Talk:Chris Whitty

Nigeria

He only spent three or four years in Nigeria. A standard British Council posting would be three years, sometimes extended by another year. The cite given is an article in The Guardian - which no doubt got its "information" from here! I have now modified the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.44.24 (talk) 21:40, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

"likes to go for a drink and talk about things"

Being unmarried and not having children may be worth mentioning, but surely his enjoying tennis but not being his "strongest point" and liking to "go for a drink and talk about things" is not. According to the source (The Guardian), it's not even something he said. We do seem to list interests on some BLPs, but I think this is taking it a little too far. 72 (talk) 18:14, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

I agree. That does seem fairly pointless. (All of it, IMO.) DoubleGrazing (talk) 19:51, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Maybe mention tennis and choir, if well sourced, but combine and shorten the last two sentences. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:07, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

I'll leave a brief mention of tennis and music, but remove the other fluff. Instead I'll say that he's a private person, which is stated in one of the sources (the BBC article) as a quote from Whitehall. DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:02, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, that's much better. I think him being a very private person is the more important point here, and certainly better than the speculative quotes. 72 (talk) 13:30, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Most of the people on this planet are private people. It's entirely irrelevant and anybody normal reading this article is just going to go "Ok, and?". Says nothing about his personal life and I've never come across this in any other biography on Wikipedia. If there's nothing worth saying, then there is nothing worth saying in my opinion — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:762F:8400:1DC3:6F3B:C377:A3BD (talk) 18:59, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Chris Whitty is not one of most of the people on this planet. He is Chief Medical Officer for England (CMO), Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) at the Department of Health and Social Care, Head of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and since March 2020 has taken a leading role in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The fact that he is also a private person who refuses to discuss his personal life is noteworthy in this BLP. NedFausa (talk) 19:08, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

I just can't see that it's encyclopedic. More like tabloid, and even then, only in a case where the private life is noteworthy in itself. Valetude (talk) 21:36, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

"Scratching his head, one Whitehall official said: "There was some talk of him enjoying Scottish dancing."" A scandalous and louche firebrand he is not. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:50, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Chris Whitty is Gresham Visiting Professor of Public Health - suggested edit

I would like to suggest that it be edited that Chris Whitty is now the Visiting Professor of Public Health at Gresham College since his appointment in 2022. He is no longer the Gresham Professor of Physic.

You can read more about Chris Whitty and Gresham College here. He is currently giving a lecture series on Diseases of the Heart at Gresham College which you can read about here.

I would like to disclose that I work for Gresham College and so I am suggesting this as an edit. Commsgresh (talk) 15:15, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Looks like the article was updated accordingly. -- Wire723 (talk) 10:11, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Open University

I have just opened a discussion thread at Talk:Open University in which some editors might be interested. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Honorary degree

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66223724

does this need adding 82.20.231.84 (talk) 21:22, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Added, thanks for the tip. -- Wire723 (talk) 10:09, 11 August 2024 (UTC)