Talk:Tonya Harding

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Contents 1 Music Career 2 Did her entire family have asthma? 3 Allegedly 4 porn description 5 Psychology 6 Skate blades 7 Unverified tag 8 Competition table 9 Pictures 10 Kerrigan and Yamaguchi

[edit] Music Career

Am I crazy or did Harding briefly attempt a singing career? I seem to remember her forming a band called the Golden Blades, or something to that affect. --139.78.233.194 22:18, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Apparently, that was something like a one-off deal. See this link for info. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 05:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Ironically, she wouldn't "sing" for the prosecutor, and maintains to this day she had no earthly idea that Nancy Kerrigan was going to get whacked. Wahkeenah 05:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, she attempted a singing career. Members of her fanclub, the people she eventually began to refer to as her "adopted parents," got her involved in their group. She performed once at the "Last Chance Summer Dance" in Portland (Oregon). They were booed off the stage as people threw bottles at them. Hilarious. -- Andrew Parodi 21:12, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Someone plz add South Park (Season 7 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_Paper_%28South_Park_episode%29) reference --Paulpro 16:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did her entire family have asthma?

The summary at the beginning of the article makes it sound like her entire family had asthma. Was that intentional, or just a case of a misplaced modifier?

After a tough childhood in an unstable lower-class family, plagued by asthma, she went on to win the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and place second in the 1991 World Championships.

Aesculapius75 14:45, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Allegedly

Why does it say "allegedly"? Wasn't she convicted because she confessed? AxelBoldt

She confessed to hindering the investigation, but has always maintained that she wasn't involved in the conspiracy. (The conspirators, however, said otherwise. :-) As part of her plea bargain, the authorities agreed not to prosecute her further. So she was guilty, yes, but we can't say she was guilty of the conspiracy/attack without crossing a defamatory line. - Rootbeer 2002-04-07

I see, thanks. Why not add this to the main page? Not much else interesting to say about here anyway... :-) AxelBoldt

[edit] porn description

I don't think a description of the porn movie adds anything to the article. It does not "help explain reactions" to the event. It's obvious that she would be "fully nude". Certainly it is not appropriate to add an oral sex link, as this is an biographical article about a person most notable as a figure skater. I'm not a prude; I simply believe that we don't need porn descriptions. Wiki is not a porn site. Fang Aili 16:35, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

The description doesn't add anything to the article because it applies to 99.999% of all pornographic movies out there. Guess what a pornographic movie is? The vast majority of the time, it's a movie of a woman fully nude (with the possible exception of high-heeled shoes) having sex, including oral sex, with a man. --Carnildo 18:24, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Exactly. Fang Aili 18:31, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Psychology

Someone with a psych degree needs to step in here. There is a certain type of personality that seems to adopt a "me against the world" attitude, and consequently seems to attract trouble like an electronmagnet. Tonya could be the poster child for that syndrome. I just don't know how to label it. "Paranoid" and "narcissistic" seem inadequate to cover it. Wahkeenah 12:39, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't think that making psychological diagnoses of celebrities is part of what Wikipedia is about. - AdelaMae ^{(talk - contribs)} 16:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it's usually called "self-defeatism."66.108.4.183 23:02, 28 May 2006 (UTC) Allen Roth

[edit] Skate blades

Something should probably be mentioned about the distinctive gold-coloured blades on her skates. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 05:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unverified tag

All the verification for the article is in the External link articles, therefore, I made the section into a References section. Still up to someone to link them into the appropriate places. Ansell 12:29, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Competition table

I added the competition table, though it's incomplete. I was unable to find sources for the U.S. Nationals, or Worlds results beyond the medal finishers. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:37, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

I got rid of a lot of the pictures in the article. They were cluttering it and were of poor quality. I don't think they contributed anything to the article. The Time cover is significant, as is the triple axle, but pictures of her having trouble with her costume? Come on. --24.163.161.47 01:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I've restored the pictures for now. Her crying to the referee at the Olympics, in particular, is one of the most famous incidents in her career and an image that is strongly associated with her in popular culture. The other photos serve as references to document the other incidents and point out that her boot lace problem at the Olympics was like deja vu all over again. (It's really weird, in particular, to compare the TV coverage of the loose blade incident at the previous fall's Skate America to that of the Olympic boot lace incident.) If the consensus of other people is that the pictures are not relevant to documenting Harding's career, then of course they can be deleted. Just don't think they should be trashed because one person doesn't see the point of them. Dr.frog 02:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I think they're relevant and should stay. --Fang Aili ^talk 13:30, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Brennan's Comments

According to Christine Brennan, Tonya Harding had more raw jumping talent than anyone in the world and perhaps anyone to ever live. Its mind boggling to see such words spent on a genetic parasite like Tonya Harding.

[edit] Kerrigan and Yamaguchi

Interesting the size of this article is bigger than Yamaguchi and Kerrigan put together.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 1more (talk • contribs) 07:36, 27 February 2007 (UTC).