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"His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race, culture, and social class, juxtaposing existing social issues with ethical convention."

Call me cynical, but either someone's reading too much into it, or he wrote it himself.

Does anyone else think this line should go? 195.137.93.129 (talk) 02:47, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good grief...

This article is a shining example of why Wikipedia is the most unreliable piece of crap ever. I used to edit, but got tired of dealing with insanely biased editors. People, concerning his name Ned Holness, it's all over the internet. I found tons of sources for that. Seeing as how his name has been locked on this page to be Ned Mencia is rampant bias and again, is a great example of the unreliablity of wikipedia. Either change it to Ned Holness, or don't be surprised when people continue to view Wikipedia as a joke. 63.81.133.153 (talk) 16:00, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please list one reliable source and it'll be changed. DonQuixote (talk) 03:01, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Holness Surname, Ned, Carlos, and Reality

The surname or family name of Holness is a common German last name. The person calling himself Carlos Mencia is actually named Ned Holness, a classic Germanic name. He is neither a Mencia, nor a Mexican, and a dubious Latino at best. He is as German as sauerkraut and apple strudel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomcat2000 000 (talk • contribs) 23:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As has been pointed out by others, Holness is an English name [1]. But then again, that's all irrelavent since his mother (whose name is Mencia) is Mexican. That makes him Mexican. Do some research, please, before throwing around things that you heard via gossip. DonQuixote (talk) 01:42, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If Mencia is his mother's maiden name, why is it used in the article? What does his birth certificate say? I suggest we should use Holness as his last name in the article unless it can be proven that Mencia is in fact his legal birth name. You say do some research, but where exactly are YOUR references that his mother is in fact Mexican? We can throw around what we think to be true all day, but that will only feed into the stereotype of Wikipedia. I ask anyone with the time to find actual REFERENCES.66.20.173.231 (talk) 07:32, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Follow the citation links within the article. DonQuixote (talk) 12:16, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scientology

Why is this part of Wikiproject Scientology? Is he a scientologist? There's no mention of it in the article. -- OlEnglish ^(Talk) 18:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone felt that, since he criticized Scientology, he be included in that project. I don't know who it was and I don't know what Wikiproject Scientology's goals are, so I can't really say anything more than that. DonQuixote (talk) 17:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That makes about as much sense as Newt Gingrich being added to the Barack Obama wikiproject. LOL Dachande (talk) 17:49, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cancellation of show

In fairness to Carlos' fans, this biography needs to contain an accurate statement of why his show on Comedy Central was cancelled in 2008. As late as July 2009, Comedy Central was still playing reruns of his show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtisticVani (talk • contribs) 07:04, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because He Stole jokes they finally kicked him off the network. It was on the comedy central website last month. They aren't going to be showing reruns anymore either. Also why would you use wikipedia to find out information? This site is a joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.214.88.91 (talk) 06:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]