Talk:Maya Rudolph

Rudolph
It gives the article a very formal tone to call her by her surname, Rudolph, which makes me suspect that this is the name that she goes by, and not by her first name, Maya. If this is so, should this not be explained? --Vynbos (talk) 17:19, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I know this is an old section, but it's unanswered so I thought I'd respond anyway. Vynbos, this is an encyclopedia; all biographical articles are supposed to use the person's last name (unless they don't use it at all, such as Madonna or Cher). Hence, Rudolph is used. It is a formal tone, but (like I said) it's an encyclopedia, so it's supposed to be formal. Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 15:55, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Defamatory content?
What the heck is this about? I found it on the bottom of the page:

> === Scandal === On February 2, 2009, Seth Rogen challenged Maya Rudolph to a cabbage-eating contest. Reportedly, an irate Rudolph replied with "Rogen can suck it."

Looks defamatory to me, and I can't find any source for it here or online.

Cayzle 25 Feb 2009 —Preceding undated comment was added on 19:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC).

Religion

 * "My mom was black and my dad is Jewish"

If Rudolph's dad is Jewish, and her mom wasn't, I believe technically then she takes the religion of her mother. However, Maya Rudolph is listed in lots of categories which identify her as Jewish. Gilliamjf 04:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * These are mostly ethnicity-based categories, too. She's listed under Jewish Americans just like she's listed under African-Americans. Vulturell 05:27, 25 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, people don't really do that "take the religion of your mom" thing anymore. Your parents can't decide your religion for you --Macarion 19:12, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

In Judaism, it depends. Under Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism, if your Mom is Jewish you are automatically Jewish. Under Reform Judaism, if either parent is Jewish you are automatically Jewish. --Epeefleche 13:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

No such thing as "automatically jewish". They can CLAIM you're jewish, but who cares what someone else thinks? It only really becomes a point when someone claims to be jewish, but they really aren't, because their mother was not jewish.

That last comment is a bit extreme. While not necessarily automatic, with reformed Judaism if your dad is Jewish and your mom isn't, you can be Jewish if you want to (a situation that one of my closest friends has, she bat mitzvah'ed). The question would be does Maya Rudolph consider herself Jewish. If she does, she is even if the Orthodox community may not think she is. Phil 18:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

In almost every case in Wikipedia of a famous person who has one Jewish Parent, such as a Jewish father and a gentile mother (Sean Penn, Carrie Fisher), or a gentile father and a Jewish mother (Jack Black, Liev Schreiber) they are always noted as being Jewish, the inference being they are at least by ethnicity. I see no reason Maya Rudolph should be an exception (75.69.241.91 (talk) 23:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC))

ethnicity
ethnicity in first line It is appropriate to put ethnicity in the first line for people such as Rudolph under Wiki standards, inasmuch as this is of note in her case. She is for example listed in the Wiki list of Black Jews. Please revert. Tx. --Epeefleche 14:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * We do not include ethnicity in the header of the article. A very large number of people are on "Lists of X" based on ethnicity, and we never the less do not include the ethnicity in the header, unless it is part of the reason why the person is notable. Obviously, not a single one of the people who you added "Black Jewish" to in the header are notable for being black Jews. They are notable for being actors, athletes, etc. Is their "black Jewishness" a major part of their lives? Sure, and that can, should, and is mentioned at later points in the article. But unless someone became famous for being a black Jew, it can't be in the header. Mad Jack 15:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Maya - SNL.png
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BetacommandBot 04:46, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Lullaby for maya?
I'm sorry but I don't think Minnie Ripperton's hit Lovin you, was a lullaby for Maya, considering the second lyric of the song goes "Makin' love with you is all I wanna do". The whole tone of the song is obviously about 2 adults in love with each other,it is in no way, shape or form a lullaby, unless Minnie Ripperton wanted to make love to her daughter,which I doubt. So I removed the unsourced bit about the song being a lullaby for Maya. --99.177.248.92 (talk) 00:11, 25 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Maya has stated on SNL that Riperton sang it to her as a lullaby. I don't feel up to searching all the episodes that Maya was in to find it. Making an editing judgement based on the apparent content of a song is WP:OR. It is bad rationale for removing this content. If anyone else agrees, let's revert this. David Spector (talk) 00:26, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Hmm...looks like you made a mistake. We all make mistakes sometimes.
Hate to pull a trick on you, Wikipedia, but obviously, this actress isn’t African American. WikiWorldOne (talk) 23:17, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

EITHER DO THE FOLLOWING ✔️ check if this person bio really is who you think he is

OR....

❌ take the category African American actresses off this actor WikiWorldOne (talk) 23:31, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Monologue mention; semi-protect
Claims about the article content were just made in the monologue of Saturday Night Live, and followed through on by an anon, so the article is semi-protected. -- Zanimum (talk) 04:48, 17 December 2023 (UTC)