Talk:Dirk Diggler

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This article was nominated for deletion on 22 May 2008. The result of the discussion was Redirect to Boogie Nights.

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Is it really necessary to have a separate entry for a fictional character in a movie? Sixtus LXVI 04:31, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

This sure seems like a lot of verbiage for a minor fictional character.

I agree, plus some of this info is wrong -- Dirk was discovered in the San Fernando Valley, not San Francisco. -- Zoe

Well, I corrected what Zoe commented on but didn't change. The article originally said Diggler, whose real name is Eddie but whose last name was never revealed, was discovered in San Francisco as a teen by porn movie producer Jack Horner.. No, he was Eddie Adams, Jack calls him by name. And yes, he was discovered in the San Fernando Valley. It would be MIGHTY hard for him to commute to his job from his home in Torrance every day by bus if he worked in San Francisco -- that's about 400 miles one way. RickK 03:10, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

These are just some of the corrections that need to be made:

• Diggler's face was never on Time Magazine.
• He had an active sex life off-camera? There's no evidence in the film pointing to this.
• "But along with his money and fame came a dark side:" I'm sorry, this sentence just sounds stupid.
• His failed musical career wasn't during the late 70s, it was during the early 80s.

Plainly put, this article is poorly researched, amaturely written and has no real significance. It either needs to be rewritten or deleted. Pele Merengue 21:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

~~ "But along with his money and fame came a dark side:" I'm sorry, this sentence just sounds stupid." I agree... and have reworded it. I hope it is satisfactory.

Another stupid sentence is "his song 'You Got the Touch' did show potential with it's powerful vocals, insightful lyrics, and driving high-energy guitar sound". Apart from the extraneous apostrophe in "its", the song, as given in the movie, is crap. Indeed, that's part of the humor, that it is such a crappy song. Jhobson1 18:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC) (I'm removing the apostrophe.)

So is this person fictional or what? The first paragraph says so, but the rest reads like a biog. I think this needs addressing. (I believe it is called writing in an in-universe style) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.158.75 (talk) 22:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect?

Why is there a redirect for Eddie Adams (actor)? There really is an actor out there named Eddie Adams: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022481/ - it's making articles that refer to him (and should be a red link since there's no article on him yet) come here....plange 22:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

removed redirect and created stub --plange 22:56, 7 September 2006 (UTC)