Talk:Adam DeVine

Birthplace
The 2 references cited, both apparently legit, cite 2 different cities for the birthplace -- one as Mount Vernon, New York, and the other Omaha, Nebraska.

Can we get a third to verify the correct location of birth and perhaps a birthdate? trezjr (talk) 04:02, 19 November 2011 (UTC)


 * it looks like neither of those were correct and "waterloo, iowa" was accepted. Snarevox (talk) 21:05, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Movie Date Issue?
Noticed that the Awesomest Maximus' year date is listed as 2009, though on Netflix it's listed as 2011. Anybody out there know which is the incorrect one? — Somarinoa (talk) 12:06, 25 June 2012 (UTC) Yeah it's 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.255.210.74 (talk) 01:42, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Education Inaccuracy
Stated that "He attended Lehigh Carbon Community College studying human sexuality[citation needed]: after two years, he dropped out of school." However, when Adam was answering questions on Reddit's AMA he called this a 'Wiki Lie' - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16ku5h/we_are_blake_anderson_anders_holm_and_adam_devine/c7wytv4 -- 32ftpersecond (talk) 06:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Career
In the Career section, the page states "In 2008 he co-starred in the independent film Were the World Mine." However, neither his IMDB page nor the IMDB page for the film link him to it. Probably another actor in the film was mistaken for him? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.209.209.129 (talk) 00:35, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

What about him being in the new Sim City commercial? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.59.125 (talk) 02:13, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Protection/watching
This article has a history of hoaxes and misinformation. Can we all keep an eye on this one, with the ultimate use of semi-protection if necessary? Bearian (talk) 11:36, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

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Devine instead of DeVine?
If we can get a solid source on this, the CamelCase should be abandoned, the page moved, and the images even retitled. If not, it should stay as is. I've seen it both ways plenty of times. In general, the iteration that's more removed from standard tends to be correct -- given that it makes more sense to know it's spelled D-E-V-I-N-E and assume like normal only the D is capitalized, rather than simply assume there is a capital V without knowing. I don't know what this has to do with Italian as per ChrisDevo's contention, as neither "de" nor "vine" are Italian. "de vin" would be French, "de vino" would be Spanish, "di vino" Italian. JesseRafe (talk) 17:10, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Also (and I'm not claiming either of these are good sources or that this is defniitive evidence, but) Adam DeVine's character on Workaholics is named Adam DeMamp with a capital M both at both http://workaholics.wikia.com/wiki/Adam_Demamp and http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0313117/ and all of the stars and creators' characters' names are modeled on their own. Just another circumstantial data point that leads to the suggestion the DeVine is accurate, not Devine. JesseRafe (talk) 19:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Speaking as a Devine the name is Irish from Ó Duibhín and Ó Daimhín, although I understand that there were some French Devigne's (DeVigne?) who emigrated to the USA and had their name anglicised as Devine. Jaqian (talk) 22:21, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

My name is Devine (not DeVine) too. Check the phone book in Adam Devine's hometown. IMDB shows it as Devine, not DeVine. I lived in Ireland for years and it's Devine in English (sometimes Divane or other similar spellings, but never DeVine). In any case, Devine is definitely not French, Italian, or any other Romance language. The camel case looks ridiculous. ChrisDevo (talk) 00:41, 28 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Again, a quick look through the sources show both, and Occam's Razor suggests keeping the CamelCase of DeVine, because that's not something half the sources would randomly make up on their own, whereas the "simpler" version of Devine is easily potentially, like a Spanish name without an accent mark, a regression to the easier way to type, an overlooked error, or an internal style guide requirement, so we would need a clear statement that Devine is correct and not DeVine, not just the existence of Devine in some of the RSes. JesseRafe (talk) 21:18, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

On episode 19 of his podcast, This is Important (timestamp 34:20), he clarifies that the proper spelling is Devine. DeVine was chosen on membership into SAG to avoid being the second Devine. 2605:A601:AB67:C200:8057:B772:7836:82C2 (talk) 06:12, 26 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Hrm. If we can rely on that, do we need to change the intro to something like "Adam Patrick Devine (styled as Adam DeVine for professional reasons)..."? It aso doesn't change the fact that DeVine may be the more common spelling, so that should be retained as the article title per WP:COMMONNAME. —C.Fred (talk) 15:04, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * If that's dispositive enough, I agree it should be mentioned either in the lede similar to above or just in the Early life section. I don't think we need to "spell out" only capitalization changes, but can't find any pertinent examples in the MOS for the interior caps. JesseRafe (talk) 15:57, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

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Photo
I strongly believe that we need a current photo of DeVine. I don’t mind if it’s the photo that I keep putting up or the previous one, but we need to reach an agreement. Jonty1 (talk) 20:16, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

It is incredibly inaccurate to have a photo of DeVine on his wiki that is more than 5 years old. The picture must be updated. Jonty1 (talk) 12:22, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Please read Manual of Style/Images and Biographies of living persons. The photos you had been adding previously do not satisfy the requirements on those pages. However, nowhere on either guide is there anything to support your assertion that an older photo which shows the subject clearly is less desirable than a more recent photo of poor quality. It is just your opinion, do not add that same grainy photo again just because it is newer.JesseRafe (talk) 21:10, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Accident section
The accident, unfortunate as it undoubtedly was, should be described in a more encyclopedic and less tear-jerking style.

"he unfortunately relapsed quite a lot" "He was rushed to intensive care" (where else?) "DeVine, through the support of his family, remained optimistic..."

- oh please. This is hardly encyclopedic language.

Also, the description of the accident, IMO, is going way over the top with all those minute details about which cement truck is coming from which direction and all that stuff. This is not yellow press, this is an encyclopedia. It would completely suffice to have one sentence state that he was hit by a cement truck at age 11, period. --91.34.32.31 (talk) 11:24, 12 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Reduced. You should have seen it a few edits ago. There's one or more editors who keep expanding it, adding even more maudlin sap than what you found, and also making it British "tonne, whilst, rang" etc. Might even be copyvio. However, the details make the later sourced quotes about how his years in a wheelchair formed his comedic sensibility/inspiration etc so they should stay, albeit in abbreviated neutral form. JesseRafe (talk) 14:24, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Change in name spelling/stylization
Have we got a reliable source for the change in name styling from capital V to lowercase, and is it now the common spelling? —C.Fred (talk) 03:12, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

It looks like the current sources are maybe 60/40 lowercase v, yet we had it capital V for a while. —C.Fred (talk) 03:18, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * its still captial V at the very top of the article page.. i cant remember if capitalization affects wikilinks or not, but it does look a bit awkward only appearing capitalized in the page title or header or whatever its called. Snarevox (talk) 20:59, 8 November 2022 (UTC)


 * it also appears capitalized in the caption under his picture, this makes it all look even more awkward as there are capitals and lowercase vs all over the place. Snarevox (talk) 21:02, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Weird wording
This page says "he had recurring sitcom roles as Andy Bailey in Modern Family and Adam DeMamp in Workaholics" but he was a main character on Workaholics. He is in every single episode of the show, and is one of the 3 main characters. That's a lot more than just a recurring role. I would edit this myself but Wikipedia people always revert my edits. 24.245.103.216 (talk) 01:15, 15 October 2023 (UTC)