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Infobox and image[edit]

Today's additions mainly from here. --ajn (talk) 18:30, 7 December 2005 (UTC) Infobox added. Can someone find a decent image we can use to head it up? Douglasnicol 19:50, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image added. Think outside the box 14:25, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Citsmithbox2.jpg[edit]

Image:Citsmithbox2.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Fair use rationale for Image:Citsmithbox1.jpg[edit]

Image:Citsmithbox1.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 19:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Episode list[edit]

Anyone support moving the list of episodes to List of Citizen Smith episodes? Think outside the box 15:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved it. Think outside the box 12:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Copyright Infringement[edit]

The text on this Wiki bears a remarkably close resemblence to one of the cited sources: http://www.tootingpopularfront.com/ I don't know which was written first, but it could do with checking out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.244.202.98 (talk) 14:10, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Coding in the "tootingpopularfront.com" top page shows that it was last edited on 21 August 2007, while the Internet Archive doesn't have an cached version before September 2007. The "tootingpopularfront.com" is virtually a cut-and-paste from the Wikipedia page as it was around August 2007, and had been for some time, so it seems the plagarism is "theirs," and not "ours." Nick Cooper (talk) 14:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Workers' Institute of Marxism–Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought nonsense[edit]

Certain newspapers - like the cited reference to The Guardian have been trying to suggest that a 1977 diary piece in The Times about the above group was the inspiration for Citizen Smith. This is complete nonsense. The diary entry in question appeared in the edition of 19 April 1977, a week after the Comedy Special pilot was transmitted. It goes without saying that the production will have been recorded some weeks prior to that transmission date, and the script written many months beforehand. I am therefore deletiong this erroneous claim. Nick Cooper (talk) 16:34, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Low-importance London articles[edit]

Going slightly off-topic but, since you slight the UK with "Low-importance London-related articles" (see below), can I suggest a section on:

Hollywood-related articles of almost no importance? 84.13.12.101 (talk) 11:35, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Low importance is an assessment by Wikipedia:WikiProject London about how important this article is to their project. It has nothing to do with slighting the UK. There is no WikiProject Hollywood, but the closest equivalent to the London WikiProject would be the Los Angeles task force which is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject California. That has plenty of low-importance articles, including Talk:18th Academy Awards. 2.25.126.198 (talk) 13:27, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Episode "The Glorious Day" - 'throwaway' statement?[edit]

This episode also came as a joy to all those who loathe garden gnomes.

I question the need and factual basis of this sweeping statement, which may surprise the first time reader by appearing a paragraph ahead of the accidental machine-gunning of the Johnson's garden when it makes better sense. I have not deleted it but raised a citation need in the thought someone may find citeable evidence (such as, perhaps, published feedback from viewers or letters in newspapers). I watched the series when it was on air and do not recall hearing of a public outpouring of gratitude; what are the known viewing figures for the episode anyway?Cloptonson (talk) 09:58, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]