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According to Wikipedia:Press reports, Bill Bailey (the UK comedian) told The Times that he is a occasional reader of Wikipedia (reported here [1] ). Hi Mr. Bailey, Sir! Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 14:01, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

If that's true then he should become a little more active in making sure his article is as good as it ought to be!! :) violet/riga

"I go to all the online versions of papers, and to wikipedia.org, an online encyclopedia, which is actually not mad." Confirmed in a Guardian interview. lots of issues | leave me a message 23:08, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Duplicated Trivia 2 Anti-joke 3 Major changes 4 Irish descent? 5 Minor Change? 6 Shaun of the Dead? 7 Billy Bragg 8 Personal Life

[edit] Duplicated Trivia

the trivium about him being is the 2005 HG2G film is in there twice once in the triva and once in the "other aperences" section, which one should be kept? I removed the triva entry and added one to the TV/film Euano 18:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-joke

Hi Bailey interested Wikipedians, you've made a sensible choice by coming to this page. There's a minor point over at Anti-joke that should be of interest to anyone familiar with Bailey's stand-up. Check the discussion page and please do comment if you can contribute. Thanks Coyote-37 15:55, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Major changes

I added a trivia section because aside from there being large amounts of duplicated data, the list of achievements etc. was getting ridiculously long and was written in note form. I feel the current layout improves upon the original, but the article still needs serious work. --^pirate 22:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

That seems like a wise move, although a few things do need shuffling around. I'm not sure the bit about audio CDs should be in Trivia, and I would just propose adding them to the list of Selected Works, but I think it's important to make the distinction between the 'Bewilderness' and 'Ultimate Collection Ever' CDs. The Wild West mention shouldn't really be in trivia either - how about a section for guest appearances?

Also, I have a Bill Bailey fansite which is linked to at the bottom. I thought it might also be useful to link to the credits section, which is quite comprehensive and would be a quicker way for people to get a full list. However, I don't want to over-promote my own site, so I'll leave the decision to someone else. --Not Josh 17:50, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, I completely rewrote the article. There's a lot of material there now and it needs refining, with a better layout, and probably less bias, but I feel it's much more comprehensive now than it was before.

Not Josh 16:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Irish descent?

Re: the category "People of Irish descent in Great Britain" just added - can anyone back this up? I've never read or heard anything that gives this impression. Not Josh 18:13, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

indeed, he's a thorough West Country bloke through and through I always supposed. At least that's what he infers. No trace of Irish I don't think. Nikevs 18:44, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minor Change?

Does this make sense? "it was later been released in shops as Bill Bailey: The Ultimate Collection" I would have said "it was later released in shops as..."

Agreed, fixed it. --- Trench 16:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shaun of the Dead?

I thought Bill wasn't able to make his appearance in Shaun of the Dead, but can't find confirmation either way. Anyone?

[edit] Billy Bragg

Bill Bailey appeared with Billy Bragg onstage at the 2005 Glastonbury festival where they performed Bailey's song "Unisex Chip-Shop", a parody of a Billy Bragg-style song. I feel this is worth mentioning, althoguh I wouldn't know where. Trivia presumably...here is a link to the performance for verification anyway, perhaps it could go in the external links [2]212.32.11.115 11:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

Now I assume Bill has a personal life, so why no mention? I thought he was married and a father, so I would've thought that would be important information to be included in a biography? I'd add it myself but I really don't know the facts.

That's probably a reason why there's not much here - he doesn't seem very public when it comes to details about his family life.--Joseph Q Publique 04:45, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

All the same, someone must know some small fact that could be inserted into the trivia section? 86.128.227.223 19:44, 17 March 2007 (UTC)