Talk:Brian Patten

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This page is a lightly paraphrased quote from this page: http://www.brianpatten.co.uk/biog.html . If he is "one of Britain's leading contemporary poets," there must be someone who can expand upon this article. Saile (talk) 17:45, 25 December 2007 (UTC) (who also added the template, before noticing that he wasn't logged in)

I removed the "Autobiography" tab. There is no evidence that Patten himself edited the article and under WP:BLP we should not make derogatory remarks about a living person.--Poetlister (talk) 12:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Patten-watch-3.jpg

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"Client"?

Edits such as this one have recently been made by User:Remarkableemphasis, who says that "My clients include; Willy Russell; Tim Firth; Brian Patten; Adrian Henri (deceased)". Remarkableemphasis, could you please explain what you mean by saying that the biographee is a "client" of yours? -- Hoary (talk) 08:16, 18 April 2017 (UTC)