Talk:Michael Alig

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[edit] "Angel" Melendez?

The article states that Melendez's nickname was Angel...rather than his real name. (There's quotation marks.) Everywhere I've looked says that Angel is Melendez's real name. I'm removing the quotation marks. Does anyone have a source that states otherwise? Long Away May (talk) 18:54, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

His real name is Andre as shown by the source in the article -- Esemono (talk) 14:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citation needed?

There are an awful lot of "citation needed" markers, one after every sentence in some sections. Are these facts really in dispute, or is someone playing games? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.191.24.137 (talk) 12:42, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Most of the info in article is based on someone watching the fictionalized story of Michael Alig in Party Monster (2003) and then adding info from the movie into the article. The movie Party Monster (2003) can't be used as a source so the info has to be confirmed from other sources. -- Esemono (talk) 14:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

To clarify, the documentary movie could be used as a source if the material is in that but the feature film based on the book and documentary likely was fictionalized in parts so by itself is not reliable. The article could certainly used more sources and there are plenty out there as the case has been covered extensively. Benjiboi 20:55, 24 March 2008 (UTC)