Talk:Lauren Jackson
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[edit] Australia's First Medal
In the artcle, Australia's first medal is said to be the Silver they won in Sydney, but they won Bronze in Atlanta, and possibly also at the 1998 worlds... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.38.105 (talk) 23:49, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lauren's birthday
Is her birthday on Mayhu 11 or November 5? [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 22:33, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
The official Athens Olympics site (www.athens2004.com; search under "athletes") gives her date of birth as May 11. Dale Arnett 07:17, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- The vast majority of cites on the net (via google and yahoo searches) give her birthdate as May 11. November 5 is test limited to wiki and its mirrors. I think the proof is overwhelming that it is May 11. -Vina 19:54, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC) and how old is she?
[edit] Lauren's height
This article currently says 196 cm, but the 2006 Commonwealth Games site [1] says 195 cm (6'4"). Which is correct? Design 12:07, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Both, possibly, depending on what time of the day she was measured. Human height varies by more than a centimetre over the course of a day. --Robert Merkel 02:52, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Parents names
People seem to want to de-link her parents names. I would have thought the rest of the sentence " .. who both represented Australia at basketball" would indicate that they are notable enough for their own articles. -- Chuq 11:35, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, but those names have been in the article for years, and nobody's bothered to do the research to write articles for them. --Robert Merkel 02:55, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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- But if less articles are pointing to those non-existent articles, they will show up lower in the "most-linked-to articles which do not yet exist" list! I didn't think a link being red was a valid reason to remove a link, unless it is part of an excessive list of non-encyclopediac items? -- Chuq 03:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] LGBT category
Lauren is also a well-known lesbian. Can she be added to the category of famous LGBT people please? 150.203.2.85 05:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- Nope. She's never declared this to be her orientation. Take, for example, this article from the Seattle Times:
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- "We don't go to their job and guess what they do in the bedroom — why is it a topic with us?" said Lauren Jackson about automatically being assumed a lesbian because she plays basketball. She declares herself single... In addition to (Sheryl) Swoopes, only former New York Liberty forward Sue Wicks and current Minnesota Lynx center Michele Van Gorp have publicly stated they are lesbians while still playing in the WNBA....
- So no, it would not make sense to add her to that list.--Mike Selinker 01:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- People have periodically added this to the article, but they have never provided a verifiable reference for the claim. Until such a documented, verifiable, reputable source provides information on Jackson's personal life, it's not going to be mentioned in this article. --Robert Merkel 03:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
