Talk:Kevin Hart/Archive 1

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Age?

This articles provides two different birth dates, July 3rd 1980 and July 6th 1979...which one is correct? --71.84.126.174 (talk) 04:34, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

His real birthdate is July 6th, 1979. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.239.250.4 (talk) 17:57, July 23, 2013

We have a source for the day of birth. Could you please provide a source for the year of birth? GoingBatty (talk) 00:54, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Rolling Stone confirms 1979. If he's "a 33-year-old, five-foot-four former sneaker salesman from North Philly" on August 8, 2012, and we know his birthday is July 6 per his Twitter, then the year is 1979. GoingBatty (talk) 01:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

August 8, 2012 was when the article was posted online. The article is dated May 31, 2012, which means Rolling Stone gives his birth year as 1978. --Tenebrae (talk) 19:13, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

he is 4ft10 the man is smaller then he is portrayed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.11.202 (talk) 06:17, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Picture

Resolved

 – The article currently has an image of him. Webclient101^talk 00:00, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

This article really needs his picture. He's had comedy specials, been apart of the Chelsea Handler Show and had numberous cameos in movies - he needs a picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.153.228.122 (talk) 00:58, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Kevin Hart's birthdate

Resolved

 – found a reliable source to verify birthdate Webclient101^talk 02:15, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I have been looking everywhere to find a reliable source on Kevin Hart's birthdate, and the only sources I found were IMDB and About.com. I don't think those sources are reliable for the birthdate and About.com shows a different birthdate than IMDB. Therefore, I have removed the birthdate. Please feel free to add the birthdate with a reliable sources. I'm open for a discussion on this if anybody has any comments. Webclient101^talk 23:57, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Need to reopen Kevin Hart's birthdate

Rolling Stone says he was born in 1978. The New York Times says he was born in 1979. They're both major publications, both reliable sources. It'd be POV to choose one over the other.

Oddly, Rolling Stone was used to cite a 1979 birth date, so whatever editor did the math for that did it wrong.

I've added, in the citations' quote fields, what the publication says his age was: Rolling Stone says he was 33 before his birthday on July 6, 2012. The New York Times says he was 33 after his birthday on July 6, 2012. --Tenebrae (talk) 19:10, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

(Incidentally, Biography.com gives his birthdate as July 3, 1980, which Hart has said is incorrect.) --Tenebrae (talk) 19:12, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 March 2013

Spelling error: Spouse = Torrei (it should be Torrie) Has a Love affair with Genna Baudoux who goes to Portage Northern High School. 70.231.141.107 (talk) 03:43, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Not done: According to this, this, and this the name is actually Torrei, I changed it in personal life section to match. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 03:57, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Requested Move to "Kevin Hart"

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 19:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

– I assume when someone searches "Kevin Hart", they are most likely searching for the actor instead of the athletes and poet. I would like "Kevin Hart" to default to the actor page; and have a link to the "disambiguation" above. Marty2Hotty (talk) 06:08, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose - the Australian poet and theologian is a clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC in Google Books, but dabbed as a concession to the other Kevin Harts. The popularity of the actor is WP:RECENT and not of the same encyclopaedic notability as the poet/theologian. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:04, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
• Support (as nominator) - I think Kevin Hart (actor) is the more searched one. I would like someone to pull up the number of hits and compare with the poet. I am unsure how to do this for Wikipedia. Marty2Hotty (talk) 16:28, 18 November 2013 (UTC) I added the "(as nominator)" bit for clarification purposes, as per what In ictu oculi wisely pointed out. Red Slash 23:57, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

FWIW Editors do not normally post again to "support" their own nom. You can use grok.se to find out searches, but I don't think anyone would dispute more people are searching for a TV actor than a poet-theologian. But WP:PRIMARYTOPIC deliberately weights against this sort of rationale, otherwise there would be no (actor) (singer) dabs, actors and singers would always be primary. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:54, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

• Comment: This should have been submitted as a multipage move request. There is already an article at Kevin Hart. The lack of inclusion of the other article name in the move request results in a lack of notification of the proposed impending move for watchers of the other article. —BarrelProof (talk) 15:14, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
  • I have attempted to reformat the move request as a multipage move. If I didn't do it correctly, you are hereby requested to help fix it. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:03, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your help BarrelProof on tagging the "Kevin Hart" page too. The page views as noted below look pretty skewed for the actor. I think it would work better suited to have people that search "Kevin Hart" get them to the correct article that they are looking for. Marty2Hotty (talk) 06:23, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
• Strong support as per pageviews, which the nominator never actually did the work to bring forth. 383971 for the actor and 2078 for the poet. No, that ratio of over 100 to 1 is not a typo. This is a shoo-in move on pageviews and easy enough to justify even on the "lasting significance" criteria. This poet dude ain't exactly Edgar Allen Poe! In ictu oculi's argument that the writer has made a more notable impact than the actor is specious at best. Red Slash 23:55, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
• (Weak) support - Looking at his credentials, the actor might have done bad movies and TV, but they are notable at best to make him most viewed. I don't think someone that popular is familiarized by Midwesterners, suburban, and rural people. Probably they hear of Kevin Hart (baseball) or Kevin Hart (poet), but they are less popular. George Ho (talk) 21:33, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Influences

Need a section for that, as all comedians do. ErdoS (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 05:08, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 August 2014

Would like to change "Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" for "Philadelphia, born and raised" 190.234.106.14 (talk) 01:45, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

 Not done - no obvious improvement - unless you can explain why? - Arjayay (talk) 07:57, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Aw, Arjayay--do you really not know why this is an improvement? - Monique D.S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.233.84.251 (talk) 23:24, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

This request is over five years old. 331dot (talk) 00:31, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Missing Information

His occupation as a shoe salesman should be listed with his occupation as an actor and comedian. What was his associates degree? Gochyooo (talk) 21:33, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

He was a lot funnier in his first attempt at stardom when his name was "Chris Tucker". — Preceding unsigned comment added by HostileVera (talk • contribs) 07:30, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

His 49 episode appearances on Comic View from 2008-2013 should definately be noted as it was technically his real start to stardom and not his tour which started after as noted under his career. The source for this information; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103356/fullcredits/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.234.102.249 (talk) 18:57, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

New NEWS today, for future editing

Kevin Hart was brilliant in standing up for himself; his stardom will accelerate. he is the size of 10million lebron jameses

Headline-1: After scathing emails, Angelina Jolie photographed with Sony Pictures chief

• http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/angelina-jolie-amy-pascal-sony-emails/

QUOTE: "Kevin decided to address the leaks on Instagram, saying: “Knowing your self-worth is extremely important people. I worked very hard to get where I am today. I look at myself as a brand and because of that I will never allow myself to be taken advantage of. I OWN MY BRAND…I MAKE SMART DECISIONS FOR MY BRAND….I PROTECT MY BRAND….which is why I’m able to brush ignorance off of my shoulder and continue to move forward. I refuse to be broken people…with that being said it’s now time for me to get back to building this empire that I’ve always dreamed of!!!!” -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 13:39, 14 December 2014 (UTC) -- PS: FYI for future editing.

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2016

Link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eniko_parrish and change date of engagement to 18th august 2014. Philip.struthers (talk) 19:18, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Done clpo13_(talk) 17:23, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Potty mouth

This should have a section on his rude, crude, foul, potty mouth acts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8805:5805:A00:9C9D:6AB3:CBF8:A317 (talk) 12:35, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Because that is so unusual for a comedian, circa 2016? At any rate, any such material would have to pass WP:BLP, WP:RS and WP:NPOV. Good luck. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 14:05, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2016

Birel52 (talk) 13:47, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

 Not done No request + misspelled page title (now corrected)- Arjayay (talk) 13:57, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 4 January 2019

In the section Hosting and Academy Awards controversy change:

the Academy said he would be be able to do so

to:

the Academy said he would be able to do so

Jifarris (talk) 18:10, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

 Done aboideau^talk 19:01, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 January 2019

Hart said it is likely that he will not host the Oscars, not that he WILL not do it... 118.149.100.104 (talk) 06:51, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

 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. DannyS712 (talk) 06:58, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2020

Hart is an avid basketball fan and is often seen watching National Basketball Association games in the courtside seats. He won Most Valuable Player three times in the Celebrity All-Star Game - though he refused to accept it in 2014. 175.36.189.136 (talk) 22:06, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

 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)} 15:39, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2020

In the Vanity Fair lie detector test video, Kevin admitted to being 5'2 and not 5'4, but the wiki still lists him as 5'4. 2605:A000:123A:8F:70BF:78B4:52AE:9A8 (talk) 17:03, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Where in the article does it say that he is 5'4?  Darth Flappy ^«Talk» 22:52, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done, nowhere apparently. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 04:19, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

hi mr dad is and mad at the school mom said it are mad today thanks momἪ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.131.111 (talk) 03:54, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 May 2021

In the "Upcoming Projects" section it says "Fatherhood" will be released on January 8, 2021. Change "January 8, 2021" to "June 18, 2021." Source: whats-on-netflix.com Z.jordan27 (talk) 09:02, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. -- Asartea ^{Talk | Contribs} 09:25, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

2008 Superhero Movie

Supporting role in this movie 2601:646:C101:4960:D971:C0DE:23CF:A832 (talk) 00:39, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Did he die

Did he die 156.205.133.124 (talk) 15:30, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2022

Kevin Hart is an alumnus of Temple University, having spent two years there. 2601:86:600:5C0:2C3C:38F9:F5DA:4164 (talk) 20:29, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Princess Persnickety (talk) 20:45, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 3 January 2023

I think the fact that Hart has cohosted two end of year specials for Peacock, 2021 with Snoop Dogg 2022 with Kenan Thompson, might be worthy of mentioning. He’s clearly the core element 108.41.81.126 (talk) 06:39, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

 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. Lightoil (talk) 08:00, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2023

kevin hart hight is wrong, it should be 6.5ft MurphyLokiTillyNoodle (talk) 12:15, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

•  Not done I don't see where his height is listed at all, and policy is that we don't mention height unless it is relevant to their profession(like an athlete). I'm also fairly sure he isn't 6 5. 331dot (talk) 12:18, 13 January 2023 (UTC) 331dot (talk) 12:18, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Protected edit request

Add Kevin Hart's height (5'2) to his info box, as it has played a minor role in his fame 107.147.159.6 (talk) 00:07, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Please see WP:ER for instructions on making formal edit requests that attract the attention of other editors(for future reference) Height is not added to infoboxes unless directly relevant to the person's career, such as athletes. If a "minor role in his fame", it can be discussed in the article, with sources to support it. 331dot (talk) 00:51, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2023

Devidbutter (talk) 14:05, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Reference: https://www.kontorara.com/kevin-hart-net-worth-biography/

 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. M.Bitton (talk) 14:24, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Shoe sales

Kevin stated in a March 2023 GQ interview (2:55 onwards) that he never lived in Brockton. I would edit it myself but it's semi-protected.

69.242.219.235 (talk) 01:31, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2023

I recommend you change the quote: "His career suffered a slow start and he was booed offstage several times, once even having a piece of chicken thrown at him."

Kevin Hart states in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQA8efI34Ic (at the 2:08 timeframe) that the claim he was booed offstage is incorrect.

Further incorrect claims about his Wikipedia page can be identified as the video continues, such as one that claims he lived in Massachusetts, in which he replies: "I never lived in Massachusetts. And why would I go Brockton? Like what- that's racist." 78.148.98.243 (talk) 13:37, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

•  Not done The line about him living in Massachusetts is cited and the source indeed states that. Mr. Hart speaking about himself is a primary source and Wikipedia primarily cites independent reliable sources. If the source is in error, Mr. Hart should speak to them to have them issue a correction, or alternatively sources can be offered that describe where he was living or what he was doing in that time period.

The part about him being booed is also cited, and that source seems to be summarizing an interview with him. 331dot (talk) 13:45, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Well....

it seems y'all for got too mention that he a small part in the 40 year old virgin. 2604:2D80:5504:5300:BDB2:5516:1CFA:868D (talk) 04:27, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Comedian

Kevin, I think you are funny! I seen how much money you have made I can't believe how much. I have worked hard my whole life, 15 to 17 hour's a day and only making less that you have made in one day congratulations I am 71 almost 72 I owe $250,000 On my house live pay check to pay check, something you are children will never.know. God Bless and I am waiting for your new movies. 2001:5B0:46C5:EF48:9449:7023:D15B:682A (talk) 23:37, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Filmography

I think there should be a separate filmography page like with every other actor. GamerKlim9716 (talk) 21:13, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Author

I Can't Make This Up. Audible Exclusive. o6-06-2017

The Decision. Audible Exclusive. 05-21-2020

Monsters and How to Tame Them. Audible Exclusive. 09-15-2022 MrThurman26 (talk) 16:38, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Book prank

I'm not completely sure what his prank was supposed to be, But i think it backfired on him, what do you think? 198.217.122.254 (talk) 18:29, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Mark Twain Prize

According to NPR on 24 March 2024, he is to get the Mark Twain Prize for humor today. 136.36.180.215 (talk) 17:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)