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Good Article Reassessment
Stephen Fry's Podgrams is being reassessed and contains a banner for this wikiproject. If you'd like to make any comments please visit the talk page.
Farce needs eyes
Farce is a "high importance" article for this project but has been reduced to a stub by removal of its list items with comment "Removing entirely unsourced list - a list of works is not valuable to this page, and the list was built up entirely without sources to explain any rationale for inclusion. List has been discussed multiple time on talk:page without any action - deleting". Someone here might like to rescue it. PamD 07:55, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
COI editor seeks assessment of Sheridan "Shed" Simove
Hello volunteers My name is Dan Cook. I do paid editing on behalf of clients, mostly article cleanup. I recently got a request for help with a new article from a British entertainer, Sheridan “Shed” Simove. He had a Wikipedia entry that was posted in 2011 but was deleted this past June. I am reaching out to you because of your interest in editing comedy pages. I think what happened was Shed attempted to add in new information without disclosing his COI. (I’m pretty sure he did not understand the rules around such editing.) Another editor saw his work, decided he was not notable, and deleted it with little discussion. I reviewed his coverage and I do believe his is sufficiently notable to merit a rather short article. Would you be willing to review my draft below, since I am in a COI and should not be posting it? I am posting it here before taking it live into the draft space because you folks have an interest in comedy and what makes a comedian notable. Thanks in advance for any guidance. DanDavidCook (talk) 23:13, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
Here is my proposed draft:
Born Alma mater Oxford University (BA) Occupation entertainer, author, entrepreneur
Sheridan "Shed" Simove is a British entertainer, author, entrepreneur, and creator of whimsical inventions, novelty products, and publicity stunts.Early Life
Simove was born in Cardiff, Wales, in the U.K. He received his pre-university education in Cardiff and attended Oxford University (Balliol College) where he completed a degree in Experimental Psychology.[1]
Career
Simove began his career in television. In 2001, Simove posed as a 16-year-old schoolboy for eight weeks as part of a Channel 4 documentary called ‘Back to School.' When the head teacher heard about the real reason for the documentary, she escorted the film crew and Simove from the school grounds.[2] Following the documentary team rejection, it was decided to scrap the series and it never aired.[1]
Simove was subsequently appointed commissioning editor of ‘Big Brother’ in the United Kingdom in the mid-2000s.[3] After leaving his production position, he created many novelty products and ran guerrilla marketing campaigns. He also became an author after releasing his first book, ‘Ideas Man.’[4]
In 2008, he created a currency called ‘The Ego.’[5] As an entertainer, Simove appeared at The Edinburgh Fringe in 2009.[6]
Simove has written and released two novelty books. In 2011, his novelty book, ‘What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex’ was released, containing 200 blank pages[7] It became an Amazon bestseller, reaching #44 on Amazon sales charts.[4]
In 2012, Simove released ‘50 Shades of Gray’ This book also notably contained no content and was full of blank pages in different shades of grey.[8]
His invention ‘Shinder’ was a take on the popular dating app of a similar name, Tinder. Simove was the only male available to date on the platform. Tinder subsequently filed copyright infringement against the platform created by Simove.[9]
His campaign went on to win best Low Budget Campaign at the PRCA awards in 2017.[10]
In 2019, Simove was a speaker at TED in Vitosha, Bulgaria, on “How to be number one in a field of one?”[11]
References
- ^ a b Wells, Matt (March 21, 2002). "School angry at TV's student imposter". The Guardian.
- ^ Cassidy, Sarah (March 21, 2002). "Channel 4 scraps film after adult posed as a school pupil". The Independent.
- ^ Jones, Catherine (March 29, 2013). ""Oh brother … look what's back"". Wales Online.
- ^ a b Murray, Michael (April 13, 2011). "Conversation: Best-selling Author Shed Simove Writes Book With No Words". ABC News.
- ^ Hill, Jennifer (March 28, 2008). ""Of course it's genuine -- I made it myself"". Reuters.
- ^ Brown, Angie (August 22, 2009). "Roll up for publicity stunt prize". BBC.
- ^ Holiday, Ryan (April 20, 2016). "Meet the Man Who Sold Hundreds of Thousands of Books With Blank Pages in Them". The Observer.
- ^ Richard Strauss, Rachel (August 22, 2012). "Author of novelty 50 Shades Of Grey book feels 'handcuffed' by publishers". Metro.
- ^ Kleinman, Zoe (May 16, 2017). "Tinder fights one-man dating platform". BBC.
- ^ "2017 Winners". PRCA Dare Awards. 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
Ready10 & Shed Simove – Shinder Helping one man get a date for Valentines day- ^ "Ideas Worth Spreading". TED Talks. 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
How to be #1 in a field of one?
Featured Article Review for The Country Wife
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Draft:New Rockstars
I need help getting this draft ready to be reviewed https:/wiki/Draft:New_Rockstars.TonyStank123456789 (talk) 04:16, 12 February 2021 (UTC)