Talk:Tanya Roberts

Early life and career

"At age 15, she abandoned her studies to get married and lived for a while hitchhiking across the United States until her mother-in-law annulled the union. Tanya continued to live in New York City, modelling and working as a dance teacher with Arthur Murray."

What union did the mother-in-law annul? It is not exactly clear, unless the writer is refering to her sister in this paragraph. It's a little confusing, possibly someone took out a connective sentence, but I could not find one in the history. 146.63.253.183 16:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Nothing strange here. She tried to get married at age 15 - her stepmother stopped it. The source was Cult Sirens - probably not reliable enough to use as a reference. The claim also appears in NNDB Rmhermen (talk) 03:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

She couldn't be with Lance O'Brien for 18 years. Her previous husband died in 2006. 2020-2006=14. Basic math skills should have told the dictators of the page that TMZ was wrong on their numbers.

I removed the "18 years." Two reliable sources say it's unclear how long they have been together and one even says he refers to her as both her boyfriend and husband, depending on who he is talking to. All seem to agree they live together, as far as I can tell. I think at this point the length is irrelevantP37307 (talk) 01:45, 5 January 2021 (UTC) without better citations/ref.

Place of death

She died in California.[1] MikaelaArsenault (talk) 02:58, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Has since been added. Wyliepedia @ 04:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Don't have time to look into it more, but her publicist says she's still alive, MorphineBear (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 00:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

MorphineBear It's covered in the article- she was announced as dead, and this was corrected. Nevertheless, MikaelaArsenault, that source wouldn't be appropriate as it's a questionable source, (see WP:THESUN). Joseph2302 (talk) 00:18, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm sorry then. MikaelaArsenault (talk) 00:19, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Would someone proof the "Career" section please?

I do not edit WP articles anymore. However, some statements are clearly not based in fact, so I'm just going to point one out here. Under Ms Roberts "Career" section, the following statement exists:

"The series was thereafter moved to several different time slots on the broadcast schedule, causing viewership to drop as the season progressed"

This is pretty obviously an opinion, and furthermore, it has nothing to do with her career. IMHO, it appears to be something of an excuse for a series that was already failing. Therefore, I am suggesting that this sentence / statement be removed, since viewership can drop for any number of reasons, and the previous paragraph clearly states that the series was already in decline - part of the reason, apparently, that she was hired. In any case, this statement is not encyclopedic in my opinion. Cheers. 73.6.96.168 (talk) 04:26, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

I shortened it and merged it with the previous paragraph, keeping in her debut and when the series ended, if only to mention that part of her career. Wyliepedia @ 04:42, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Could someone make sure I added that archive ref citation to that rearranged section correctly. [2] P37307 (talk) 04:55, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

P37307 I fixed it. People Archive apparently doesn't work either way. Wyliepedia @ 05:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Very nice! Thank you for your effort and prompt attention. Much much better now. Cheers. 73.6.96.168 (talk) 08:51, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Formatting problem

In the table, having problemswith years 1979-1982.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Which table and what is the issue? PackMecEng (talk) 21:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

User:PackMecEng Filmography, films and television. If you look they errors will be apparent. It is ordered chronologically. Sorry that I screwed this up, but I rarely work with this kind of table. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:42, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Look about right now? PackMecEng (talk) 21:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

 Done  Fixed

Hello, and thank you for lending your time to help improve Wikipedia! If you are interested in editing more often, I suggest you create an account to gain additional privileges. Happy editing! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:55, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Sweet, I might just do that sometime! PackMecEng (talk) 23:57, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

User:PackMecEng You are welcome. Seriously, I really appreciated the Helping hand! Now if only Tanya Roberts did something that would make all this effort work at WP:ITN. I got all dressed up and now have no place to go. Stolat! Oh well. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 00:02, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Please change wording

Can lived be changed to lives? MikaelaArsenault (talk) 22:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

The only place where lived is used is appropriate, as it relates to the past. Joseph2302 (talk) 00:09, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

I depend on Wikipedia to confirm the deaths of notable persons.

That turns out to not have been quite as authoritative and error proof as I'd assumed.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.206.87.210 (talk)

Hi, we follow what reliable sources say, and they announced she was dead (before later correcting themselves). Which is why Wikipedia temporarily (and with hindsight, incorrectly) reported her as dead. Joseph2302 (talk) 00:10, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Never too late to learn life lessons... 73.154.95.49 (talk) 00:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Anybody who visits Wikipedia frequently would know it's anything but "authoritative" and "error proof". I don't think reporting a woman as dead when many reputable sources reported her as dead first is that bad of an error, however, and in fact I would say that's Wikipedia working as intended. This site isn't meant to be correct 100% of the time, as its editors don't know everything, but using reliable sources for information will ensure it's correct more often than not. ~jcm 09:30, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 January 2021

Change to still alive she hasn't died 49.183.29.43 (talk) 02:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

 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. Please clarify what you are asking for. The article does not say she is dead. RudolfRed (talk) 03:14, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Apparently there's still a blend of old news about her supposed death with news of her still being alive. The OP must've checked in at a time when someone added her death again, which was reverted. Wyliepedia @ 03:28, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Inside Edition reference

I added an edit [3] about the partner getting the call that she was alive. I used Inside Edition as the cite because they were doing an interview with him at the time and captured the call and the aftermath on video. I'm not sure if Inside Edition is considered a reliable source or not now, at one time it wasn't according to an edit I did years ago, but using this citation is extraordinary considering their involvement at the time of the call. If anyone knows whether Inside Edition is now a reliable source, otherwise, please "@" me. It would be good to know. P37307 (talk) 03:38, 5 January 2021 (UTC)