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Contents 1 Merging two Zoe Saldana articles into one 2 Name 3 Moved to Zoe Saldana 4 Birth place

[edit] Merging two Zoe Saldana articles into one

Their is two Zoe Saldana articles (Zoe Saldana and Zoe Saldaña) We should merge into one article under the name of Zoe Saldaña. BigBang11 00:05 PST 22 March 2006 (UTC)

If she is usually credited as Zoe Saldaña rather than Saldana, an admin should move the article there.--Cúchullain ^t/c 22:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Please provide facts that she is half Puerto Rican, she is 100 percent dominican. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D-Money (talk • contribs)

[edit] Name

I've gone ahead and changed the name Zoe Saldana to the correct spelling: Zoë Saldaña, which is how she is credited on her official site, movies, and commercials. --Speakslowly 20:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moved to Zoe Saldana

In every movie for the last three years — you can find all the titles in one place at imdb — she's listed as Zoe Saldana. Before that, it was usually "Zoë Saldana". "Zoë Saldaña" appears only once. The clincher: her official website uses "Zoe Saldana". SamEV (talk) 23:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

The clencher? Are you referring to the site that has this image with an enormous 'Ë'? The same site that has consistently used diacritics for years? You apparently have vision troubles - it should be moved back to Zoë Saldaña. ¦ Reisio (talk) 04:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Vision trouble? How did you know?! My vision is not 20/20, indeed. Anyway, I'll assume you're joking. If she prefers "Zoë Saldaña", she'd not have been creditted differently for three years running in her films. Nor would she use "Zoe" more that "Zoë" on her own official website. In fact, technology is so advanced, let me tell you, that even her website's url could be written as "Zoë Saldaña"; but it's not. Now why is that? Could it be that that "Zoë", with that "enormous" Ë you see on her website, is just a sort of style statement, but she otherwise uses Zoe Saldana professionally, is better known by that name, and wants to keep it that way? Could it, Reisio? SamEV (talk) 08:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

You should probably just read our diacritic. The difference between U.S. English pronunciation of 'Zoe' and 'Zoë' is significant, despite both using 'e' — that is what diacritics are for. ¦ Reisio (talk) 08:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Very helpful of you. Though completely unnecessary in my case. You should probably read Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names). The reasons I stated for the move are taken from the conventions. Here's a quote: "...use the most common name of a person or thing that does not conflict with the names of other people or things." SamEV (talk) 22:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Mmm, but as I've already pointed out, your observations of the formatting of her name are misobservations. ¦ Reisio (talk) 23:15, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I no longer know what you're talking about or what the point is in my even replying. I never addressed formatting or differences in pronunciation; only that the most common spelling of her name is, at least for three years now (did I mention that?) "Zoe Saldana", in her film credits and even her website. You pointed out the logo, which I missed; good for you. Now please look at the Google advanced search results for "Zoë" on her website; you'll find just a couple of instances, but plenty for "Zoe", with no diacritics. SamEV (talk) 23:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, vision trouble. ¦ Reisio (talk) 04:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll take it. Better than brain trouble. SamEV (talk) 04:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Birth place

She is born in New York. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obUbNl2R5xQ 80.242.116.105 (talk) 20:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)