Talk:Sherri Shepherd

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Contents 1 Please do not change DOB 2 WikiProject class rating 3 Everybody Loves Raymond 4 "controversy" 5 removing inappropriate cats 6 Talk page 7 Interview 8 African American

[edit] Please do not change DOB

Sherrie shepherd DID attend Hoffman Estates High school. (she states that herself on her my space account. She DID Graduate in 1985 (also stated on her my space account) I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HER! I know for a fact that her Year of birth is 1967. Stating that it is 1970 puts her graduating at 15 years old! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.106.222.40 (talk) 19:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

A birthdatabase.com search indicated she was born April 22, 1966, making her 19 at the time of graduation in 1985, not unheard of. I'm personally going with 1966. Hotwine8 00:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:24, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Everybody Loves Raymond

What was her role on "Raymond", and why isn't it listed in Career? thx1138 04:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, she was a guest star one time. She played the woman who accidentally drove her car off the face of the -- oh Lord! -- the flat earth! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.225.77.219 (talk) 02:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "controversy"

Was she really the subject of "controversy"? If anything she was the subject of ridicule. I don't see the controversy though. thx1138 08:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

So.Very.Sad. So very sad that this woman is able to be on national television and not know, at age 40, that the world is round. (Actually, it's not round. It's rectangular. At least I think it is. Let me get back to you on that. I haven't had time to think about it, really. Nobody told me there was going to be GEOMETRY on this show!)

There isn't any controversy, or anything controversial about her 'statements' - they are flat out stupid. She should be the object of ridicule. --Kelt65 (talk) 16:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Made it "criticism". If anyone can show there was controversy about her opinions; such as A) a group vocally supporting her as correct; or at the very least B) A group vocally supporting her to express her belief structure. From what I can see all sources point out it was a stupid statement that made Shepherd look stupid. And same goes for the latest attempt at theological insight.--ZayZayEM (talk) 03:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] removing inappropriate cats

Okay. Perhaps she is a creationist, or an anti-intellectualist (whatever that means), or whatever. However, nothing in this article, except maybe one incident seems to be pertinent to this. If she's some sort of creationist activist, some of these categories might be appropriate. Otherwise, no. Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 20:00, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk page

This is not a forum for general discussion of Sherri Shepherd. Any such messages will be deleted. Please limit discussion to improvement of the article.

This is not a Sherri Shepherd forum. Try her personal website, it has forums (they don't seem strongly moderated either).

I will be enforcing WP:FORUM policy unless there is significant and credible objection.--ZayZayEM (talk) 02:28, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I know that this is not a forum, am very well aware of that policy, and do not object to the certain removal of sections that you made to this talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 05:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interview

A website called "Watching the View" has a three part interview with shepherd online; available here [1]. I've read enough Shepherd info for one day (probably a week). So if anyone wants to try and expand her pre-career and early career bio bits, go ahead.--ZayZayEM (talk) 03:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] African American

There is nothing wrong with stating her race in the lead. I will point out that she is listed in an African American category, Category:African-American actors. Someone reading this article, which has no photo may not realise Shepherd is black. It's a far better and more specific descriptor than "American" with a link to United States.--ZayZayEM (talk) 05:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I find listing "[ ] is an African American (or whatever "race" that person is) actress, singer or whatever...as silly. To me, it's no different than listing Angelina Jolie's race in the lead of her article. It's like asking, "Well, what type of actress is she?" And someone says, "An African American actress." It's just silly. Her "race" can be mentioned within the body of her article, but it's not supposed to be listed in the lead of her article per Wikipedia lead policy concerning ethnicity...unless her "race" has a great deal to do with why she's famous. In this case, it does not. In other words, her "race" is not a big part as to why she's famous. Flyer22 (talk) 06:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Would you reply, "An American actress".

"American" is an ethnicity. I'll follow MOS on this though. --ZayZayEM (talk) 09:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, there's a chance that I would reply, "An American Actress"...but I would not most likely reply with that. Someone asking what type of actress usually means in what field, stage, television or film...or style, like a character actress, of course. And I don't think of American as an ethnicity, considering how many different ethnicities live in America. Plenty of different ethnicities live in Africa as well, but when someone says, "African American"...they are usually talking about "race", a person who is usually defined as African American. Anyway, we've settled this topic. Now we can further improve this article together. Flyer22 (talk) 02:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)