Talk:Alan Bates (subpostmaster)
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Birth date edit
FreeBMD shows only one Alan Bates birth registered in Liverpool in 1954 and 1955. It's this one: Alan W. Bates, mother's name Antoney, registered in Liverpool North, in the third quarter of 1954. That would give a current age of 69. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- See WP:BLPPRIMARY. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:44, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- As ever, I wasn't proposing use of FreeBMD as a source in the article. But, in the absence of any information to contradict this, that would seem to be the record of his birth. We can't pretend that record doesn't exist. It's very unlikely to be a mistake. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:52, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
Spelling edit
Bates set up the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance. Not the "Justice for Sub-postmasters Alliance". This article should use the correct spelling, "subpostmaster" throughout, including in its title, as does British Post Office scandal.
Talk:British Post Office scandal#Sub-postmasters [SIC] also refers. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, that's right. I somehow doubt Bates is as interested in correct use or non-use of the hyphen as some editors here are. But it's certainly used consistently without a hyphen at the website It's a loss less fiddly without one. There seems to be a bit of a contradiction between his use of the word and it's standard use in dictionaries? Perhaps WP:MoS is the venue to resolve that? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:01, 13 January 2024 (UTC) p.s. is jfsa.org.uk/ WP:BLPPRIMARY?
- p.p.s. I see that National Federation of SubPostmasters uses a big P.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinevans123 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
Feedback from New Page Review process edit
I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Alan Bates is someone of exceptional notability given his central role, over decades, in uncovering what is, arguably, the biggest Miscarriage of justice in British legal history. THis article needs to be expanded.
MarkDask 10:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- The legal case should be explicitly described. He's mentioned a few times here. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:57, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- He gave evidence (briefly) to the Inquiry on 16/01/24. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:40, 17 January 2024 (UTC)