Talk:Sonam Kapoor/Archive 1

File:Sonamfemina.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion
Hiiiiiiiiiiii........... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.200.192.13 (talk) 14:13, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Needs better image
I've restored the portrait image per WP:PERTINENCE. The lighting is more even as well. It is a tad blurry though, though nothing noticeable when viewed in the context of the page. There are better images being used at IMDb, like http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3287976704/nm2128238. Does someone have time to see what's available for use within Wikipedia of similar quality? --Ronz (talk) 17:33, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Agree with your edit Ronz. — Indian: BIO  · [ ChitChat ] 12:54, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

birthdate
This source puts her born in 1985, not 1986, and it seems more reliable: indianexpress, and this one digitalspy, and this one DNA. BollyJeff &#124;  talk  21:13, 4 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Yep, and this source shows confirmation from Sonam herself about her age: "Another landmark event dotted 2010 – Sonam turned 25. She bursts out laughing, adding, “I cannot lie about my age. I am a quarter of a century old. I was probably around a year or two when Dad’s hit Ram Lakhan was being made. Yet though I am now all of 25, I am always treated like the youngest, for some strange reason.”" verveonline AB01 (talk) 10:36, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Image issues
I am not able to see any image in the lead section. Thanks. --Abhijeet Safai (talk) 11:49, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

page for her upcoming movie "khoobsoorat"
Its time to make a page of her new movie "khoobsoorat". Can anyone help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.215.12 (talk) 18:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

hi
hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.125.153.204 (talk) 16:59, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Edit summaries
I reinstated some deleted info because the editor who deleted it did not explain his or her reason therefor but instead used the Edit summary to give advice. If there is dissension over an edit, the matter should be discussed on the Talk Page. GeorgeLouis (talk) 08:03, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

What is the genre of Sonam Kapoor's film about Neerja Bhanot?
Could it be comedy or action? --182.191.186.7 (talk) 19:44, 6 May 2015 (UTC) The 182 anonymous user

A few concerns following GOCE copy-edit of October 26, 2015
In response to a request for a copy-edit at WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests, I have just finished copy-editing Sonam Kapoor. It was generally well written, and I only made a few minor edits. I have just a few concerns:

1) The section Sonam Kapoor could be better organized. The events are somewhat out of chronological order.


 * The first paragraph is all right.


 * In the second paragraph, her really early school in Juhu is mentioned, then her pre-university school in Singapore. This is followed by a sentence beginning, "Kapoor said she would bully boys in school: (etc.)" Does this apply to both schools or mainly to her time in the school in Juhu? Then there is one sentence about her religion and her celebrating a festival with her family each year. I think that sentence should maybe be at the end of the section.
 * I just shifted the festival thing to personal life section as it seems more relevant there.


 * The third paragraph is all right.


 * In the fourth paragraph, the first sentence states that she attended the University of East London but does not say when or for how long. The next sentence states that an actress visited Kapoor in Singapore, and goes on to describe the beginning of her involvement in film production. However, the statement that says she studied in Singapore is all the way back at the beginning of the second paragraph of the section, and if the reader does not remember this, upon reading that an actress visited her in Singapore, he or she may wonder (a) how she got so quickly from London to Singapore and (b) why she was in Singapore at all. I think the statement saying she studied in Singapore should be in this fourth paragraph, before the sentence saying an actress visited her there.

2) In the section Sonam Kapoor, at the beginning of the third paragraph is this statement:


 * Analysing Kapoor's career, a reviewer for Rediff.com reported that she is one of the most popular actresses in Bollywood regardless of her films' failures at the box office.

At the beginning of the fourth paragraph is the following statement:


 * One of the highest-paid actresses in Bollywood, Kapoor is considered among the most popular and fashionable celebrities in India. [boldface added for emphasis]

In the first paragraph in this section is the following statement:


 * Praised for her style and sense of fashion, Kapoor attracts media attention at public events and film promotions.

I think there is a bit of repetition here. You might consider consolidating them. You could cover style and fashion in one paragraph, high earnings in another, and among the most popular celebrities in a third. Just something to think about.

The third paragraph contains three reviewers' opinions about Kapoor. The first one is relatively positive, the second one is negative, and the third is positive (another like the ones copied above, "one of the "top-most" actresses in India"). Do you really want this positive-negative-positive organization?
 * It's in chronological order. --  Frankie talk 11:50, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I think events in her life ought to be in chronological order, but I'm not sure reviewer's comments have to be. If the comments were not given at widely spaced times, X said..., and Y commented... but Z...., with the negative comment coming at the end and contrasted to the two positive comments might work. Corinne (talk) 12:11, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * A negative review and the subsequent ones being positive will also work, I guess. --  Frankie talk 15:13, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

3) The second sentence of the lede is the following:


 * She is the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and a member of the Kapoor family.

I know "Kapoor", in the phrase "of the Kapoor family", is linked, but to those not familiar with the Indian film industry, this sentence may sound odd. The reader may think, "her father is Anil Kapoor, so of course she is a member of the Kapoor family". If you want to include "and a member of the Kapoor family", I think you need to add a few modifiers to show that this is a well-known family of actors and film producers in India. Otherwise, I would leave it out. Well, that's all for now. Corinne (talk) 03:18, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

4) A sentence in the last paragraph in the section Sonam Kapoor begins:


 * In 2012, Kapoor auctioned some of her clothes on stylist Pernia Qureshi’s online fashion boutique Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop...

Two sentences later we read:


 * That same year, some of her clothes and accessories were donated to a website...

The change from active voice ("Kapoor auctioned...her clothes") to passive voice ("her clothes...were donated") is a little odd. Perhaps the second one could be changed to active voice: "That same year, she donated some of her clothes and accessories to a website...". Corinne (talk) 03:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for your points and most importantly copy-edits. They definitely further improved the article. --  Frankie talk 11:37, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Relationship
A list of her boyfriends existed in this revision but on the suggestion of a reviewer I removed them as they insisted they were all speculations. But I recently came across other Indian FAs which do mention the relationships which attracted media coverage even if they were "media guesses". I would like to know if I can add it back (the second para of the section in the link). Pinging. --  Frankie talk 08:03, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * What long-lasting academic value do we get out of including tabloid speculation about her romantic life? "Tabloids said X, but she denied it." Okay. So? So maybe something did or didn't happen. Vague. The fact that other articles might contain this information is not sufficient justification to include it, and verifiability does not guarantee inclusion. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:34, 6 March 2016 (UTC)