Talk:Christopher Guest

message: Wow, I love Guest's comedy stuff, but this article has made me think of all sorts of political stuff instead ... since he was born in NY, he was obviously a US citizen ... but does serving in a foreign legislature (as he did when he attended the House of Lords) or, for that matter, just accepting a foreign peerage entail giving up US citizenship? --Jfruh 16:00, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No (although it's an urban legend that it does). Proteus (Talk) 23:03, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

text: State Department answer. Basically, they give natural-born citizens the benefit of the doubt. He would have to intend to relinquish his citizenship by taking an oath of office to a foreign power. --Dhartung | Talk 12:01, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  The Titles of Nobility Amendment (proposed in 1810) if passed, would strip US citizenship from a citizen who accepted a foreign title of nobility. Only 12 states have ratified it, so merely having a foreign peerage by itself is no bar to US citizenship at this time. However, taking an office requiring an oath to a foreign state after the age of 18 may be grounds for stripping of US citizenship under 8 USC 1481(a)(4)(B). Would this apply to the oath sworn upon taking one's seat in the HoL? SpanishCastleMagic (talk) 11:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  US citizenship? 

message: Surely Christopher Guest is not a peer, his ancestor Christopher William Graham Guest, with who the title originated, was only a Life peer, and NOT a hereditary peer. As life peerages can't be inherited the title became extinct on 25 September 1984, when Christopher William Graham Guest died.
Alanleonard (talk) 22:09, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: How could Christopher Guest, Baron Guest be his ancestor? This Christopher Guest's father, Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest, was born in 1913, and his father, Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest, was born in 1877. The Christopher Guest, Baron Guest you mentioned was born in 1901. I don't think he's related to this family (especially since he's a "Guest", not a "Haden-Guest"). All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 22:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guest is not a Peer 

message: If that's true, as it's article says, the Guest movies template should be modified to say 'works by CG' or something, not "mockumentaries by CG". BabuBhatt 22:35, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: FYC not a mocumentary?

message: Meanwhile a stub exists about Christopher Guest, Baron Guest, so this article should be moved to make place for a disambiguation page, however I'm unsure what the appropriate aim could be. I think there are three possibilities:
*to include his peerage as Christopher Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest
*to include his job as Christopher Guest (actor)
*or to include his birthname as Christopher Haden-Guest.
I would prefer the first solution, since he hasn't declined his barony and we have added a title several times to article names of people, who also have not used it. Though I would not have any problem with the second solution either. Any suggestions? ~~ Phoe talk 09:00, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well he took his seat in the HoL in '97, I would have thought it should be Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest. Alci12 18:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And Bertrand Russell took his seat in 1931. The case is the same; Guest chooses not to be known by his title, and is de facto known by the name he used before succeeding. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:45, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: :The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was no consensus to move Part Deux 10:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Add  # Support  or  # Oppose  on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.  Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.
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#Oppose as noted below - a simple dab sentance at the top is enough. Few will be looking for the other anyway. -- Beardo 08:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
===A Suggestion to include note of his honorary doctorate===
Here is a press release on the subject. Asst. Editor, Crawdaddy! FenderRhodesScholar | Talk 23:42, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: :Add  # Support  or  # Oppose  on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.  Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.
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#Oppose as noted below - a simple dab sentance at the top is enough. Few will be looking for the other anyway. -- Beardo 08:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: #Oppose as noted below - a simple dab sentance at the top is enough. Few will be looking for the other anyway. -- Beardo 08:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in opposition to the move

message: Here is a press release on the subject. Asst. Editor, Crawdaddy! FenderRhodesScholar | Talk 23:42, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: A Suggestion to include note of his honorary doctorate

message: If I am not mistaken, Marshall made amplifiers that went to eleven prior to the making of the film, "This is Spinal Tap." Aeckler (talk) 19:20, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Amplifiers that go to eleven

message: As an editor at Crawdaddy!, and to comply with COI guidelines, I am not posting the link to this interview with Christopher Guest and his musical group, Beyman Bros. However, I would like to recommend it on its merits, and hope that an editor will find the time to examine the interview and—if he or she sees fit—post it to the external links section on this page. I appreciate your time. Crawdaddy! Mike harkin (talk) 23:35, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link suggestion: Interview with Christopher Guest & Beyman Bros 

message: Is this section really necessary? Yeah, I know it's apparently verifiable, since it has sources...but is it notable enough to be worth the risk we are taking in keeping it there. It is awfully negative, and this is a BLP after all. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 05:30, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Off-stage demeanor" 

message: I don't know how to do it, but I just found out the Christopher Guest contributed to "Phillies: An Extraordinary Tradition" (ed. Scott Gummer) by writing the foreword and painting the overleafs.  Thought it should be added.  Thanks, KM  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.36.164.195 (talk) 01:38, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Also has a bibliography 

message: The article says he attended the Lords regularly, and the Guardian source says so too, but the Hansard archive has no record of him speaking on the floor, so what does "attended" and "regularly" actually mean in this case? 109.154.79.227 (talk) 15:34, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lords attendance 

message: This article relies  on citations to thepeerage.com, which has been discussed at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard WP:RSN and determined that it is not a reliable source, and should not be used as references in articles. Self published sources cannot be used in a BLP WP:BLPSPS The citations have been removed, but not the associated text, and tags inserted for the former footnotes. Better sources must be found for this text; text that is not supported by in-line citation to a reliable source may be removed.Fladrif (talk) 17:11, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: I restored this on the basis that WP:CALC excludes simple computation from WP:OR, and there's no controversy at all about which actors appeared where. IMDB can confirm any and all appearances. In addition, there's no shortage of sources which mention Guest's tendency to use some of the same actors again. MilesMoney (talk) 04:34, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The chart requires a reliable source discussing some kind of tendency to repeatedly cast actors. If there is "no shortage" of these, please find one. Binksternet (talk) 05:05, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recurring actors chart 

message: This article is being mentioned here. MilesMoney (talk) 05:17, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:ORN