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Contents 1 Copyvio 2 Response 3 Additional info 4 Edited 5 Kim SMITH??? 6 More info 7 Young heroes 8 Formatting notice. 9 Notice removed 10 Gardener? 11 Stacey Q cover 12 Kim Wilde related to Oscar Wilde? 13 Best Selling UK Female Pop Star?

[edit] Copyvio

Almost the entire text of this page is a copvio from this site. Removed offending text. —Frecklefoot 15:50, Mar 19, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Response

I am the copywrite holder of this page. I freely contribute it to Wikipedia, with some additions. You can verify by mailing kimwilde.com's webmaster if needed. Please restore the page! — mfgr at kimwilde d o t c o m 15:50, Mar 20, 2004 (GMT)

[edit] Additional info

Image used is promotional picture from RAK records 1982.

[edit] Edited

August 2005: Deleted several singles from the discography: they were only released as postcards in Poland or as promotional singles in other territories.

[edit] Kim SMITH???

Where do you guys take that from? I think Marty Wilde is Marty's real name, so she should be a Wilde too. pretty confused, andy

• Yep, it's right. Marty Wilde's real name is Reginald Smith. This info wasn't included on his entry, so i've just updated it. Crisso 17:45, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks!! This'll make everything clearer by about 50 percent. :) -andy 80.129.88.61 15:04, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More info

Added detailed descriptions of albums, books and impact. Rearranged and edited the page and added images, too. mfgr

[edit] Young heroes

Hi to all user! Do you know, was there ever realised the single "Young heroes" from Kim Wilde? I thought, I read about it somewhere. (Sorry for my bad english) Thanks!!! Greatings, "Reinhard"

• No single, check http://www.kimwilde.com/encyclopedia/songs/00010/ for more info. mfgr

[edit] Formatting notice.

Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles), songs should be in quotes, not italics. They should also be written in title case. The article as a whole needs to be cleaned up as well.--FuriousFreddy

[edit] Notice removed

Article cleaned up. Songs in quotes, album and single titles in italics. Article is formal in tone with possible exception of album reviews. I'd like to see an album review that is formal in tone. :-] mfgr

[edit] Gardener?

I don't think so. She might do it in her personal time, but WP is not the place for what she does every single second of her life when she is awake. Iolakana|^T 20:01, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I would think making TV shows about it (As this article says she has), and writing about it might make it something slightly more than "personal time". --Kiand 20:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stacey Q cover

As an avid SQ listener and collector, I do not have any knowledge of her covering Dancing in the Dark. Source, please? goodnightjack

[edit] Kim Wilde related to Oscar Wilde?

I read a 1987 Paris Match magazine article of Kim Wilde and from my memory, it stated her great-granduncle is Oscar Wilde, the famous 19th century Irish poet. Can anyone find the magazine article on the web and confirm it a fact or my misinterpretation of French...my mistake. 207.200.116.10 02:31, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm unable to find the claim on her great-granduncle was Oscar Wilde, one of those fans' speculations that goes nowhere. The article clearly stated her father, Marty Smith took the name "Wilde" for business purposes in his rock band. I don't know Marty Smith is related to Oscar or this is his middle or nickname used in the family. Kim Wilde isn't only a singer, it turns out she's a garden expert (that's cool to have hobbies aside a job), and the hobby is quite popular in England, you'll find some celebrity garden enthuasists, like Prince Charles with his own organic food farm. + 207.200.116.135 13:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I seriously doubt that they'd be related, "Wilde" is supposedly strictly a stage name. As for Kim's gardening career, it's been a just that - a career, not simply a hobby ;) Calanor 09:56, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

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I've just updated the information for my own site, kimwildecentral. As you can see from the link, we now have a domain name and a substantial fansite attatched to the forum. Also, kim-wilde.co.uk seems to have bitten the dust -can anyone verify? I know that Maksim hadn't updated for a long time, but I can't seem to access the site at all now.

Simon Robinson Oct 31 2006

[edit] Best Selling UK Female Pop Star?

MassassiUK 15:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC) I find this claim to be extremely unlikely when you compare Kim's career to that of Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, or Dido (all of whom have had multiple no.1 albums and considerable singles chart success both at home and abroad). Lennox's "Diva" album alone has more than likely outsold all of Kim's albums put together, as has either of Dido's albums. I imagine Dusty Springfield would probably also edge out Kim's sales record. Petula Clark certainly does (worldwide sales of around 70 million records), but it's debateable as to whether she could be mainly considered "pop" (as opposed to easy listening).