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avoid first name basis?
I noticed that the article uses her first name "Melania" almost throughout the entire article like "Zampolli urged Melania to travel to the United States ...". Not sure what is the convention but perhaps it would be good to call her "Knavs" or "Knauss" until 2005 when she married Donald Trump. The article semi-reflects the name changes as it calls her "Melanija" in the Early Life section. I see how it's a bit of prosaic liberty in the sections dealing with the relationship with Donald Trump, where he is also referred to as "Donald" to avoid confusion but in many other areas, I think it would be better to call her "Trump", just as Jill Biden, e.g. "Biden lent her support to USAID's FWD campaign, ..." or from Michelle Obamas article "Obama met with Queen Elizabeth II in ...". Not to harp too much on this, but [https://qz.com/work/1763651/why-it-matters-when-people-ignore-a-womans-title influential women are more often called by their first name].Hiko (talk) 14:06, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
:After having written a couple dozen first lady articles, I've found that this is the least confusing way to do it. If someone's far-more-famous spouse is frequently mentioned in the article, then it only throws the reader off to use the name that's more commonly associated with the spouse. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 16:26, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
::I disagree with Thebiguglyalien.
::The article is on Melania Trump, it is easily comprehended that lone use of the surname "Trump" refers to her. So long as her husband is referred to as "President Trump", "Donald Trump", "her husband", "the president", etc. and not as solely "Mr. Trump" in this article, there should be no confusion. Only in specific sentences where disambiguation becomes less clear should her first name (a a "Mrs." suffix) need to be used. People can pick up on who is mentioned by reading a darn sentence: nobody would read "Trump was the second foreign-born woman to hold the title of first lady after Louisa Adams, who was born in England" and assume that that described her husband.
::I also think think over-use of first names makes this article (and any other) read less encyclopedic and more as promotional branding piece written by a publicist to promote "branding" of the "Melania" brand (Mrs. Trump does hold commercial trademarks on her first name, while the surname is not personally trademarked given the preexisting Trump brand. SecretName101 (talk) 07:36, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
Melania Knauss First Lady
Melania in 2017 became the first first lady to ever have nude pictures in the public eye. 2601:40D:600:9FEC:3601:CAC3:D1EB:868 (talk) 02:13, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
:No. For all obvious reasons. Additional well-sourced and narrowly-scoped mention of how past undressed photos are a point of discourse about her could have a place in the article "Public image of Melania Trump". But it is not biographically significant enough to need any more mention in her main biography any more than it currently has. Also, this is not even factually true. She is not the first. Nudes of a sunbathing Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis (captured by a paparazzi without her consent) were published in tabloids decades ago. SecretName101 (talk) 15:37, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
Change Under the Position of Office from Current to Incumbent
Change Under the Position of Office from Current to Incumbent 96.60.168.239 (talk) 08:31, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
Portrait crop?
I feel that we should use a cropped portrait of her instead of the current one. A cropped one would be more useful and take less space while focusing on the subject herself, not just Trump leaning on a table. AsaQuathern (talk) 04:39, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 10 May 2025
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She will also be an executive producer.
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She will also be an executive producer.{{cite news |last1=Masters |first1=Kim |author1-link=Kim Masters |title=The Courtship of Brett & Melania |url=https://puck.news/how-brett-ratner-wound-up-helming-amazons-40-million-melania-trump-documentary/ |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=Puck (media company) |date=11 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20250215200509/https://puck.news/how-brett-ratner-wound-up-helming-amazons-40-million-melania-trump-documentary/ |archive-date=10 May 2025 |quote=Ratner appears to have been the first and only choice to direct the Melania film—though, in fairness, how many respected directors would want to make a documentary controlled by this particular subject?}}{{cite news |last1=Belloni |first1=Matthew |title=Melania Trump Documentary Scores Massive Amazon Payday |url=https://puck.news/melania-trump-documentary-scores-massive-amazon-payday/ |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=Puck (media company) |date=7 January 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20250108011114/https://puck.news/melania-trump-documentary-scores-massive-amazon-payday/ |archive-date=10 May 2025}}
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69.181.17.113 (talk) 18:47, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- {{not done for now}}: Wait until if and when it occurs. O3000, Ret. (talk) 18:38, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- :@Objective3000, why are you suggesting waiting to add sources to an existing statement? If it is a WP:Crystal Ball problem, isn't the solution to delete the sentence not to avoid citing? meamemg (talk) 14:53, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- ::Perhaps. I'm interested in opinions from other editors. O3000, Ret. (talk) 14:57, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- :::Ok. I've gone ahead and added them for now. If someone has a reason why there shouldn't be sources, let me know. meamemg (talk) 16:54, 13 May 2025 (UTC)