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Is she even 18 yet?? ?Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.125.241 ( talk) 13:25, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
The multiplicity of edits, about 35 virtually all by one editor in one day, does not suggest a properly researched and carefully written article.-- SilasW 20:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Why was their child removed from the info box [1]? The children are mentioned in the context of the article:
In October of 2003, Fred and Jeri Thompson welcomed their first child. A second child was born to them in November of 2006. Mr. Thompson also has children and grandchildren from a previous marriage (which ended in a 1985 divorce).
The info box is pretty standard. C56C 21:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
this article stumbles into innuendo in its last sentence, with a vague reference to being at odds with the New York Times as a follow-up to today's article in that newspaper, on which this article stub relies. The article makes poor and rather inept use of the Times article, and the last sentence sems an effort to disqualify the statement about "trophy wife,"but without explaining how the Times's reporter defines the concept. Actio 04:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)actio
If her real birthdate in 1967 is not known, please remove that obviously erroneous date. Then again, was her birthday 31 December 1966 perhaps? Julyo 09:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I added a fact tag to this as her religious affiliation. Is there a source that she is a member? I know Fred Thompson is, so she may have joined when she married him. "Kehn" appears to resemble "Cohen" or "Cohn" or "Kohn", a common Jewish surname. Professor Glass 21:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC) In a recent interview with Byron York from National Review, Fred Thompson states that this is her first marriage.
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There has been some stuff in this article since July about "working the poll" (inserted here), and I think it's not only old news now, but probably shouldn't have gone in the article to begin with. So, I'll get rid of that titillating material, if there are no objections. I'm only referring to the Scarborough stuff, and nothing else. Ferrylodge 08:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I removed the material about if he wins, yadda, yadda, yadda per wp:not#cball -- Tom 19:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I've reinserted the stuff about Grover Cleveland and John Tyler, but with footnotes to news articles that have compared their marriages to Thompson's. Hopefully, this will be acceptable. I think it's important that at least some of the rebuttals to the Times article be mentioned here, and the stuff I've reinserted does a good, encyclopedic job of that, IMHO. Ferrylodge 22:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Why is she notable? Because she is married to Thompson? -- Tom 19:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I've watched this discussion with interest. I haven't felt the need to intervene until now, but have several points to make:
YMMV, Bellagio99 01:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
>>>The following explains the reasons for the changes I've made to the article.<<<
Rewrote the intro paragraph because Mrs. Thompson had a career before marrying the Senator and that she come first before mention of her marriage.
Also, the paragraph about Sen. Thompson left out the fact that he's been a lawyer and a lobbyist as well as a movie actor--in addition to his TV gigs. In fact, the first thing I saw him in was The Hunt for Red October. If his CV is going to be included in this article, it should be complete.
Removed this because it uses the phrase "trophy wife" for a second time and is thus redundant. Given the fact that she had her own career prior to their marriage she is most definitely NOT a "trophy wife" according to the usual meaning of that term.
It also directly contradicts the paragraph above which states that the New York Times noted that she wasn't a trophy wife because she'd had a career before her marriage.
"Trophy wife" is a derogatory term almost always used to indicate a wife whose sole asset is her beauty; i.e. a woman without any substantial professional achievements. Mrs. Thompson does not fit the meaning of this term at all. The fact that she's accomplished reduces the use of the term "trophy wife" to a smear.
Changed this to the more encyclopedic/scholarly "When they married..."
As this is an article about Mrs. Thompson and not the Senator, how many children and grandchildren he had with his first wife does not, in my opinion, belong in this article, but, rather to the Senator's article. Thus I removed the sentence..
Changed "Mr." Thompson to "Sen." Thompson since this the proper term when addressing him or referring to him. (While the United States does not confer official titles in the manner of British peerages, the holders of elected or appointed titles and military rank are allowed to use them for life.)
PainMan 08:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I removed this factoid per relevance. We don't do this for other folks so why do it here? Thanks -- Tom 13:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
The Doonesbury cartoon strip for today was the first I heard of her, so I don't fully get the punchline:
Can someone explain this? Does this imply what it seems to imply? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.188.204.24 ( talk) 03:25, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the bad spelling. I removed the factoid about his age difference to his wife. I am sure this has been addressed in his artilce by now. I don't think this needs to be beaten more than it already has. Anyways, -- Tom 14:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
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Is she even 18 yet?? ?Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.125.241 ( talk) 13:25, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
The multiplicity of edits, about 35 virtually all by one editor in one day, does not suggest a properly researched and carefully written article.-- SilasW 20:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Why was their child removed from the info box [1]? The children are mentioned in the context of the article:
In October of 2003, Fred and Jeri Thompson welcomed their first child. A second child was born to them in November of 2006. Mr. Thompson also has children and grandchildren from a previous marriage (which ended in a 1985 divorce).
The info box is pretty standard. C56C 21:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
this article stumbles into innuendo in its last sentence, with a vague reference to being at odds with the New York Times as a follow-up to today's article in that newspaper, on which this article stub relies. The article makes poor and rather inept use of the Times article, and the last sentence sems an effort to disqualify the statement about "trophy wife,"but without explaining how the Times's reporter defines the concept. Actio 04:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)actio
If her real birthdate in 1967 is not known, please remove that obviously erroneous date. Then again, was her birthday 31 December 1966 perhaps? Julyo 09:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I added a fact tag to this as her religious affiliation. Is there a source that she is a member? I know Fred Thompson is, so she may have joined when she married him. "Kehn" appears to resemble "Cohen" or "Cohn" or "Kohn", a common Jewish surname. Professor Glass 21:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC) In a recent interview with Byron York from National Review, Fred Thompson states that this is her first marriage.
According to WP:BLP:
“ | Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid; it is not our job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives. Biographies of living persons (BLP)s must be written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy. This policy applies equally to biographies of living persons and to biographical material about living persons in other articles. The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia, but especially for edits about living persons, rests firmly on the shoulders of the person who adds or restores the material. | ” |
There has been some stuff in this article since July about "working the poll" (inserted here), and I think it's not only old news now, but probably shouldn't have gone in the article to begin with. So, I'll get rid of that titillating material, if there are no objections. I'm only referring to the Scarborough stuff, and nothing else. Ferrylodge 08:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I removed the material about if he wins, yadda, yadda, yadda per wp:not#cball -- Tom 19:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I've reinserted the stuff about Grover Cleveland and John Tyler, but with footnotes to news articles that have compared their marriages to Thompson's. Hopefully, this will be acceptable. I think it's important that at least some of the rebuttals to the Times article be mentioned here, and the stuff I've reinserted does a good, encyclopedic job of that, IMHO. Ferrylodge 22:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Why is she notable? Because she is married to Thompson? -- Tom 19:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I've watched this discussion with interest. I haven't felt the need to intervene until now, but have several points to make:
YMMV, Bellagio99 01:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
>>>The following explains the reasons for the changes I've made to the article.<<<
Rewrote the intro paragraph because Mrs. Thompson had a career before marrying the Senator and that she come first before mention of her marriage.
Also, the paragraph about Sen. Thompson left out the fact that he's been a lawyer and a lobbyist as well as a movie actor--in addition to his TV gigs. In fact, the first thing I saw him in was The Hunt for Red October. If his CV is going to be included in this article, it should be complete.
Removed this because it uses the phrase "trophy wife" for a second time and is thus redundant. Given the fact that she had her own career prior to their marriage she is most definitely NOT a "trophy wife" according to the usual meaning of that term.
It also directly contradicts the paragraph above which states that the New York Times noted that she wasn't a trophy wife because she'd had a career before her marriage.
"Trophy wife" is a derogatory term almost always used to indicate a wife whose sole asset is her beauty; i.e. a woman without any substantial professional achievements. Mrs. Thompson does not fit the meaning of this term at all. The fact that she's accomplished reduces the use of the term "trophy wife" to a smear.
Changed this to the more encyclopedic/scholarly "When they married..."
As this is an article about Mrs. Thompson and not the Senator, how many children and grandchildren he had with his first wife does not, in my opinion, belong in this article, but, rather to the Senator's article. Thus I removed the sentence..
Changed "Mr." Thompson to "Sen." Thompson since this the proper term when addressing him or referring to him. (While the United States does not confer official titles in the manner of British peerages, the holders of elected or appointed titles and military rank are allowed to use them for life.)
PainMan 08:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I removed this factoid per relevance. We don't do this for other folks so why do it here? Thanks -- Tom 13:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
The Doonesbury cartoon strip for today was the first I heard of her, so I don't fully get the punchline:
Can someone explain this? Does this imply what it seems to imply? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.188.204.24 ( talk) 03:25, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the bad spelling. I removed the factoid about his age difference to his wife. I am sure this has been addressed in his artilce by now. I don't think this needs to be beaten more than it already has. Anyways, -- Tom 14:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
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