Talk:Shelley Malil

Malayali Actor
New article on a Indian American malayali actor--Kathanar 18:37, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Picture
No picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixthstar (talk • contribs) 23:10, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Hindu?
Malil is so categorized at the bottom of the article. But there is nothing in the article to support that. Does this have a source, or is it a stereotype?

He comes from Kerala which is 19% Christian.

In his Washington Post interview (follow the link), he indicates that he resents people who assume that all Indians are Hindus.

Varlaam (talk) 03:47, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Knives don't kill people
Actors do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.82.125 (talk) 23:40, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Wrong. Actors ~attempt~ to kill people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.38.59.161 (talk) 15:40, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

References/Links need updating
Most of the references in this article lead to 404 pages. They need to be updated if someone has the interest & time. 69.125.134.86 (talk) 01:28, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Correct. Eleven months later, this article still suffers from the dead.  I tagged for link-rot, which was removed.  I am replacing it.  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 18:48, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Is or WAS an actor?
He's not an actor anymore, he's in jail for the rest of his life. Should we change it from is an actor, to was an actor?

This case asks the question: Is death the only constraint for is/was? And is life in jail similar enough to death?

Novous (talk) 00:38, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Inclusion of Immigration to the USA in the lead
Why are we including his immigration to the USA in the lead? Per LEDE guidelines, Wikipedia says that the lead for biographical articles must summarize the article as a whole. Furthermore, LEDE says that quote: "the lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important contents". His immigration to the USA at the age of 10 does not seem to be in any way relevant to his notability as an actor in the United States and/or his later criminal notability. Furthermore, a summary does not necessitate regurgitation of every fact about the actor in the lead. So why is it there?
 * Because an Indian born actor in the U.S. is somewhat of a rare bird, and as such it is notable. As notable as an actor that attempts to kill his gf. That's why both are in the Lede, and have been long-standing in the lede, for at least five years now.  Regards,  GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 02:38, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

I disagree that an indian-born actor in the US is a rare bird. There are plenty of American actors as well as other notable Americans who have been born abroad and/or born other nationalities and we do not include their immigration in the lead unless they are notable for something that occurred as a citizen and/or resident of that country of origin. This is also in line with WP:Ethnicity which says that place of birth, previous nationalities, and/or ethnicity are NOT included in the lead unless directly relevant to notability. None of these are the case for this individual, so I still am unsure why we are including it in the lead.Apoorva Iyer (talk) 06:19, 3 May 2019 (UTC)