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Contents 1 Biography assessment rating comment 2 Legendary 3 Apostrophes 4 "Backwards and in high heels" 5 DAR membership 6 Early life -- accurate?

[edit] Biography assessment rating comment

WikiProject Biography Assessment

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[edit] Legendary

Am I over-sensitive, or is "legendary" a misleading description (implying fictional) ? mervyn 20:20, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately [1] this usage is becoming common. Katr67 07:11, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apostrophes

There were a lot of random apostrophes strewn about in the last section.. Re Rogers' vs. Rogers's, cf. the article on the possessive apostrophe - except for exceptions, proper nouns ending in s take an s in addition to the possessive apostrophe. ralian 08:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. I must have been smoking crack when I did the last major copy edit, as I seem to have added a couple errant apostrophes where none were needed. Thanks for cleaning it up. (But you should have seen it before I messed with it.) There doesn't seem to be a consensus on the page you linked to regarding the extra "s" after the apostrophe. Personally I don't like it (this is consistent with the field of journalism, per the Chicago Manual (5.26), though it also acknowledges that feelings run high about this point), but as long as its use consistent throughout the article, I don't care. Katr67 14:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

To this end (consistency), I made 5 more apostrophe changes (s' -> s's) even though changing your edits back (s's -> s') would have resulted in only 4 changes. See what a good sport I am? :) I think the apostrophe matter is consistent throughout the article now, but if someone could do a sanity check, that would be swell. Happy editing! Katr67 18:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Either way is correct. The apostrophe and "s" can be added after a name ending in "s" or it can be an apostrophe without the "s." It doesn't matter. Written English is very flexible.--SN

[edit] "Backwards and in high heels"

According to this page, Rogers awards the claim for this quote to Bob Thaves in her autobiography. Does someone here have easy access to the book to check? /blahedo (t) 19:03, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DAR membership

Rogers was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. If someone wants to work that in somewhere, here is a cite for it: <ref name="dardazzlingdaughters">{{cite web| title = Dazzling Daughters, 1890-2004| work = Americana Collection exhibit| publisher = DAR| url = http://www.dar.org/americana/currexhib.cfm| accessdate = 2006-10-08 }}</ref>. The category [[Category:Daughters of the American Revolution|Rogers, Ginger]] should also be added, once it is supported in the article. Crockspot 01:41, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early life -- accurate?

I am no expert on Rogers, so it might be true, but...

Since inappropriate references to anatomy and claims that she (Rogers) was a prostitute have already been removed, I question the remaining claim that both of Ginger Rogers' parents suddenly became homosexual.

Perhaps someone knowledgeable about her history could either support the claim with appropriate sourcing, or delete it.