Certified Legendary Thread Hamish Mclachlan and wikipedia - a must read for every footy fan - now going nuts on the interwebz

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Re: hamish mclachlan and wikipedia - a must read for every footy fan

grizzlym said:
"Discovered in a English pub" is gold. Absolute gold.

Hamish's attempt to write a convenient history of his rise to the top of the broadcasting heap is the really funny bit.
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This. Also needs more "citation needed" bits. Lost at 'determined to work in the sporting industry'.
 
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I've got that he updates his own wikipedia page and has a bizarre Youtube channel.

I'm not completely following the HHH reference, though.
 
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jonoman89 said:
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Good to see the entire channel 7 commentary team getting on the sauce....

Why on earth would you upload that to youtube...
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roflmao
 

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Re: hamish mclachlan and wikipedia - a must read for every footy fan

a summary of his contributions:

9 december 2010:
creates article. poorly formatted. hagiographical.

25 july 2011:
- re-words a few sentences to make his prose really stand out.
- removes implication that his brother's connections influenced AFL reporting at fairfax.
- adds more minute details about his career
- notes that triple M's spring racing coverage is "award winning"
- inserts the word "currently" into the sentence about him and his wife having no children (getting clucky, ham?)

25 july 2011 (an hour later):
- makes his title at entertainment sports properties seems more impressive
- inserts this laughable paragraph: "Through Elite Sports Properties, McLachlan was often asked by company director and part owner Craig Kelly to host the companies sporting events that they managed, whether they be golf tournaments, lunches or testimonial dinners. This role suited Hamish and through Kelly insisting he continued to host events, a new career developed. By design or accident, Kelly's role would change from being Hamish's immediate boss to his manager."
- and this one: "After being seen doing work in Melbourne across horse disciplines in which he was comfortable given his families farming background, Hamish was asked to call equine sports in England and did so for 3 English summers. It was here he spent many hours behind the microphone to became a polished host and caller."

26 july 2011 (forgot to log into his account for this one):
- more pointless details about his childhood
- inserts this sentence "He felt if he couldn't compete at the highest level, he would like to work and be inspired by those who could."

28 september 2011:
- removes all tags saying that the article is unreferenced and unverified

27 october 2011:
- adds a link to his personal website http://tengoals.com.au
- struggles really hard to get the formatting for the link to work. requires a dozen attempts

29 february 2012:
- changes his former ambition to play professional tennis to professional "sport"
- adds some info about charity work
- more rewording
 
Re: hamish mclachlan and wikipedia - a must read for every footy fan

More recent edits are good too, although they seem to have been blocked from being finalised
 

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Re: hamish mclachlan and wikipedia - a must read for every footy fan

Haha... people on here have been playing with his profile no doubt.

Television
Hamish is good at tv. See Hamish talk. See Hamish host.

Radio
Hamish does good radio.
 
Re: hamish mclachlan and wikipedia - a must read for every footy fan

Apparently he hosts Polo Game Day!
 
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Har Har

Hamish.png
 
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The words 'smug tosser' don't seem to make an appearance so you automatically have to question it's objectivity.
 
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Can someone explain all of this?
 
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Prem87 said:
Can someone explain all of this?
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http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=929400

Stats Man asks who could've written McLachlan's WP page.

I half jokingly suggest that Rompingwins is McLachlan, going by the amount of edits he's made to the page.

Questionable finds out that Rompingwins really is McLachlan.
 
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