Talk:Kat Dennings

Photos

The information about the photos is notable and sourced and someone keeps blanking it. Trying to claim NOTNEWS is bs, it has nothing to do with news. It's a notable event that has been covered in the mainstream media. Otherwise lets just remove half the article as "not news". 69.210.240.13 (talk) 21:02, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

It is not notable in relation to her life and career. Its not like Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian or even Vanessa Hudgens whose leaked images have had significant impacts on their lives and careers. Until that changes it is insignificant unnotable gossip.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 21:18, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I agree with User:TriiipleThreat's rationale of applying What Wikipedia is not, which is policy. The "enduring notability" of the event has not been established in secondary reliable sources. If some importance or impact on Dennings career can be established, then it could be included. Biographies of living persons must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy, which is also policy. dissolve^talk 22:19, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

From WP:NOTNEWS:

News reports. Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion. For example, routine news reporting on things like announcements, sports, or celebrities is not a sufficient basis for inclusion in the encyclopedia. While including information on recent developments is sometimes appropriate, breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information. Timely news subjects not suitable for Wikipedia may be suitable for our sister project Wikinews.

I wouldn't call this routine news reporting. That would be "Kat Dennings attended the Academy Awards and wore a black dress". It goes on to say that "breaking news should not be emphasized or treated differently than other information". It is not being treated differently, in fact it's a tiny 3-4 line entry, a small percentage of the whole article. Therefore, I fail to see how NOTNEWS applies. This has been widely covered in the mainstream media and is a topic of discussion to ta significant degree. Please provide evidence to refute this and prove your statement that this does not belong. I have established, using objective arguments, that NOTNEWS isn't pertinent. 69.210.240.13 (talk) 22:49, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

It is exactly routine news reporting. Widely covered and notable per Biographies of living persons are entirely two different things as celebrity gossip is widely covered even by mainstream media. There has yet to be any established significance or as Dissolve puts it "enduring notability" of this event. We have discussed What Wikipedia is not so lets discuss what Wikipedia is; an encyolpedia and as such you have to look at (no pun intended) the wider picture of Dennings' entire life and career to which this event has no relevance (at least not now).--TriiipleThreat (talk) 23:04, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

It is not routine news reporting. While this is but a small part of the whole, it is a part nonetheless, which is addressed by the fact that it only merits a couple sentences out of the whole article. 69.210.240.13 (talk) 23:14, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 February 2013

This :

her father, Gerald J. Litwack, is a molecular pharmacologist and college professor

should be changed to :

her father, Gerald J. Litwack, is a molecular pharmacologist and medical school professor

76.3.167.88 (talk) 18:01, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The molecular pharmacologist part I verified in the first footnote, but I can't find anything about his being a professor. Got a link handy? Rivertorch (talk) 08:19, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Birth

In the early life section it clearly states she was born in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania yet states in her micro bio that she was born in Philadelphia. She can only have been born in one city, regardless of how close they may be.174.238.97.86 (talk) 20:55, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Relationships

May I ask why we aren't allowed to include the relationships she's held? And I'm not talking about the brief ones gossip magazines talk about, I mean the long term ones. She dated Nick Zano for three years. How is that not notable to her personal life? Don't we cover her personal life in that section? Does that not include relationships?

Every other article, from Scarlett Johansson to Chris Evans include dating history. And please don't throw WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. That's not a valid reason. Clearly there's a precedent set that sees at least the confirmed and lengthy relationships included into the personal life section. Why do it for everyone else but Dennings? Rusted AutoParts 15:04, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Without commenting about the specifics of this case, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is very valid reasoning, as those other articles may or may not be correct in their insertion of material. Just because some is commonplace doesn't make it appropriate.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 15:46, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

If it's inappropriate, then should we remove it from all other articles then? This is my main problem here: if we're doing an encyclopedia detailing things, and have film articles follow similar formats (infobox, plot, cast, production, reception sections, etc.) and then suddenly there's an article that doesn't follow it, but for some reason it's allowed to be like that, then what's the point of setting that precedent? OTHERSTUFFEXISTS should be abolished in my opinion, as in my opinion it's causing loopholes. As I said, I'm not advocating adding all relationships in, just the ones that've been longterm and covered in the media. As stated, she was in a relationship with Nick Zano for three years. That surely is worthy of note. Rusted AutoParts 17:15, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

If you feel obliged to challenge inappropriate material, then go ahead. The reason why we have OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is because the circumstance of each instance may vary and to allow room for editorial discretion. Remember, there are very few hard and fast rules on Wikipedia. What's deemed to be long term or significant relationship may change from one person to another. A three year relationship maybe long term to young person but not necessarily to an older person. Or just because a three month relationship might have been influential to one person doesn't that is influential to another. Sid & Nancy, for example, were only together for 23 months.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 18:16, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Relationships have long been contentious in celebrity articles. One viewpoint is that if you can provide a published reliable source, it should be included. Another point of view is that documenting every relationship of a single woman in her 20s makes Wikipedia seem more like a gossip magazine than an encyclopedia. A marriage and children should be included though because they have long term significance. I just assume good faith that whomever is adding or removing relationship info is doing so in a way they feel is best for the article. Are there actual published articles you can cite bout their relationship? Has it been published somewhere besides gossip magazines and websites? dissolve^talk 21:11, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

chairman

Her father is "chairman" of what? That could be anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Chairman of the university. Rwessel (talk) 08:10, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Hollywood Adventures	Herself	Cameo; Chinese film

Edited reference: Note second paragraph in this article.

• I wished someone would've stated they wanted this added!, Anyway have now added. –Davey2010^Talk 18:38, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2016

Her boyfriend in Daydream Nation was not a drug dealer. He was a stoner. Thank You. Shyfrizzle (talk) 07:31, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 07:34, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 January 2020

Birth date is incorrect. 2605:E000:1703:5DF1:7C6C:7EEC:C2B5:6137 (talk) 17:40, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

 Question: Would you be able to say what the correct birth date is, and whether it is coming from a reliable source? aboideau^talk 17:55, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

The 1981 year seems to be simple vandalism on 2020-01-03 by ManamiGhosh (talk · contribs), who did the same thing to at least one other article in the last month. Before that, the birthdate "June 13, 1986" has been in the article long before, at least by 2008-02-03 before the Philly.com article appeared on 2008-02-18, so it's possible that the Philadelphia Daily News used Wikipedia as a source, but it also has original interview quotes with Dennings and other facts not on Wikipedia, so one would hope they fact-checked the birthdate with Dennings. I've changed it back "June 13, 1986" based on the Daily News. --Closeapple (talk) 05:56, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 July 2022

Kat Dennings was in the 2010 music video for Bob Schneider's song 40 Dogs (like Romeo and Juliet) (source: https://vimeo.com/11505610/description). 73.70.180.115 (talk) 06:00, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

 Done Of the universe (talk) 17:19, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

To add to article

Basic information to add to this article: where she came up with the name "Dennings." 173.88.246.138 (talk) 23:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Millie

Millie has unfortunately passed; the personal life section should either reflect that or not mention Millie at all https://www.instagram.com/p/CyIFdYwOdog/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 2601:541:E00:19F0:A1C1:3CBF:C19D:2CF9 (talk) 14:21, 14 December 2023 (UTC)