Talk:Brandon Fellows

GA Review

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Nominator: DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk · contribs) 18:24, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Reconrabbit (talk · contribs) 16:55, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I'll review this article. -- Reconrabbit (talk 16:55, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@DaniloDaysOfOurLives: I'm done reviewing, so you can take a look and evaluate what I had to say about this article now in full. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 15:19, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Prose

• Is there info on which specific pride event he went to with Hegarty (ex. Pride in London)?
  • Unfortunately no :( I do assume it is Pride in London, but not sure for definite. The article does not specify 100% unfortunately. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
    • I made it more general in that case. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
• The first paragraph of this article ends with a sentence that uses "has also" twice in a row, can you split that or rewrite it?
  • Changed :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
• I think he just portrays Callum in Raised by Wolves, not "Callum 2" - he just plays Callum in all of Series 2 and in some episodes of Series 1, while a few appearances in Series 1 were covered by Theo Johnson. Unless this is a common convention it reads as confusing to me.
  • Honestly, I am really confused. I have done more research and it still is not clear, as several sources say Callum and Callum 2. I have removed Callum 2 for now. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
    • Okay. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
• but it was suggested who suggested this? or how was it suggested?
  • Reworded! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
• Fellows was excited to joining the cast of Hollyoaks missing word?
  • Fixed! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
• It's weird that Fellows' thoughts on his character of Timmy is placed in between the in-universe depiction of his character ("may be lying about his identity", ... "it was later revealed"
  • I placed it because the news of Fellows' thoughts came before the reveal. I can change it if needed, but to me it seemed like the best fit.DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
    • That makes sense. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
• Fellows also praised the character, calling him "interesting", "quirky and unique" that came into the soap with "such a bang" "calling him that came into" is a weird construction, I think you could rewrite this as Fellows called Tommy an "interesting" and "quirky and unique" character that came into the soap with "such a bang",
• I wrote something about the way his death is described in Hollyoaks that is confusing in the references section
  • I think I have fixed the wording for clarity. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
• Copyright: Nothing noted yet. Positive copy only appears in attributed quotes.

References

• Layout: No problems
• I will convert the archive links that are currently live.

Spot checking

Reviewing 10 sources/15% of sources, whichever is larger. Numbering is based on this revision.

• [2] I don't like the use of this source for anything except for Fellows' self-described weight loss (which is corroborated by The Sun, not linked here). Hello! is a celebrity gossip magazine that is known to have fabricated stories. Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 267#Hello! Magazine
  • I can remove it if needed, but I thought that the other 2 instances were okay as one is covered by WP:RSOPINION, and the other is to state his age and gives a more precise moment of his date of birth with the help of the other source. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
• [3] Y
• [4] Y
• [8] Y
• [13] Y
• [15] Y
• [16] Y
• [18] Is the title a quote? The " are duplicated here.
  • Yes DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
• [19] This is confusing - he appeared on 21 May after his character was killed off? Or was this the episode where he was revealed as dead (the source seems to imply the latter)?
  • It is the latter - I have fixed the wording. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
• [20] Y

Scope

• Broad: The expected sections for a biography of this type are present.
• Narrow: Background, career, personal life (when available) and appearances/nominations are included in detail as possible; I couldn't find any details on the subject that were obviously omitted, but he is difficult to research because of a similarly-named pardoned rioter and an awards ceremony.

Stability

• Neutrality: Pending some above revision. Some of the information is a bit gossip-like which I suppose is hard to avoid in this subject area.
  • Is there anything I should change? DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
    • Nothing now - thanks! -- Reconrabbit (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
• Edit warring: Not much going on in this revision history. Y

Images

• Free/Fair use: N/A
• Relevance: N/A

Good Article review progress box

Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

@Reconrabbit: Thank you so so so much for your review! I have responded to all of your points and fixed everything (I think). Do I need to do anything regarding the "Scope" section? Let me know if I need to do anything at all :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:41, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected, closed by Zzz plant (talk) 15:21, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Brandon Fellows was dubbed a "rising star with a loyal fanbase" after appearing on The Stranger?

• Source:

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Episode 8498 (Neighbours)
  • Comment: Apologies, I was a few hours late as I have been very busy with job interviews. I would highly appreciate being given a bit of leeway with this one

Created by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 53 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 00:42, 20 May 2026 (UTC).

• Hi Danilo, please note this is my first DYK review.

General eligibility:

• New enough: - Very slightly (around 3½ hours) late.
• Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is my first review, so am leaving for a more experienced reviewer to provide overall adjudication. 3½ hours late but I would allow that leeway for this good article. Per WP:NPPSG, Hello! is a generally unreliable source, but I think it should be fine for a direct quote per WP:RSOPINION. I would add by Hello! either before or just after the quote. Max263 (talk • contribs) 16:20, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: If that is the only major issue I would allow that leeway for this good article. Moondragon21 (talk) 16:03, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
• Signing off on this one. I went through the copyvio tool and saw no issue.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:54, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
• @Max263, Crisco 1492, Beta Beta Beta, DaniloDaysOfOurLives, Dclemens1971, and Narutolovehinata5:, I have pulled this from prep due to unresolved WP:DYKINT concerns. TarnishedPath^talk 05:05, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
  • • I still think the pull was premature but here are some alternate hooks:
• ALT1: ... that video of Brandon Fellows and Farrel Hegarty at Pride gained attention from soap opera fans despite the pair not working together in one?
• ALT2: ... that Brandon Fellows believed that viewers would "love to hate" his Hollyoaks character?
• ALT3: ... that English actor Brandon Fellows's favourite holiday destination is Ibiza?
• ALT4: ... that Brandon Fellows found his Hollyoaks character "quirky and unique"?
• DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 05:28, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Given that this nomination has now reached DYKTIMEOUT and we need a resolution as soon as possible, I'd throw my support behind ALT2 only. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:49, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

@Max263: @Crisco 1492: If you approve ALT2, could you please add a DYK tick so that it does not time out? :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 09:08, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Signing off on ALT2. Let's get this thing moving. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:42, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

• This nomination is now more than two weeks past DYKTIMEOUT and has gone unpromoted for over a week since the last approval of a hook. Given the large backlog of approved hooks, I am marking it for closure. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:40, 28 July 2026 (UTC)