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She appeared in this Scientology ad from the late 80s, I'd say 88? Could someone try and add this information, plus anything else they can dig up about her appearing in it (perhaps she was a Scientologist herself?) to this entry? I am certainly not qualified to do so with my knowledge of Wikipedia, but I feel considering how scarce information on Thuy Trang is since her passing, anything new should be available to fans of hers, to paint a more complete picture of the life she lead.
There are debates about who was at her funeral. Definatley David Yost and Amy Jo Johnson were, but were Walter Emmanuel Jones and Austin St. John there?
That can't be entirely accurate, since all the actors in the Japanese Power Rangers series were, well, Japanese. -- M.Neko 04:40, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the description of the accident "near San Francisco" and the modifier "between San Francisco and Los Angeles" because Insterstate 5 does go to San Francisco; it goes to Sacramento. I also personally don't believe that the location of the accident is important in this instance, but if someone does want to add that, please specify a link citing the specific location.
Does anyone know this? Michael 04:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe she was Vietnamese. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 15:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
YouTube
This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally. Thanks. --- J.S ( t| c) 15:14, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Thuy Trang was in a Scientology ad in the 80's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpQnwgiplrY
Was she a Scientologist? TwistedRed ( talk) 00:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Does anybody know Thuy Trang's family name?Because according to the Vietnamese custom,Vietnamese people should be known their family.For example: Nguyễn, Lê, Trần, Phạm.If I don't have the infomation , I can't write an article about her for Vietnamese wikipedia!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Khunglongcon ( talk • contribs) 01:25, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I think Thuy Trang is best described as Vietnamese-American as she i) Moved to America at a young age and remained there ii) Became notable in the United States. Obviously being deceased, WP:MOSBIO does not apply here directly but the general theme stays the same. So it would be nice if people stop removing the American part of the lead section. I know this is a touchy issue in SE Asia but Wikipedia has guidelines and a duty to remain impartial. And should it be "Vietnamese American" or "Vietnamese-American"? -- Τασουλα ( talk) 13:43, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thuy trang we will miss you. have a nice time with hardy my dog — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.194.1 ( talk) 18:45, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
@ Hunter Kahn:
I noticed the following note:
I feel that this treats her as a "Vietnamese-in-Vietnam" when this doesn't seem to be the case. I would strongly prefer referring to her by her last name, Trang, as she built her career in the U.S. and essentially lived in the U.S. for the rest of her life. In addition press reports in that country would call her "Trang". The case for this would be bigger if she naturalized as a U.S. citizen. WhisperToMe ( talk) 15:07, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
There seems to be some confusion about this person's Vietnamese name, and this article might have been a source of some misinformation on the web. It seems that this actress's personal name is Thuy, and her surname is Trang. Trang is a legitimate Vietnamese surname, albeit rare. Adding to this confusion is that "Thùy Trang" is a popular Vietnamese female personal name. However, if written in the Vietnamese order, her name would be rendered "Trang Thuy" without diacritics. In this case, it's less likely that her personal name would be "Thùy" and more likely to be "Thúy". It seems that the information about her Vietnamese name being "Thùy Trang" is unsourced, and if there are no verifiable source that makes this claim, we should remove it from the article. Searching online, it seems that all sources that claim this as her Vietnamese names got their information from this article. DHN ( talk) 07:41, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
There were several in-costume sequences throughout the show which were filmed with the American actors. One such example is the first episode of Season 2, where Bulk and Skull are in the same shot as them and Austin’s more muscular build as well as her more slender build are noticeable as compared to Japanese footage where the yellow ranger is portrayed by a male. So the line saying she only portrayed her character when out of costume is inaccurate and should be reworded with language like “mostly” and “however she did film some new footage in costume” or omitted entirely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:8100:D270:8953:FF1C:C289:7077 ( talk) 04:10, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Is there any reason for the mention of the Funko Pop! figure of unmasked Trini at the end of the Death section of the article? Because honestly, it strikes me as irrelevant nearly to the point of disrespect. I could maybe understand if the figure's packaging or marketing material featured some kind of dedication to Thuy Trang somewhere, but as far I can tell that isn't the case. It wasn't the first or last toy to "feature Trang's likeness", and it frankly doesn't even truly feature any particular human likeness let alone hers due to the simplicity that's part of the art style, so I can't think of any other reason it might be there. Its presence as far as I can tell is totally unwarranted and totally unnecessary, and spoils the tone of that section of the article. 174.85.92.201 ( talk) 11:58, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
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Thuy Trang became so ill on her voyage out of Saigon to seek political asylum in the US that other passengers wanted to throw her overboard, thinking she was dead? |
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She appeared in this Scientology ad from the late 80s, I'd say 88? Could someone try and add this information, plus anything else they can dig up about her appearing in it (perhaps she was a Scientologist herself?) to this entry? I am certainly not qualified to do so with my knowledge of Wikipedia, but I feel considering how scarce information on Thuy Trang is since her passing, anything new should be available to fans of hers, to paint a more complete picture of the life she lead.
There are debates about who was at her funeral. Definatley David Yost and Amy Jo Johnson were, but were Walter Emmanuel Jones and Austin St. John there?
That can't be entirely accurate, since all the actors in the Japanese Power Rangers series were, well, Japanese. -- M.Neko 04:40, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the description of the accident "near San Francisco" and the modifier "between San Francisco and Los Angeles" because Insterstate 5 does go to San Francisco; it goes to Sacramento. I also personally don't believe that the location of the accident is important in this instance, but if someone does want to add that, please specify a link citing the specific location.
Does anyone know this? Michael 04:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe she was Vietnamese. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 15:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
YouTube
This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally. Thanks. --- J.S ( t| c) 15:14, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Thuy Trang was in a Scientology ad in the 80's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpQnwgiplrY
Was she a Scientologist? TwistedRed ( talk) 00:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Does anybody know Thuy Trang's family name?Because according to the Vietnamese custom,Vietnamese people should be known their family.For example: Nguyễn, Lê, Trần, Phạm.If I don't have the infomation , I can't write an article about her for Vietnamese wikipedia!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Khunglongcon ( talk • contribs) 01:25, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I think Thuy Trang is best described as Vietnamese-American as she i) Moved to America at a young age and remained there ii) Became notable in the United States. Obviously being deceased, WP:MOSBIO does not apply here directly but the general theme stays the same. So it would be nice if people stop removing the American part of the lead section. I know this is a touchy issue in SE Asia but Wikipedia has guidelines and a duty to remain impartial. And should it be "Vietnamese American" or "Vietnamese-American"? -- Τασουλα ( talk) 13:43, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thuy trang we will miss you. have a nice time with hardy my dog — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.194.1 ( talk) 18:45, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
@ Hunter Kahn:
I noticed the following note:
I feel that this treats her as a "Vietnamese-in-Vietnam" when this doesn't seem to be the case. I would strongly prefer referring to her by her last name, Trang, as she built her career in the U.S. and essentially lived in the U.S. for the rest of her life. In addition press reports in that country would call her "Trang". The case for this would be bigger if she naturalized as a U.S. citizen. WhisperToMe ( talk) 15:07, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
There seems to be some confusion about this person's Vietnamese name, and this article might have been a source of some misinformation on the web. It seems that this actress's personal name is Thuy, and her surname is Trang. Trang is a legitimate Vietnamese surname, albeit rare. Adding to this confusion is that "Thùy Trang" is a popular Vietnamese female personal name. However, if written in the Vietnamese order, her name would be rendered "Trang Thuy" without diacritics. In this case, it's less likely that her personal name would be "Thùy" and more likely to be "Thúy". It seems that the information about her Vietnamese name being "Thùy Trang" is unsourced, and if there are no verifiable source that makes this claim, we should remove it from the article. Searching online, it seems that all sources that claim this as her Vietnamese names got their information from this article. DHN ( talk) 07:41, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
There were several in-costume sequences throughout the show which were filmed with the American actors. One such example is the first episode of Season 2, where Bulk and Skull are in the same shot as them and Austin’s more muscular build as well as her more slender build are noticeable as compared to Japanese footage where the yellow ranger is portrayed by a male. So the line saying she only portrayed her character when out of costume is inaccurate and should be reworded with language like “mostly” and “however she did film some new footage in costume” or omitted entirely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:8100:D270:8953:FF1C:C289:7077 ( talk) 04:10, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Is there any reason for the mention of the Funko Pop! figure of unmasked Trini at the end of the Death section of the article? Because honestly, it strikes me as irrelevant nearly to the point of disrespect. I could maybe understand if the figure's packaging or marketing material featured some kind of dedication to Thuy Trang somewhere, but as far I can tell that isn't the case. It wasn't the first or last toy to "feature Trang's likeness", and it frankly doesn't even truly feature any particular human likeness let alone hers due to the simplicity that's part of the art style, so I can't think of any other reason it might be there. Its presence as far as I can tell is totally unwarranted and totally unnecessary, and spoils the tone of that section of the article. 174.85.92.201 ( talk) 11:58, 7 December 2022 (UTC)