Talk:Debra Winger

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message: I moved the paragraph about her interest in the Hand in Hand schools/ Arab-Jewish reconciliation in Israel out of "personal life" as that's not what that section is about.  I'm not sure it belongs in the article at all, though - I left it in pending discussion,because at least the quote from her says that this was something she was "dedicating her life" to, which raises it to a level of notability - but I'd like to see some independent sourcing on this other than that from Hand in Hand, and would like to know what other editors think.  As has been said, she has been involved in many causes - health issues, environmental, women's issues, human rights - so I am not sure we should include just one.  Thoughts? Tvoz/talk 01:27, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you look at the Wikipedia pages any number of celebrities, political activity and other "causes" always appear in their Personal life sections - I was just following that tradition.  Re the quote, the reference is to an article in the mainstream Haaretz newspaper, and so is sufficiently independent.  I inserted the reference pointing to the Hand in Hand site where the article is reproduced, because newspapers sometimes do not allow indefinite free access to their archive stories.  Also, there are links on that page to parallel articles in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, Jerusalem Post, etc.  However, we could have it point directly to Haaretz instead, if that's better. Arikk (talk) 06:08, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

text: I think the subheaders were needed, and they could also fit under the Personal Life section.   I think it's a point well worth making, because she's backed up her words with actions, and said she would dedicate a portion of her life to this activity.   Different to (for example) the Polanski comment, which seems to be a one-off comment.   This is the kind of structure that can be expanded so that other activities can be included.   Looks good to me.  Rossrs (talk) 06:47, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Arikk, I actually hadn't looked at the source when I made the edit (shame on me - I should have), so of course you're right that it's probably better to use a secondary source that will remain active than a primary source that may not. I fixed the citation to give that information.  As for the placement of the material I can see how it could fit in "personal life", but to me her activism is more professional than personal so I've changed the header accordingly. I'm open to moving it back if editors think it fits better there, so let's see where this goes.  There are more citeable examples of her activism, which should be added to round out that section, as Rossrs suggests.  And her acting career should be expanded as well - for example, when she was at Harvard she did a stint at the American Repertory Theater that could be added - I'll look for a good reference.  Tvoz/talk 07:42, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hand in hand schools 

message: The career section currently is a bit of a hodge-podge, the result of uncoordinated contributions from various editors (which includes me). There should be an unbroken accounting of her various film roles, then notes about her assorted acting awards, and then end with the paragraph about her being "hard to work with". This would give it a much more professional reading. __209.179.16.138 (talk) 16:10, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The Television list goes thru 2021, But "Stranger Things" is not included. Any reason why? 24.60.189.169 (talk) 19:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The career section needs to be rewritten 

message: I'm guessing the reason the entire cast of this one show, unlike all her other work, is listed is because... Someone is trying to promote it?
"In 2013 she starred in three episodes of In the Woods,[22] the first installment of Jennifer Elster's multimedia, experimental film series The Being Experience, also including: Terrence Howard, Dave Matthews, Rufus Wainwright, Karen Black, Will Shortz, Liya Kebede, Questlove, Famke Janssen, Moby, Gale Harold, Paz de la Huerta, Jorgen Leth, Rosie Perez, Aubrey de Grey, and Alan Cumming."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.119.204.117 (talk) 06:00, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The whole cast? 

message: "When Barbara Walters interviewed Bette Davis in 1986, Davis said, "I see a great deal of myself in Debra Winger." Not sure why this information is included in this article. I know very little about Ms Davis so a quote from her saying she 'sees' Ms Winger in herself is pretty much meaningless. If their personalities are similar it's a leap to assume this is common knowledge to all who may read this article. I was tempted to remove that sentence, but maybe there is a 'good' reason for it's inclusion that I am unaware of at this point. Thoughts? THX1136 (talk) 21:59, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why?