Talk:Michelle Rodriguez

message: I removed the small, one sentence "production" section of her career because it only contained brief information regarding the foundation of her own production company, "Cheshire Kat Productions," and that information had previously been mentioned in an above paragraph.  I do not claim that the information is not encyclopediacally valuable; I just claim that repetition of such information does not necessarily improve the article.Kp.murphy (talk) 19:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "Production" Section of Career

message: The part about her being best known for "tough-girl" roles - how does one measure that? I vote it be changed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.253.168.118 (talk) 04:56, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Staying subjective? 

message: 113.203.153.15 (talk) 10:30, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  what was her muslim boyfriend name? 

message: (Math people: This is a horrible simplification. I'm trying to get the general idea across.)
"According to the PBS television show Finding Your Roots with Dr. Louis Gates Jr., Rodriguez is 75% European, 23% African, and 4% Indigenous."
Various IPs continue to challenge this section because yes, 75 + 23 + 4 = 102%. One common "solution" offered goes against the source and changes the 4% to 2%. Changing what you do not understand is never a brilliant move.
Math deals in absolutes. The real world seldom cooperates. There are numerous ways this result is possible.
For starters, tests often have built in uncertainties. Each number likely represents the midpoint of the most likely range of possibilities. "74%" might really be a 95% probability that the actual figure is between 77.7 - 70.3%. (Note that this also means that there is a 5% chance the real number is higher or lower than that.
Now add in the issue of rounding. Maybe the range for that "74%" is 77.45 - 70.05%. The mid-point, 73.75% rounds off to 74%.
Using my imaginary variations here, we might have
77.45 - 70.05% (midpoint rounds to 74%)
25.35 - 20.65% (midpoint rounds to 23%)
4.45 - 3.55% (midpoint rounds to 4%)
Add up random numbers within those ranges, add them together and you will get totals of 107.25 to 94.25%. Horrors. If you could somehow find the absolute numbers, they would add up to 100%. We don't have those numbers. We have the rounded figures pulled out of the ranges that came from inexact testing results. Those numbers happen to total 102%. Life is like that.
Long story short: Don't change the text to what you think might make sense. The text should match the source, whether you understand it or not. - SummerPhD (talk) 02:16, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That citing is wrong and Michelle rounded/quoted wrong! Her exact numbers are actually 72.4% euro, 21.3% afro, and 6.3% nativeamerican; Originally reported by Henry Louis Gates HERE watch vdo @47:30 mark. I will correct the info now.--Anen87 (talk) 23:53, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Rounding or uncertainties are not a license to say 2+2=5. You're supposed to pick a mean value such that the total adds up to 100%. As another editor pointed out, the actual results presented on the show added up to 100%. A correct presentation of results should not exceed 100% even if the components have a percentage uncertainty. In any event, Gates used one of those pop DNA tests on that show which even today are not very accurate but were very inaccurate then.  People seem to think these mass marketed DNA tests are rock solid but the fact is they are not very reliable.CannotFindAName (talk) 12:42, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnicity and rouding 

message: Currently, the article says, "Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas." However, the only refs in the article specifying (that I can find) don't support this and disagree with each other. The MSN bio we cite says Bell County, TX. The filmreference source says Bexar County, TX. I don't know how reliable filmreference is. MSN certainly is a reliable source. Comments before I change this to Bell County, citing MSN. - SummerPhD (talk) 16:43, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth place 

message: :The relevant discussion is at Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Cara_Delevingne. - SummerPhD (talk) 21:33, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Discussion archived here. HelenOnline 10:30, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: See also archive of RSN discussion. HelenOnline 06:38, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP noticeboard discussion 

message: She does identify as bisexual. As reported here, she said "What’s wrong with being bi? I mean, we’re getting flack everywhere we go." (emphasis there mine). Tabercil (talk) 16:05, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That is arguably a better source than what is in the article (better quote, not so great platform). Why isn't it in the article? HelenOnline 16:53, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: No-one came across it before with Wikipedia in mind?? The platform (FrontiersLA) isn't that great, but it's better that the source which is a Facebook posting of a link to a YouTube video. What's good about it is that FrontiersLA has a transcript of the video, which is what we need. I'll fold into the article. Tabercil (talk) 17:14, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I have expanded it somewhat as she explicitly self-identified as bisexual in the interview and I think that is the most important part for our purposes. HelenOnline 17:51, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, I guess that counts. "I fall under the 'b' category" seems enough for our purposes.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 18:03, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bisexual 

message: Her mother's maiden name information does not seem to appear in any of the references used for it. Is there anywhere else to look, or should the info be removed? --‖ Ebyabe talk - Welfare State ‖ 04:45, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mother's name 

message: Michelle Rodriguez has announcement to says goodbye for feature film acting career over the last 21 years
makes to move back home from the West Coast to San Antonio, Texas for the first time 31 years.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by BFundiJr84 (talk • contribs) 11:00, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Announcement time for Michelle Rodriguez to retire from feature film actress career