Talk:Blair Waldorf

Marcus and Blair?
Just cause I'm nice, I'll warn you: Spoilers for "The Ex-Files" in this section.

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And now that we've taken care of that: Are we putting Marcus and Blair as broken up? Considering that Marcus slept with Catherine and they both went to London, they seem pretty much broken up to me, but they never really talked, so...? Raven23 (talk) 01:30, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Blair is the main character
Since there still seem to be a few people defying this statement, I thought I'd essentially reiterate what's been said on the Gossip Girl talk page.

Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. In this interview, which is included as a source in the article, Cecily von Ziegesar verifies that Blair is her main character.


 * Not liking it is not a valid reason for defying it in this encyclopedia.
 * Applying your own spin or speculation to it (such as calling the main character "one of the main characters") is not appropriate in Wikipedia.

So! ...I hope that resolves things :) --James26 (talk) 04:55, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Blair Image
Add the image instead of the current image that has no visibility on her face. --Sexxxy-Silver Cullen (90210) (talk) 20:50, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. I can certainly see her face just fine in the current one. "No visibility" is inaccurate. In any case, I'd prefer the current image, or another, to the proposed replacement, which is quite dated and overused. They have a pretty good image over at Wikia, though I'm not sure of the source. -- James26 (talk) 02:00, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * OK. I Got a NEw Image. I worked on it and now, here it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BreakingDawn 90210 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't understand why a picture of Blair Waldorf on the cover of a book is her profile picture. All the other main characters have pictures from the show as their profile pictures, so why doesn't Blair? I would much rather prefer that the profile picture is one of Leighton Meester. (Sorry if this sounded rude, that wasn't my intention) :) 65.189.2.184 (talk) 19:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC)XOXO, Gossip Girl :)


 * I agree. Why isn't Leighton the profile picture? She does play Blair Waldorf.

Overly Long Entry
No, stop, this is ridiculous. The entry for Leopold Bloom, the protagonist from Joyce's Ulysses, is about a third the length of this. And that's widely considered the greatest novel of the twentieth century...There's utterly no justification for an entry on a fictional soap television/paperback character to be this long. Did any of you editors even notice this article was nominated for deletion in August 2008? And yet you continued to expand it. I'd really suggest a moratorium on expanding this article. --BasilSeal (talk) 12:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 4.249.84.191 How dare you remove my post under the pretext that its header was 'uncivil.' There was a more appropriate method of revising my comment - simply editing the header. To remove it, and without signing-in, was in such poor taste, revealing merely that your edit was based on personal objections rather than content. That's a far greater violation of Wikipedia rules than an 'uncivil header.' BasilSeal (talk) 18:36, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Tone
This article could use some improvements, such as the lead section. A lead section shouldn't contain references, because a lead section shouldn't tell you anything that isn't verified in the body of the article. Various odd placements of intricate detail, "She started a brief fling with her Yale alumni interviewer, only to end it when she finds out that he was married and had a daughter also studying at Constance." That shouldn't be in a section titled "Summary". The article focuses too much on the TV series. This article is about the character, not just the TV character. I find it funny that the entire novel series gets one, very small section and a reception section (accompanied by a photo of Ms. Leighton Meester) and the TV series gets three sections (which have excessive amounts of intricate detail), a casting section and a reception section. Also, there are no external links. $© @®  ©Ξ  21:00, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your input. I agree that improvements can be made in the areas you mentioned. Are you sure that references shouldn't ever be a lead section? Just curious, because I see them over in featured articles like Superman and Mariah Carey.


 * My focus has primarily been on the "Reception" section, the lead, and the two new sections that were added not long ago ("Creation" and "Casting"). I don't really know much about the character's story lines, so I haven't really focused on the other sections. With regard to expanding the novel series material, sources would need to be provided. I imagine that a reader of the books might be able to assist in that area, particularly when it comes to citing page numbers, or linking to articles which verify things. -- James26 (talk) 21:02, 22 October 2009 (UTC)


 * No, lead section references should only be provided for things that need verifying and may be hard to find in the article, anything thing that falls into BLP, or any major point for the article. It's not so much that but adding paragraphs (referenced or not) to the lead that can't seem to fit in the article shouldn't be happening. And tons of intricate detail in the season sections (especially 2) that could easily be removed. $©  @®  ©Ξ  21:39, 22 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip. I've tried to limit the lead references to things related to BLP. What lead paragraphs are you referring to with regard to the rest of the article? As for the intricate detail regarding the show, I've made efforts to remove some of that when I've seen it added (such as yesterday), but I think that I'll leave some of that task to others. -- James26 (talk) 22:25, 22 October 2009 (UTC)


 * About her gaining notability in regards to her wardrobe. It's very randomly placed, and interrupts the two paragraphs describing her $©  @®  ©Ξ  22:28, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Not trying to edit war. I think it's notable enough to be in the lead (it doesn't happen with every television character, which makes her notable). Can you think of another way to integrate it there? -- James26 (talk) 22:32, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * One other thing. I don't think it currently interrupts the two paragraphs describing her, because I've begun by mentioning the character's notability -- so the second paragraph is meant as a continuation. -- James26 (talk) 22:40, 22 October 2009 (UTC)


 * "...the most critically acclaimed character of both Gossip Girl incarnations." "A privileged young woman born to..." is great, to put something in between those looks very random. Her lead section should tell about her, and some reception. This doesn't look right $©  @®  ©Ξ  22:54, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I've tried combining the two. My stance is that "reception" includes both the critical acclaim for the way she's written, and the media attention for the way they dress her. They're two different kinds of accolades, but both notable in regard to this character, which is why I figured they should each be mentioned in the lead. -- James26 (talk) 18:36, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Nice. I like it, now we need an expert to do the novel sections :) $©  @®  ©Ξ  21:01, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Religion
Blair is seen attending the Sacrament of Confession at a Roman Catholic Church, but admits to not being Catholic. Her mother marries Cyrus Rose, who is a devout Jew.. does Blair become Jewish? I know she says "signs are for the religious and superstitious" in the last season, which implies she is not religious, but would she be considered "Jewish"? Just wondering. Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 17:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * According to the book she is protestant, but after her mother's conversion to Judaism, calls herself Jewish sometimes. Should she be under the category "Fictional Jews"? --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 03:27, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Good Article
I keep wondering why Wikipedia does not consider this as a good article. Moderate greed (talk) 12:39, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Heh. Well, speaking as someone who's contributed -- thanks. :) Managed to help get Naomi Clark to Good Article status, but I don't know if Blair Waldorf is ready just yet. The "Novel series" section is still lacking when it comes to sources, and there may be some other issues as well. With a bit more work, it may be GA level, though I, personally, don't have much time to do this anymore. Of course, you can certainly nominate the article for GA status if you'd like. Thanks for the comment. -- James26 (talk) 20:19, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

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