Talk:Maggie Q
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Maggie Q and David Lim?
The last sentence: maggie q is currently dating david lim. There is no punctuation... and is it actually true? Or did someone just put that down absurdly? I believe that there is editing needed for this article. But can someone please clarify? Everything looks fine except for that bizarre sentence.
I wouldn't consider Maggie Q a superstar. I wouldn't consider Daniel Henney a superstar. Maggie hasn't even had a leading role in a Chinese movie.
--Naked Weapon is something I would consider a leading role. She was a supermodel known in China and Japan, so even if she wasn't in films there at all, she still would be considered a superstar.
[edit] Copyright
I notice a large chunk of the article was copied, admittedly, from here [1]. We shouldn't do that - we should write our own text, using information from others, not copy-and-paste. Mad Jack O'Lantern 05:46, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] too many cats
The categories attached to this article were substantially trimmed. How many categories is "too many"? Is there a guideline? -- Mikeblas 08:02, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- I would argue for the removal of the eurasian model one as she is definitely more notable for her career as an actor now (mi3 etc) Tyhopho 09:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] French ancestry
I have restored the mention of her French ancestry and there is zero reason to remove it. It comes from this interview [2], certainly a first-hand source. Just because other interviews don't go into as much detail as to her father's ancestry, doesn't mean it's inaccurate. When it comes to great-grandparents' ancestry and the like, certainly sources don't always give the blow-by-blow. Mad Jack 05:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
The source is from a fansite. How is that considered 'a first-hand source'? My source was a transcript of the interview and Maggie states just Polish and Irish.
All these three articles state just Polish and Irish on her father's side as well. I have yet to see any other article stating French ancestry, and the link you provided was from a fansite that quoted. Can you provide another source. I dont know how an article from 3 years ago, is in comparison to an article that actually has a quote from Maggie herself. Can you provide another source or at least explain how reliable the one you provided is. --Macaubabe 08:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- My source is an interview with Maggie. Needless to say, an interview is reliable enough. Presumably, any information provided in the interview comes from Maggie herself. Obviously, her father having Polish and Irish ancestry doesn't contradict with her father also having French ancestry, so I don't even see this as a source vs. source problem. Mad Jack 17:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
Its not a source vs source problem, its more of the ratio of how many sources omit to French ancestry against those that dont. I'll agree, but i just think that in this scenario, one source is not enough considering all the other sources that omit to French ancestry outweigh those that actually state French ancestry, which is only one right now. --Macaubabe 20:22, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- Eh, some of the sources you gave aren't much reliable, and, one can find similar sources that mention French [6] [7] [8]. Other sites just say Irish and omit Polish as well! I don't see how the interview could be wrong, though, and there's little reason to believe it is. Mad Jack 20:24, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
See we are judging each other's sources so this is turning into a sources vs sources match. Anyways, so there are sources (reliable or not) out there that include French, thats basically all i needed to see. Howeever i still stand by my claim since that interview is a direct quote from Maggie, and it would be strange for Maggie to omit a part of her heritage but whatever. --Macaubabe 09:50, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Since Vietnam was ruled by France at one time it could have been possible she had some French ancestry but then it would be on her mother's side and it's supposedly on her father's side. So that would not be correct.
- Many Poles moved to France after World War II. Maybe her father's Polish side of the family lived in France at one time. Then she could technically be called part French.
- Her name sounds Irish Catholic. Of course, Poland and France are mostly Catholic too.
- She went to a Catholic school.
