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Peters

Why does the 'Personal Life' section list her husband as being Andi Peters?

CBE?

Dawn French CBE? Deleted this as she turned down the OBE a few years ago.

Image of Dawn French

The image is fabulous, I hope that it is kept for a while. She looks really pretty :)

David Smyth

It says in the article that French met David Smyth after studying for a while in New York. She actually met him at a party in Liskeard, before she went to New York. She says this in her new book, 'Dear Fatty'.

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 ==CBE?==
 Dawn French CBE? Deleted this as she turned down the OBE a few years ago.
-== Live 8 ==
-:''In [[2005]], [[Bob Geldoff]] invited people to leave the [[Live 8]] concert in [[London]] immediately prior to French's introduction of [[Mariah Carey]].''
-I have no idea what this means. Was it a joke? Was he having a dig at French? At Carey? Was it a mistake? Is it even true? It's too loaded a remark to leave in without any explanation. [[User:Sjorford|sjorford]] [[User talk:Sjorford|&rarr;&bull;&larr;]] 12:52, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
-:Ah, I think I've found it now [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4634443.stm] - people had to leave to catch their trains home. It's irrelevant to this article, then. [[User:Sjorford|sjorford]] [[User talk:Sjorford|<small>#£@%&$?!</small>]] 10:39, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
-== Declining the OBE ==
-Why? [[User:Agentsoo|Soo]] 00:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
-== [[Caistor Grammar School]] ==
-Lists Dawn as a notable former student, but not mentioned in the article.  Was she? [[User:Bedders|Bedders]] 14:40, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 ==Image of Dawn French==
 The image is fabulous, I hope that it is kept for a while. She looks really pretty :)
-== Free photo ==
-I contacted her agent Maureen Vincent for verification of facts and free photo. --[[User:Zureks|Zureks]] 07:56, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
-:Another request for these image [http://www.oxford.anglican.org/page/1508/] sent out. --[[User:Zureks|Zureks]] 19:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
-:'''Permission granted!''' I got the images from http://www.oxford.anglican.org --[[User:Zureks|Zureks]] 20:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
-::Thanks, we've been wanting a picture for ages for the article. [[User:Eagle Owl|Eagle Owl]] 17:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
-==Fair use rationale for Image:Dawn grimreaper murdermosthorrid.jpg==
-[[Image:Nuvola apps important.svg|70px|left]]
-'''[[:Image:Dawn grimreaper murdermosthorrid.jpg]]''' is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] but there is no [[Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline|explanation or rationale]] as to why its use in '''this''' Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Fair use|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 [[WP:FU|fair use]].
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-[[User:BetacommandBot|BetacommandBot]] 20:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
-==Fair use rationale for Image:DawnFrench CatherineZetaJones.JPG==
-[[Image:Nuvola apps important.svg|70px|left]]
-'''[[:Image:DawnFrench CatherineZetaJones.JPG]]''' is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] but there is no [[Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline|explanation or rationale]] as to why its use in '''this''' Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Fair use|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 [[WP:FU|fair use]].
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-[[User:BetacommandBot|BetacommandBot]] 20:35, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
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-'''[[:Image:DawnFrench CatherineZetaJones.JPG]]''' is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] but there is no [[Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline|explanation or rationale]] as to why its use in '''this''' Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Fair use|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 [[WP:FU|fair use]].
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-[[User:BetacommandBot|BetacommandBot]] 05:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
-== Greenpeace ==
-I'm pretty certain that in the very early 1990s or late 1980s, Dawn French took part in an education/propaganda video for Greenpeace. She narrated a claymation earth (and had part of her face superimposed on it) as it morphed through various guises being deforested and polluted. I don't know if this has any relevance for the article ... I just stopped here as I am looking to see if the video is still available anywhere and google pointed me here. --[[User:Candorwien|Candy]] ([[User talk:Candorwien|talk]]) 17:12, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 == David Smyth ==
 It says in the article that French met David Smyth after studying for a while in New York. She actually met him at a party in Liskeard, before she went to New York. She says this in her new book, 'Dear Fatty'.
-== How can she be English if born in Wales? ==
-How can Dawn be an 'English' actress when she was born in Wales??  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/90.222.146.162|90.222.146.162]] ([[User talk:90.222.146.162|talk]]) 06:39, 1 February 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-: It's not like the case where anyone born in the USA is an American citizen whether they like it or not.  Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are not sovereign nations.  Citizens of the United Kingdom decide for themselves whether they're to be regarded as British or English or Scottish or Welsh or Irish or some combination thereof.  It has very little to do with where one happens to be born.  Her Mum might have been on a day trip to Bangor for all we know.
-: I've altered your header "Dawn", btw, as everything on this page is by definition about Dawn French, so "Dawn" tells us precisely nothing about the subject of this thread.  --  [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 07:02, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
-::So who decided she was English? I don't see a source there. Also, UK citizens don't get to decide if they're British or not – they just are, otherwise they're not citizens of the UK. The English / Scottish / Welsh / Northern Irish aspect is entirely arbitrary and should be sourced on British BLPs, or just left as 'British'. [[User:Bretonbanquet|Bretonbanquet]] ([[User talk:Bretonbanquet|talk]]) 17:51, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
-== Marriage break up ==
-No reason given. Why?[[User:Fletcherbrian|Fletcherbrian]] ([[User talk:Fletcherbrian|talk]]) 11:44, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
-: Is it on the public record?  Have you searched for it?  --  [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 12:22, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
-Yes I've looked. General comments like she could not tolerate Lenny's infidelity, but nothing specific.[[User:Fletcherbrian|Fletcherbrian]] ([[User talk:Fletcherbrian|talk]]) 16:13, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
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