Talk:Alexis Bledel/Archive 1

message: I just changed her birth year to 1982, because so all the major sites about her say. IMDB says 1981, but we know that IMDB can be wrong of course.
If anybody knows any better, please do correct! (Ok, this was kind of useless to say) Lazarus Long 20:41, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth Year

message: Do we have permission to use the recently added promotion photos? If so, such info should be added to the Image info pages. Maver1ck 04:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  images copyright 

message: should the information for sin city be deleted? The page is meant to be for information for Alexis Bledel not Sin City, if you wanted that you could go to the Sin City page and get it. -- Zapacna 16 August 2005
:I think that in that case the info on Gilmore Girls should be removed as well. But I think both sections could stay, since they seem to be about those two productions from an Alexis Bledel perspective so to speak. Maver1ck 05:53, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  delete?

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thread_title:  font changes 

message: Vizcarra, I removed the Child Actor tag again.  The only "acting" she did as a child was as an uncredited extra in one movie, according to the sources I've been checking.  This does not qualify her as a child actress.  Extras in movies are not considered actors, as I understand it, assuming all they do is walk through or sit in a chair in the background of a scene.  --24.19.173.27 23:58, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a child actor 

message: Does anyone have a good source for what her maternal ancestry is (and I don't mean the IMDB or any of the websites that copy us - something like an interview would be good)? It seems clear that her mother was born in Mexico to American parents, but I've heard that she is anywhere from German to Irish to French (probably because of her surname, "Dozier") descent. JackO'Lantern 01:38, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've hear her mother is German and French, but no, I do not have a source. Michael 05:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Her mother's ancestry

message: Is the phrase, "Her native language is Spanish," a bit misleading here? According to the  Wikipedia article on the subject of "native language," a person can speak more than one language as a native, provided that the language was learned "without formal instruction, such as through cultural immersion before puberty." Did she grow up in the US? If she learned English while attending grammar school in the US, that would fall under cultural immersion rather than formal instruction. As it now reads, it seems to imply she speaks only Spanish as a native. It would be better to expand the sentence to something along the lines of: "She speaks both Spanish and English fluently, having grown up speaking Spanish at home and English outside of the home." - MarioX19 2006.04.26-12:13GMT.
She grew up speaking Spanish, then learn English when her parents moved to the US, this is why she doesn't speak with a pure American accent.
In a recent interview she said she learned English when she started kindergarten. I would say she grew up speaking English as well. And she sounds pretty American to me. If you learn a language from the age of five and speak it fluently, its HIGHLY unlikely you'd have a foreign accent.
:I really don't hear much of what could be perceived as an accent... Michael 05:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Native language

message: I erased the new trivia section. It was to long, contained info already in the article and was completely unsourced. Relevant information should be inserted under appropriate heading in the article as prose, not as a list, and should preferably be properly sourced. - Duribald 21:13, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: About some recent edits: Alexis is Hispanic. Argentina and Mexico are Hispanic countries, and, more importantly, her first language is Spanish. The Hispanic actors category should therefore stand. However, her ethnicity does not not belong in the info box, where someone tried to put it. -Duribald 06:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Ronbo76 06:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Disagree; read my message to User Talk:Ronbo76 called "Hispanics." Acalamari 16:20, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Please see Teen People Online Alexis Bledel. In the paragraph called, HABLA ESPAÑOL, it states: "Alexis's first language is Spanish. Her mom is from Mexico and her dad was born in Argentina." That would make her Hispanic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Morenooso (talk • contribs) 20:08, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In that case, why wasn't this used as a source instead? Also, that page says "2002," it is probably out of date. Acalamari 21:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Stupid me; people can't change their birthplace. Never mind about the out of date thing. Alexis Bledel's mother won't have changed her birthplace. Acalamari 21:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

text: She is definitely not white. Hispanic is used as a more inclusive term of mixed races. In this case, Alexis is of Mexican and Argentinian races; hence, the term Hispanic is used. Ronbo76 20:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Mexican and Argentinian races? Look, you're from the US so you seem to  have a US-point of view about this. "Hispanic" is a culture that means "from Spain", it's not a race. I'm from Argentina of European descent, so I'm white. I have no knowledge of "hispanic" being a race. How would my country handle demographics then if we were all of "hispanic race"? Nat91 20:28, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

text: It also depends what group of Mexicans Alexis Bledel's mother comes from. If her mother is from the white minority (which is roughly 9% of Mexico's population), then her mother isn't Hispanic (being a white, black, or Asian born in a Spanish-speaking country doesn't make someone Hispanic. It's their ancestry that counts). If her mother comes from the remaining 89% of the population, then I agree that her mother is Hispanic. Acalamari 19:46, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: White Mexicans are just as Hispanic as any other group.. Hispanic, as has been explained over and over again is a cultural/linguistic category, not a racial one. Spanish people are Hispanic - and white. Argentinians are Hispanics - and white. Uruguayans are Hispanic - and white. -Duribald 19:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Nat91 is right. Hispanic is NOT a race. It is a cultural and linguistic category, refering to Spanish-speaking cultures and people from those cultures. Most Hispanics in the USA are of a mixed red-white background, which is why many Americans tend to identify it as a look and therefore a race. Hispanics, though, come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Argentinians and Uruguyans are usually white, Bolivians usually red and so on. And, hey, Spanish people tend to be white to, by the way. (Besides - there are no races biologically speaking.) Alexis is Hispanic because her parents are from Hispanic countries and Spanish is her first language. Racially she belongs to the category of cutie pies... ;-) -Duribald 22:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hispanic

message: Is the MySpace page recently added real? Is there independent confirmation that it's hers? I mean, she's said she doesn't have a computer and doesn't follow any websites about herself. -Duribald 23:24, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the MySpace page because there is no confirmation that it is Alexis' own creation, which it claims to be. -Duribald 22:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: MySpace

message: Are Alexis' eyes naturally that striking blue or does she wear coloured contact lenses like Paris hilton? From photographs I've seen of her, her eyes look a lot less
artificial than Hilton's. Nukleoptra 17:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe Alexis Bledel's eyes are naturally blue. Acalamari 19:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Eye Colour

message: Are there any good Spanish-language video interviews to which we could link? Lawikitejana 23:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wish I knew.  Goodness, she's so fluent in English you'd never know such things.  (Oddly, she spoke "very little" Spanish on this one episode I just watched.) OneWeirdDude (talk) 02:53, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Spanish-language interviews?

message: The hyperlink to the article for the Good Guy by Dean Koontz should be removed since the movie she's in is not based on the novel at all.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.100.216.187 (talk) 22:25, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! -Duribald (talk) 11:20, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Good Guy 

message: This isn't true is it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.37.108.182 (talk) 02:52, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adopted Younger Sister?  

message: Alexis speaks spanish in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbK5wphGSjo
From 6:43  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.177.219.57 (talk) 20:35, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alexis Bledel video 

message: Old discussions found in the archive.
Check out her new movie at http://www.theamericanfilmcompany.com  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Surf4fun101 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I was wondering if she could be classified as a Catholic, since there's a lot of sources that state she is indeed.
http://www.lycos.com/info/alexis-bledel.html
:The source you cite just copies an old version of this Wikipedia article. If there's a reliable source that she's Catholic, that could certainly be added. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 14:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isn't Alexis Catholic? 

message: I have a question. According to imdb, The Ballad of G.I. Joe is a short, comedy spoof on G.I. Joe or the recent movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. I know it's listed on imdb under the actress's filmography, but should it be separate from her other works? I don't mind either way, but I have added a clarification so it doesn't seem like it's just a film. The short is called The Ballad of G.I. Joe by Cha-Ching Pictures. Is it better to just write "Short Film" or "Short Film (Spoof)." I put "Short." Her other films Life is Short and DysEnchanted is ten minutes and eight minutes long, receptively, and this one is under four minutes. Input is appreciated. CreativeSoul7981 (talk) 19:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Ballad of G.I. Joe 

message: The general conclusion seemed to be that "Hispanic" was not a race, even if she has the looks of a Northern European...--h i s   s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 17:24, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ethinicity or culture... It's pretty much two words for about the same thing. Hispanic simply means Spanish in origin. There's no implication that all cultures rooted in Spanish culture and language are the same. Nor is there any racial implication of any kind. -Duribald 16:17, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Since there's a note in the article that says "Do not change ethnicity/nationality without talk page discussion " I thought I'd just note here that I'm adding info to the article based on this quote by Bledel (“My father’s family is Danish and migrated to Argentina.”). A Parade Magazine interview seems a reliable enough source - . All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 08:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The "do not change" is mainly aimed at people who put in expressions like "white Mexican" and other phrases meant to show that Alexis is not "really" Hispanic. Correct, unbiased material that is sourced is always welcome. -Duribald (talk) 15:06, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wow, that archive has a ton of discussion about race... 

message: She refers to herself as hispanic here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7luVPLAkJ9U&feature=related I'm inclined to think we should let people define themselves — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.193.84.186 (talk) 16:39, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The Hispanic article that you refer to clearly contradicts what you're saying altogether, doesn't it? Bledel is  Spanish speaking since birth and her parents (although not their ancestors) are both from Spanish speaking cultures. That's Hispanic according to the article. Mestizo does not mean Hispanic. Mestizo is genetic background, Hispanic is cultural/linguistic.  -Duribald (talk) 00:02, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hispanic as is understood by the overwhelming majority of people in the US and many other countries (including use in the media, police, health care institutions, employers etc) is equivalent of Mestizo and indeed treated as a race. To deny it is to live in other world. The technical census definition that nobody uses is completely out of sync with how the word has evolved and is used in the real world. Spaniards are Europeans by race and culture and they don't fit anymore into that Hispanic label. As it has been mentioned previously, they are much more related in culture/race to other Southern Europeans than to "Hispanics". Are Italians or the Southern French Hispanics also? No way a Mexican Mestizo could be considered from the same ethnicity than an ethnic Spaniard/Italian/Southern French. -Kg--81.184.133.122 (talk) 19:06, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alexis's Ethnic Background 

message: I removed the mention of modelling in the lead. Also changed sentence on her modelling in the "Career" section. She is not noted as a model. --BweeB (talk) 00:11, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Model? 

message: Hello,
There seems to be an omission of one of Ms. Bledel's relationships, as according to this link http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/2012/06/how-mad-men-star-vincent-kartheiser-wooed-alexis-bledel.html she dated British male model John Paul for some substantial amount of time about 2009.
Lordsoya (talk) 17:18, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Lots of people date lots of people. I fail to see why every relationship need be mentioned in an encyclopedia entry, even if it is reliably sourced (and I admit I'm unfamiliar with Life and Style).  Rivertorch (talk) 05:56, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 3 July 2012 

message: Someone should add that the pronunciation of her surname is .
:Is there a source? All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 05:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: This is not germane to this article in any way, and does not belong. It simply clutters up the initial phase of the main article, and it's not even remotely related to why she's notable. Please don't reinsert random facts about the ethnic heritage of her parents. UA 02:03, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Information in Wikipedia biographies does not have to relate to why the subject is notable, otherwise most of the "personal life" section would have to be removed, as would, incidentally, her parents' nationalities, and names, not to mention Beldel's own birthplace, and birthdate as well - none of these things have anything to do with why she is famous. The information about her father being of Danish ancestry is about as relevant as her father being Argentinian. I don't see any reason for deleting it. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 00:57, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

text: An article I found from Latina Magazine (dated May 2004), states that her mother was raised in Mexico from age 8, so it's clear that her mother wasn't born in Mexico. Can be seen here. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 16:59, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting, her paternal grandfather, Enrique Bledel, was quite notable in business - there's an obituary of him here. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father, Einar Rudolf Dons-Blaedel Heise, was Danish. His mother, Elena Maria Huus, was evidently already born in Argentina. Her parents were also Danish. The surname Bledel originates with distant German ancestry. There's a detailed genealogy of Bledel's paternal grandfather here. Bledel's paternal grandmother, born Jean Campbell, was American, originally from New York. Her parents were Walter Norman Campbell and Irene Slater (genealogy of the Bledel family that mentions Bledel's grandmother here). Bledel's father was born in Argentina and presumably raised there. So, if the question was whether Bledel has any "Hispanic" ancestry (i.e. tracing back to a Spanish-speaking country), the answer is almost certainly "no". Her father, grandfather, and great-grandmother were born in Argentina, but were / are not of Hispanic descent. Of course, they could be considered "Latino" in other contexts, through upbringing/culture/citizenship, but not through descent. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 16:31, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

text: I don't necessarily think Mitt Romney or his father George Romney (who was born in Mexico) check or checked "Hispanic" on the census. Especially since George never spoke Spanish. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 22:13, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parents' heritage 

message: Why the info on her mom's career but not her dad's?--Aichik (talk) 18:36, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dad's job 

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