Talk:Christiane F.

Clean
It is not true that Christiane remains clean. Actually, she never was for long periods. Please, someone with better english, correct the article.

It says: "a former heroin addict" at the moment she is addicted again, so why former? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.161.18.197 (talk) 22:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

The book v the author
It seems to me that "Christiane F.", redirected from "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" ought to refer to the book and/or the movie. Not that the author doesn't deserve an article, but it should be under her full name. The article "Berlin Zoologischer Garten", for instance, says "...the book "Christiane F. - The children from Bahnhof Zoo" (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo) by Christiane Vera Felscherinow", but both links point to the same article. That's mad! Book and author should point to different articles. Scolaire 20:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Be bold, Scolaire! Angr (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Discography section
I removed the discography section. I incorporated a mention of Bowie's soundtrack album into the preceding paragraph, but I don't know what to make of these: I don't see how a 1981 movie could use music from 1982 and 2003. I don't know what is being referred to. User:Angr 19:06, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Gesundheit! (12"), Posh Boy (1982)
 * Wunderbar / Health Dub (12"), Playhouse (2003)


 * G'day Angr. sort of understand your confusion but if you look at the Discogs link and crosscheck one of the fan site interviews, she did actually release records, namely the ones you've removed - they have nothing to do with the soundtrack to the film. Agree the soundtrack should be in the main body of the article as I'm not aware of her contributing anything to it but the other items appear to constitute a legit discography and should stay. Cheers, Ian Rose 00:10, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Where does she live?
Article has two contrary claims about her current address:


 * As of 2006, she remains clean and lives with her son in a small city in Brandenburg.

and


 * She lives today in Berlin and has a 10 year old son.

Can anyone explain that and clean this part? Regards, Piotr Mikołajski 14:21, 12 January 2007 (UTC) Brandenberg is a distinct town but it is in the general area of Berlin Plutonium27 (talk) 13:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Plutonium27, that is incorrect. Brandenb_e_rg is nowhere near or in Berlin, no matter which Brandenberg you're talking about. (There are four towns with this name in other parts of Germany) Brandenb_u_rg on the other hand is a German Federal state surrounding the German Federal city state Berlin. Not one of the four Brandenberg-towns is located in Brandenburg. The German wikipedia article claims she lives in a small town in Brandenburg. I'd wager that this is correct. 91.50.205.242 (talk) 12:46, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Article name
This article is about a person. I suggest that the name of the article should be this person's name, as it is in the German article HM7Me (talk) 08:48, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The article title is the name she is most commonly known as - see WP:COMMONNAME. --John B123 (talk) 15:12, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

I see your point but I understand this is not the case. She is not known as Christiane F.. Instead, the character is known as Christiane F., and out of ignorance (phenomena which wikipedia might naturally minimize) the character is confused with the person (an autobiography is not an encyclopedic article. Christiane F. is a character). Naming the article 'Christiane F.' may reinforce the mistake. This is the name associated with a character in the book and film (and the book and film titles themselves in some editions) that happened to be associated to the person, viciously, as a subsequent phenomena. It might be a good choice to redirect 'Christiane F.' search to an article named Christiane Felscherinow. Thus, there is a difference in this case from the understanding of 'name she is mostly common known as' which you refer to. This is not that simple. The complexity of this point (arguably a conflict) is clear in a statement by herself within the article itself: 'What bothers me most of all is this Christiane F. thing [...]' within the 'drug use' section. For the sake of a (didactically amplified) illustration of the point, it'd be comparable to calling David Bowie's article 'Thin White Duke' (except for he had other personas) or calling Diego Maradona's article simply 'Maradona'. This is not the case of Sting's article (musician) being called 'Gordon Sumner', or even Pelé's (footballer) article be called 'Edson Arantes do Nascimento', or Freddie Mercury's article be called 'Farrokh Bulsara' which are culturally consecrated names related to the professional, not a character. In this case, folk vice is perhaps being taken for popular cultural knowledge. And the arguably ephemeral and anachronic name 'Christiane F.' is perhaps being imposed onto the general knowledge of the artist which the article refers to. HM7Me (talk) 21:23, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Her discs being release under the name Christiane F. would suggest she did herself use that name. Looking at the various different language articles on WPs, 16 of the 26 use Christiane F. The 10 that do not are split between Christiane Felscherinow and Christiane Vera Felscherinow. --John B123 (talk) 22:24, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

I agree with  48Pills (talk) 20:31, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Full name
Is her name really 'Christiane Vera Felscherinow'? In all German sources including de.wikipedia it is 'Vera Christiane Felscherinow'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.90.205.134 (talk) 18:07, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * yes, her correct Name is Vera C. Felscherinow! I've a
 * Photocopy from her Passport Lost Boy 5 aka Losty (talk) 07:28, 26 October 2023 (UTC)