Talk:Oprah Winfrey#Requested move 26 November 2024

Sorry if I’m doing this wrong! But I find it extremely concerning that this page doesn’t contain any factual content that is not flattering to this woman. There are plenty of issues for a “controversy” section, at least.

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Oprah Ancestry

According to the links:

http://ethnicelebs.com/oprah-winfrey

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw43kWEKjn8

Oprah Winfery has both Liberian and Zambian ancestry. She comes from the Nkoya people, a tribe in Southern Zambia.

Requested move 26 November 2024

:The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Raladic (talk) 03:14, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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:Oprah Winfrey → {{no redirect|Oprah}} – WP:COMMONNAME. [https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a62977295/oprah-gratitude-thanksgiving/ Oprah Magazine], [https://people.com/oprah-dearfoams-shoes-under-50-walmart-november-2024-8749531 People Magazine], [https://www.instyle.com/oprah-cozy-fashion-amazon-early-black-friday-8749072 In Style], [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/oprah-town-hall-cost-harris-campaign-far-more-than-initially-claimed-report Fox News], [https://nypost.com/2024/11/17/us-news/trump-train-trolls-celebs-from-oprah-to-meghan-markle-by-driving-through-their-tony-calif-enclave/ The New York Post], [https://www.thedailybeast.com/real-cost-of-harris-event-with-oprah-leaked/ The Daily Beast], [https://www.stvincenttimes.com/its-over-for-democrats-comcast-to-sell-msnbc-oprahs-oxygen-network/ St. Vincent Times], [https://www.today.com/shop/oprahs-favorite-things-2024-rcna178207 Today], [https://www.thewrap.com/oprah-winfrey-1-million-kamala-harris-campaign-harpo-productions/ The Wrap], [https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/05/politics/video/oprah-trump-vote-fox-news-digvid CNN], [https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/gma-deals-steals-oprahs-favorite-things-116088220 GMA], [https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4986525-oprah-harris-event-personal-fee-harpo/ The Hill], [https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-11-04/2024-election-harris-rally-philadelphia-oprah-lady-gaga The Los Angeles Times], [https://globalnews.ca/video/10886852/cup-of-te-makes-oprahs-favourite-things-list-for-the-second-time Global News], [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oprah-diddy-youtube-tiktok/ Snopes]. [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Oprah%2C+Oprah+Winfrey&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 Ngrams] show a preference for Oprah instead of Oprah Winfrey. Theparties (talk) 07:26, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose, WP:MONONYM is "Oprah Winfrey" verbatim. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 08:22, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Oppose. Not like she doesn't use it. Hyperbolick (talk) 08:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Support. Like Madonna, she's known by just one name and might make the article easier to find SamanthaG (talk) 13:40, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Oppose per WP:MONONYM, and because the evidence here seems mostly to be just headlinese. (In many of the articles that the nom cites, the short "Oprah" is used in headlines but the longer "Oprah Winfrey" is used on first reference in the text.) ╠╣uw [talk] 14:45, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Oppose move. WP:MONONYM specifically gives Oprah as an example of a mononym not to use. O.N.R. ^(talk) 18:24, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
Oppose per [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oprah-Winfrey Britannica] and WP:CONCISE which gives Oprah Winfrey as an example. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:04, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

:Oppose per WP:MONONYM ^Wiinter_U 04:20, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose. No it isn't. Her full name is very well-known and commonly used. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:47, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

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Refs not pointing anywhere

A number of {{tl|sfn}} refs are broken, in that the full reference is not stated anywhere else on the page. For example, what is Mair 2001 and 1999? seefooddiet (talk) 01:37, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Orpah

Someone registered needs to fix the fact that her name is currently changed to Orpah Gall Winfrey, It can't be that hard to spell. Who even did it ? RadleyThomasx] (talk) 13:42, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2025

"supportive and encouraging than her grandmother had been" makes no sense considering the previous reference to her, also ref only says her mother wasn't supportive, not that her gran was, so that line seems to be some editor's interpretation... 80.40.178.173 (talk) 16:54, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

:File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Day Creature (talk) 05:48, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

::Remove the mention of the granny, there, and, as mentioned, the ref already there actually doesn't mention her at all like the article does, so it's the original editor who needs to provide the ref that makes the quoted claim... 80.40.178.173 (talk) 16:37, 2 May 2025 (UTC)