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Improvement drive

A related topic, Pulp Fiction, is currently nominated on WP:IDRIVE. Vote for this article.--Fenice 06:51, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Verified family

For the record members of the Travolta family include Margaret Travolta, John Travolta, Ellen Travolta, Joey Travolta, Rikki Lee Travolta; Jack Bannon, Rachel Travolta, Nicole Travolta, Michael Salvatore Travolta, Hellen (Burke) Travolta, Kelly Preston, Salvator Travolta, Molly Allen Ritter, Jonathan Rau, Jet Travolta, Tom Fridley, Sam Travolta, Ella Blue Travolta, Valentino Travolta, and Annie Travolta. This is not an all inclusive list, but all those listed are confirmed. Paramountpr

Please explain how you have confirmed the Rikki Lee Travolta allegation. User:Zoe| 23:12, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Via direct work for and with the family, the verified members include:Margaret Travolta (Maggie), John Travolta, Ellen Travolta, Joey Travolta, Rikki Lee Travolta; Jack Bannon, Rachel Travolta, Nicole Travolta, Michael Salvatore Travolta, Hellen (Burke) Travolta, Kelly Preston, Salvator Travolta, Molly Allen Ritter, Jonathan Rau, Jet Travolta, Tom Fridley, Sam Travolta, Ella Blue Travolta, Valentino Travolta, and Annie Travolta (Ann). This is not an all inclusive list, but all those listed are confirmed. If confirmation is needed on a person not listed, please contact and assistance will be offered. Paramountpr 14:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Rikki Lee Travolta, Jonathan Rau, and Tom Fridley are nephews of John Travolta. Well known fact. Molly Allen, Rachel Travolta, and Nicole Travolta are nieces. DonnaMo 13:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Rikki Lee Travolta is John Travolta's nephew.Roadracer123 14:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

John Travolta is not gay

Never heard that one.

I never heard he wasn't gay too.

ridiculous rumor. No basis as article documents. DonnaMo 13:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Since when was the Church of Scientology a "cult"?207.157.121.50 09:17, 25 October 2005 (UTC)mightyafrowhitey

cult <- That's by us. "Far outside..." &c. sorta defines the group, particular with regards to Medicinal psychiatry. Jdos2 17:13, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Travolta doesn't die in Battlefield Earth, he's imprisoned in Fort Knox.

Perhaps a note in his page should mention it? It has been debated among fans. There is a picture of him kissing another guy on the lips. Dark Spidey 05:19, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Australian Football team

"He celebrated with the Australian national football team in their dressing room following their qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup"

??

Why is this included in the article? and secondly why was he celebrating with the Australian team in the first place? Does he have some sort of connection to Australia?

In any case this sentence should be removed. Jaw101ie 20:54, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

John Travolta celebrated with the Australian team because he has an endorsement contract with Quantas Airlines, based out of Australia, and as a part of that promotion he served as Captain in special promotional flights of the Australian team. Paramountpr 14:59, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Sicilian

Does anyone have a reliable source that his father was of Sicilain origin? And a source that describes John Travolta as a Sicilian-American (if anyone wanted to add that cat) Mad Jack 07:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

, . Arniep 18:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Eh, the first source is not reliable. It's "some guy's website", essentially, and all it says is that Travolta's parents were Irish and Italian. The second source, which is reliable, just says, on his father, "He may be from the commune of Godrano, in the province of Palermo, in Sicily". Although we could say, in the article, that his father "May" have been from Sicily, citing that source, we certainly shouldn't put him in a Sicilian-American category. Mad Jack 19:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Image

Uhh....a movie poster, or VHS or DVD cover would usually be necessary in articles about the film. The most necessary image would be a movie screenshot, about who the actor played. --PJ Pete

Good Article

This is a really good, well-written article! loulou 18:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

John Travolta IS gay

John Travolta is Gay. It has long been known in Hollywood that his marriage is a sham. Why does a celebrity have to announce the facts themselves before they are posted here? Stop treating this as vandalism. 69.195.18.10 07:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Neither the image or your sources prove or state that he is gay, just because he was photographed kissing a man is not proof that he is gay. --Credema 07:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

John Travolta will never come out of the closet due to his association with Scientology. That doesn't change the fact that he likes men. That does not look like a straight kiss to me. 69.195.18.10 07:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

What I was trying to say is that even if you think it's not a straight kiss it does not prove that he is gay. The sources you are using, although credible, do not state that he is gay. --Credema 07:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, agreed. For now we should limit it to allegations of homosexuality. I'm sure this simmering pot will come to a boil soon enough. Jasonid 08:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

What?! Do you usually kiss your same-sex friends like that?! What is your proof for being gay? A sex tape? Dev920 (check out this proposal) 23:08, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

This article, to me seems STRANGELY to be missing the whole chasm of his allegations of being gay. Regardless of whether he is gay or not, the information on who has claimed it should be in the article, otherwise this article just looks like reading the damn scientology website.

But why not a small sub-article mentioning people question his sexuality? The admins on this board treat it like their own personal playground, it always has to be there way...

Controversy

Italian culture my ass! Fenrir2000 10:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Mother's name

Travolta, the youngest of the six children in a Roman Catholic family to Salvatore and Helen Tom, was born in Englewood, New Jersey.

Tom?? Is that vandalism? –☆ CieloEstrellado 03:15, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

It was vandalism. Fixed. ☆ CieloEstrellado 03:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

And the award...

...for the unintentionally funny goes to: There has also been widespread speculation that Travolta's son Jett does not have Kawasaki syndrome ... because this illness is primarily found in Japanese children under the age of five.

Missing sections on alleged homosexuality

Well, i think it's fair that in an encyclopedia article, the whole image of a person be considered, particularly whenever i hear a whisper about Travolta, there's thousands of gay stories that have been printed in the press, and even corroborated by some people.. yet this article seems oddly remiss. Even if he isn't gay, it's fair point to say that people should know that at least some other people have accused him of being gay, and even admitted to having sex with him. Eerily missing that. James S 12:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

"Family" section

The section on "Family" needs a complete rewrite. It doesn't mention, for example, when Travolta married Kelly Preston or the fact that they have a daughter, much less her name. Rather, it's all about allegations that Travolta and Preston's son is autistic, which are ultimately sourced to a Hollywood gossip blog, and a major newspaper's gossip column which uses as its only source the same blog entry (plus a summary of Usenet posts). The section also says, In the words of a director of one advocacy video, Joey's support of organizations like Cure Autism Now keeps him up at night, such is his fear of authorities breaking down his door and taking him away to be "cured". This belongs, if anywhere, in a "Criticism" section of the Joey Travolta article, but as it is unsourced criticism of a living person, it probably does not belong anywhere in Misplaced Pages. --Metropolitan90 02:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

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