Talk:Fanny Blankers-Koen

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[edit] older entries

Why is the paragraph about the Hongerwinter relevant here, what specific influence had it on blankers-coen? Romanista 15:44, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


Does "athletics" mean "track and field"? 84.132.252.146 19:09, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes David D. (Talk) 23:11, 11 April 2006 (UTC)!

I deleted some vandalism about "Ol fanny pack became a nazi and shot jews" or something similar. I'm unfamiliar with the timestamp format, sorry.

You can sign your name (or IP address if you're not logged in) and a timestamp by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comment. Thanks for helping with the vandalism! --Laura S 18:01, 11 April 2006 (UTC)


What is meant by:

Her first competition was a deception

? —Morven 15:58, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)

  • That's what you get when you're not a native English speaker. Fixed it. Jeronimo 06:43, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)


[edit] Jewish heritage?

Just curious: was she of Jewish heritage somewhere back? (Just a thought upon seeing the name "Koen", which looks like a variant of Cohen.) --Saforrest 01:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Unlikely, as she was allowed to compete in occupied Europe during the war . I don't know for sure though. Lisiate 02:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Koen is a very common name in the Netherlands. I've never heard of it being associated with being Jewish. —Michiel Sikma, 05:47, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
      • Apparently Koen is a short form of Conrad [1]. Since it derives from the name of a Christian bishop, it's unlikely to be a marker of Jewish heritage ... --Dhartung | Talk 18:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

There are some good pictures in this article, but I'm kind of disappointed that this is a featured article without having a picture that clearly shows her face. She remains a little anonymous without one. Maybe someone could see to finding one of those pictures of her. —Michiel Sikma, 05:48, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non-free image issues

The images need updating - at this point I'm removing both. Image:Blankers koen.JPG is about to be deleted from Commons as a derivative of a copyrighted work, and Image:Cover FBK bio.jpg is a non-free image with no fair-use rationale. Indeed, since the article is about the person and not the book, it is unlikely such a rationale is possible. (ESkog)(Talk) 20:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:FannyBK.jpg

Image:FannyBK.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 02:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)