Talk:Misha Collins/Archive 1

Untitled
I marked the article with the 2 clean-up tasks. The article starts out decently, but then it progresses into a list of random facts that don't correlate to each other. Augment1 (talk) 03:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

The article has been expanded recently, and most of the new additions seem to come from the website flixter. I would suggest that this website does not meet the guidelines for a source that can be cited on Wikipedia, and furthermore that most of the information regarding his aunt, his sister, and his brother is neither notable nor verifiable. There are assumptions that can be made based on things like Friendster accounts and googling but nothing verifiable. The entire article now has a very conversational tone and I would suggest that someone revert it back to its much sparser, but more accurate, version. --Deoboed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.218.52 (talk) 23:32, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. This article has serious problems and reads more like a fan page than anything else. Most of the article is not notable and should be cut. --64.134.222.59 (talk) 22:47, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Most of the facts are copied from IMDB and do not seem very important. This article is more like a fangirl page than anything not a wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilmagz (talk • contribs) 07:19, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Can this be reworded?
"The name "Misha" came about from a boyfriend his mother had whilst on a trip to Russia she made during her college years; his name was Mitya, but Misha's mother misunderstood her boyfriend's nickname and so mistakenly named her son Misha..."

That sentence is rather klunky and difficult to understand. It makes it sound like the boyfriend's mother misunderstood her own son's name? I don't know the facts so don't know how to fix the sentence. 67.169.57.180 (talk) 08:40, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand that her boyfriend's name was 'Mitya' (which is short for 'Dmitriy') and thinking that this nickname was short for 'Michael' called her son 'Misha' (which really is short for 'Michael'). Howewer, I don't know this for sure, just guessing. --89.232.105.15 (talk) 17:14, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

I watched a clip of his explanation of his name. What is in the article is a quote and therefore will be awkward sounding, but an accurate accounting of how his mother named him and why. And yes, she misunderstood the nickname Russians give for Dimitri and both mispronounced and spelled it when her son was born. 93.182.186.63 (talk) 15:09, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

This information is unrelated to his notability and does not fit the encyclopedic mission of wikipedia. Regardless of whether it is correct, it is more suitable for a fan page and does not belong here. 75.85.12.124 (talk) 05:31, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

The information is about how he got the name he uses professionally, so it it, indeed relevant to his notability, the same way the accounting of how Francis Gumm got the name Judy Garland or how Archie Leach became Cary Grant. If this was a nickname that no one uses by those close to him, then that would be one thing, but he is known throughout the world by the name Misha, so it is relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tartfuel (talk • contribs) 02:16, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

This is not information about how a famous actor got a screen name as part of a professional career. It is, instead, information about why the mother of an actor chose a certain name for her child. 75.85.12.124 (talk) 03:14, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Unlike Garland and Grant, Collins did not choose the name for professional reason, and it is not relevant to his notability. Also, please consider that articles for extremely famous persons such as Grant and Garland have a much lower bar for relevance of information. Wordbyword (talk) 03:59, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

There is also a much older actor named Jack Kruschen also from Canada. The surname has some similarity to Krushnic but I cannot find the ethnicity of the surname unless it has somehow been anclisized or changed by a slighlty different spelling from the original.58.165.84.158 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:39, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Career
The Career section consists almost entirely of a narrative version of the filmography table. I would suggest that the entire section be deleted. 64.134.239.11 (talk) 21:11, 10 October 2010 (UTC) MISHA IS ON SUPERNATURAL!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.66.27.182 (talk) 04:06, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Unencyclopedic content/language
This article is full of unencyclopedic language and content. Many parts of it read like a fan page. I am deleting information that is not related to the notability of the subject, deleting information that is not supported by the citations, and changing language that is not encyclopedic in tone. This should allow the two clean up tasks to be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.142.148.60 (talk) 10:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Information must be verified
Recently, there has been a lot of unreferenced and unverified information added to this page. Even when reference links have been added, they often do not verify the text. Information for living people should be verified and the article should cite a reputable source. I'm changing the page back to the sparser, but verified version. Please see Identifying_reliable_sources and Verifiability for more information. 75.85.12.124 (talk) 02:59, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 29 September 2012
In 2002, Collins married Victoria Vantoch. They have a son, West Anaximander Collins (born September 23, 2010), and welcomed their second child, a daughter, on September 25th, 2012.

Alyrii (talk) 04:22, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:. Duplicate request below. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 15:33, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 29 September 2012
Please change In 2002, Collins married Victoria Vantoch. They have a son, West Anaximander Collins (born September 23, 2010), and are expecting their second child.

to

In 2002, Collins married Victoria Vantoch. They have a son, West Anaximander Collins (born September 23, 2010), and welcomed their second child, a daughter, on September 25th, 2012.

Misha confirmed it on Twitter with a picture, saying, "we got this on Tuesday", Tuesday being September 25th of this year. https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/251774579796758528

Alyrii (talk) 04:27, 29 September 2012 (UTC)Alyrii (talk) 04:22, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I think this source might be better, reliability-wise. -- ‖ Ebyabe  talk -   Border Town   ‖ 04:57, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks (to you both) for improving Wikipedia! mabdul 20:52, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 2 October 2012
Occupation should be changed to 'God'

MishaIsGod (talk) 17:41, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Vandalism. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 19:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 21 October 2012
Misha Collin's daughter has been confirmed to being named Maison Marie Collins

Kiaquick (talk) 05:04, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:50, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

GISHWHES redirect
If you search for GISHWHES you get redirected to this page. Considering it's an event that was 10,000 people strong this year and there's no mention of it on this page, that's kind of weird. Just thought I'd mention that, since I have no idea how to go about fixing it...? Lottie (talk) 21:31, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ And only almost a year later. Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 04:13, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Supernatural
Misha Collins has made appearances in the CW series Supernatural again. He has been credited as "Special guest star", I believe.

(from "What's Up, Tiger Mommy" up till "Torn and Frayed", for the ref)

86.81.73.88 (talk) 15:43, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 15 June 2013
Please add the important information that follows: Begining in 2008, Misha began staring as Castiel, an Angel of the Lord, on The CW's Supernatural 4th season. His role as Castiel has continued through out the next four seasons and he is scheduled to be a season regular in Supernatural upcoming 9th season (to begin airing in September 2013).

69.66.27.182 (talk) 04:04, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The role in Supernatural is mentioned in the WP:LEAD. The details and dates are contained in the table at Misha Collins. Thanks. Begoon &thinsp; talk  12:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 August 2013
I would like to add that Misha Collins plays Castiel, an abnosome character.

Boomyeah (talk) 23:27, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done: In regards to this actor playing "Castiel", this information already exists within the page.  -Ryan  23:40, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * It would be nice if the reference didn't spoil the surprise of his character being an angel.50.54.236.164 (talk) 15:33, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that's not how Wikipedia works. See WP:SPOILER. -- ‖ Ebyabe  talk -   State of the Union   ‖ 16:00, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

External links recommendation
The External links section currently reads as follows:

My recommendation is that it read as follows:
 * Misha Collins on YouTube
 * Misha Collins on YouTube
 * Misha Collins on YouTube

Can anybody confirm whether this YouTube account, which appears to be owned by Misha Collins, is actually Misha Collins&#8217;s?

allixpeeke (talk) 01:50, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 July 2014 for the Misha Collin's page
Please change Misha Collins picture from this

to this http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd232076e8a69ada6db1ec13010cafcb/tumblr_mhcfyxVTRj1qghd8yo1_500.jpg

or this http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=52784296

because i feel as though these images more accurately depict the kind of humorous and wonderful person Misha is, but if the change is not preferred by Wikipedia then that's okay. Thank you for your time! :D

Shadedrainbow (talk) 15:06, 8 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Unless you are the copyright holder of these images, or can get permission for use here from the copyright holder, they cannot be used. -- ‖ Ebyabe  talk -   Union of Opposites   ‖ 15:39, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 July 2014
On the show "Supernatural," Misha Collins has actually played 6 different characters: Castiel (numerous episodes), Jimmy Novak (episode 4x20), himself (episode 6x15), God (episodes 6x22 and 7x01), Leviathan (episodes 7x01 and 7x02), and Emmanuel (episode 7x17).

99.44.16.183 (talk) 06:50, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sam Sing! 09:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

May I edit?
I can edit the filmography by adding the season / episode to some series that he has appeared on that are not mentioned and the names of episodes that are not mentioned. I would also like to change the picture of his page to a new one taken this year. Daynahlorelle (talk) 21:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Because there has been a great deal of vandalism done to this article, it cannot be unprotected for a while. However, you can make specific change requests here on the talk page. If they are appropriate, they can be added to the article. Also, if you have a new image of him, you may upload it and it can be added as well. However, if you did not take the picture, or you cannot obtain permission from the copyright holder of the image, it cannot be added. See WP:IUP for more information. Thank you. -- ‖ Ebyabe  talk -   Inspector General   ‖ 01:27, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 December 2014
Spouse: Dean Winchester Name: Baby in a Trench Coat (aka Little Wings) Age: Unknown (calendars don't date back that far)

74.74.195.140 (talk) 21:08, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. – Davey 2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 21:23, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Update URL for Random Acts
Random Acts recently changed their URL to randomacts.org; the wiki post still links to the old URL. It does redirect, but it should be updated.

172.250.92.189 (talk) 02:27, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Cannolis (talk) 03:49, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Filmography
Film Year	Title               Role                     Notes 1999	Liberty Heights	    Guy	              Uncredited 1999	Girl, Interrupted   Tony 2006	Karla	            Paul Bernardo 2008	Loot	            Associate Producer[17]

| | \ / ADD THIS:

Year	Title	       Role   Notes 2003	Finding Home	Dave

HE PLAYED DAVE IN THE MOVIE FINDING HOME IN 2003. he played with Lisa Brenner (she was the main character). Misha was the secondary character. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goni223322 (talk • contribs) 5:10 pm, 14 March 2015, Saturday (8 months, 5 days ago) (UTC−3)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. clpo13(talk) 22:50, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2016
misha is 42 now not 41.

Vlvixv (talk) 21:50, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The age in the infobox is based on the birth date and calculated using the template birth date and age. Since Misha Collins was born on August 20, 1974, he won't be 42 until August 20, 2016. clpo13(talk) 21:57, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2016
2016 - Venture Bros - BistroWave

BistroWave (talk) 14:54, 25 March 2016 (UTC) More importantly, you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 19:22, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not requested a specific change in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".

You are not alone campaign 2016
I would like to add a section about Collin`s recent campaign "You are not alone" launched in February 2016 with costar Jensen Ackles. The campaign ended in February 2016, but I feel that the mention of this campaign is important adding to Collin`s already extensive charity work. I suggest that mention of the campaign be placed under the already existing headline "Charity Work" in this article.

Silentstories (talk) 11:56, 29 March 2016 (UTC)Silentstories If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 19:44, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ❌ This is not the right page to request additional user rights.

Gishwes
Greatest international scavenger hunt (the) world has ever seen started in 2012 hosted by Dmitri Krushnic. It is a global movement to change the world one act of random kindness at a time. Gishwhes has broken up to 7 world records so far including largest media scavenger hunt twice, most pledges to complete a random act of kindness, longest chain of saftey pins, and largest online photo album of hugs. Over 93,000 acts of kindness have been accomplished. Jmeler.gishwes (talk) 20:35, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Gishwes is already covered in the article. To add this info, you would need secondary sources, not the gishwes site itself. -- ‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town  ‖ 05:15, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Misha Collins. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110925004054/http://www.divinetheseries.com/blog/news/behind-door-number-1/ to http://www.divinetheseries.com/blog/news/behind-door-number-1/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 09:05, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

External links modified (February 2018)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Misha Collins. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20150227091740/http://www.randomacts.org/about/ to http://www.randomacts.org/about/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 03:25, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 July 2018
Under Charity Work, the name of the charity that Misha is Co-Founder and Board President needs to be changed from Random Acts of Kindness to Random Acts, Inc. Random Acts of Kindness is another charity that was started by Robery Downey, Jr. DPAtheCPA (talk) 13:28, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. &mdash;  LeoFrank  Talk 13:53, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Per the organizations website, the legal name of the charity is Random Acts, Inc not Random Acts of Kindess. DPAtheCPA (talk) 21:53, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done QueerFilmNerd  talk 22:50, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2018
37.126.168.197 (talk) 22:28, 19 August 2018 (UTC)his birthday
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  JTP (talk • contribs) 23:31, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Requesting Edits
Hey so I have to edit a wikipedia page as homework for one of my classes but I don't know how any of this works like at all so sorry if this is a terrible request or if I’m not using the right terms or etiquette or if I'm posting to the wrong page or doing anything else wrong cause this is confusing as hell. I think the personal life section could be edited to include that he was poor growing up with the sentence “Growing up, his family was poor and often homeless.” after the sentence about having an irreligious family. It would be cited with these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5V25JMnT8, https://www.facebook.com/officialmisha/photos/a.129194833769199/1637895832899084/?type=3 I feel like it’s important to mention this because it's why he does so much charity work. Another edit is adding Apocalypse World Castiel and/or Alternate Future Universe Castiel to the roles played on Supernatural in the Filmography section. Reiley rodarte (talk) 21:56, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Reiley rodarte. Normally what you'd want to do is place an edit request template here on the talk page, but I think it's pretty clear what changes you are asking to be made.
 * Since Youtube and Facebook are sometimes not very good for reliable sources, I found a couple of news articles 1 2 that support your statement and are more in line with Wikipedia's guidelines for reliable sources. If you're okay with using those sources, just let me know and I'll add them to the article.
 * For the filmography section, the roles listed are already getting a bit longer than what I've usually seen on articles like this. My memory's a bit rusty on all these episodes, but I'm pretty sure that some of the roles, such as playing himself, being possessed by Lucifer, and playing the Cosmic Entity, were pretty much single episodes or really short story arcs. In contrast, both Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki only have their main roles for the show listed on their articles, and I'm pretty sure they've also both played more than one role on the show at some point. I think we're going to need to wait for some other editors to weigh in on that section to see if we can reach a consensus on how to proceed.
 * Hopefully all this info has been helpful. If you have any other questions, You can reply here, ask me on my talk page, visit the Teahouse, or ask any of the other editors here. Random character sequence (talk) 23:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding so quickly! The sources you're suggesting instead are all good with me. Honestly, I don't really care about adding the roles, I was just scraping the bottom of the barrel of things I could add to make the most out of my assignment. But I do genuinely think the fact that he was underprivileged growing up is an important part of his identity so if you could add it to the article that would be great! Thank you so much! Reiley rodarte (talk) 01:34, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. I added the requested change to the article. Random character sequence (talk) 02:20, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 May 2019
In the section "Television" year 2008-present for the show "Supernatural", Misha Collins has also played an "Alternate Universe Castiel" in season 13 episode 22 (and later on mentioned in season 14 episodes 3 and 10) Destsabr (talk) 02:07, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. NiciVampireHeart 08:07, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 August 2019
Change Actor to World Leader. Nylliom (talk) 14:05, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. aboideautalk 14:38, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Books written/Career has a writer/bibliography
Mr Misha collins has recently began a career has a writer. His first published book is a Cookbook that is going to be published this year of 2019. He's expressed interest in publishing a book of poetry that he's written. This info should be included. Hpdh4 23:14, 23 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by HPDEATHLYHALLOWS4 (talk • contribs)