Talk:Shilpa Shetty/Archive 2

Richard Gere kissing incident

Can someone explain why the kiss would be so offensive? We don't mention that in the article. --Doradus 12:50, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I just came here to ask the same thing. The section doesn't really make any sense as it's not explained. — AnemoneProjectors (会話) 20:13, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

It wouldn't be offensive at all to the vast majority of Americans and Europeans, but apparently it's considered an obscene act by some in India. And any obscene act done in public is against the law. Just a cultural thing...Even though if you watch the video, it is clear that it is Richard Gere kissing her, while she tries to avoid it, but she laughs at it throughout (probably b/c it's something nobody from India would even think to attempt on television).-Bluedog423^Talk 02:41, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

As said by Shetty, things have come out of controll. Sorry, but we're not here to analyze this video. There must be a good enough reason to leave this "controversy" here. --Shahid • ^Talk2me 11:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, but I still don't understand what's controversial. All kissing? Kissing in public? Kissing someone you're not married to? What part is controversial? --Doradus 15:33, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

It's a cultural thing for Indians. Traditionally physical show of affection is often frowned upon. And in any case, I think the media made too much of the issue. -Mayuresh 11:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, but I think it definitely needs to be reduced. Too much inflated. There is a lot of gossip here. Any suggestions? --Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:32, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

If Shilpa Shetty was born in Mangalore, how come tyhe introduction says she was born in Tamil Nadu. Managlore is in Karnataka, Indian not Tamil Nadu, India. We need to get the facts right here!--User talk:owl8 —Preceding comment was added at 16:15, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Estimated net worth of £236 Million.

Can someone put a credible reference to this, or remove it? What is the source for stating that "She has an estimated net worth of £236 Million" ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dinofant (talk • contribs) 01:51, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Volleyball, not baseball

According to the article and many of the sources, Shilpa was a baseball player for her school. This doesn't seem to be true as during an interview on BBC's North West tonight on 1st Nov, she was asked about this and she said it is in fact volleyball that she plays, not baseball. She even mentioned "Wikipedia doesn't always get it right" or something along those lines. RapidR 19:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

GA failed

This article has quite a few problems

• Biggest is undue weight. Acting is only about 20% and we have more on the mafia thing just by itself and tons and tons about a stupid reality TV show. The account is also heavily focussed on 2006-07 incidents.
• Lead needs to be bigger, it is very small compared to the body.
• Refs need to be filled out with dates of publication, author where applicable
• Refs need to be formatted consistently. The date format is not consistent
• Career needs to discuss what type of an actresss she is. At the moement it is mainly just a list of films and results. There is nothing about style.
• Home viewer polls should not be included. They can be rorted by ppl voting over and over again.
• The awards list needs to have proper references not just inline links.
• POV about "hits" - that is the POV of the guy who made the website. Some films made little money but were "hits" and some made more money but were "flops" - there was no objective measure in this, simply quote the takings or quote a commentator
• Also, in the first paragraph of the career, eg, there are only a few stats and noms that are reffed. The other stuff is unreffed.
• "critics consider as her best performance so far" - there was only one critic there!
• Some one line sentences need to be mreged. some short parts unreffed
• Love info gossip should not really be in the middle of the career info.
• To be honest, I don't think the ToI should be used as a reference for anything serious, and that includes mafia allegations. eg, see User:Blnguyen/Times of India

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:10, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Bias and POV

This section is intrisicly to Pro-Shetty and anti-Goody for the resons lised below-

_{'During her time in Celebrity Big Brother, Shetty was allegedly a target of racism and bullying by other housemates, chiefly by Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd.[68] After mocking the east London dialect of Jade Goody's mother, who mis-pronounced her name as 'Shiwpa', Shetty was mocked for her Indian accent and was branded as "The Indian" and a "dog". Disparaging conversations took place among the other housemates about Indian eating habits, and Shetty's cooking was criticised for being the cause of diarrhea for O'Meara.[69] After Shetty attempted to dispose of left-over chicken soup down the toilet and caused a blockage, Jack Tweed suggested that she should pick the bones out with her teeth[69] and allegedly referred to her as a "fucking Paki"[70] although show producers denied this and stated that the word used was "cunt".[71][72] During a fierce argument, Goody told Shetty that she needed to "spend a day in the slums", although the media falsely reported this as "go back to the slums".[73] Claiming that she did not know Shilpa's surname, Jade referred to her as "Shilpa Fuckawallah", "Shilpa Durupa", and "Shilpa Poppadom", later claiming that they were non-racist references to Indian food.[74][75] Lloyd had opined that Shetty's English-speaking skills were lacking and verbally indicated her desire that Shetty would "fuck off home".[76] Shetty had been reduced to tears on several occasions, confiding to fellow housemate Ian Watkins: "I feel like I'm losing my dignity."[69]'}

1/ Accent mocking is only horse-play and jokeing.

2/"The Indian" was only used in place of her name after thay fogot it. If She had been an Afro', the she could have just as ealy been called the 'black'.

3/Poppadom was only a joke and a gag.

4/"Cunt", "dog" "Paki", and "Fuckwala" were going to far!

5/ Shipla can't help cooking in an indian styel and Jo's stomach had a alergic reaction (not racist reaction)to it that lead to the vommiting/diorreah insodent!

6/Jade's mother's London accsent was mocked to.--Granola lips (talk) 09:17, 14 December 2007 (UTC)