Talk:Gerda Taro

message: The spanish village near where she was killed was "Brunete", not "Brunette". I corrected it. I also added as references the french translation of the german book, and a new french book. Of course, she is also central in books about Capa, like his autobiography, and some other biographies.
: She does not appear at all in Capa's autobiography, which covers a period beginning after her death. Rwintle (talk) 17:38, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
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message: Tanks move slowly and it is hard to be run over by one. More evidence is needed here.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.52.160 (talk) 11:48, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
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message: The Alt-J song Taro was definitely made after Gerda Taro. Why is this not included in the legacy section? 213.122.120.151 (talk) 21:18, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Because the Alt-J song "Taro" is not notable. General Ization Talk    21:24, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: And yet it's notable enough to be included in the article for Robert Capa? 213.122.120.151 (talk) 21:45, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nothing about the Alt-J song taro? 

message: The lede currently includes this statement:
:She is regarded as the first woman photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war and to have died while doing so. 
I wonder whether the following stronger statement was intended:
:She is regarded as the first woman photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war and the first to have died while doing so. 
Is this stronger statement also true? Or was there an earlier woman photojournalist who covered the front lines of a war, but survived? TypoBoy (talk) 11:14, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: See Florence MacLeod Harper. Also https://www.loc.gov/item/2005676177/. General Ization Talk   12:26, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll clarify that statement, then.--Gorpik (talk) 13:06, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  First what, exactly? 

message: How is her surname Pohorylle pronounced?
108.65.32.10 (talk) 18:34, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
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message: What Was The Leica Camera Gerda Used in the Battle of Brunete? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.91.201.196 (talk • contribs) 04:38, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
:Not sure we have that information in any of the accessible sources. But I'll keep an eye out for it the next time I consult them. Abecedare (talk) 14:48, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
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message: Was Gerda a Fan of Greta Garbo Which Was Why She adopted the professional name of "Gerda Taro"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.91.203.113 (talk) 01:42, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you saying that she was? If so, you'll have to provide a reliable, published source for this. Or are you asking if she was? If so, a better place would be Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. -- Hoary (talk) 02:48, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Greta Garbo

message: In his recent change comment, Lopifalko asks whether the City Council of Madrid just decided to give Taro's name to a street or they actually named it. It is a valid question, but the answer is quite long and probably uninteresting for the article.
In May 2017, in application of a national law, the council agreed on a list of 52 streets and squares whose name should be changed because they honoured (mostly) people related with Francoist Spain or the rebellion in the Spanish Civil War, providing alternative names for them. One of these streets was to receive the new name Gerda Taro. But the list was challenged before the courts, which led to a lengthy process before those changes could be applied. A few names were actually removed from the list before, one year later, the street plates could be actually changed, even though the new names were immediately used in some places (e.g. Google Maps displayed the new names, which led to some confusion because the street plates still displayed the old ones). But now Gerda Taro street exists and has its correct street plate.
So, rather than writing all this explanation in the article, I've just added a second reference for the moment when the street plates were actually changed. I could not find any references in English, unfortunately.--Gorpik (talk) 10:04, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the explanation Gorpik. How about something like this instead: "In 201x the City Council of Madrid named a street after Taro."? Because presumably the important action is the actual naming, but correct me if I'm wrong. -Lopifalko (talk) 10:35, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you; the problem is that I don't really know when was the street name changed. I don't know if the council changed the official street name in 2017, but withheld the plate change till the legal challenges were resolved, or the actual street name change was delayed too until 2018. The sources I have read do not clarify this point.--Gorpik (talk) 11:47, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: ,  In Spanish, it is Calle Gerda Taro, and it shows on a google map, which might show up here. I added some words in the article to indicate the location of the short street, 16 km (not as the bird flies, but as road goes) northwest of Madrid's center along route A6. Get off it at exit 13, to cross over that highway to the other side, turning onto Avenida de la Victoria, and then turn onto Calle Gerda Taro I did not put the distance in, just the direction. I think it is at the base of the mountain, where the royal hunting ground is preserved, and possibly in the Fuencarral-El Pardo district, but I have never been to Madrid and do not know the geography too well, so I did not mention any of that. Perhaps you can improve the wording about where the street is. --Prairieplant (talk) 08:44, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't really think we need that much detail for this article, but OK.--Gorpik (talk) 09:08, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. This is a very minor snippet in the life of Taro. I think this is adequate: "In 2017 the City Council of Madrid decided to name a street in the city after her, Calle Gerda Taro (Gerda Taro Street)." -Lopifalko (talk) 10:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

text: Well, edit it as you like. I thought it was a big step for Spain, to change away from honoring the Franco folks, and now honor her. --Prairieplant (talk) 09:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is interesting. Sorry, I didn't stop to think about the significance. Can you find sources to support mentioning this? -Lopifalko (talk) 09:55, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

text:  The idea was from what  posted above, with sources in Spanish, a language I cannot read and understand, alas. I found this article from Reuters in 2018 in English, and I suppose Gerda Taro would be an "illustrious woman" in the terms of the article. It is this–  Here are two other sources, from 2016, explaining why women were important for the new street names, though Taro's name is not included specifically in either article. Any good sources among these three?  --Prairieplant (talk) 10:25, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This source, The Local, has a map where names will be changed in Madrid, and I believe the leftmost marker is Calle Gerda Taro.   --Prairieplant (talk) 10:36, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

text: Thanks Prairieplant I will have a look via Googls Translate when I next get a chance. -Lopifalko (talk) 12:41, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gerda Taro Street in Madrid 

message: I looked in Wikimedia commons, found no images of the steles from Gerda Taro Platz in Stuttgart. There is an image for another sculpture in Stuttgart that says it is at Gerda Taro Platz, but is not the steles installed in 2014, rather a piece photographed in 2013. There are 9 metal steles, each with a letter of her name cut out; it is a good image. A search for "Gerda Taro Platz" comes up with images of this, but I am not sure if we can use them. I think the article would be improved by an image of the sculpture, when her home town decided to honor her, if we can find one. I looked at the article in German Wikipedia :de:Gerda Taro, but there was not a photo there either. Well, they have the photo of the other sculpture by Erich Hauser, not the steles.  --Prairieplant (talk) 22:36, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image from Gerda Taro Platz in Stuttgart?