Talk:Derek Martin

Post-protection cleanup

Bit of cleanup to do, remove Category:2026 deaths and change the short description

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English actor (1933–2026)

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English actor (born 2026)

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[[Category:2026 deaths]]

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Hopefully when this protection ends there will be a reliable source to support this claim. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 04:22, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

he died yesterday in the Lister hospital. ~2026-22465-9 (talk) 13:03, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Is Metro.co.uk a sufficiently notable source? Asking for. (I do see that they all reference a (claimed) family friend posting on Facebook, which would make me nervous so ok, now that I think of it, maybe hold off until the family themselves confirm.) ELSchissel (talk) 16:03, 11 January 2026 (UTC) (ah, hrm, edit...)

Closing stale edit request. Day Creature (talk) 19:16, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 11 January 2026

died 10th january 2026 ~2026-21621-9 (talk) 09:45, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Closing stale edit request. Change already made. Day Creature (talk) 19:16, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Disambiguation links

There are links to three links to dab pages which could point to specific articles:

• Hatfield -> Hatfield, Hertfordshire
• The Brothers -> The Brothers (1972 TV series)
• Little Britain -> Little Britain (TV series)

Help appreciated.— Rod ^talk 10:17, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Closing stale edit request, change already made. Day Creature (talk) 19:19, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 11 January 2026 (2)

die 2026 ~2026-22671-2 (talk) 15:21, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Closing stale edit request. Change already made. Day Creature (talk) 19:17, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 11 January 2026 (3)

~2026-22671-2 (talk) 15:23, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

I think this protection could be changed to extended users as his death is starting to be reported. ItsShandog (talk) 15:31, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

That’s the whole point, the protection is only 1 day because of that. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 15:46, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

That's true but isn't it able to just be changed to extended-confirmed, nobody else can edit other than admins until like 4am and most traffic will start going to his page now. ItsShandog (talk) 15:54, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

and hardly any changes have been made to it as of yet. ItsShandog (talk) 15:55, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

It can wait a few hours. The reason it is XC protected is what extended confirmed editors were using Facebook as the source. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 15:58, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

I didn't realise it was extended-confirmed who were doing the disruptive edits I assumed it was mostly anon or people with no accounts editing as I don't think the page had any type of protection before. ItsShandog (talk) 15:59, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Closing stale edit request, article is no longer fully protected. Day Creature (talk) 19:18, 11 January 2026 (UTC)