Talk:Freaky Eaters (British TV programme)

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This article was created by the production company using the text from the BBC website. However, the text from the BBC website is written by the production company who then supply it to the BBC. Therefore, the text submitted for the article belongs to the production company who were the people that wrote the article. Therefore, it is not a breach of copyright.

I think you need to brush up on your copyright law. Also, the fact is that the original article, under the name Freaky eaters was prod'd and deleted. Coming back with another article on the same topic and only capitalizing the E in Eaters doesn't take care of the original problem with the article. 172.146.182.106 17:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have stubbed the article, removing the copyright vio section of the article (basically, the edpisode synopsis). And yes, whomever it was written by, it is copyrighted by the BBC site. If it needs speedied or prodded for another reason, feel free. Pastordavid 18:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Pastor David. I will leave it up to others to decide if this is Wiki Worthy. 172.133.68.127 18:55, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Addicted to...[edit]

I've removed the following from the article:

The series follows people with reported eating disorders, namely addiction to a particular type of food, most of the disorders are made up and the program is based on reported events.

Although each episode is titled "addicted to X", I feel this is misleading as the people on the show don't have an addiction in the sense that they are compelled to eat the food, it's more like the opposite, a phobia of foods which are "different". I've watched several episodes and one or two of the "freaky eaters" have described it this way. Also, the people on the show haven't been diagnosed with any recognized eating disorders, other than being labeled "freaky" by the show. Meddlingkid (talk) 12:12, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the name of the show is a consequence of a common misunderstanding of the word "addiction". The people on this show may well have an unhealthily monotonous diet, but to be quite honest, so what? They're adults and its up to them what they eat! This program is simply another social engineering idea, along the lines of "them and us" - it creates a means for "ordinary people" to watch and say "oh how weird....at least WE are not like that". The answer of course is "No, you're not like that, but so what?" More pseudoscience and watered down claptrap to placate the sheep. StanPomeray (talk) 21:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 24 July 2018[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved as follows:

The base name Freaky Eaters will become a dab page. — Amakuru (talk) 15:25, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

– The American program is actually the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC according to page views, even though the UK version came first – the American version is currently incorrectly named under WP:NCTV in any case, and has to be moved (the alternative option would be Freaky Eaters (U.S. TV program), if this is considered to be a WP:NOPRIMARY situation). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 18:41, 24 July 2018 (UTC) --Relisted. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:23, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a strong preference whether the US is primary or not, but as my personal (not based on guidelines) view, it feels strange for the original show not to be the primary (I know that isn't how primary is decided). Anyways, I support the US change to either name. --Gonnym (talk) 23:32, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest that for those that feel similarly, the "WP:NOPRIMARY" option is probably best – simply disambiguate both (i.e. with "UK" and "U.S.")... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:19, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Duke of Nonsense^{What is necessary for thee?}. 09:27, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well if it's only me then Support the first and Support Freaky Eaters (U.S. TV program) --Gonnym (talk) 20:51, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support first but oppose second per long term notability. There is no WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, so move Freaky Eaters (disambiguation) to base line. In ictu oculi (talk) 19:42, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- @In ictu oculi: To clarify – do you support moving the second one to Freaky Eaters (U.S. TV program) then? --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:52, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:03, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support first these are different countries' versions of the same thing, which are usually disambiguated by country (that or a main article is created not specific to country). Peter James (talk) 22:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- @Peter James: To clarify – do you support moving the second one to Freaky Eaters (U.S. TV program) as well, as per WP:NCTV? --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:47, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  Yes. Peter James (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support first, move TLC series to Freaky Eaters (U.S. TV program) - WP:NOPRIMARY demonstrated (page views are fairly close). Once these are better distinguished, incoming links to Freaky Eaters cleaned up, and given some time, we can reevaluate the question of primary status. -- Netoholic @ 13:57, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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