Talk:Mindy Kaling/Archive 1

Archive 1

Real name

I called the Dartmouth Alumni Office, and they confirmed that her birth name is Vera Chokalingam. Billy Blythe 19:57, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I found the only online source for "Vera" and cited it. Williamnilly 20:07, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Image

I'm not going to edit this while its under office protection, but when its unprotected, could someone please remove the image at the top? It is not fair use in this article. Thanks, --Robth^Talk 02:28, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed it. – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 17:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

category

Since the The Office-Casting page lists her as an Indian-American, could some add Category:Indian Americans ? Bakaman _Bakatalk 04:20, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Why office action?

Why is there an office action on this article? Tempshill 18:39, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

It's a typo; someone meant to type {{the_office}}... :) /skagedal^... 17:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

If it is a typo, and doesn't really need the office protection, why not remove it? C. Kilpatrick 02:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure he was joking. An office action really was made, I assume it has something to due with Billy Blythe's comments above.--Cúchullain ^t/c 04:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Spelling of character name

I don't think this is controversial, but per instructions I'm posting it here before making the change: The character's name is spelled "Kapoor" rather than "Kapour." I will change this in a few days if there are no objections. Andrew Levine 21:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

The character page also reflects this change. It's been a merry two months. I think it should be changed. Hbdragon88 06:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Changed. Conscious 15:31, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Out of date

Info regarding "upcoming" show The Office is out of date and the link links to the wrong version of the show (the UK version). Tempest 13:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

In late 2004, it was upcoming. But I can see the confusion and I wouldn't dispute a change. And I think the latter should be written as "the American version of British TV series The Office." Williamnilly 15:57, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Minor changes

I made two minor changes to the article today; I added the page to Category:Indian Americans, per someone's suggestion above, and added Kaling's country of birth (America).--Cúchullain ^t/c 04:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

A minor change

In the first paragraph on Mindy Kaling, one of the links about Kelly Kapoor links here when it should probably link here. Is that supposed to be this way? Kaori (Please sign my autograph book!) 01:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps it used to, before a separate page for the character was created. I fixed the link.--Cúchullain ^t/c 05:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Category:The Office cast members

See: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_January_25#Category:Actors_by_series.

Please remove the category once the article is unprotected. -- Prove It ^(talk) 06:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Suggested change

In the current version of the article, there is the following text:

"In late 2004, she was hired as a writer and performer for the upcoming American version of The Office." (emphasis mine).

Surely the American version stopped being "upcoming" a long time ago? --Dreaded Walrus 18:39, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

No, the tense is correct. --Celtstock 00:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC-4)

Oh wait. Yes, in the sense that it was upcoming at the time. Sorry, I just misread the sentence. :) --Dreaded Walrus 14:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

An utter joke

That this page is still locked down for a specious "office action." Several editors have made several requests to the "Foundation" asking them to unlock the page[2][3][4], or for a reason why it remains locked. To date, none of those editors have received a reply. It's time for an answer. Eleemosynary 15:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I have brought it up with a member of the Board. It is being looked into. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Unprotection

The page has been unprotected, as it seems more stable now. Please keep an eye on this for unreliably sourced information -- when in doubt, remove. Also, please add this to your watchlists and any high-priority watchlists as appropriate. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 01:05, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

List

The article itself lists the episodes Kaling wrote, so why is there a separate section with the same list? I think the section should be removed. --711groove 13:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 17:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk show appearances in filmography

Is it really such a good idea to list all her appearances on the various talk shows (Conan O'Brien, Letterman, et. al.)? NVSBLmonster (talk) 00:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

It's unnecessary. --PRBlaster (talk) 15:08, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Massive attempt to turn the page into an advertisement from 65.107.28.180

This page had been a pretty decent article until 65.107.28.180, an IP address which resolves to Los Angeles, added a huge amount of PR and fluff to the page. I've reverted those edits. -- PRBlaster (talk) 15:07, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Awards and Nominations

I fixed the award and nominations table! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BBINDFAN (talk • contribs) 22:33, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

References in pop culture

I don't know if it's worth adding a mention, on the main page, that there's a burger named after her at Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage, in Harvard Square ("with provolone cheese, grilled peppers, and sweet potato fries") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.189.24 (talk) 17:06, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

The right side infobox is terrible!

Are the fields for religion and relatives really necessary? Mihirpmehta (talk) 10:55, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

BLP violations

WP:BLP states that any personal-life claims about a living person must have reliable-source citations. This is one of Wikipedia's most stringent policies. Moreover, per WP:BLPNAME and a 2015 RfC, we do not give the names, birth dates or other details about minor children unless the parents themselves or their representatives release such information to the public. Kaling has not yet done so. When and if she does, then we can include any information about any children. --Tenebrae (talk) 01:46, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

personal life?

Married? Kids? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 15:10, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

It could probably be mentioned Kaling dated her "The Office" co-star B.J. Novak and the fact that both their characters on the show had a similar relationship as their real life one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.197.239 (talk) 09:41, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

In October 2017, Kaling revealed on Ellen DeGeneres Show that she is expecting a girl. --Time4Sammie (talk) 05:05, 7 January 2018 (UTC)Time4Sammie

Can we make the etymology for Vera's name any more vague?

The Goddess's name is Lakshmi that Vera (transliterated as Veera in Hindu material) is said incarnation of. 24.228.182.29 (talk) 04:51, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

The problem here is that the article is about Kaling. Sources don't typically delve deeply into the derivation of a name when talking about an individual person. (In other words: While there are certainly sources discussing various origins for the name "Vera", we aren't likely to find many sources about Kaling that discuss the origins.) What we have is a brief quote from her. As we don't have an on-topic source for anything more, there really isn't more we can say.

That leaves the question of whether or not to include what we have. IMO,there is some slight relevance to the origin of her name, especially since it is different from the Latin derivation and instead connects with Kaling's background. So, including the little bit on the origin of her name, as sourced, is (IMO) reasonably relevant.

We don't present what we have as a scholarly discussion of the question. Instead, we are simply saying that this is where Kaling said her name comes from. Unless there are sources discussing Kaling that get into the derivation and whether or not her explanation is right, wrong or insufficient, that's pretty much all we have. - SummerPhD^v2.0 14:44, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

References

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Inaccurate Image

The current photo of Mrs. Kaling at the Montclair Film festival is inaccurate, misrepresenting, and needs to be updated to one that is not encyclopedic. DayvonHole (talk) 20:26, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

What makes it inaccurate and misrepresenting? Is it not Mindy Kaling? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

@DayvonHole: In order to better understand this issue, please clarify: why do you believe the present image is inaccurate, misrepresenting and not encyclopedic? Unfortunately, the image you previously uploaded fails WP:IUP#COPYRIGHT, and it is not clear at the moment that you are the rights owner or this image can be otherwise freely uploaded to Wikipedia. Juliette Han (talk) 21:06, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Brother

Why is there no mention of her brother, Vijay Chokalingam, who was in the news in 2015? Doesn't mention a sibling at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.0.159.234 (talk) 15:38, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

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The external link to her “personal website” is a spam site

I don’t know if it got bought, hacked, or what. But it looks like it’s an Amazon affiliate spam site now. Don’t know if that means it should be deleted or not. 104.173.242.132 (talk) 22:17, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Where was she born?

The Infobox says she was born in Waltham, MA; Early Life says she was born in Cambridge. Which is it? (None of the refs seems to say.) HughieGRex (talk) 17:56, 10 July 2023 (UTC)