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Commas vs periods

I have changed the figures which were listed as 70.000 and 20.000 to 70,000 & 20,000. While I haven't actually checked, given that the Euro only has 100 cents to one Euro (as we would expect, they're cents not ments) and that no one is going to settle for 20 Euros, I think it's safe to assume 70k and 20k is meant. For the benefit of our German readers, please note that the comma (,) is used as a digit seperator and the period (.) as a decimal point in English, and therefore the English wikipedia. Nil Einne 16:19, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the meanwhile Stefan Raab's girlfriend gave birth to a second daughter in 2006....someone should ad that to the article.

TV total section

The TV Total section has nothing to do with the actual TV Total show. Either change it's title to Wok racing or add some real content... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phantom- (talk • contribs) 20:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Done. I Renamed it to TV career. Plus I moved a significant chunk of the article from the beginning to this section to avoid repetitions. Janfrie1988 (talk) 00:22, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PUNK

stefan raab does punk? LOL. funk and pop would be right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.139.116.2 (talk) 16:04, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, seconding this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.245.70.78 (talk) 20:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Years active

"Stefan Konrad Raab (born 20 October 1966) was a German entertainer, comedian..." Bad joke, poor writing or the absence of logic? Even if Raab was fully retired now that doesn't mean he is dead. Please take a look at the articles about famous people who aren't in the limelight anymore (especially retired athletes, see for example Diego Maradona). "Was" in the first sentence can only be used if the person is no longer alive. To describe the position that person no longer maintain we must use the word "former".

Also, I reverted 'Years active: 1990-2015' to '1990-present' more than 5 times already. Interestingly, all of these kinds of edits since June 17th- when Raab announced he's ending his TV-career at the end of 2015 (so 6 months till his last factual TV-appearance as a host) - were made only by unregistered editors and from different IPs which were used only once and for only Raab-related articles.[1]

I'm curious, how do you understand the 'Years active' definition? It's an activity, job, work, and these numbers means a period of time that is someone's career span. It never ceases to amaze me how some people can't comprehend that if someone doesn't appear on television shows anymore (BTW, by their own choice), it doesn't automatically mean that their career and life are over. Especially in a case of someone like Stefan Raab, who is a "Tausendsassa" (all-rounder) and has very successfully fulfiled his potencial as a TV host, TV producer, TV judge, radio host, comedian, athlete (of all types of sports; he even developed or created some new), singer, musician, songwriter, music producer and even as an inventor.

I've read loads of recent articles about Raab. "Fernseh-Abschied von Stefan Raab" (Stefan Raab's goodbye to television), "Stefan Raabs TV-Rückzug" (Stefan Raab's retirement from television), "Stefan Raab verabschiedet sich vom TV-Bildschirm ab" (Stefan Raab bids farewell to TV screen), "Stefan Raab beendet seine TV-Karriere" (Stefan Raabs ends his TV-career) or Raab's own words in a figurative sense from his statement "Ich habe mich entschlossen Fernsehschuhe an den Nagel zu hängen" (I've decided to hang my TV-shoes on a nail)[2] means he wants to end his TV career (i.e., he won't be a host and a producer of television shows anymore). That's it. Raab has never said he's gonna go into the full early retirement. For instance, this article considers the prospects of Raab's future career: STEFAN RAAB: Was wird eigentlich aus dem Entertainer? Nobody would even consider anything like that if Raab said he firmly decided to stop working (or just leave the entertainment business). It is also a known fact that long before the announcement about the end of his TV career he said in his 50s he doesn't want to be on TV anymore. At this point he would like to proceed to work "backstage", i.e., continue the activity in the music business being a songwriter and a producer. Raab's (now 49 y.o.) retirement from television means he doesn't want to be such public person as he was before. Although he always be considered as a famous person, from now on his work won't be so public. But that doesn't mean this work is not a work (=activity).

So I'm gonna delete "2015" everytime I notice this violent interpretation unless you provide a reliable source [best with Raab's own quotation about his ultimate career end] that proves your point. -DELACORADO (talk) 18:53, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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