Talk:Madeleine Albright/Archive 1

message: In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:03, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay Icon Project 

message: Noticed the Time cover.  I like it, but are we allowed to use these covers, or is it copyright.  I would really like to add it to other topics but need to know first about copyright.  Let me know.Kyle Andrew Brown 17:46, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time Mag Cover 

message: as Secretary of State she would not "oversee" an overall action by the US nor by the UN.  She did not have the power or authority.  The wording more properly could state, if true, " that as Secretary of State she was not viewed as being involved in preventing ...." or whatever you state she did not do.Kyle Andrew Brown 13:32, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  she oversaw the US and UN's  

message: The "Secretary of State" section of this article is poorly written, to say the least; I was going to correct it, but I'm not 100% sure of its veracity and didn't want to lend it credibility by copy-editing it.  I beg anyone who can verify the statements made therein to clean that section up a bit. --Bumhoolery 04:23, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
:I suspect that not too many who have read her books are going to the site and adding content.  I agree with you on how empty it is, but it takes a scholar to work it.  She had an amazing career whatever the pundits on either side may say.
:A reliable and quick fix is to first put together a chronology chart.  I know I would work from the chron chart and develop sections from it and it would be less intimidating for others to join in.  Do you like that suggestion and would that interest you?
:Someone deleted her brooches.  I guess it is a little silly, but in the absence of much depth to her as a person, I wonder if even she would object.  I certainly recall her doing it.   She probably giggles herself when she sees it.  I just noticed she's wearing one in the official photo.  I bet her daughter gives her one on special occassions.Kyle Andrew Brown 01:14, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  In need of attention: 

message: The Boston Globe reported Albright has offered to donate her papers to the College and has comments from Albright on the launch of the Institute for Global Affairs, which is to be officially announced on June 14: . Also the college has a press release about the launch of the Institute in January, 2010, but doesn't mention the possible donation of her papers:  72.73.89.95 (talk) 02:23, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albright offers to donate her papers to [[Wellesley College]], which will launch the Madeleine K. Albright Institute for Global Affairs 

message: I placed the Sixty Minutes comment under the "Ambassador to the UN" section, as the date of the comment is 5/12/96 and she was ambassador until 1997.
Should the heading of the "Ambassador to the UN" section instead read "US Ambassador to the UN"? Deisbrenner 16:02, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambassador section 

message: Here we state that she spent WWII in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Here http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/albright/albright_bio.html they say she has spent WWII in UK. I believe that second is correct. If no-one objects, I´d change the text. Saigon from europe 22:28, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WWII 

message: The intro has the claim and at that time the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.  I think that is not correct since Sandra Day O'Connor was a Supreme Court justice since 1981.  I don't think you can argue that Secretary of State is a higher position in the government that a Supreme Court justice. – Doug Bell talk•contrib 22:07, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The highest ranking woman? 

message: For the rational behind the proposed merger, see the Talk page for Joseph Medill Patterson Albright. --TommyBoy 02:28, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger Proposal

message: I was watching ESPN, it said she can leg press 400lb, is this true or just false? Paul.Paquette
Whether or not it is true, how is it relevant? Fsotrain09 00:24, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: @Paul.Paquette Ok 175.157.111.206 (talk) 13:54, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this true

message: Albright has stated that she did not know she had Jewish ancestors until she was an adult. Can't find any source confirming she really said that. Foreigner 12:25, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Inner conviction is irrelevant -- Judaism does not have an opt out clause. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 00:35, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: source?

message: This 
"Secretary Albright has been an out-spoken opponent of the war in Iraq. Although she stated in Jerusalem in 1998 "we must sop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stabilty and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction". She apparently no longer holds this position as supported by her statements in Moscow (6/06) where she stated.."The message out of Iraq is that if you don't have nuclear weapons, you get invaded. If you do have nuclear weapons, you don't get invaded"."
Seems slanted.  It can even be argued that the statements are consistent.  Only invading countries that don't have Nuclear weapons would encourage countries to get nuclear weapons.  The person who added this seems to want to score points and cherry pick quotes.
170.232.128.10 04:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Post 2001 Career

message: This article's last section has been vandalized. If anyone has a chance to fix this before I get home, please do so.
I think I need a reference for Condoleeza's piano shaped planter. I wouldn't put it past her, but
it seems like vandalism. Rawkcuf 15:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandalized 

message: Due to a backlog it is no longer possible to give comment on ratings. Please put any comments/questions on my talk page. GDon4t0 20:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WP Biography Rating

message: As US Secretary of State she attended the handover of Hong Kong and boycotted the Chinese swearing-in ceremony, along with the British contingents. Is this worth mention? Biofoundationsoflanguage 12:13, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hong Kong? 

message: An editor asks"would we label Clinton's declarations about Monica Lewinsky a "response" because he was queried?"  This suggests a faulty analogy, since the real issue was what Clinton did, not what he said.  Albright didn't do anything; she merely gave a response in which she "came across as cold-blooded and cruel."  If "response" is problematic, let's label this as an interview.  BTW, Albright criticized the whole segment, not just the question.  (I'll fix this too.) DougHill (talk) 19:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The relevance of the photo you added was unclear.  (If 3 paragraphs is too much, we sure don't need the photo.)  And the new editing of her words was awkward.  Please feel free to try again. DougHill (talk) 00:26, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The photo was an error; not sure how it happened but it's gone now. If language is awkward, feel free to improve language but wholesale reversion is rarely appropriate. Since much of the awkwardness stems from accommodating a flurry of quotes in support of Albright's already stated position and incorporates numerous square brackets to alter grammar, I've simply shrunk the awkward quotes to a more manageable length. There is still a large preponderance of the text devoted to Albright's POV and very little to that of her critics, but let's see how this looks.rewinn (talk) 00:54, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

text: As we've discussed over at Iraq sanctions, Rahul Mahajan doesn't defend Stahl's question.  (The issue had probably not been raised when he wrote that.)  Can we please work that out on just one page first? DougHill (talk) 02:34, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

text: It's a controversy so I have moved it to the Controversy section - it's not really a major part of her career segment at the UN. The only relevant quotes are what Stahel said and her reply; all the other quotes merely repeat that some people either approve or disapprove of what she said.  rewinn (talk) 15:35, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Rewinn:  Please stop attributing to Mahajan a defense of Stahl's question.  He simply does not address this issue.  This page is on Albright, we are entitled to hear from her (and not excessively edited) both about the segment and her response.  As I know you know, she did this while Ambassador, but many sources get this wrong.  This is an easy thing for us to clarify here.  So I think it belongs in the Ambassador section.  But I'll leave it in controversies for now. DougHill (talk) 18:24, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Section name

message: In 1994 Madeline Albright, the then UN permanent representative led efforts to deny declaring the massacres in Rwanda genocide (Source: Romeo Dallaores's Shake Hands with the Devil, p. 374). She also led resistance to a new mandate to a new UN mission towards "ensuring" stability and secuirty in the provinces of Rwanda (Source: Romeo Dallaores's Shake Hands with the Devil,p.506). An Episode of the West Wing has press secretary C.J. Craig playing the role of the US spokeswoman who was instructed by the State Department to avoid using the word "genocide" and instead use the words "acts of genocide". This actually happened.
Rationalhuman (talk) 19:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rwandan Genocide 

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thread_title:  POV tag 

message: She was in an episode of Futurama, the one that also starred Lucy Liu. When Leela picks up her head (in a jar) a pressure sensor went off, so Madeleine's head (next to Liu's) was substituted, and her personality was downloaded to someone expecting Liu. - NemFX (talk) 04:21, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: In popular culture

message: Was it only the "liberal intelligentsia" who advocated a change in the "natural born" requirements? I'm not American, so please excuse my ignorance, but over here in the UK Albright used to be the obvious choice for writers of all political persuasions on the (fairly rare) occasions on which the issue was discussed in print. The most prominent ineligible figure is now Schwarzenegger, but I can't say I've seen much difference in the general tone of the debate, such as it is. 86.136.250.66 (talk) 13:33, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "liberal intelligentsia"? 

message: If Albright was born in Prague in 1937 then how could her family have been living in Belgrade since 1936? This statement in the article is followed by what I consider a rather politicised comment, so maybe the author of that is also responsible for the confusion as to where her family was in those years. I don't know the facts of this, so can't correct. 92.118.18.24 (talk) 12:56, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of birth and Belgrade 

message: Harut Sassounian offers the same criticism of both Albright and William Cohen, so I've left the link to his articles, but moved his argument onto a page for him.  Readers interested in his argument can follow the external link to his article, or follow the wikilink to the article on him. DougHill (talk) 22:41, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genocide Prevention Task Force/Complicity in Turkey's Denial of the Armenian Genocide 

message: It seems as this Wikipedia page is subject to repeated vandalization. I repaired the infobox and restored the name of her predecessor but I am not sure if there are other vandalizations as well. Not being a US citizen or an expert on US history I don't know all the details about the late Madeleine Albright so would someone please check if there is other parts that have recently been vandalized? As far as I can judge from the edits the vandalization is the result of an edit war between two culprits. Jsde (talk) 20:16, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repeated vandalization 

message: All those new citations from Madam Secretary just say "ibid.", which is not particularly useful, since they don't give page numbers and hinder future editing.  Page numbers should be included, and probably this level of detail belongs on the Madam Secretary page instead of this one.  
Also, I changed a header called "Life and Career" since the entire page should be about her life and career.  (I kept all the material, some of it under "Career" and moved the rest lower on the page.)DougHill (talk) 23:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work.  Thank you!  I used reflinks to consolidate the references.  Eventually we'll want to get rid of the ibid.s, but I'll look for (and encourage others to look for) a more elegant way to include a lot of citations from a book (which should be a major source for this page).DougHill (talk) 20:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ibid 

message: Albright is Jewish and it should be noted within the article as such. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 00:32, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The citation verifies Albright's condition -- a reality of being Jewish (i.e. having a Jewish mother) is that one may not opt out of one's Judaism.  The source was not being used to verify the claim that Albright's mother is Jewish -- such is supported by the citation(s) provided in the paragraphs relating to her biographical info. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 19:23, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

text: Yes, it's clear from earlier sources that Albright's mother was Jewish.  But what needs to be supported is that "Judaism ... considers neither conversion nor nonaffiliation as relevant to Jewish status".  This may be true but it's not on the cited page.  That page talks about conversion TO Judaism, not conversion FROM.  Could it be that you are looking at a page in a different edition than the one that comes up in Google Books? DougHill (talk) 20:08, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It states, "if the convert should opt out of Judaism for a time, she is still considered a Jew for purposes of religious law and, returning, would not need to undergo a second conversion process," explicitly stating that Jews may not leave the faith. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 03:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since neither Albright nor her mother were converts to Judaism, that does not apply here.  So we should remove that citation.  The closest thing I could find in the new source is: "if the child of a Christian father and a Jewish mother is not raised Jewish, the child is a Jew according to the Orthodox movement, but not according to the Reform movement!"http://www.jewfaq.org/whoisjew.htm  So we should leave this citation in but qualify the claim.  Judaism#What_makes_a_person_Jewish? also seems to indicate that this is a borderline case, so I'll put in something to send readers there (where this discussion really belongs). DougHill (talk) 20:49, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no boerderline cases because Jewish law on this subject is well defined -- Reform Judaism, which does not practice Judaism and does not apply Jewish law , may claim what they wish, but it does not affect the objective assertion I made in the article. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 03:25, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Albright is ethnically Jewish, just like Sarkozy. She obviously does not consider herself to be a follower of Judaism and probably her Jewsih identity is solely a genalogical matter for her. Thus Jewish religious law is if little relevance. However, if she or her children were ever to consider becoming adherents of Judaism or begin to see themselves as Jews in a spiritual sense, they would not require any conversion process whatsoever. This is the tricky part of ethno-religious identity, in that conversion cannot alter one's ethnicity. Many ethnic religions in India do not allow outsiders to join their ranks at all, even though they may acknowledge children of mixed parentage.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.190.51.12 (talk) 11:10, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

text: I've taken a short at simplifying it as you suggest. Some of the citations to things others said about it were dead anyway, and didn't seem to be noteworthy anyway.rewinn (talk) 02:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not terribly noteworthy that an editorial in an obscure publication criticized Albright's response using a phrase that soon vanished into obscurity. A simple reference to the fact that Albright had some supporters should suffice, although it should be balanced by a reference to her critics. Doing all that would expand one, rather small episode in her long career far beyond its deserved significance - do editors really feel obscure editorializing is that important to understanding Ms. Albright? rewinn (talk) 02:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albright Jewish 

message: This section needs to be clarified.  It should not be justifying her comments.  It should clearly document what was said not how we would re-write what was said. Id447 (talk) 21:09, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've taken a short at simplifying it as you suggest. Some of the citations to things others said about it were dead anyway, and didn't seem to be noteworthy anyway.rewinn (talk) 02:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not terribly noteworthy that an editorial in an obscure publication criticized Albright's response using a phrase that soon vanished into obscurity. A simple reference to the fact that Albright had some supporters should suffice, although it should be balanced by a reference to her critics. Doing all that would expand one, rather small episode in her long career far beyond its deserved significance - do editors really feel obscure editorializing is that important to understanding Ms. Albright? rewinn (talk) 02:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: 60 Minutes interview

message: Because of the persistent vandalism of the page, I've requested semi-protection at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Current_requests_for_protection. DougHill (talk) 20:13, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, but could you point to some "persistent vandalism"? Looking at the edit history, I don't really see any. Surely semi-protection is harmless but let's continue assuming good faith, shall we? rewinn (talk) 02:15, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requesting semi-protection 

message: Please include "Washington University in St. Louis" in the list of honorary degrees for 2003.  The attached link on the University's website is verification.  http://commencement.wustl.edu/history/pastspeakers_recipients/2003/speaker/
Aruhlin (talk) 18:03, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Since the list was getting quite long for the lead, and it didn't seem to fit anywhere else, I moved it down to a new section.  GoingBatty (talk) 03:51, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 6 March 2013 

message: Please write that Albright is chair at Stonebridge Group LLC  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragon1008 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: - combined with the other small sections into one paragraph.  GoingBatty (talk) 02:13, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Stonebridge Edit

message: Its obvious that people have posted here about the youtube incident in prague and it doesn't seem to be too fair. I think its completely unnecessary and incendiary to give the link to a youtube video and then the time that the "hatespeech" occurs. This is a fairly small incident.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ltcolkilgore (talk • contribs) 03:30, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: What exactly is not fair about it? That a link/time of the video was posted or mentioning the incident at all? Small or not, it is a pretty serious remark for a former Secretary of State and absolutely deserves to be mentioned here. Buttons (talk) 04:55, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem with the Hate Speech section is that it gives undue weight to a protest at a bookshop. Four paragraphs is far more than is required, and youTube videos are OR. If some editor thinks the protest is an important event,  write a separate article about the protest and link to it from here. rewinn (talk) 21:14, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

text: Youtube videos are not sufficiently notable or reliable for an accusation of "hate speech" in a WP:BLP, and the commentary about her investment firm is POV-pushing WP:SYNTHESIS.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 08:29, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The accusation of hate speech was made by Vaclav Dvorak (together with some other political activists), and they officially handed it over to the police, and the article clearly describes that the accusation comes from them. The incident was covered by a bunch of European newspapers. When restoring the blanked text, I intentionally changed the title to "Allegations of hate speech [...]" instead of the earlier "Hate speech incident [...]", it hopefully creates less misunderstanding now. Anyway, back then it was a fairly big event in Czech and also Serbian media (since she as a politician said "Disgusting Serbs") so I don't agree that it's POV-pushing. Other editors have contributed to the text before it was blanked and then rewritten. The English Wikipedia also isn't supposed to limit itself to excluding publications from other parts of the world. If we have a section for "Controversies", then there is no reason to abstain from putting relevant stuff there... Anonimski (talk) 07:31, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hate Speech? 

message: "She was nominated by US President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate"
For consistency, please either make it "U.S. President" or "US Senate".  I don't care which.
2001:18E8:2:1020:50AA:A703:992F:5826 (talk) 15:25, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done  RudolfRed (talk) 03:34, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 27 June 2013 

message: Numerous footnotes cite "Albright (2003)" but there is no full citation. Would someone who knows the work please add the full citation to the first instance? Marbux (talk) 15:26, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation Issue 

message: Born as Marie Jana Korbelová  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:45:4905:A115:D5E6:B066:2C0A:DD39 (talk) 16:56, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: a source would be needed for that, and a source provided in the article already indicates it is "Korbel" and not "Korbelová". XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 17:11, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: She was definitely born "Korbelová" - Czech naming conventions (similar to Russian) have female and male versions of family names. Her father's last name was Korbel, making hers automatically Korbelová. The Czech-language version of her page has it correct as Korbelová. The source in the English version is quite weak. I will find a good source however before I change it. Wikimandia (talk) 04:49, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: While the source previously inserted might be subpar, I did find a better one that supports "Korbel". Unless a reliable source says "Korbelová", we can't include that per WP:Verifiability. Snuggums (talk / edits) 05:14, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There are numerous sources that correctly state her birth name. I included two (CNN and The New Republic). Wikimandia (talk) 07:14, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

text: Yes, this is typical and happens frequently when people emigrate, since English does not have masculine/feminine names, and the family just all goes by one name to make it easier. We have it straightened out though to correctly be Korbelová now :-) However, another issue is that the family name was originally Körbel (Körbelová), but according to Michael Dobbs' biography, her father thought "Körbel" (which is pronounced differently than "Korbel") sounded too German and too Jewish, so they dropped the umlaut in 1945. Wikimandia (talk) 12:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth Name 

message: In the new season (7) of Parks and Recreation, she made an appearance as herself (on whom Leslie Knope forced a friendship...out of admiration).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.168.136.7 (talk) 21:04, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV appearance 

message: I have removed a piece that claimed Albright earned the wrath of the Serbs and was with Bill Clinton popular in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia. I believe this is more stereotype peddling than factual. Albright's significant period concerning Serbia as a republic alongside Montenegro (Federal Republic of  Yugoslavia) was with regards her role in the NATO bombing of the country in 1999. Yes she played a major role, but there is no special hatred of Albright that is not also extended to the likes of Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Wesley Clarke, Robin Cook, Joe Biden, Jacques Chirac, George Robertson and a host of world figures that were on the political front line of the campaign. Bill Clinton is certainly popular with the Republic of Kosovo regime, of that there is no doubt when a boulevard is named after him, but this says nothing about the ordinary person. As for Bosnia and Croatia, other that the tit-for-tat rivalry with Serbia and the juvenile penchant for rejoicing in an enemy's misfortune among parts of the population (all nations in the world are guilty of that), there is nothing specifically "popular" about the named persons. From what I can gather, Albright does not have a strong connection to Croatia or the Croatian nation. The one source I can find of relevance here is from CNN in 1997 whereby she criticises the then-Croatian administration for slacking on ICTY matters (as I assure any reader that whilst there are three locations at the time of my writing to bear the name of Franjo Tuđman Bridge, nowhere in Croatia and Bosnia will there ever be a Trg Madlin Olbrajta, Madeleine Albright Square with her name localised, Kosovo one day maybe). Apart from that, I can find no compliments paid to her by any Croatian writer, and I cannot even find nice words said about her on any forum, and believe me, I have tried. So if someone knows something that I do not, be my guest here! --Oranges Juicy (talk) 07:19, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Balkans reputation 

message: Please include Tufts University (2015) in the Honorary Degrees section.
At present, the following links verify this information.
http://now.tufts.edu/commencement2015
http://trustees.tufts.edu/hondegree/degrees/
BrankyGrad (talk) 15:02, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Done -- Orduin Discuss 20:41, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2015 

message: how is it that she does not know how to pronounce kim jong-un (and by extension kim jong-il)?  to pronounce the j as a y is flat-out wrong, even in dutch or german.  matt drudge is notorious for it -- and i think letterman on occasion -- but he/they aren't in the foreign services and he/they aren't the HIGHEST RANKING AMERICAN TO ACTUALLY MEET THE FAMILY.
i would have been startled to hear ANYONE say "yong-il" in a DNC speech, but...her?!  how is that even possible?! 209.172.23.190 (talk) 04:42, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  DNC flub 

message: Please stop putting "ISM" on religious concepts like Christian, Catholic, Protestant, etc. Religion is not an ISM! It's demeaning and there is no such word.
74.195.226.84 (talk) 01:19, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: This is not an appropriate use of an edit request. Topher385 (talk) 03:10, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 September 2016 

message: How is it possible for a child of 4 years not to remember anything about practicing Judaism by her family? --Yomal Sidoroff-Biarmskii 04:47, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Judaism. 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/11/27/1705132/please-welcome-the-secretary-of-state-for-herbalife/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.255.8.86 (talk) 14:26, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Herbalife to controversies? 

message: The text does not say exactly when Albright's family moved to London, but 1941 would seem to be the earliest possible. Text says that they "endured the worst of the Blitz" in Notting Hill. In fact the worst of the blitz was pretty much over by 1941, and Notting Hill is West London, which was relatively unscathed. Though the term 'blitz' is often used more loosely to cover all wartime bombing of London/British cities, properly speaking it covers a distinct phase of the war.Pincrete (talk) 09:22, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endured the worst of the Blitz ? 

message: Albright received an honorary doctor of international relations degree from Dickinson College in 2014, and I'd like to add the college's name to the "Honorary degrees and awards" section of her entry.
https://www.dickinson.edu/news/article/934/madeleine_albright_to_speak_at_commencement
Textcrash (talk) 15:12, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add honorary degree 

message: Under the heading "Honorary degrees and awards," in the first paragraph, please add "Dickinson College (2014)" after "Knox College (2008)."
https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20309/commencement/2606/commencement_citations_2014 Textcrash (talk) 20:25, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done feminist (talk) 17:04, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2020 

message: Please add Madeleine Albright's new book to the "Book" section. Hell and Other Destinations was released on April 14, 2020. 2603:7080:1800:9700:950A:A2D3:C819:2688 (talk) 02:05, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 January 2021 

message: Decouple duplicate discriminate redirects here, but is not explained in the article. -- Beland (talk) 18:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decouple duplicate discriminate 

message: In the paragraph briefly describing her children, it might be appropriate to mention that her daughterhttps://the-bridge-from-the-aspen-institute.simplecast.com/episodes/madeleine-k-albright-and-alice-albright-best-mom-ever-LhRIem5I, Alice P. Albright, has followed her footsteps in government service, twice receiving Presidential appointmentshttps://www.mcc.gov/about/profile/bio-albright-alice and as of 16 Feb 2022 is serving as CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporationhttps://www.mcc.gov/news-and-events/release/release-021622-alice-albright-ceo, an independent Federal agency. GCL (talk) 03:44, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alice Albright 

message: She was born as Körbelová. The umlaut was omitted after WWII. 188.75.177.218 (talk) 19:25, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Per what sources? —C.Fred (talk) 19:28, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, according to this  it's even more complicated... And for the umlaut this page about her father could be used. 188.75.177.218 (talk) 19:46, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Korbelová vs. Körbelová 

message: Please remove the editorializing regarding her residence after her death. 2601:4C0:8004:8B00:F062:528B:88C5:8C90 (talk) 20:09, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  First paragraph ‘As of March 23, 2022…” 

message: Introduction contains defamatory remarks 209.53.191.150 (talk) 20:12, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It was vandalism that has been removed. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:14, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 March 2022 

message: The residence location for Madeleine Albright is listed as “hell.”  This is totally inappropriate and should be altered immediately. 2600:8802:2902:9000:5C7E:6288:6A4A:2C56 (talk) 20:14, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Residence location inappropriate 

message: She’s dead change it to past tense 69.120.242.231 (talk) 20:15, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

text: I'm pretty sure it all is? Point out what isn't and we can update it. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 March 2022 (2) 

message: References to Madeline Albright being in hell and being remembered as going to hell are totally inappropriate. 24.117.204.197 (talk) 20:24, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  references to Madeline Albright being in hell 

message: I'm going to leave the content I just removed below. It looks to be another right wing hit job where they try to create a scandal based on a thread of truth. That 2010 Reuters source says she spoke at a panel sponsored by Herbalife. She never "promoted" them. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:37, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Herbalife 

message: It appears that there has been repeated vandalism here. Please carefully correct and lock site 24.117.204.197 (talk) 20:28, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @24.117.204.197 oy vey shut it down!!!!!! 5.90.119.74 (talk) 10:36, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please correct and lock site 

message: Please include "Bowdoin College" in the list of honorary degrees for 2013. This link from the Bowdoin College website serves as verification: https://www.bowdoin.edu/commencement/honorary-degrees/index.html. Additional verification can be found on the Bowdoin College Library website: https://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/college-history-and-archives/honors/albright13.pdf.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bowdoinocpa (talk • contribs) 18:29, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request on 24 March 2022 

message: Or illness and death, it needs its own heading, and not on personal life. --Thelostranger (talk) 12:51, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. At least not yet. It's currently only two sentences, and granting its own heading may grant disproportionate visual weight and needlessly chop up content. Everybody dies. Not every death warrants a devoted subheading unless the death is especially significant (e.g. murders, or when a death is the primary reason for a subject's notability). Per MOS:BODY: "Short paragraphs and single sentences generally do not warrant their own subheading." --Animalparty! (talk) 03:20, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death and illness 

message: Please add Secretary Albright's mother's name
 Anna Korbel (née Spieglová) Mrcollegiateprograms (talk) 23:20, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:22, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 28 March 2022 

message: Please include "Bowdoin College (2013)" in the "Honorary degrees and awards" section. This link from the Bowdoin College website serves as verification: https://www.bowdoin.edu/commencement/honorary-degrees/index.html. Bowdoinocpa (talk) 20:38, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2022