Talk:Richard Ayoade

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Mother's name

According to the article his mother's maiden name is "Baassuik", which does not look Norwegian at all. It is possible that the "u" is supposed to be a "v". Baassvik, or better yet Båssvik, is an actual Norwegian name ("aa" is often substituted for "å"). Sadly I don't have any sources, apart from my own skills of deduction. Anonymous 12:23, 25 Octrober 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.33.20 (talk)

I've removed all detail about his parents' names, as per WP:BLP: two of the supporting links are dead, leaving only the Irish Times article which doesn't name them. The link to the pdf document mentions people with the same surname as Richard, but since it doesn't say what relations they are, this would constitute original research ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 15:45, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Here's a (bad) picture, licensed under Creative Commons, of him. http://flickr.com/photos/eyedropper/321708524/sizes/s/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmli (talk • contribs) 15:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded the picture mentioned by Wmli above. If anyone else has a better picture, feel free to replace the current one. -Gr0ff (talk) 20:01, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am genuinely not sure that photo should be used. It's clearly a fan-stalker shot taken on the train in London. Is this 'wikipedia' quality? Boils (talk) 22:12, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's exactly wikipedia quality, there are standards above which it will not go. A decent image will have the Copyright Nazis kicking in the door post-haste. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.211.163 (talk) 02:09, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, I'm not convinced either. A fan shot at a public appearance is the sort of thing we are after, not a stalker shot when he's on his way to work. FreeMorpheme (talk) 19:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Potential Source?

I wonder if anything in this interview could be useful for the article:

Guardian interview 2008

Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 20:19, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's also this from the National Post. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 20:37, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ayoade Pronunciation

The two pronunciation guides give different pronunciations for his name. I don't know which (if either) are correct. --deflective (talk) 08:57, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Where was he born?

The first paragraph says Whipps Cross but the infobox says Hammersmith. TonySever (talk) 14:59, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reddit AMA

Im a horrible Wiki editor, but today he's holding a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) will post relative info here that he answers.^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.160.118.126 (talk) 21:34, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BAFTA award

He has just won a BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for the IT Crowd. Where should this information go? Should there be a new section for the award or perhaps just under the IT Crowd? Igniparous (talk) 17:23, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday

According to his latest tweets, his birthday listed on Wikipedia is incorrect.

https://twitter.com/richardayoade/status/477013679251394560

https://twitter.com/richardayoade/status/477013962383699968 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel samuels (talk • contribs) 09:15, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also, on Duck Quacks Don't Echo, he specifies he has a 'Wikipedia birthday' , but his real one is 25th Dec (no year mentioned). John Decker NZ (talk) 11:12, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unnecessary Complication

"Ayoade is also the brother-in-law of the singer and actress Billie Piper, who married Laurence Fox in 2007, but this statement is a misunderstanding of the relations by marriage concept. Ayoade's wife is the sister-in-law of Piper and Ayoade is therefore merely the husband of Piper's sister-in-law."

Ummm... okay? This sentence would get the writer laughed out of an editor's office. It has been changed. 73.173.114.38 (talk) 23:59, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity

For some reason, some editors keep stating Richard is of English ethnicity, which flies in the face of the fact that his Ethnicity is mixed race of Nigerian and Norwegian. The English are an ethnicity, legally and culturally so, English ethnicity is not gained by being born in England, just as japanese ethnicity is not from being born in Japan. Please stop this nonsense of marginalising the English people's ethnicity. If for some reason you feel his Nigerian/Norwegian ethnicity is somehow not good enough, this is your own problem and racism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margolis-Marmite (talk • contribs) 07:32, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Don't play games. He is of English nationality. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 11:02, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Listen here, there is no such Nationality of English, English is an ETHNICITY, to state someone is English is to state their ETHNICITY. Please stop accusing me of vandalism because you do not understand the difference between ETHNICITY and NATIONALITY. He may well have a BRITISH passport, but he sure as hell doesnt have an ENGLISH passport, because such passports do not exist. If you know he has a British passport and can verify so, then state his nationality is British, but he is not ENGLISH, his ethnicity is Norwegian and Nigerian

Please read here for better understanding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people and remove your disgraceful threats to ban me for making the page more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margolis-Marmite (talk • contribs) 12:32, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And revert the edit, as its factually incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margolis-Marmite (talk • contribs) 12:34, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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