Talk:Dakota Blue Richards

Quotes everywhere

This section is a bit weird, there are too many quotes in my opinion wich aim to praise this actress. --SantiniNancy (talk) 12:05, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

So condescending!

Ohh!! This article is just so condescending it's shameful, with little bits of incredibly useless, "cute" information like her mother wouldn't take her to the auditions "if it was raining" and the part about how she wouldn't become a vet because (in Wikipedia's words) "she decided that she would find putting animals to sleep too upsetting".

This entire article is just filled with irrelevant, childish sentences (that aren't in quotes). For God's sakes, she's 14 years old.

dob

We really need to find a date of birth for this girl, but I can't find anything online. If anyone finds one, be sure to add it right away ^_^ JayKeaton 19:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

A web search suggests April 11, 1994, as her date of birth.[1] Not sure if any of the sources I saw would be reliable enough to meet the requirements of WP:BLP but there don't seem to be any conflicting sources or anything to suggest it isn't accurate. -- 109.77.194.122 (talk) 19:57, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Copying

Certain portions of this article are word-for-word copies of the IMDB trivia page [2]. I don't know who copied from who, or if the same person added to both, but it is something that should be looked into. -- 16:54, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Image

Image:Dakota B. Richards.jpg is fair use and isn't tagged as such. Has no licensing information at all. Fix plz. 81.153.124.23 (talk) 22:19, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Not to mention it is an extremely unprofessional image. It seems to be a wallpaper from a fansite. WIS (talk) 04:25, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, is it fair use? The box that pops up when you add the "needs photo" parameter to the WikiProject Biography template says that you can almost never claim fair use on an image that's being used "to merely show what a living person looks like". So, umm, what we need is for someone to go along to premiere or something and snap a picture of her... -- KittyRainbow (talk) 09:37, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

My point was that it's not free. 81.153.124.23 (talk) 13:22, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Anyway I tagged it for CSD based on no licensing or attribution info. 81.153.124.23 (talk) 13:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Just to clarify, I wasn't contesting its status as a non-free image. It's clearly a non-free image, as it contains promotional images from The Golden Compass. But the English Wikipedia allows the use of certain non-free images under "fair use" criteria... which this image does not satisfy, as it's technically possible for a WP editor to take a picture of Dakota Blue Richards and release it into the public domain. That's what I was trying to point out. Anyway, thanks for tagging the image and removing it from the article. :) -- KittyRainbow (talk) 13:57, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

No worries. You might be able to find free pictures on Flickr. As an account-less person, I can't upload images. 81.153.124.23 (talk) 15:01, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

dakota blue rrichards : on fire

          Dakota Blue Richards is likely to become a very tslented accheaved actress

and am sure the public would love to see the sequeal (the subtle knife)in the near future. Weathere there will be the sequeal is still unsure (i speak for all will parry hopefuls out there). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Staygold2 (talk • contribs) 03:01, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Deleted content

Especially when we're dealing with underaged subjects, WP:BLP needs to be followed closely. I have removed a sentence regarding some accusation involving her and a snowman that had no sourced. Assuming it doesn't originate from a gossip rag, if there's a reputable source that can be cited, it can be put back, though to be honest it's so non-notable an incident as described I don't really see the point. 23skidoo (talk) 18:19, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Page protected

Since a number of anonymous IPs have decided to target this article for vandalism, I'm locking the article down until further notice; anon IPs and new users won't be able to edit it for awhile. There have been some good faith IP edits in recent days, too, but unfortunately others have spoiled it for them. Actually I take that back; I couldn't find any. 23skidoo (talk) 02:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

• It's been a couple of weeks. Should I remove the protection or should we keep it locked down? 23skidoo (talk) 23:35, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Unofficial Website (http://www.dakota.skyefairy.net/)

I was looking at her info here on Wiki yesterday and wanted to remove the URL Unfortunately, my registered account doesn't have enough permissions to edit it.

The unofficial website, [3], is reported as a harmful site by Google, and I am unsure if the website itself has indeed been hacked or altered to send out malicious content. However, if the site is indeed dangerous especially to those who browse websites unprotected by antivirus and antispyware softwares, please remove this link temporarily until the website is working again.

Thank you.

Octoberasian (talk) 16:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Here is the report from Google: [4]

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 8 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 4 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 05/29/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 05/16/2008.

Malicious software includes 4 trojan(s), 2 worm(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 21 new processes on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including ccfelomvhk.com, caatadgouk.com.

Octoberasian (talk) 19:32, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

• Unofficial fan sites aren't really allowed under current Wikipedia rules anyway, so it probably should have been removed anyway. We won't pass judgement as to whether it's a good faith site that got hacked or if it isn't. Either way, I've removed it. Good catch. 23skidoo (talk) 20:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Subtle Knife

The only source I can find to there being any Subtle Knife film is the IMDb which is disallowed as a source by Wikipedia. Certainly there would be reports by now if such a film were coming out in 2009. 23skidoo (talk) 18:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Page protected

An anonymous IP has attempted to post WP:BLP-violating material to the article. I'm airing on the side of caution and am protecting the article from anonymous IP editors temporarily. 23skidoo (talk) 17:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Address

At the end of the "Personal Life" section, it says : "She says she is moving to <address>". Surely this should be removed? (What idiot added this?)

never saw that but it should not be included ~kp

Fansites

why are her fansites not mentioned? ~kp —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.26.124.0 (talk) 23:14, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Because you're not supposed to list those on Wikipedia! Tweedle20 (talk) 16:31, 17 June 2009 (UTC)Tweedle20

(Off-topic comment) Can't believe this girl is only a few months younger than me, and she's already more famous in the show business than I am. :( —stay (sic)! 02:04, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

my mothers cat is more famous than you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.255.37.206 (talk) 04:07, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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English actress Dakota Blue Richards, playing the role of April Johnson in the film Dustbin Baby, based on Jacqueline Wilson's 2001 novel of the same name. Richards made her debut as the lead role in The Golden Compass, after being cast with almost no training, and has also appeared in The Secret of Moonacre and Skins.Photo: Liam Daniel, Kindle Entertainment

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Refs which should not be used include Daily Mail, IMDB and blogs such as wordpress and blogspot. I hope someone can find the time to research and improve this page because as it stands parts of it read like a teen mag fan page. Mramoeba (talk) 09:30, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

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Dakota Blue Richards plays Franky / Category: News Article, News Release ... / 15 April 2011

Tell us about your character? / Franky is the outsider, she arrives three weeks late, and looks very different to all the other characters. She is such a lovely person who keeps trying to bring people together and is quite selfless. She is quite androgynous, and is very creative and does a lot with music. Franky has moved around a lot in her past, it is hinted at but we're not quite sure what it is that has happened to her.

What do you enjoy about Playing Franky? / Franky is so kind, unconditionally, to everyone. Even when people are mean to her she continues to be nice to everyone. She can't really be beaten.

Can you see some similarities between you and your character? / I'm quite creative like she is. I like making things and I do Art at school. I like building things much like Franky. I'd like to say I'm as kind, sweet and lovely as she is but don't think I'm quite as lovely as she is! She's the kind of person I would aspire to be like but I don't think I'm quite there yet. Aesthetically however I don't think there are many similarities between us. I am much more feminine than she is and I am much more comfortable in myself.

If you could play someone else in the cast who would it be and why? / I would quite like to play Grace, partly because she always looks amazing and get the cutest costumes. I also think there is a lot of depth to her character, which is there but quite subtly hinted at. She is a very happy person, and in the same sense as Franky she likes to bring people together and make sure everything is ok. I think each member of the cast is their character and I can't imagine anyone else playing them. It's odd because I auditioned for Liv originally but I only became Franky right at the very end of the audition process.

Tell us something about you... / I do art. I'm not very good at it but I enjoy it. I'm quite into modern art and abstract stuff. I like making things. I really like a photographer called Christian Coigny. I think he's great. I like the works Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst too. The stuff that he makes you just want to look at! Movies, ‘Cruel Intentions', ‘Pricilla Queen Of The Desert', ‘The Orphanage', and French film called ‘Innocence'. I really like the Studio Ghibli films, I think they're really cool. Music, I like everything to an extent. I really like Crystal Castles, The Temper Trap, Lady GaGa and Iron & Wine!

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