Talk:Nigel Farage/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Cameo

Should Nigel Farage's bizarre career on the app Cameo, where you can pay him to say pretty much whatever, be mentioned, alongside some of the stranger stuff he has been made to say? It's been widely covered (and mocked) in the media, see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 etc. Ichthyovenator (talk) 13:10, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Reversion of my edit on singing of neo-nazi songs

@ Earl of Arundel: Friendly greetings Earl, I very rarely get reverted as I only ever use RS, avoid opinion pieces and I've been editing since 2005. My objective is always to get a better article so please lets cooperate and count victory as a better article. We can both win. The Independent article isn't gossip, nor is it an opinion piece. After the murder of Jo Cox, a number of people felt intimidated.

To those who know their propaganda history, Farage's video of refugees in a long line is remarkably evocative of rats coming out of the gutter interspersed with pictures of Jews as depicted in the Eternal Jew. I visited the Hitler's mountain residence but much material has been taken down to minimise the risk of Hitler worship. Note in South Thanet where Farage stood, both Tory and Labour combined to block Farage. Michael Howard himself is a Jew as are the Miliband brothers.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/inside-the-tory-battle-to-stop-nigel-farage-becoming-an-mp.

Regards JRPG (talk) 22:22, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

[Not Earl, but] That his schoolfriend said that he sung that nazi song is certainly verifiable and sourced to adequately reliable sources, the problem is with including an incendiary accusation by a schoolfriend of his in the early life section of a BLP, especially with that specific wording (e.g. saying it was "confirmed" by his old friend). The problem is that it's undue, and problematic for a BLP – whether the accusatoin is true or not – to include every bit of gossip thrown around like that by people someone went to school with. The guidelines at WP:BLPGOSSIP are probably helpful here: Ask yourself whether the source is reliable; [yes] whether the material is being presented as true [no, it's something he was accused of by a friend from his old school] and whether, even if true, it is relevant to a disinterested article about the subject [debatable, but we should probably trust the judgement of the level of coverage in reliable sources]

If this garnered a large amount of attention in other secondary sources it could plausibly be due and treated appropriately, but googling around I don't think that it did. Only good RS I can find on this really is Hareetz and the article from The Independent you used in your edit (+Channel 4 probably qualifies too: [1]). I don't really think gossip-y stuff like this should find its way into a BLP without good reason, especially when it seems barely covered by reliable sources. ‑‑Volteer1 (talk) 23:02, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Nigel Farage Place of Birth

Farnborough is in Hampshire not in Kent as stated in the summary — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.161.167.75 (talk • contribs) 14:17, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

That is a different Farnborough. Hogweard (talk) 09:37, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

He was born in this one. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:19, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Farage was born in Farnborough when it was in Kent, this because he was born prior to 1965 and the formation of the County of Greater London which took over the area removing it from Kent. Crayboi (talk) 20:49, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2021

Nigel Farage duped into saying pro Provisional IRA slogan in Cameo service video, which made international headlines:

https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-pro-ira-message-birthday-cameo-video/amp/

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/nigel-farage-i-was-hoaxed-into-up-the-ra-birthday-greeting-40939610.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/up-the-ra-nigel-farage-duped-into-using-republican-slogan-in-birthday-video-message-1.4698180 212.129.78.206 (talk) 14:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

"International" headlines, as in "UK and Ireland" headlines? He will literally say wherever you want for €87? It sounds like the man is a complete fool. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:17, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C.

"A rugby club has cancelled an upcoming event featuring Nigel Farage following backlash from members and the community. Preston Grasshoppers RFC has now cancelled the charity event, billed as ‘An evening with Nigel Farage: The man not the myth’. me after the event sparked outrage on social media with supporters and members of the club voicing their anger, and some resorting to cutting up their membership cards." Not sure how notable this is. Perhaps it happens all the time? Martinevans123 (talk) 12:09, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Stress in the surname

I've heard Farage being mentioned by other people a lot of times and each time I heard it as stress-final, something like /fəˈɹɑʒ/. As I watched this video on YouTube, I felt like they don't really mind the stress, though I noticed that in the end Nigel himself pronounced both «Farage» and «garage» rather stress-initial, more like /ˈfærɑːʒ/. Still I can't help noticing that a big set of people pronounce it stress-final, so I think that /fəˈɹɑʒ/ should be added next to /ˈfærɑːʒ/, at best with an explanation if one can be found from a reliable source. Артём Кочкин (talk) 08:59, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Air crash.

The air crash and injury should be added to the personal section. 2A02:C7C:E085:8D00:1023:BE69:1A57:F565 (talk) 16:16, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Covered under 2010 general election. — Czello 17:31, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Farage, not Farange

EOM. RudolfoMD (talk) 03:39, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

 Fixed — Czello ^(music) 07:38, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

NatWest

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NatWest_Group&diff=1166122455&oldid=1156343870 In ictu oculi (talk) 11:03, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Dodgy dealings

In the European Parliament section there's this bit:

The BBC spent four months filming a documentary about his European election campaign in 1999, but did not air it. Farage, then head of the UKIP's South East office, asked for a video and had friends make copies which were sold for £5 through the UKIP's magazine. Surrey Trading Standards investigated and Farage admitted the offence (what offence?).[14/41]

I added the numbers at the end, forgot which citation it was. That leads to a archived news article that clearly states that Ukip did sell those films & Farage telling that it shouldn't have happened. So the (what offence?) is utterly ridiculous there. Hope it will be removed soon. 85.148.147.144 (talk) 19:26, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

I removed it. I am not opposed to it being re-added if we can find better sources. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 22:35, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

He's far-right\alt-right

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a00:23c7:91ab:bc01:38dc:1ba2:b2e:c3c (talk) 2023-09-26T21:45:36 (UTC) – dudhhr ^talk_contribs^she_her 21:46, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

References

What house was Nigel in at Dulwich College?

Worth enquiring. 82.71.2.184 (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I note an entry has been removed from his early days when it was reported whilst in air cadets he marched through local village singing Hitler youth songs

update 194.75.90.69 (talk) 09:44, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

I believe it was removed for 1) not being notable and 2) no definitive proof of it even being true. — Czello ^(music) 09:50, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps you got that claim mixed with this 2019 report in The Independent where a "close school friend" claimed that ".. the teenage Mr Farage sang “gas 'em all, gas 'em all”, a neo-Nazi song about Jewish people."? Although there is also this report in Morning Star which says: ""A recently unearthed letter from the rabid rightwingers's time at posh public school Dulwich College alleges that he "marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler Youth songs."" Martinevans123 (talk) 16:50, 9 December 2023 (UTC)