Talk:Naomi Watts

message: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/sunday-magazine/naomi-watts-i-know-who-i-am/story-e6frf039-1226200039425  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.179.29.97 (talk) 11:31, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent source on country

message: The Painted Veil was a collaboration between Chinese and American film makers, not 'an American Japanese drama' as the article states. The sentence is a little confusing as the movie is concerned with British and Chinese relations in China.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.253.167.107 (talk) 13:28, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been addressed. Thanks. --Artoasis (talk) 05:53, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

text: The 2000 film was a short film and the 2005 was a full length film, so the two entries are correct. Lugnuts And the horse 07:15, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake 

message: Isn't she married? If so, her spouse should be listed as "spouse" or "husband" rather than simply "partner" as in the current InfoBox. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 06:11, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  She's not married. You can check the PL section for details.--Gunt50 (talk) 14:58, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

text: No responses, even during a GA review? -Phoenixrod (talk) 04:53, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Partner" or husband? 

message: See her interview with Sunrise. She claims to be both British AND Australian. When asked where she considers home, she says "Australia". It's coming from her own mouth, so leave it. She's British and she's Australian. Her mother lives in Australia, she considers it home, etc. etc. 101.103.0.98 (talk) 04:25, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: She claims to only use a British passport, and no sources have been supplied that support her ever obtaining Australian citizenship. Please supply a third-party citation that supports such citizenship. I can say I'm a Loonie from the Moon, but that doesn't make it so. If she's a British citizen and no sources say she has changed her citizenship, she remains British. Yworo (talk) 04:27, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It does not necessarily refer to citizenship, though. Quoting WP:OPENPARA: "the country of which the person is a citizen, national or permanent resident". She could very well be described as English-Australian as per that. Nymf hideliho! 21:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Really. And I thought "country" was singular, not plural. And even if multiple countries were indicated, there would still need to be citation of documentation supporting either "citizen" or "permanent resident" of Australia, the latter being a legal term, and not equivalent to "lived there a long time".  Yworo (talk) 20:49, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: heh. These comical debates over 'nationality' or 'citizenship' are so typical of wikipedia. I guess that's what happens when you allow the lowest common denominator to dominate. I note that in the reference cited as support for Watts' Englishness she is quoted as saying she is both Ozzie and British (no mention of English). But, laughably, that seems not enough for some wikipedians who are demanding citation of documents, although just what I'm not sure. Really, don't you guys think that you might be taking yourselves a little bit too seriously here? As another editor has  pointed out, the guidelines also refer to permanent residency, which Watts no doubt holds, or is entitled to even if she were not a citizen of Oz. But, we are so full of our own self importance that we feel entitled to go against the public utterances of the very subject of this wikipedia article then so be it. Theodore D (talk) 00:02, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

text: *I think I'd probably mirror what Betty Logan says: stick to the known facts and report as they are. She carries a British passport and lives in Australia, and that is what we should also say. If she clearly comes out one way or the other, then we can tweak, but if no clear, simple and obvious singluar answer is there, then avoid the issue (and drama) and stick to the basic facts. - SchroCat (talk) 15:10, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:OPENPARA says that a person's permament residence can be mentioned, it does not say we should actively mislead readers while doing it though. Saying someone is "Australian" does not imply they are a permanent resident of Australia, it implies they are an Australian national. "Watts is a British actress who lives in Australia" is consistent with the guideline, while "Watts is a British-Australian actress" lends itself to misinterpretation. Betty Logan (talk) 15:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

text: IP, This is an active discussion to reach a consensus about the wording used: do not edit war to your preferred version before that consensus has been reached. - SchroCat (talk) 07:55, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've requested page protection while the IP editor pushes their POV. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 11:07, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

text: Nationality is a legal concept. We can validate she is British because she was born in England and carries a British passport. To be an Australian national she would have needed to have obtained citizenship, and there is no mention of this. According to this interview she lived in England until she was 14, then lived in Australia for ten years before moving to the United States where she now lives. Australia is basically just some country she lived in for a short period in her life. She has lived in the United States for 20 years—twice as long as her residence in Australia—but no-one is clamoring to call her American. Betty Logan (talk) 13:33, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume the fact that she had an Australian grandmother, and holds significant ties to the country (she stated "when people ask where is home, I say Australia"), has a lot to do with it Betty. Ashton 29 (talk) 02:01, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is all irrelevant as far as recording somebody's nationality goes. Australian nationality is enshrined in law and it is not determined by self-identification or ties to the country. WP:OPENPARA stipulates that we should record the subject's citizenship/nationality or permanent residency if applicable. Now, as a British passport holder then she is obviously a British citizen, and having lived in the United States for the last twenty years then neither she is a permanent resident of Australia. If there is factual evidence that she has obtained Australian citizenship or that she qualifies as national under Australian law then by all means update the lede with the appropriate sources. Betty Logan (talk) 03:37, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

text: "I assume..." No WP:OR, please. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 10:55, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's significant that she started her acting career in Australia. Australian nationality law isn't that simple, and when Watts arrived there, Australian citizens were legally still British subjects as well. Many British people did not take out Australian citizenship. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott apparently did not claim Australian citizenship until his 20s.--Jack Upland (talk) 05:55, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course it is significant, that is why the article covers it. But what makes her more Australian than American for instance? She lived in Australia for about seven years, and now lives in the United States where she has spent over half her life. Moreover, she didn't become notable until she relocated to the US. The article covers her time in Australia, but it's a bit of stretch to take a 47-year-old actress who was born in another country, retained her citizenship, and only lived in Australia for a few years before permanently relocating to another country and say she is Australian. This is not like Russell Crowe who also moved to Australia fairly young, resides there and has actively sought citizenship. Betty Logan (talk) 09:15, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: In other words, if she was unsuccessful she would be an Australian actress.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:56, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: If she were unsuccessful she would probably be living on benefits in England. Betty Logan (talk) 11:36, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Watts is Australian and British, what's with the conflict? 

message: Headline: "Aussie green and gold! Naomi Watts dazzles in metallic while Margot Robbie teams her plunging white with emerald accessories as actresses attend Golden Globes" 
*http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2538352/Naomi-Watts-dazzles-metallic-Margot-Robbie-teams-plunging-white-emerald-accessories-Aussie-actresses-attend-Golden-Globes.html
A bunch of other pictures from the Hollywood event. — Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 16:58, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Golden Globes 2014 

message: What do others think of this edit? It screams of WP:POINT to be (based on the other edits done on this article recently by the same user). I think most of the "unsourced" info in the lead is cited elsewhere (per WP:LEADCITE).  and  pinged as contributors (esp. Dr B for getting it to GA in the first place). Thanks. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 18:11, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll have a quick look through it. The lede shouldn't be tagged of course if it doesn't include any unique or contentious claims not already covered in the main body. Betty Logan (talk) 18:25, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

text: Thanks both. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 19:14, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drive-by {{citation needed}} tagging 

message: An IP is repeatedly changing the year of Watts' birth from 1968 to 1969. I don't know on what basis this change is being made but it is i) unsourced and ii) contradicts the existing source that is used for the date in the article. If there is a legitimate confusion over her date of birth then both dates should be provided and sourced to be consistent with WP:NPOV. I have had a quick google and find no evidence of this other date, but even if there is some factual basis for it changing sourced content without updating the source is disruptive. Betty Logan (talk) 01:51, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, the WP:BURDEN is with the IP address to provide a reliable source, and WP:BLPREMOVE is enough to keep reverting them until they do. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 09:18, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
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message: Ive just noticed that the top section says that she is just "English".
However in the category section it says she is both "English and Australian".
What should we do?
Say that she is just "English"? Or "both"?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.142.147 (talk) 13:23, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The categories should come out because they are not supported by the article. She is a British citizen who has permanent residency in the United States. Betty Logan (talk) 13:27, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

text: Okay then. Can i take them out then?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.142.147 (talk) 13:46, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The categories are supported by the article.  It is quite clear that she was raised in Australia, hence the fact that this article is within the purview of Wikiproject Australia. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 17:37, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: She lived in Australia for ten years from the age of 14 so I don't accept that qualifies her as an "Australian" actress. She has lived in the United States for longer and has done her most prominent work there but we don't call her an "American" actress. Mel Gibson for example moved to Australia at a younger age and lived there for a longer duration but yet we don't have the cats on his article. I think it is reasonable for her article to be within the purview of Wikiproject Australia because she had residency for a decade and worked in Australian film for a while but I don't see how the cats are supported by the article. She is—at the end of the day—not Australian, either by citizenship or by residence. Betty Logan (talk) 23:04, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

text: I agree with the IP in this case in that they should all be removed. If we retain them on the basis that she was a permanent resident of Australia when she started her career we should really add the analagous American catgeories considering she has lived there the longest and the bulk of her career has been undertaken while she is a permanent resident in the US. It is a bit perverse to have her in "Australian expatriate actresses in the United States" when legally she is a British expatriate actress in the United States. Likewise it is equally perverse to have her in "Australian film producers" considering she is a British national and she has only produced while living in the US. The article is semi-protected at the moment to stop the disruption so ideally we need to resolve this before the protection expires. Betty Logan (talk) 07:20, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

text: The source you added Contactmusic.com, states that "Naomi's grandmother was Australian, so in 1982, it was easy for her mother to obtain passports for the family to move to Australia." For a start, the source itself does not seem to be a high quality source. Secondly, its claim that Watts has an Australian passport is directly contradicted by Watts herself who clearly stated in 2015: "I've still got only one passport and that's British". What ContactMusic probably means is that her mother most likely obtained residency visas; however that is not the same as obtaining citizenship. Either way, Watts has been very clear on this: as of 2015 she only has a British passport. Betty Logan (talk) 02:13, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
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message: There have been several edits by  and SPA  changing Watts' nationality from British to English in the lead (as seen at , , , , ). Watts has a mixture of Welsh and Australian ancestry on her maternal side (her paternal side is unknown). She was born in Kent, spent her formative years split between England and Wales, her teens in Australia and most of her adult life in the United States. She is obviously not just "English" in terms of ancestry or residency, and since she only has a British passport according to the source in the article her nationality is indisputably British.  Betty Logan (talk) 04:16, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits changing Watts' nationality from British to English 

message: Suppose the first sentence in the Intro said, “ … Watts is a British actress who has lived in England, Wales, Australia, and the United States.”  Then the international nuances of her fascinating story could continue to play out as they do now in this great article. Is that a useful idea?? As a WP edit-newby, I hesitated to bring it up, but my own gut reaction to reading “British” in the current Intro was, “Oh, that’s interesting. I thought she was Australian.” (Gotta be a lot of fans on the planet with the same misunderstanding. Fixing that kind of issue with NPOV facts re such a notable BLP is a a classic WP improvement to culture.) I read all the relevant Talk discussions before presenting this idea; please forgive me if it is annoying. Thanks for all you all do!! Left Central (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: If I recall, places in the lead for biographies are limited to current nationality and permanent place of residence (which incidentally is the United States these days for Naomi Watts). We shouldn't pander to the POV pushing (I don't think the editors repeatedly pushing the Australian angle are confused), but we could perhaps add some clarification in the second sentence to clear up genuine confusion by stating she moved to Australia, which is what we do in the third sentence in regards to the United States. Betty Logan (talk) 01:58, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

text: I have tweaked it slightly to improve the flow. On the whole it's fine. Betty Logan (talk) 02:56, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

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thread_title:  Could a new Intro 1st sentence solve Nationality stress? 

message: I added Australian to the Nationality and Citizenship because Watts has spoken openly about calling Australia home, given that most of her family live there. She also gained an Australian Citizenship in 1982, so given that she has dual citizenships, I think it is important to include both countries. Fluffycat345 (talk) 09:05, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Openly describing Australia as her home does not make her Australian. Obtaining Australian citizenship does, so if you have a source for that then we could incorporate that in the article. That said, Watts herself has said she only holds a British passport as recently as 2015, so unless there is a source that corroborates the claim she has Australian citizenship then the article should describe her nationality as British. Her nationality has come up on many occasions in interviews, so given that she considers Australia her "home" it seems very strange to not mention that she has obtained Australian citizenship, if that is indeed the case. Betty Logan (talk) 14:41, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality