Talk:Klaus Nomi

message: i can verify the uncited information in the trivia section, if someone would be so kind as to direct me to how the citations for television shows is accomplished. i have found almost no information on it, within wiki conventions or on scholarly guidelines for citations. Skp2y F thorax 20:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia Citation 

message: I think that, if we find more information, or at least go into more detail, this article could be inproved a lot. Maybe if we got more information, we can split it into sections Spongesquid 20:23, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we make it longer 

message: Klaus Nomi was such a breath of fresh air in the music scene.
He was different daring and had a wonderful operatic voice. He will always be greatly missed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.90.198 (talk • contribs) 16:05, 7 November 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Fresh air

message: Can someone change that awful picture? Seriously, there are so many better photos of him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.35.226.191 (talk • contribs) 15:56, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: I 'd like to suggest that the pastry chef entry is being removed from his infobox. This listing is at least slighting, if not disrespectful. It's as if Madonna or Annie Lennox had to have the term "waitress" added to their occupation(s) list. Unless someone disputes that over the next couple of weeks, I'll have the entry taken off. Waardaar 19:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am a pastry chef, and I resent the idea that our occupation is at all slighting.  Being a pastry chef is a badge of honor.  Don't you dare remove it.--24.15.11.254 22:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pastry Chef 

message: I rubbed out Spindizzy(?) from his labels' list. None of his albums was distributed under such a label. Don't you think the associated acts line should be put back on, at least with a sole link to David Bowie? Doing so is rather essential, as his collaboration with Bowie has noticeably led to the conception of the "Pierrot" persona [typical of his (brief) "Scary Monsters" era]. Waardaar 13:37, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spindizzy(?)-Associated Acts

message: Can someone please replace that image? its fucking ridiculous looking. 69.155.111.188 04:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't care for the image, either, however somebody obviously put a decent amount of time, effort and love into making it.  Unless it really offends somebody, we should leave it.  --Torasap 23:58, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  the image 

message: The article mistakenly says that he doesn't change to words to the song.
He doesn't switch the genders in the song, thus rendering it homosexual.
However, he does change the words slightly. e.g.
Gore version: "You don't own me."
Nomi version: "You don't know me." (a pun on his name, Nomi)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.179.183 (talk) 01:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  You don't own me 

message: Anyone else find it weird that Nomi's real life self is actually more cartoonish than the cartoon version of him?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.178.113.78 (talk) 21:38, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomi on Venture Bros 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Knomi.jpg

message: from the article-- "His birthday is commonly observed as January 24, 1944."
What does this mean, exactly?  Is there some dispute over what his actual DOB is?  65.116.73.205 (talk) 17:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't get it either, but if it's the only sourced DOB we have, we go with it. I don't understand the "Monday" either, so have refactored the whole sentence. --Rodhullandemu 16:46, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  birthday 

message: There appears to be some confusion about when Klaus Nomi moved to New York from Berlin, with some websites saying mid-1970s and others saying early-1970s; however, I found a review in The Advocate that states he moved in 1972, which would correspond with his appearance in Das Rhinegold and other sources saying that this was the year he moved into the apartment on St. Mark's Place. Since he appeared in the opera and had an apartment in New York City in 1972 I think that should put the matter to rest. cswpride (talk) 19:10, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved to New York from Berlin 

message: I've changed the reference to John McLaughlin back to John Sex, since that is the name he went by and that is the name on his Wikipedia article. He did not go by "Johnny Sex" as was previously stated. I've created a disambiguation page for him as John McLaughlin (performance artist), but the main article is still under John Sex, that is how he was known, and that is the name that should be here for consistency. We aren't explaining that other people listed in the Career section have birth names and stage names, and we shouldn't do it for John Sex, especially using a stage name he didn't use. cswpride (talk) 19:38, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Sex 

message: No mention in the article.  Anyone know? —  X  S  G  00:33, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If we're going to do something like that, then wouldn't it also be a good help if we found out how he contracted the HIV or HIV-like symptoms and added that in? It doesn't mention Nomi as being openly gay anywhere in the article, and I only know so much about Klaus.  24.61.51.11 (talk) 03:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manner of death? 

message: Nomi's haircut blatantly inspired the head shape of the space alien race Minbari in the Sci-Fi TV series Babylon 5. 89.51.32.215 (talk) 01:56, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  haircut 

message: I don't know where we found this out, but I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could help me look up more information on the play, or even the playwright. 24.61.51.11 (talk) 03:52, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  You Don't Nomi 

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message: "In 1972, Nomi appeared in a satirical camp production of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold at Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theater Company as the Rheinmaidens and the Wood Bird". The Wood Bird is in Siegfried, not Rheingold. Paul B (talk) 17:56, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Wood Bird?

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message: Nomi was reported to be gay; before his illness, there was speculation that he was asexual
I know it's hardly decisive, but I distinctly remember hearing from an oral source that Klaus Nomi was responsible for bringing a child into the world. Terms like gay and bi can be very inconsistently applied; but it would indicate he was, at the very least, not asexual. Has anyone independently verifiable evidence to support this contention?
Nuttyskin (talk) 13:23, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sexual identity is a broad spectrum and asexuality has only recently been recognized by research. For Example, Gray Asexuality refers to people who don't typically experience sexual attraction but do occasionally. While personal anecdotes are obviously not valid citations, I have friends and acquaintances who identify as asexual and range from sex-repulsed, to gray ace, to not experiencing sexual attraction but getting pleasure from sex acts. Since research in the field is ongoing and asexuality is not rigidly defined, I think that that if there are reliable sources cited, it would be best to simply leave the link to the page on asexuality and let people not familiar with the ace spectrum click through to learn more about it. IanH84 (talk) 04:43, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexuality 

message: Just to point out, the French article says : Klaus Nomi was buried in the municipal cemetery in Immenstadt, Bavaria, on August 14, 1983. Meanwhile the English article says : "Following cremation, Nomi's ashes were scattered in New York City." 2A01:E34:ECA4:2F60:1459:68DC:ED5B:F717 (talk) 08:31, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inhumated, or cremated?