Talk:Jessica Savitch

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[edit] Sourcing

This article makes a lot of comments about the subject that desperately need sourcing. I don't see anything indicating a source for a lot of the information about her marriage, for example, and there are some very strong claims being made there. I see there are some editors working on this - I'd recommend doing something about this lack of sources. Tony Fox (arf!) 05:49, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

It looks like most of this entry is a blatant plagiarism of the Biography Channel's summary of its program about Savitch, "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story." See: http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1478:1679/2/Almost_Golden_The_Jessica_Savitch_Story.htm

If Wikipedia has a policy against plagiarism, all but the very end of this entry should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.173.9 (talk • contribs)

Excellent catch. It is indeed 95 percent copyvio from that page, and I've deleted all but the intro due to that. Tony Fox (arf!) 02:31, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What Happened?

Where's the information?

WAVY 10

The information was removed as being almost entirely a copyright violation. It appears someone is putting some back in a non-copyvio form, which is good, but those editors need to be cautious to use sources for their statements, of which none have been provided thus far in the rewrite. Tony Fox (arf!) 15:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LGBT people from the United States

Is there substantial proof that Jessica Savitch was indeed a lesbian? If not, why has she been placed in this category? I am removing this article from the LGBT people from the United States category until a reference can be cited. T. White 08:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Almost Golden, referenced in the article, tiptoes around the subject on pages 298-9 but only cites anonymous sources and vague gossip, and comes to no definite conclusion on Savitch's supposed lesbianism. Unless somebody can come up with more specific material, I agree with removing the category. Casey Abell 15:11, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phrasing

"effectively ended her career" - since she only lived three weeks beyond that incident i don't think it's good phrasing. PMA 13:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dog

How did Savitch's dog die, or did he/she survive? WizardDuck 02:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

The dog died in the accident. See the article and sources. Casey Abell 13:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

An editor hung a lot of fact tags on the article. It wasn't hard to find convincing sources for almost everything in the article, so I splattered some footnotes around. I eliminated a very few items that might well have been true and which had some backing on the Internet, but which could have been questioned. Casey Abell 13:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)