, stand up routine and several thousand hours of radio with this stuff.

Also why should WP:BIO be strictly followed ? There's no bio in Wikipedia where the subject has stated more explicitly and repeatedly that he's amused by any and all misleading info here. He even encourages it. Surely you could figure out on your own that WP:BIO is more strict for living subjects than other subjects due to threat that living people are more likely to sue. Well he's not. Every dead person here will sue Wikipedia before he does. Chill out. Attriti0n 15:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Rumour

From that post today "In April 2007, it was rumoured that Get This would be moving to the drive time slot if ratings of the show's current timeslot did not improve.[citation needed]" - I wonder who has cooked this up? At present Wil & Lehmo is in the drivetime slot and I can't see Triple M making a change this quick ? --Mikecraig 04:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced material

"As a child he had a toe cut off by a protruding part in a brick wall while riding a bike. It was successfully reattached." - what's the source for this dubious claim? - Ta bu shi da yu 21:56, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I do remember him mentioning this on air. I didn't add it. Should check the podcasts (recent ones) to see if its there. 60.226.133.172 14:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes it was the same source for the equally dubious claim that he lost a finger in a fruit sorting machine. Tony Martin himself. Attriti0n 15:03, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Mick Molloy Fallout

I recently heard on one of the Get This podcasts that Tony Martin and Long time friend Mick Molloy are going to be battling each other out in court over DVD extra's. They did not exacly say much about it (as Tony was advised by his lawyers) but im guessing its because of the "Boytown Confidential" extra content that was only distributed on the website rather then on the DVD itself. Like I said though thats the only thing I can put it down to