Talk:Craig David

Bo' Selecta! stays

I've taken the initiative by adding back the deleted selection last seen in this revision of the article. Since there are now three reasonably reliable sources documenting his disdain towards Bo' Selecta!, there should be no reason for anyone (überfan or otherwise) to delete it again. Should it happen, however, I'll be sure to add it back straight away. Now that's proper bo, I tells thee! Righto, I'm off to feed Kes. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 22:03, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Also, just in case anyone was wondering as to who exactly keeps removing all mentions of the show, it seems to be a sole user by the name of NickHSpurs, who has continuously only ever edited Craig David-related articles since 2007! So if you see any of his edits here, check them carefully as they will most likely be him simply objecting to content which is clearly relevant to the article. Can I get a reeeeeeewind? Mac Dreamstate (talk) 00:33, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, it happened just as I predicted, so I did exactly what I promised and have promptly reinstated the section after it got nixed without explanation by the ever persistent NickHSpurs. What's even more interesting is that, not only is he an überfan, he also claims to be an official representative of David's promotional team, as stated here. Hence, clearly a WP:CONFLICT issue. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 14:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Craig David

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Craig David's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Music Week":

• From Following My Intuition: Homewood, Ben (7 October 2016). "Craig David reaches No.1 with Following My Intuition". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
• From Little Mix: Music Week (2011). "The Official UK Singles Chart [Week 50]". Intent Media. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:44, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Is “David” a surname rather than a given name?

The article consistently treats David as Craig David’s given name, but this may be questionable. His father is named George David, which suggests that David functions as a family surname rather than a personal name. This raises the issue of whether the article’s wording accurately reflects standard naming conventions and reliable sources, and whether clarification is needed regarding which parts of “Craig David” are given name(s) and surname. ~2026-10775-9 (talk) 08:10, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

"The article consistently treats David as Craig David’s given name" - no it doesn't. The article refers to him as "David" because it's our convention to refer to people by their surname - just like in the David Bowie we refer to the subject as "Bowie". WaggersTALK 14:21, 19 January 2026 (UTC)