Talk:Ruth Westheimer
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2019 and 5 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Louisamarshall.
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Filmography
editOther than the last entry in Filmography, what do the first four have to do with Ruth Westheimer specifically? CarolH (talk) 16:26, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
Photo date
editThe date given for the photo in the sidebar is Ms. Westheimer's birth date. Does anyone know the correct date, and if so, can you fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:AB10:2AC0:91A6:457E:1550:4988 (talk) 23:57, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
Additions to Ruth Westheimer page
editIn this Wikipedia article about Dr. Ruth Westheimer, I will be adding information to the sections entitled: early life, career. I would also like to add a section regarding Westheimer’s current-day career and activity. I will be sourcing all added information from Westheimer’s autobiography, “All in a Lifetime.” To the early life section, I will be adding information regarding Westheimer’s time living in an orphanage in Switzerland during the Holocaust, as well as the limited education she experienced while living there. I will also add more information about the letters Westheimer and her parents wrote back and forth to each other, before her parents were taken to the concentration camps. To the career section, I will be adding information regarding the actions taken by radio-channel officials to thwart Westheimer and the topics of discussion she wanted to include in her work. I would also like to add information to her listed books, such as when they were published, by who, and links to newspaper reviews (if applicable.)
Lastly, I would like to add a section regarding Westheimer’s current career. She recently released her 45th book, and was seen on the Ellen DeGeneres show Nov. 4. She is still very active, an element that isn’t as prevalent on the Wikipedia page. Altogether, I will be adding about 300-400 words, as well as a new section to the page. If anyone would like to comment on these changes, please let me know on this Talk Page or on my Talk Page.
Copy edit tag
editThe article's prose comes off as slightly off, almost as if the text imitates some kind of terse newsclip style. Those commas!
Another issue - I looked through the archive but could find no prior discussion on this: how strange two of her three marriages have essentially zero information?
All in all, this article gives me the impression it is essentially from Wikipedia's childhood era with little improvement since. (I do see recent edits, but none of them attempt to copy edit the article for better grammar, cohesion, or flow. CapnZapp (talk) 08:39, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Height contradiction
editThe lead has her at 1.39 m, but the infobox says 140 cm. It would be better if there was a source to resolve this. Also, I believe that heights are conversationally given in cm. Abductive (reasoning) 17:49, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed in cm with a conversion template. Wyliepedia @ 21:49, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Birthplace
editAccording to the BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ngqy1vxyeo she was born in Frankfurt am Main 188.155.130.75 (talk) 12:37, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Her autobiography states Wiesenfeld. Celjski Grad (talk) 14:14, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Israeli citizenship?
editWestheimer was a member of the Haganah when Israeli independence was declared and lived in the country until 1950 and didn't acquire American citizenship until 1965. It's logical to assume that she was an Israeli citizen from 1948 to 1965, particularly as she was a German refugee who has been stateless before arriving in Palestine. However, assumptions are not sufficient. Is there any reference anywhere to her having been an Israeli citizen? Wellington Bay (talk) 16:45, 26 July 2024 (UTC)