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Moved VfD discussion to Talk:Alexander Kapranos/Archive VFD. There's not really much debate about their or his notability now... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
He cannot have been born in two countries and is therefore a British musician, of Greek decent....— ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
Generally, nationality is established at birth by a child's place of birth (jus soli) and/or bloodline (jus sanguinis). Nationality may also be acquired later in life through naturalization.....— ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
His birthplace is England, Scotland is not a separate country and therefore you cannot be naturalised there. You remain English or consider yourself British, you cannot 'become' Scottish in any sense other than referencing, which carries no weight in any respect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skipsey ( talk • contribs) 11:41, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
I should also say his accent is still very recognisably from Sunderland, with some Scottish twangs. It would be very unusual for someone who moved to a different area at 7 to retain that accent into middle-age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skipsey ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
Page changed per request. Ryan Norton T | @ | C 13:09, 11 Sep 2007 (UTC)
Um, Huntley is his mother's maiden name from what I've heard.
important correction concerning the name:
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was his birth name as corroborated in the Infobox, and therefore. Alex Kapranos is a pseudonym of sorts. "Huntley" was never legally 'dropped'. (where is your source?) I'll change it if no-one objects... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
The Soham murders involving Ian Huntley were after the band was formed so the name change either doesn't make sense (which it doesn't. One person doesn't ruin a name unless its Hitler) or its just plain false. I suspect he changed his name to look cooler but I don't know. Either way, it needs to be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boils ( talk • contribs) 22:55, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
A pseudonym (Greek: ψευδόνυμον, pseudo + -onym: false name) is an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a person's legal name.
Page changed per request. Ryan Norton T | @ | C 13:09, 11 Sep 2007 (UTC)
Why is this titled Alexander? Even his Guardian column is bylined "Alex Kapranos". I'll move it if no-one objects... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
Sure. - PurpleStripe
important correction concerning the name:
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was his birth name as corroborated in the Infobox, and therefore. Alex Kapranos is a pseudonym of sorts. "Huntley" was never legally 'dropped'. (where is your source?) I'll change it if no-one objects... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
A pseudonym (Greek: ψευδόνυμον, pseudo + -onym: false name) is an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a person's legal name.
Page changed per request. Ryan Norton T | @ | C 13:09, 11 Sep 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be more "appropriate"?
I was thinking the same thing. Stan weller 10:13, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
I agree.
Appropriate? Like a school picture? This I believe displays his passion for music quite well.
How about a promo picture? Starla Dear 01:57, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
The current photo is rather blurry; the previous one was better, since, as stated before displayed his passion for music quite well.
The line about Alex's relationship with Eleanor Friedberger keeps being changed from "currently" to "previously" and sometimes to not being there at all. Only being a big fan of The Fiery Furnaces (Eleanor's band) and the writer of most of their pages on here, I'm not really in a position to say whether they are really going out or not. Still, changing between two condtradictory stances on any fact (however minor) is really not a good place for an encyclopedia to be. I propose we either decide (and provide a source or reference for) one of the options, make a vague claim that the relationship status is unclear, or remove the sections altogether (on both the individuals' pages). I personally saw mr Kapranos at a Furnaces show only a few weeks ago and both of them certainly looked happy. Perhaps we should ask someone from the indie-rock equivalent of Smash Hits to find out for us. Jellypuzzle 11:00, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
If you don't want people to talk about your relationships do you really think you should be famous AK? Ok sometimes people should leave it out but, come on you're like a hero to people so they're gonna want to know everything about you..
There is a whole paragraph about their relationship on the Wikipedia article on Eleanor Friedberger. If it is okay there, then why not here?
His personal life shouldn't be discussed anywhere. Although he is famous, don't you think he deserves some privacy like everyone else?
Ok fair enough the comment i made earlier about "If you don't want people to talk about your relationships do you really think you should be famous AK? Ok sometimes people should leave it out but, come on you're like a hero to people so they're gonna want to know everything about you" was a little harsh but i'm a huge fan, not a stalker, so it doesn't bother me whether his relationship is over or not, but i know loads of people that want to know everything about him so they can be like him. That's fair enough so long as it doesn't go too far. He should have privacy as you said. Everyone should. In the real world there's always going to be someone who encroaches on that privacy. He's a great guy and he deserves some respect. If he doesn't want Eleanor discussed then i'm willing to respect that wish. BK
He should be and is to most, a hero because of his music, not because of his relationships.
I don't really see how his privacy is relevant to Wikipedia. We have a lot of things on here that have to do with more invasions of privacy than comments on his current relationship status. It's not as if we're harassing him in any way; we're just taking from the media (as we do here on WP) and reformatting it here. I just want something mentioned, though, because I've heard many times that 'Eleanor Put Your Boots On' is about Eleanor Friedberger, and in fact the page on that single mentions their relationship. Something - anything - to clarify this would be nice, even if it just mentions that it is speculated but there has been no official comment. 163.192.12.120 ( talk) 17:04, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Ok. So there has always been a thing about his age and how Alex has "lost his passport." Anyway, the profile says he is 34 but i've read articles where Alex himself has said he is 29 and that those rumours are bollocks. So i'm wondering what the truth behind his age is. There should be some sort of source to say he is 34.. it's all a mystery to me still.. 34 or 29?
i understand allergic to peanuts, but allergic to animals? is that a meat allergy? which meats? is it actually some kind of roundabout way of saying he's a vegetarian? i could be wrong but i don't think anyone in the world has an allergy to every kind of meat. if that's what the article it's saying, then it needs to be wikified... on the other hand if you mean animal dander, again... which animals? humans are animals. as for likening it to arsenic, what does that mean? all of these things would be completely fatal? i've written too much. all i'm saying is that that whole section is baffling. Youdontsmellbad 21:47, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the obsession with the Fender telecaster? Does it really necessitate its own sub-heading?
I appreciate a citation needs to be found regarding Kapranos' South Tyneside/Wearside links, but should it really be in question? I thought it was common knowledge. I've heard it referred to in a number of music magazines including Q and NME. You can hear it in his accent and singing voice, just as much as his Glaswegian accent. Anyway, I've found a Guardian article written by him which tells of his links with the area
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,1655966,00.html
His grandmother is from South Shields, so he obviously spent a lot of time them. There is also this
http://homeboynet.wordpress.com/2006/11/05/the-greek-arch-cook-franz-ferdinand/
“My dad played guitar. He used to play in beat groups in the 1960s. He’d play R’n’B and blues in the working men’s clubs of South Shields. I have very early memories of my dad holding down chords and me strumming."
Is this adequate?
hedpeguyuk 09:33, 11 Feb 2007 (UTC)
The "Sunderland" reference comes from the fact that he lived in Washington for a while, not the city of Sunderland itself (administratively it's part of the Sunderland borough, though it's closer to Gateshead). So if someone wants to adequately cite that fact, along with the South Shields stuff, you'd do better searching for Washington than Sunderland. I saw this in an interview in local newspaper the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle) about a year or two ago when they played here. Don't know whether the article is online, but inevitably most of the interview was him talking about his local childhood, as you'd expect from the fluff pieces you get in local-paper music sections..
There seems to be a debate emerging the relevance of so-called "slash" fiction, written by teenage girls who fantasise that their idols are homosexual in order to gratify themselves.
Whether this has any relevance to this article is highly questionable. It appears to have been added to assuage the egos of the protagonists of this fiction. It has no direct relevance to Kapranos himself.
Well said. BK
A fan site is not included, even in a trivia section or an external link section. Unfortunately, the only people slackening their ties at slackened_ties are the contributors to that site. Please, gals, find another venue for validation. This isn't the place, and if we allowed you all to be included, it would open floodgates that would thus make your inclusion here meaningless. This is a community effort to share serious information; not a fan forum. That said...I completely understand where you all come from - ha! Just the wrong platform here. Please stop. -- DavidShankBone 01:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't personally have an opinion on this, but others do. How does one decide if a person is Scottish or English? It can't be discerned genetically, so is it a parental thing? If so, does his father actually make him Greek, or is there a rule similar to the Jewish tradition that his mother is the one who decides his status, which would then be English? Or is it a cultural issue, which would undoubtedly make him Scottish. I personally have no horse in this race, but it needs to be decided to stop the revert back-n-forth. And does anybody have a linke to what he considers himself (which is only incidental to this discussion, since subjects don't decide their own WP entries, but it does inform us on the matter). -- DavidShankBone 01:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
His heritage CONSTANTLY changes on here from English to Scottish, then British to Greek, and sometimes a few combined. I don't think it should be included in the article until someone can find an honest source that states his true heritage because no one can seem to agree... -- HarmoniousSky 05:28, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
I have added both Scottish and English cats, as there are good claims both ways. Both hould be retained. He is English born, and is half English but quite definitely has a Scottish accent, and ties to Glasgow.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 17:22, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Added reference wher Kapranos clearly refers to himself as English - so no more changing. Born in England and grew up in England. Also, he doesn't have a Scottish accent, it's clearly a north east England accent - with you being a Scot yourself, surely you'd know that?
92.8.18.241 ( talk) 19:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
No. Jewish culture and tradition and offspring theory is very special and unique
there is no similar rule in other religions like christians or Muslims.
if the mother of my father was jewish my father is also jewish and if he had married a jewish woman so i would be also jewish !
but if my mother had been non jewish and would have converted so i would be also jewish !
but that you cannot compare to scottish people
he is a scotish guy of greek descent — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.113.106.10 ( talk) 13:35, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
We can not use copyrighted photographs when we have our open-use photographs, per Wikipedia:Fair use. I understand that every fan with a camera phone wants to put a grainy band pic up from the show they attended, but perhaps instead create a gallery. Right now, the best photographs available of Kapranos are the book store shots, several angles of varying quality can be found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kapranos. But this artcle is not about Franz Ferdinand, it's about Alex Kapranos, the singer, the writer, the person. So a "band shot" is not necessary, just like a book store photo of Alex Kapranos is unnecessary on the Franz Ferdinand page. Get a better close-up, quality photo of Kapranos, put it up. But let's take the page a little more seriously than every fan with a camera phone who wants to see the "concert that changed their life" on the page. -- David Shankbone 12:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
The bisexual citation doesn't link to anything and doesn't correspond to any external links, and I seem to remember it used to link to the interview. Can anyone fix this? Vanityjunkie 15:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how people can take the fact that he said, "Either" when asked "Boys or girls?" here: [ [1]] It's open ended really. Maybe he meant he likes either sex better as friends, or possibly wants either boys or girls for children. Don't insinuate that he's bisexual from that though. Unless he comes out and actually says he is, it doesn't belong in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HarmoniousSky ( talk • contribs) 22:53, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
In reply to Soane...they just asked him, "Boys or girls?" not, "Which sex are you attracted to?" There you go assuming things like everyone else who changes his article. All I'm saying is that people shouldn't ASSUME that he's bisexual from that. Unless he actually SAYS that he is, it's all gossip and it makes us no better than tabloids. By the way, he's the lead singer of the band, but that doesn't make the songs about his own personal experiences. He just sings the lyrics and he's even said that some of the songs are from other people's point of views or conversations he and his bandmates have overheard. HarmoniousSky
Don't be insulting towards other editors, Wardroad.~ Zythe Talk to me! 21:08, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Is this category relevant? There's nothing in the article to suggest so. - 88.110.221.64 11:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
If anyone wants to listen to AK reading the book, it is here [3] 62.64.202.50 ( talk) 13:53, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
the new picture's crap, what was wrong with the old one? 188.222.41.105 ( talk) 18:09, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Old Picture was better. Return it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.116.157 ( talk) 01:13, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Is this person British or Scottish or what nationality? I also removed his ethnicity from the lede. It looks like that is covered in the family early life section. -- Malerooster ( talk) 02:02, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm not really sure. In this interview http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/63713/franz-ferdinand he refers to himself as English. but in this interview http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/alex-kapranos-of-franz-ferdinand-accuses-nationalists-of-making-him-english-on-wikipedia-1-2688390 he refers to himself as Scottish. Maybe he sees himself as both?
I think the best thing to do is take nationality out of the lead, to make it neutral for the time being. 86.156.229.192 ( talk) 16:04, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
I think the guy is just playing up to Scottish nationalism (notice Scottish nationalist is good, English nationalism is bad apparently) and is guilty of revisionism seeing as the reference of the guy referring to himself as English very clearly twice if from only 2009! Seems desperate to get some kind of media coverage out of it, what with his band no longer being relevant.
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Moved VfD discussion to Talk:Alexander Kapranos/Archive VFD. There's not really much debate about their or his notability now... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
He cannot have been born in two countries and is therefore a British musician, of Greek decent....— ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
Generally, nationality is established at birth by a child's place of birth (jus soli) and/or bloodline (jus sanguinis). Nationality may also be acquired later in life through naturalization.....— ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
His birthplace is England, Scotland is not a separate country and therefore you cannot be naturalised there. You remain English or consider yourself British, you cannot 'become' Scottish in any sense other than referencing, which carries no weight in any respect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skipsey ( talk • contribs) 11:41, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
I should also say his accent is still very recognisably from Sunderland, with some Scottish twangs. It would be very unusual for someone who moved to a different area at 7 to retain that accent into middle-age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skipsey ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
Page changed per request. Ryan Norton T | @ | C 13:09, 11 Sep 2007 (UTC)
Um, Huntley is his mother's maiden name from what I've heard.
important correction concerning the name:
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was his birth name as corroborated in the Infobox, and therefore. Alex Kapranos is a pseudonym of sorts. "Huntley" was never legally 'dropped'. (where is your source?) I'll change it if no-one objects... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
The Soham murders involving Ian Huntley were after the band was formed so the name change either doesn't make sense (which it doesn't. One person doesn't ruin a name unless its Hitler) or its just plain false. I suspect he changed his name to look cooler but I don't know. Either way, it needs to be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boils ( talk • contribs) 22:55, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
A pseudonym (Greek: ψευδόνυμον, pseudo + -onym: false name) is an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a person's legal name.
Page changed per request. Ryan Norton T | @ | C 13:09, 11 Sep 2007 (UTC)
Why is this titled Alexander? Even his Guardian column is bylined "Alex Kapranos". I'll move it if no-one objects... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
Sure. - PurpleStripe
important correction concerning the name:
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was his birth name as corroborated in the Infobox, and therefore. Alex Kapranos is a pseudonym of sorts. "Huntley" was never legally 'dropped'. (where is your source?) I'll change it if no-one objects... — ciphergoth 19:17, 2 sep 2007 (UTC)
A pseudonym (Greek: ψευδόνυμον, pseudo + -onym: false name) is an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a person's legal name.
Page changed per request. Ryan Norton T | @ | C 13:09, 11 Sep 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be more "appropriate"?
I was thinking the same thing. Stan weller 10:13, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
I agree.
Appropriate? Like a school picture? This I believe displays his passion for music quite well.
How about a promo picture? Starla Dear 01:57, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
The current photo is rather blurry; the previous one was better, since, as stated before displayed his passion for music quite well.
The line about Alex's relationship with Eleanor Friedberger keeps being changed from "currently" to "previously" and sometimes to not being there at all. Only being a big fan of The Fiery Furnaces (Eleanor's band) and the writer of most of their pages on here, I'm not really in a position to say whether they are really going out or not. Still, changing between two condtradictory stances on any fact (however minor) is really not a good place for an encyclopedia to be. I propose we either decide (and provide a source or reference for) one of the options, make a vague claim that the relationship status is unclear, or remove the sections altogether (on both the individuals' pages). I personally saw mr Kapranos at a Furnaces show only a few weeks ago and both of them certainly looked happy. Perhaps we should ask someone from the indie-rock equivalent of Smash Hits to find out for us. Jellypuzzle 11:00, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
If you don't want people to talk about your relationships do you really think you should be famous AK? Ok sometimes people should leave it out but, come on you're like a hero to people so they're gonna want to know everything about you..
There is a whole paragraph about their relationship on the Wikipedia article on Eleanor Friedberger. If it is okay there, then why not here?
His personal life shouldn't be discussed anywhere. Although he is famous, don't you think he deserves some privacy like everyone else?
Ok fair enough the comment i made earlier about "If you don't want people to talk about your relationships do you really think you should be famous AK? Ok sometimes people should leave it out but, come on you're like a hero to people so they're gonna want to know everything about you" was a little harsh but i'm a huge fan, not a stalker, so it doesn't bother me whether his relationship is over or not, but i know loads of people that want to know everything about him so they can be like him. That's fair enough so long as it doesn't go too far. He should have privacy as you said. Everyone should. In the real world there's always going to be someone who encroaches on that privacy. He's a great guy and he deserves some respect. If he doesn't want Eleanor discussed then i'm willing to respect that wish. BK
He should be and is to most, a hero because of his music, not because of his relationships.
I don't really see how his privacy is relevant to Wikipedia. We have a lot of things on here that have to do with more invasions of privacy than comments on his current relationship status. It's not as if we're harassing him in any way; we're just taking from the media (as we do here on WP) and reformatting it here. I just want something mentioned, though, because I've heard many times that 'Eleanor Put Your Boots On' is about Eleanor Friedberger, and in fact the page on that single mentions their relationship. Something - anything - to clarify this would be nice, even if it just mentions that it is speculated but there has been no official comment. 163.192.12.120 ( talk) 17:04, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Ok. So there has always been a thing about his age and how Alex has "lost his passport." Anyway, the profile says he is 34 but i've read articles where Alex himself has said he is 29 and that those rumours are bollocks. So i'm wondering what the truth behind his age is. There should be some sort of source to say he is 34.. it's all a mystery to me still.. 34 or 29?
i understand allergic to peanuts, but allergic to animals? is that a meat allergy? which meats? is it actually some kind of roundabout way of saying he's a vegetarian? i could be wrong but i don't think anyone in the world has an allergy to every kind of meat. if that's what the article it's saying, then it needs to be wikified... on the other hand if you mean animal dander, again... which animals? humans are animals. as for likening it to arsenic, what does that mean? all of these things would be completely fatal? i've written too much. all i'm saying is that that whole section is baffling. Youdontsmellbad 21:47, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the obsession with the Fender telecaster? Does it really necessitate its own sub-heading?
I appreciate a citation needs to be found regarding Kapranos' South Tyneside/Wearside links, but should it really be in question? I thought it was common knowledge. I've heard it referred to in a number of music magazines including Q and NME. You can hear it in his accent and singing voice, just as much as his Glaswegian accent. Anyway, I've found a Guardian article written by him which tells of his links with the area
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,1655966,00.html
His grandmother is from South Shields, so he obviously spent a lot of time them. There is also this
http://homeboynet.wordpress.com/2006/11/05/the-greek-arch-cook-franz-ferdinand/
“My dad played guitar. He used to play in beat groups in the 1960s. He’d play R’n’B and blues in the working men’s clubs of South Shields. I have very early memories of my dad holding down chords and me strumming."
Is this adequate?
hedpeguyuk 09:33, 11 Feb 2007 (UTC)
The "Sunderland" reference comes from the fact that he lived in Washington for a while, not the city of Sunderland itself (administratively it's part of the Sunderland borough, though it's closer to Gateshead). So if someone wants to adequately cite that fact, along with the South Shields stuff, you'd do better searching for Washington than Sunderland. I saw this in an interview in local newspaper the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle) about a year or two ago when they played here. Don't know whether the article is online, but inevitably most of the interview was him talking about his local childhood, as you'd expect from the fluff pieces you get in local-paper music sections..
There seems to be a debate emerging the relevance of so-called "slash" fiction, written by teenage girls who fantasise that their idols are homosexual in order to gratify themselves.
Whether this has any relevance to this article is highly questionable. It appears to have been added to assuage the egos of the protagonists of this fiction. It has no direct relevance to Kapranos himself.
Well said. BK
A fan site is not included, even in a trivia section or an external link section. Unfortunately, the only people slackening their ties at slackened_ties are the contributors to that site. Please, gals, find another venue for validation. This isn't the place, and if we allowed you all to be included, it would open floodgates that would thus make your inclusion here meaningless. This is a community effort to share serious information; not a fan forum. That said...I completely understand where you all come from - ha! Just the wrong platform here. Please stop. -- DavidShankBone 01:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't personally have an opinion on this, but others do. How does one decide if a person is Scottish or English? It can't be discerned genetically, so is it a parental thing? If so, does his father actually make him Greek, or is there a rule similar to the Jewish tradition that his mother is the one who decides his status, which would then be English? Or is it a cultural issue, which would undoubtedly make him Scottish. I personally have no horse in this race, but it needs to be decided to stop the revert back-n-forth. And does anybody have a linke to what he considers himself (which is only incidental to this discussion, since subjects don't decide their own WP entries, but it does inform us on the matter). -- DavidShankBone 01:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
His heritage CONSTANTLY changes on here from English to Scottish, then British to Greek, and sometimes a few combined. I don't think it should be included in the article until someone can find an honest source that states his true heritage because no one can seem to agree... -- HarmoniousSky 05:28, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
I have added both Scottish and English cats, as there are good claims both ways. Both hould be retained. He is English born, and is half English but quite definitely has a Scottish accent, and ties to Glasgow.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 17:22, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Added reference wher Kapranos clearly refers to himself as English - so no more changing. Born in England and grew up in England. Also, he doesn't have a Scottish accent, it's clearly a north east England accent - with you being a Scot yourself, surely you'd know that?
92.8.18.241 ( talk) 19:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
No. Jewish culture and tradition and offspring theory is very special and unique
there is no similar rule in other religions like christians or Muslims.
if the mother of my father was jewish my father is also jewish and if he had married a jewish woman so i would be also jewish !
but if my mother had been non jewish and would have converted so i would be also jewish !
but that you cannot compare to scottish people
he is a scotish guy of greek descent — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.113.106.10 ( talk) 13:35, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
We can not use copyrighted photographs when we have our open-use photographs, per Wikipedia:Fair use. I understand that every fan with a camera phone wants to put a grainy band pic up from the show they attended, but perhaps instead create a gallery. Right now, the best photographs available of Kapranos are the book store shots, several angles of varying quality can be found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kapranos. But this artcle is not about Franz Ferdinand, it's about Alex Kapranos, the singer, the writer, the person. So a "band shot" is not necessary, just like a book store photo of Alex Kapranos is unnecessary on the Franz Ferdinand page. Get a better close-up, quality photo of Kapranos, put it up. But let's take the page a little more seriously than every fan with a camera phone who wants to see the "concert that changed their life" on the page. -- David Shankbone 12:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
The bisexual citation doesn't link to anything and doesn't correspond to any external links, and I seem to remember it used to link to the interview. Can anyone fix this? Vanityjunkie 15:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how people can take the fact that he said, "Either" when asked "Boys or girls?" here: [ [1]] It's open ended really. Maybe he meant he likes either sex better as friends, or possibly wants either boys or girls for children. Don't insinuate that he's bisexual from that though. Unless he comes out and actually says he is, it doesn't belong in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HarmoniousSky ( talk • contribs) 22:53, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
In reply to Soane...they just asked him, "Boys or girls?" not, "Which sex are you attracted to?" There you go assuming things like everyone else who changes his article. All I'm saying is that people shouldn't ASSUME that he's bisexual from that. Unless he actually SAYS that he is, it's all gossip and it makes us no better than tabloids. By the way, he's the lead singer of the band, but that doesn't make the songs about his own personal experiences. He just sings the lyrics and he's even said that some of the songs are from other people's point of views or conversations he and his bandmates have overheard. HarmoniousSky
Don't be insulting towards other editors, Wardroad.~ Zythe Talk to me! 21:08, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Is this category relevant? There's nothing in the article to suggest so. - 88.110.221.64 11:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
If anyone wants to listen to AK reading the book, it is here [3] 62.64.202.50 ( talk) 13:53, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
the new picture's crap, what was wrong with the old one? 188.222.41.105 ( talk) 18:09, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Old Picture was better. Return it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.116.157 ( talk) 01:13, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Is this person British or Scottish or what nationality? I also removed his ethnicity from the lede. It looks like that is covered in the family early life section. -- Malerooster ( talk) 02:02, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm not really sure. In this interview http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/63713/franz-ferdinand he refers to himself as English. but in this interview http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/alex-kapranos-of-franz-ferdinand-accuses-nationalists-of-making-him-english-on-wikipedia-1-2688390 he refers to himself as Scottish. Maybe he sees himself as both?
I think the best thing to do is take nationality out of the lead, to make it neutral for the time being. 86.156.229.192 ( talk) 16:04, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
I think the guy is just playing up to Scottish nationalism (notice Scottish nationalist is good, English nationalism is bad apparently) and is guilty of revisionism seeing as the reference of the guy referring to himself as English very clearly twice if from only 2009! Seems desperate to get some kind of media coverage out of it, what with his band no longer being relevant.
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