Talk:Jimmy Savile

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Fire at Savile's cottage in Scotland

Video here. The building was derelict anyway. ♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:47, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Those poor Sun reporters, being sent to Glencoe in that weather. Let's hope they got a good deal on the petrol. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:10, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

"Death not suspicious"

Under "Health and death," the article says "He had been in hospital with pneumonia, and his death was not suspicious." I think it's weird to just outright say that his death wasn't suspicious. I guess you could say that they found that his death wasn't suspicious? But surely you can't just SAY that it wasn't suspicious outright, no matter what sources you have. And if that's the case, then how about this: I say his death WAS suspicious. Now cite me as a source and change the article to say that some people do and don't find his death suspicious Tschwitzer (talk) 04:51, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

The BBC source says: "Template:Tq" Martinevans123 (talk) 06:35, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

The problem here is WP:REDFLAG. No reliable source has ever suggested that Savile's death was due to anything other than ill health and old age.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:41, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Okay, so say that the police said there was nothing suspicious about his death, that would be accurate. What isn't accurate is to say 100% that there was nothing suspicious about his death, as if this knowledge was handed down by God himself Tschwitzer (talk) 18:53, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

No objections. (Note: we don't usually involve God himself.) Martinevans123 (talk) 18:58, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Tschwitzer, as far as we know, you are not regarded a WP:RS source. If you have any source that is, stating that Savile's death was suspicious, by all means present it. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:32, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 May 2025

Please remove from Jimmy Saville his titles or references to “Sir” or Knighthood, OBE, CBE or other. These were all rescinded when his historic and widespread child abuse was released. To leave them is an affront to his numerous 400 known victims. 2A00:23C5:BD97:EE00:0:0:0:1003 (talk) 12:39, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

• File:X mark.svg Not done: Please see the article text in Jimmy_Savile#Honours_and_awards, the talk page header, and various previous discussions about this.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:51, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

We don't generally arrange article content because it might be "an affront" to anyone's victims. That might be considered to fall under WP:RGW. We should just report the facts. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:12, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 June 2025

Savile started playing records in dance halls in the early 1940s, and claimed to be the first DJ. According to his autobiography, he was the first to use two turntables and a microphone at the Grand Records Ball at the Guardbridge Hotel in 1947,[27][28][29] although his claim to have been the first is untrue; twin turntables were illustrated in the BBC Handbook in 1929 and advertised for sale in Gramophone magazine in 1931.[30] He became a semi-professional sportsman, competing in the 1951 Tour of Britain cycle race[31] and working as a professional wrestler.[9]

According to a 2007 Guardian interview, the equipment was created by Dave Dalmour, a friend of Savile from Leeds. [1] Correctoreditorciter (talk) 11:37, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

File:X mark.svg Not done It is unclear what change(s) you are proposing. But even then, the source given for the "Dave Dalmour" connection has nothing to do with this claim? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:50, 16 June 2025 (UTC)