Talk:Kathy Ireland
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This article is not neutral, and apart from that it is poorly written. I'm not saying "poorly written" to engage in an edit-war; I literally mean that it has too many major grammatical errors to be taken seriously. Also, there are too many vague metaphors to imply that Ireland traded in her "luxurious silk dresses for a business suit" and after reading the article, I'm still completely uncertain as to what, exactly, Ireland "designs". Finally, the comparisons to other entertainers are flat-out bizarre. No other encyclopedia article is written this way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.72.4 (talk) 21:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Supposedly, Kathy traces her ancestry to Daniel Boone. Trekphiler 15:16, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I've seen her complete first name as Katherine and as Kathleen. Does anyone have a source as to what is her actual complete name?
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[edit] March 8 or March 20
Can anyone prove whether Kathy was born March 8 or March 20? The date changes once a week. Hotwine8 19:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Kathy Ireland family imposter?
I recently saw a bizzare Court TV program about a thirty year old black man who posed as Storm Ireland, Kathy Ireland's "sister" and conned photographers and agents out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for calendar photo shots. I have added this as a trivia item, but am having trouble finding a source. Help! Skipdownthestreet 21:28, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New version by 76.213.234.195
I have reverted the article to its version as of 00:16, 20 August 2007, before User:76.213.234.195 deleted the old text completely and replaced it written in a non-encyclopedic advertising style. Some reasons why the new text was not acceptable:
- It was full of fuzzy advertising talk ("magazines that ask her to grace their covers", "one of the most successful female entrepreneurs and designers in the world", "These products celebrate global influences") etc) instead of factual, neutral statements.
- The article should start with a definition of its subject and basic biographical data, not with hagiographical lyrics like "best friend to working mothers"
- First-name style (we are not chatting about our good buddy "Kathy" here, but writing an encyclopedia articel which shoudl keep an appropriate distance to its subject)
- The text obviously addressed the reader as a potential customer, like a good advertising should ("Kathy encourages you to vacation everyday with her innovative Style Guides TM, Aloha, Americana, Architectural, La Vida Buena, European Country, In Russian Style, Far East Dreams, and Ivory Coast."). An encyclopedia article doesn't do this.
From the user name of User:Guttmannpr, it is to be assumed that Kathy Ireland's PR representatives have been editing here. In this case, I would encourage them to read WP:COI and Wikipedia:Business_FAQ#Can I advertise my company or product on Wikipedia?.
Regards, High on a tree
[edit] Model vs everything else
Kathy became famous because of her modeling, barely anything in this article mentions her modeling career, The article should include this. --sumnjim talk with me·changes 19:20, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- I agree. The article doesn't even mention Sports Illustrated. --Arteitle (talk) 19:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
