Talk:Brandon deWilde

message: They forgot to mention how he was Joey in Shane and was nominated for an Oscar for that role.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.189.213 (talk) 16:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Shane'' and Oscar nomination

message: I would challenge the current spelling and pronunciation of the surname "De Wilde".
The history for this article shows that the surname has been changed several times over the years. Granted, Brandon's films show numerous variations of the name, but there are several more "true" examples on the internet. Having seen several examples of Brandon's autograph, they are all spelled out as "deWilde". There is a film clip of a 1950s episode of "What's My Line?" featuring Brandon as the "mystery guest" where he can actally be seeing writing his name on a chalkboard--as "deWilde". In that same episode, his name, by all partys, is pronounced as "duh-wild-a".
It would seem to me that the method by which a person signs and pronounces his own name would be the correct one.
I would like to see justification/documentation for the current spelling/pronunciation or I would like to procede and change it.
trezjr (talk) 15:29, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I support your removal of the pronunciation, per the reasons you cited.  I think it may be a little confusing to not provide his professional name in the first sentence.  There are some examples at WP:MOSBIO.   I think it should either begin with his professional name and include "born as ....", or begin with his birthname and continue with "known professionally as ..."   Otherwise the lead sentence appears to be contradicted by the article title, the header name in the infobox and subsequent uses of "De Wilde" throughout the article.  Rossrs (talk) 22:46, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

text: I've added a little to the footnote. Although I saw The Member of the Wedding on BBCTV, just after McCullers' death in 1967, I was unaware of his name (or fame or death) until I wandered wikilinking here. I'd support changing the name throughout to 'deWilde' as there does not appear to be a consensual form & that is clearly how he saw it. Rothorpe (talk) 00:32, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

text: Well, I'd need some support. If you don't think it's worth it... The controversy is not immediately apparent in the history. Rothorpe (talk) 16:29, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling and Pronunciation of Surname

message: A request for assesment of the Brandon De Wilde article was submitted at 03:57, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Requesting article assessment

message: An interest in music in one's lifetime is not a legacy. Thought should be given to changing the header on that item. The countdown has started. Anyone have any thoughts? trezjr (talk) 21:52, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Legacy

message: This article needs a lot of help.  I have made a start, but sadly will not be able to put in a lot of time.  I will do a little more simple copy-editing, which is all I usually do, but in the short section "Early life," the third sentence needs attention from someone who can look at the cited reference for the facts: I can't reconstruct it because I don't know what the writer intended.  Was his mother an actress?  Maybe.  I don't want to assume.  I'll look through the editing history for clues.  This is a solid article, well worth the effort IMHO, no problem with notability, but needing some tedious TLC to bring it up to snuff.
Rags (talk) 07:13, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Early life 

message: In the film "Shane" there is a younger girl that resembles him much.80.141.25.54 (talk) 15:26, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did he have a sister?