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Good articleStephen Colbert has been listed as one of the good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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July 11, 2006Good article nomineeListed
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October 10, 2006Featured article candidateNot promoted
October 23, 2006Good article reassessmentDelisted
November 2, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
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July 17, 2007Featured article candidateNot promoted
Current status: Good article


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New information for Awards and Honors section

I had to open a new account, and am unable to add this information: On September 8, 2008 it was announced that Stephen Colbert's digitized DNA would be launched into space. Private space traveler Richard Garriott will deliver the sample to the Space Station in October in order to begin an "Immortality Drive." "In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert's DNA," Garriott said in a statement. "Is there a better person for us to turn to for this high-level responsibility?" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418494,00.html Feoffee 72 (talk) 14:28, 8 September 2008 (UTC)feoffee_72 10:30 AM 08 September 2008[reply]

Doesn't he also havve a bridge named after him in hungary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.78.43.137 (talk) 02:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's your duty, people, to get this thing featured. Colbert has done all the hard work, that is, living his life; all you people have to do is record it. Now nominate it, and if it fails, improve it and do it again. If this isn't featured by the end of the week, me and Colbert look down on all of you. --The Actual Stephen Colbert's Media Secretary 20:00, 29 February 2009 (UTC)

I have a better question. Are you from the future? →
Harshael (talk) 09:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Me look down on you for not knowing how to use pronouns correctly. Also, why don't you help? KhalfaniKhaldun 02:58, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lede Too specific?

IMO the lede to this article has too many specific details about Colbert's life, when it should sum up the most important points. Is it really critical to the lede, for instance, that Colbert served as Carell's understudy? Thoughts? Larry Dunn 18:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Video of 60 Minutes interview

The 60 Minutes interview with Colbert is broken. I suggest someone replace it with a working one, e.g. this one: http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2006/05/stephen_colbert_4.html

RFC - Vote for the New Stephen Colbert Lead Photo

I typically take photos and put up the one I think is the best, but since this page has for a long time needed a new one, and I know people feel passionately about Colbert, I give you all the vote in true Wiki fashion. Below are four new shots of Colbert, all of which are--ahem--of exception quality that show Colbert in different lights. Vote on the photo you think would be best for the new lead. --David Shankbone 02:45, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Option A
    Option A
  • Option B
    Option B
  • Option C
    Option C
  • Option D
    Option D
  • Option E
    Option E
  • Option F
    Option F

Votes for Option A

  • Yeah, I like Option D, too. There's a story behind Option A: A protester posed as a member of the press. He was real quiet and shifty (usually the photographers talk amongst themselves). When Colbert arrived (late - he was introducing Nancy Pelosi at some Glamor Magazine award show), the protester started shouting at him. "What about World Trade Center Number 7, Stephen? What about World Trade Center Number 7? Do you have a little witty remark about that?!" It was really weird, because nobody could figure out how that had anything to do with Colbert. I'm all for protest...but this seemed like a poor target for whatever issue he had. Colbert? Who is off the air with the strike? So the expression in Photos A and B is Colbert looking at the guy and acting like he had no idea what he was talking about. I also have one of him holding his hand to his ear, smiling, in a "I can't hear you" gesture. --David Shankbone 15:37, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good angle on this one; you can see his (famously) tilted ear! Dp76764 17:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • A - For the lead photo, I like the orientation of this one looking forward, but D is the better picture and could be used elsewhere in the article. Aleta 18:45, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Change my vote to option A, now that the shape was changed. I don't understand those that want to keep the old one (E). Shouldn't the photo be as recent as possible? For the lead on a bio-page, shouldn't it be a portrait type shot instead of what looks like a candid? --SVTCobra 23:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Close call between A & D, but I'd have to go with A, as he is looking more towards the camera than in D. Although his expression is more animated than in D, he's looking too far away from the camera in the latter, and because that is one of the reasons David Shankbone gives for replacing the original (E), then it stands to reason that A should prevail. B looks inappropriately dour for a comedian, and C looks as if he is having some serious constipation problems. I don't know why the hell anyone would vote for F. BobCubTAC (talk) 00:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Votes for Option B

Votes for Option C

Votes for Option D

  • D. A and C are off-kilter ( a little scary like he's constipated); B is a good second choice if he wasn't a commedian and didn't do fake news; E would be great if the article were about his hair (fantastic shot of the hairline). Benjiboi 19:13, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Votes for Option E (current)

Really? That's surprising. It's poor quality, he's not looking at the camera, the color is off, and there are autographs seekers in the photo. I guess there are always dissenters. --David Shankbone 04:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And there are always good-faith differences of opinion which are unfairly judged to be dissent. And good-faith contributions unfairly judged as self-promotion. BusterD 13:18, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really understand the comment. Dissent is just disagreement with the majority, which Option E clearly falls under. And self-promotion doesn't even enter the picture. But...sure. --David Shankbone 16:50, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is the question one of need? We are always updating the site, improving it. So, if the question is one of "need" then the answer is: because we have better quality, higher resolution, more focused on the subject and more recent. The old one doesn't have to go, it would be shifted into the body of the article. The real question is: why should we keep the old one? I haven't read any concrete reasons why that one is better, whereas there are quite a few reasons why the new shots are better. It's very strange people are beholden to an old, low-quality photo just because there's "no need" to change it. --David Shankbone 18:18, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Votes for Option F

Votes for new selection

I think a picture like the picture on the front of "I Am America, and So Can You!" should be the title picture. The pictures of him smiling or not serious or jokingly serious do not go with his character. It's like putting a picture of Adam Sandler crying as his title picture. Chexmix53 (talk) 20:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
By 'His character' you mean the 'character' he portrays in The Colbert Report and most of his comedy acts. True, that those not represent 'that' character but the current picture represents a much more natural Stephen Colbert, if you ever run into him on the road you'd see him looking like the current picture and not portraying his character. Yehia18 (talk) 16:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

add story

Comedy Rambo A gladiator of mockery, Stephen Colbert is dismantling American society from the inside

From the Boston Phoenix...

http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid51190.aspx —Preceding unsigned comment added by Isabel bos (talk • contribs) 14:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Colbert Day in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada A bet between Stephen Colbert and the mayor of Oshawa March 20th, which also happens to be the mayors birthday

http://www.oshawa.ca/colbert/ http://www.thestar.com/article/176172 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.39.210.161 (talk) 04:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the Bridge

I do not see any reference to the bridge that he had named after him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.185.223.208 (talk) 08:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe if someone provided more information, like a source or reference to this bridge then it could be added... Chexmix53 (talk) 20:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was recently playing Everquest 2, and noticed that the developers included a little tribute to Colbert, in the form of the NPC "Trapper Coalbear" who gives out a quest entitled "The Number One Threat in Butcherblock(the zone name he's in)" which is to kill the feindishly clever bears in the area. I didn't see any decent place in the article to reference this, anyone else want to give it a stab? References to the quest line can be see at the EQ2 wiki at http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Trapper_Coalbear Athryn (talk) 07:39, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert's political leanings?

Can we get some info on which side he's on? I think that would be a great contribution to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.243.228.86 (talk) 13:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked, it's already covered in "Personal life". :) Shoemoney2night (talk) 04:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert's French heritage

Although Stephen Colbert is directly of Irish descent, his Irish ancestors were themselves of French descent. He also likes to emphasize this fact, pretty much to aggravate the francophobic right, but he seems to have some pride in it, even displaying the Fleur-de-lis on several spots of his set. I added him to the French American categories at the bottom. Please do not delete this link without discussing this a little bit before. Thanks in advance!!! --WhiteEcho (talk) 05:09, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any sources to confirm this? I'd take anything on his set with a grain of salt, given that it's supposed to be representative of his character, and not Stephen himself. Shoemoney2night (talk) 08:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I read somewhere that his Irish ancestors were Huguenots fleeing the anti-Protestantism that led to the St Barthelemew massacre, among others. Which makes me wonder about his denomination, listed as Catholic (FWIW). Maybe his ancestors converted after a few years in a Catholic community? There are many other Irish people with a French surname, such as Stephen Roche (1987 Tour de France winner). Now, that may sound stupid, since the "Kerry looks French" thing, but I happen to know one dude in France who looked a lot like Colbert. I do really think he looks more French than Irish, if that means anything. --WhiteEcho (talk) 20:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not saying it isn't a possibility, but unless you're able to cite a solid source, all we've got is WP:OR. Until a reliable source can actually confirm Colbert's French heritage, I would suggest that the French American category be removed. Shoemoney2night (talk) 22:16, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, there is no reliable source here. His showing a fleur-de-lis (or even flying the French flag, not that he does) does not prove anything about his heritage. The cat should be removed unless and until a reliable source is cited. Aleta (Sing) 02:08, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you've also noticed, he has those darker eyelashes that make him look like he's always wearing mascara (and who knows, maybe he is...I wouldn't put it past him). There are several pics I've seen in which the darkness of those eyelashes is highlighted and he looks kind of Roman or Greek or maybe from the South of France. I'm not really sure if this feature of him would contribute to him, but I thought I'd add my two cents. 67.58.175.199 (talk) 02:57, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Sweeps (on hold)

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.

  1. The lead needs to conform to WP:LEAD. Specifically, it is missing information on the "Personal life" section and the last two sentences are uncited facts that are not present in the body of the article.
  2. "Colbert also made generous use of humorous fallacies of logic in explaining his point of view on any topic. Other Daily Show correspondents have adopted a similar style, and the convention of having more character-driven correspondent segments, with Stewart serving as a kind of straight-man foil, is now generally accepted as a part of the show's format." (The Daily Show) This reads like original research without a proper citation.
Done. Added a citation and removed an unsourced claim. Shoemoney2night (talk) 09:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  1. "Colbert won three Emmys as a writer of The Daily Show in 2004, 2005, and 2006." (The Daily Show) requires a citation
  2. "Announced 2008 Presidential bid" is classic WP:PROSELINE and needs to be converted into proper prose. In addition, all direct quotes in that section must be directly cited.
Done. Condensed, converted into proper prose and added some citations. Shoemoney2night (talk) 09:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  1. The first two paragraphs of "Awards and Honors" require citations
  2. The "Awards and Honors" section is very choppy. I suggest a merging or expansion of the one-two sentence paragraphs, as they severely disrupt the flow and readability of the section.

If the above concerns are addressed, I will return to check the references.

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Cheers, CP 01:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A good start, but is work still being done on the article? I'm willing to give more time, since the goal is article improvement, not delisting. Cheers, CP 18:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the introduction it is said that Colbert will speak at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, but there is no source to back up that claim; because of this, I suggest that it should be deleted. 79.1.199.169 (talk) 19:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Political Views

I think, since he is highly involved in politics and is always making political statements his political views should be included. He bashes both sides, but whose side is he really on.

He also claims to be a Christian, but mocks Christianity in the next sentence, so...yeah...someone put his personal beliefs/views in. --Huper Phuff talk 00:05, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As it says in Stephen Colbert#Personal life, he describes himself as a Democrat. He is a practicing Roman Catholic and a Sunday School teacher and was raised by devout parents who taught him that it was possible to be Catholic and still question the Church (as detailed in Stephen Colbert#Early life). He sometimes describes himself as being anti-authoritarian. Shoemoney2night (talk) 01:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Malcolm_Gladwell James_Colbert Andy_Young Andrew_Jackson_Young Stephen_Tyrone_Colbert

With what we've heard tonight, this deserves an article.

[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 05:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are some webpages appearing about last night's show; I have found some examples, though I have not read all the way through, as yet:

Thank You,

[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 00:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation section makes no sense

"Colbert's father wanted to pronounce the name "Khol-BARE," maintaining the "KHOL-bert" pronunciation only out of respect for his own father."

If his father wanted it pronounced "BARE", why would saying it "bert" be a sign of respect for his father? This needs to be edited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.43.148.213 (talk) 17:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It does make sense, Colbert's father wished to be called Khol-BARE, but HIS father (i.e. Stephen's grandfather wished him to remain as KHOL-bert 86.129.20.194 (talk) 21:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are too many pronouns. It does make sense and is correct but in an article about Stephen Colbert at first glance it can be misleading. Since Colbert is the subject of so many pronouns in the article, the "his own father" leads us to believe that this person is Colbert's father, not Colbert's paternal grandfather. If I could think of a way to word it less awkwardly than that and still get the information across I'd change it. 74.129.243.37 (talk) 23:15, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GQ cover

Should the fact that Colbert was on the cover[1] of the May 2007 issue of GQ be added to the article? Or was he on the cover as his character? Coattail Anschluss (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering if it would be possible to create a featured topic based around Colbert. I think there are enough articles of good quality to allow the topic to be create. The articles that would be in it would be Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert (character), The Colbert Report, Truthiness and Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. I want to put forward the idea of doing so before I go ahead with the plan. ISD (talk) 15:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wikiquote

as this is editprotected, can someone add {{wikiquote}} to the links section ? 70.51.8.129 (talk) 04:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peabody Award Update

I updated the awards section to include his third Peabody award. I included the link to the official announcement, but it lead to an IP address (linked from the Peabody front page). Seems like they didn't link to a site with a proper DNS. Just FYI! Enigmaedge (talk) 05:51, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comedian Infobox is being a bugger.

I'm trying to add Colbert's Peabody awards to his infobox. It won't list the title "peabody awards" and lists whatever I type after

| peabodyawards =

as if they were listed under his emmy awards. I don't know if this is a problem with what I'm typing or with the template, which can be located at Template:Infobox_Comedian. - preschooler@heart 09:35, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Same happens to me. I'm guessing a template problem. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:24, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

Does anyone have a clue what is going on with the main image? Illinois2011 | Talk 23:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know what's going on. 71.10.88.69 (talk) 03:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a signing for IAAASCY to me. -mattbuck (Talk) 09:03, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Credited in Firefox?

I noticed that Stephen Colbert is listed in the credits of Firefox..

Go to.. Help > About Mozilla Firefox > Credits

.. then wait for them to start.

????

74.129.26.154 (talk) 01:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yea thats weird and should be noted. There's an article about it online if you type in "stephen colbert firefox" or some combination of those words on google. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.59.17 (talk) 02:34, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wikipeidia Account

Does He actually have a Account on wikipedia? Trees RockMyGoal 05:46, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I was wondering if it would be appropriate for someone to add an external link to the ZotFish page for Stephen Colbert?. I believe it's of genuine interest to readers, but I want to make sure I follow Wikipedia policy and not post it myself -- more info on the site can be found at Mashable. - Zotman (talk) 03:52, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The site violates WP:ELNO, and does not enhance the article. It should not be added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Can someone fix the pronunciation guide?

The part right after his name that says " IPA: /koʊlˈbe:ɹ/ " should be replaced with {{pron-en|koʊlˈbe:ɹ}} so that it links to the guide page instead of "what is IPA". Thanks! (I finally get around to creating an account just to fix this, and now I have to autoconfirm before I can edit? Nooo!) Entroppie (talk) 19:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC) Woo, autoconfirmed and fixed. NVM. ∈ntroppie 09:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Umm.... it's even more wrong now. The IPA should be /koʊlˈbeər/. Please learn and use proper IPA for English! 210.254.117.186 (talk) 05:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Or rather, what pronounciation of his name are you going for? The reference it's linked to clearly refers to /koʊlˈbeər/ "coal BEAR" pronunciation, whereas the page now reflects a "coal BURR" pronunciation. 210.254.117.186 (talk) 05:20, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, sorry. I just wanted to reiterate that the pronunciation is still incorrect on the page. I agree with the previous post that it should be changed to /koʊlˈbeər/ "coal BEAR." Thanks. :) Eilonwy81 (talk) 04:39, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Currently we have "koʊɫ.bɚt", which certainly confused me. (A co-articulated rhotacized diacritic? That was a new one on me...) The IPA rather obscures the main point, which "is the t silent?", and instead takes us around the highways and byways of whether and how to pronounce the "r" (which is hugely variable in English, without even getting French into the equation). Even if this IPA can be vounched for, I think we could certainly make the point more clearly in the text. Alai (talk) 02:11, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bio info incorrect

Stephen Colbert was NOT born in Washington, D.C.. He was born in Sumter, S.C. at Toumey Hospital in 1964. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tasmaniac212 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The statement is backed up by an article. Have you got a reliable source that says otherwise? -Shoemoney2night (talk) 16:58, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of Colbert's wikipedia vandalism?

The article does not mention his vandalizing the elephant article anywhere. It seems to me like this should be added somewhere, as it's quite prominent and important to wikipedia. Dr. Cash (talk) 19:46, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it described by a reliable source? Wikipedia is based only on secondary sources, so it's very easy to get Colbert's Wikipedia vandalism into this article. Just find a source that talks about it, and cite that source. Anything else would be original research. -GTBacchus(talk) 06:03, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not to mention librarians are hidding somthing or alligators love marshmellows. --Npnunda (talk) 05:56, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is covered in the article for The Colbert Report. ISD (talk) 09:07, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yup you are right. Makes sense because this is about the 'actor' not the 'character'. --Npnunda (talk) 00:09, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conservapedia (a right wing copy of wikipedia) makes points about Colbert's vandalism of Wikipedia as evidence of its bias and unreliability. A proper listing of these need to be referenced to avoid letting it become propaganda for the right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.10.170.60 (talk) 05:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is already covered here and here. There's no need to cater to the nutjobs on Conservapedia in every article about Stephen. DP76764 (Talk) 14:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

time for a more recent picture

Anybody out there have a more recent picture? This one is from Nov 2007. --Npnunda (talk) 05:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Negative vs. Positve response to the '06 correspondents' dinner

The article tries to state that the overall response to his "roast" was a welcome one. I beg to differ. After having reviewed the footage of the speech, you can clearly see the reaction and the faces of the crowd start off as accepting and friendly. However, once his 15 minute speech is nearly over, the crowd looks as if they've witnessed a gruesome car crash. Also, President Bush's reaction is by far the most observable. At the end, he seems to look at colbert with a stare of contempt equal to that of someone who had slept with his wife. As far as the audio quality is concerned, for one of Colbert's more brazen punchlines about generals standing on computer banks ordering men into battle, you don't hear a peep from the audience. Lewis Black, a fellow comedian, in his HBO broadcast of Red White and Screwed, stated that before speaking in front of President Bush, he was instructed to remove all swearing and possibly-roasting comments from his routine. To think that this speech of Colbert's was well-recieved by the President is an ill-concieved notion. Please review the video again. If anything I'd like the article to state that the speech was not well-recieved by a majority of those in attendance. --conchaga (talk) 19:00, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are right I made the change. It said that until a week ago. I corrected it. Anyone who saw the performance knows it got a cold response from the audiance. They are after all Bush supporters. --Npnunda (talk) 00:17, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Those so-called "Bush supporters" are all eating crow and Colbert is making them eat all their dirt using irony and sarcasm. One of the best beatdown by an intellect to a corrupt president and one of the best b_tch-slaps I've seen in a while to an audience choosing to side with stupidity. The audience is stunned coz Colbert is making them realize their own stupidities, not the least the one made by Bush.

I transcribed to the best of my ability a comment from Stephen Colbert which aired on NPR's 'Fresh Air' on 09 October, 2007. Commenting on the cold reaction from the audience, "People say that it bombed in the room; There were three-thousand people in the room. And it's an enormous room and, you know, when it bombed, if you hear the recording no ones happening there... a thousand people are still laughing, but they're laughing in the back of the room; they're not laughing up by the Presidents table and where the mics are." Perhaps this should be included on his profile. JamianM (talk) 23:05, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert family photos and new lead photo proposals

Hey guys - I have only started to parse down some of my Tribeca shots. If you look above and click on the Wiki links, you will see where these photos are currently placed. I blogged about Photo C and that I had yet to place it in the article. I just don't know where to put it, and since I have only done photo editing on the page I think the decision should be made by you guys. This was the only thing I came up with. Move Photo B into Photo A's place, and put Photo C where Photo B is currently (under personal life). Either put Photo A in a new place, or keep it off since it is just a low-qual shot of two disembodied heads. It's up to you guys. Dave --David Shankbone 16:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a more recent photo for the main photo? --Npnunda (talk) 00:56, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Jeez, Npnunda, what do you think, I just have a bunch of Colbert photos laying around...? --David Shankbone 01:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • No. 1
    No. 1
  • No. 2
    No. 2
  • Current - no change
    Current - no change


Ha Ha thanks. I like photo 1. --Npnunda (talk) 15:28, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Both of these other comments make sense to me also. I just thought it may be time for a new photo as the current one is almost a year old. As we can't reach a consensus I think maybe leaving #3 for now maybe best. We can wait awhile longer and see what else comes up. --Npnunda (talk) 19:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that's partly why I was in no rush to upload them, although all of those problems can be taken care of with Photoshop, especially the lighting. But, hey, at least we are in the envious position of having too many choices instead of too few. Now if we can just replicate that on the other articles...--David Shankbone 22:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Venture Bros. Work

So, in the Filmography section, there is no mention of Stephen Colbert's character, Professor Richard Impossible, from the Venture Brothers cartoon on Cartoon Network. --AmberoSan (talk) 07:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. I added it. --TM 08:19, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll sign in at some point, but it needs to be amended that he since dropped his small role on Venture Bros. His assistants, manager, and agent gave Jackson Publick the run-around, eventually receiving a terse message that simly read: "Stephen has neither the time nor the interest in participating in your project."--74.235.10.145 (talk) 08:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure it needs to be amended. Although IMDb still credits him through to 2008, when I added the credit I adjusted it to end at 2006, his last appearance. --TM 12:47, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2008 Libertarian Party Nomination for President

I think it would be great to mention that according to 2008 Libertarian National Convention, Stephen Colbert received one write-in vote on the second ballot for President or 0.2% of the votes cast that round. Killpineapple (talk) 08:13, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Soup

Is there really going to be a Campbell's soup named after him? Mwv2 (talk) 04:51, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See also section

Per WP:ALSO, the first link is already above the lead and the 2nd can be worked into the article. --Tom 13:16, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The filmography is incomplete.

As compared to IMDB, for example in 2004 Colbert did an episode of "Law and Order: Criminal Intent". I can't figure out how to edit the table.Pjbflynn (talk) 05:19, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert Christmas

Seems to me that his Christmas special belongs more as a work of his "character" than of himself. Any thoughts/objections about moving that paragraph to the other article? DP76764 (Talk) 23:10, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds sensible to me. -mattbuck (Talk) 23:15, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ed Colbert Appearance, Colbert Report

Stephen's brother Ed Colbert appeared on Feb 12th 2009 not the 13th. The 13th fell on a Friday this year Colbert Report does not air on Fridays.

Taprootsteve85 (talk) 04:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 13:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NASA Naming contest

I think this should be added to the article somewhere. Colbert asks viewers to write in his name in the naming contest of NASA's newest module to be added to the international space station. And wins the contest by a landslide.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html

ref: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/2128257&from=rss —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.60.101.242 (talk) 00:13, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citing that he asked them to do so, and what the voting results are, is fine; however, stating that the name WILL be what they voted for is not, as NASA has not announced the name yet, and we aren't a crystal ball.--Vidkun (talk) 18:14, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think the results of the contest should be reported here in the biographical article. The story was reported in the UK Guardian (25th March 09 p22 "Comedian's leap into space") with a short piece saying "An American comedian has embarrassed NASA the US space agency, by winning a competition to have part of the International Space Station named after him". The rest of the column makes no mention of it being his comedy character from which the name was taken. Colbert won by 40,000 votes with a total ballot of 1.2m. It should also be noted that as of writing NASA have not committed to the naming, as the final decision will be made next month. Smrgsbrd (talk) 09:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone fix this?

In the second paragraph of "2008 Presidential Bid," the exact same sentence, Colbert's promotion inspired $68,000 in donations to South Carolina classrooms, which benefited over 14,000 low-income students. is used twice. Just deleting the second instance of the sentence will fix this, but the article's locked so I can't do it. 67.242.120.197 (talk) 21:33, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done! Thanks for spotting the error. Plastikspork (talk) 23:31, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies for introducing it. Dtunkelang (talk) 04:03, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

College of Hard Knox

While we're on the topic of fixes, reference 80 "McAndrew, Francis. "Stephen Colbert Honorary Degree" Knox College (June 3, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-16." points to an xml page that I wanted to click through and it's not there! "http://www.knox.edu/x12687.xml" gives "Oops, Wrong Way! The page you are looking for could not be found". Clicking around and using search at their site suggests they've expunged some records of his receiving this degree, perhaps in response to Colbert later trying to burn his diploma (a page which itself has broken links for presumably the same reasons). In any case, I don't know the official Wikipedia policy on pointing to a historically significant URL like this that has since gone away. If it's permanently gone, maybe there's a record at archive.org? Or, if it's only temporarily gone, perhaps someone could get knox.edu to restore it. It's hard to believe Knox wants to engage in historical revisionism, but that's certainly what it smells of. Still, from the point of view of a user browsing Wikipedia for reference purposes, it's just confusing and frustrating. --Netsettler (talk) 19:33, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It turns out they just moved it to their archive (I searched for 'site:knox.edu "stephen colbert"' on google). Link now repaired. Thanks for spotting the error! Plastikspork (talk) 04:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Knighthood

In Season 5 Episode 46 he was knighted by Queen Noor Al-Hussein of Jordan. Should he then be labled "Sir Stephen Colbert" or does this status not actually exist? -- Navarr —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.165.168.14 (talk) 22:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is no official knighthood in Jordan. As she said, she had only "knighted" children before - implying that it's something she does to amuse them, not seriously. If you can find reliable sources that say otherwise somewhere, though, feel free to share and update the page. KhalfaniKhaldun 22:18, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Don't believe it exists AND this would be more appropriate for the article about his character. DP76764 (Talk) 22:19, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to edit Stephen Colbert's wikipedia page to reflect the fact that he was knighted by Queen Noor of Jordan on 4/7/09.

Lwhalen (talk) 23:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the knighthood should be at least mentioned especially since his credit as executive producer now reads Sir Dr. Stephen Colbert, DFA. Frank249 (talk) 21:55, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Something like this is much more suitable for the article about Stephen Colbert, the character. DP76764 (Talk) 03:08, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I agree completely with Dp76764. Plastikspork (talk) 16:33, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can't we just add a section about his supposed knighthood and whether or not he truly is a knight? --IdLoveOne (talk) 22:55, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No. See WP:SPECULATION.
Fine, but isn't his "mock" knighthood still noteworthy? Especially considering all of the questions it's raising. I think it still deserves mention in the article, even if only briefly, then, as others have said, maybe more focused on the character page. Just my opinion. --IdLoveOne (talk) 02:28, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As trivia (and not as a fact) yes, if RS's are provided as user:Dp76764 is pointing it out below.--The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 03:21, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not unless there are reliable sources discussing it. Discussing 'questions' it might raise (like what?) without a source is WP:OR. DP76764 (Talk) 02:51, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
IMWO: Knighthood is a title of Nobility which is granted by the Head of State. Therefore, if Queen Noor is the Head of State of Jordan, (or authorized to act as the Head of State by the king etc.), then the title bestowed on Stephen is valid. Even if she knighted children, (if she is the Head of State or authorized), those children are also validly knighted. Obviously, knighthood is not what it used to be -- if Jordanian knighthood ever was something -- but as the method of bestowing a title of nobility, there is no reason why the "ceremony" performed on the Colbert Show would not be valid. The fact that she is authorized by the Head of State makes it official. Knighthood is simply an official recognition of individual merit by a Head of State, and that is exactly what happened. Long live Sir Stephen the Sardonic! Peace Wikites. Cclasby (talk) 19:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Your argument comes from the basis that the title of knighthood is used in all countries to identify some special recognition. The fact is, though, that knighthood is only recognized as nobility in some countries. In Jordan it is not so recognized, and thus the "ceremony" had absolutely no meaning. KhalfaniKhaldun 20:47, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert's latest challenge? www.isstephencolbertacoward.com

I think this is worthy of a mention on Wikipedia. It looks like Perez Hilton has challenged Stephen Colbert to on behalf of an internet organization called Habitat for Hamtramck. Seems like a good old fashion media war is brewing here. What motive does Perez Hilton have in this? He challenged him on his Twitter account. Possible breaking news? Go to the website yourself and see it for your own eyes. http://www.isstephencolbertacoward.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.101.72 (talk) 02:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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