Talk:Ronni Ancona

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Really 6 foot two?

Is she really 6 foot two? I worked with her briefly (as a lowly runner) and I don't remember her being taller than me! Coyote-37 13:28, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No - her height was mis-reported and IMDB has now changed it to 5 ft 9.DavidFarmbrough 15:29, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any biographical sources we could cite for either of these factoids ? I've heard plenty of conflicting assertions regarding both! veghead 11:43, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

ISTR both were confirmed by Ronni herself at various times but the height is in the IMDB bio. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidFarmbrough (talk • contribs) 10:11, 8 August 2005

Image added

Image added, until someone decides it's not fair use. veghead 10:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

User:MacRusGail, apologies for reverting your edit. Whilst accurate, it removed accurate information, and included a stub. She's obviously Scottish, see the article. But why did you feel the need to remove the British-Jewish and replace it with Scottish-Jewish ? Sounds like you're trying to make a point that is irrelevant to the article. Is there an "Over 6ft tall, Scottish, Jewish" tag that would be even more accurate ? Or what about just adding the Scottish-Jewish reference without removing the British ? Both are true, regardless of the legitimacy of Scotland being part of Britain. Revert this change and I promise not to touch it; I'm not being arsey and I'm certainly not pro-Britain/England, but I do object to people pushing personal opinion on Wikipedia. I also hate 'stub' messages and find them counter-productive. People who know more can add it. People who don't won't. But casual passers-by will see the stub message as saying "we're a bit crap aren't we?". If you feel strongly that I'm wrong, then put it back. I certainly won't re-edit. Regards veghead 00:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bizarre... --MacRusgail 17:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...not really [1] veghead 16:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bizarre as in your language. Funny how if you mention Scottish, the imperialists come out the woodwork. --MacRusgail 22:14, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

She's achieved success, and is therefore British. Once she fades into obscurity, she'll be Scottish again. You know how it works. Rogerborg 18:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

I've just watched that QI episode and can't find the bit where Stephen Fry says any of that stuff. No matter what you think of the subject matter, we have to keep it NPOV. Yeah I'm sure she's lovely and everything but that's not the point. --veghead 13:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blue Peter

She did mention (on "Comedy Map of Britain") being on Blue Peter with "Pot's People", when still at school, didn't she? 88888 15:13, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edits by Ronni Ancona's agent

Argtalent, who identifies as Ronni Ancona's agent, has deleted vast parts of the article, including what appears to be well-rerefenced content, refusing to give an explanation except that "These edits have been made on behalf of Ronni Ancona herself" and asking to "respect the wishes of Ms Ancona" and not change Argtalent's version.

Information in Wikipedia articles, especially those about living people, certainly should be correct and well-sourced. Subjects of articles are very welcome to point out errors on talk pages such as this one, and anyone can remove content that lacks references. However, that does not mean that the subject has authority over the Wikipedia article as if it were their personal resume. The use of Wikipedia by PR agents for promotional purposes is strongly discouraged.

So please point out the specific errors in this version that motivated the deletions, and also cite sources yourself for the added content.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 13:05, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This supposed role account has now been blocked, but given that it also made inaccurate edits to another BLP there's no reason to assume that it's telling the truth here. I've recovered the parts of the blanked material which were either uncontroversial or properly sourced, leaving out some personal material which I don't think is significant (or well-sourced) enough to warrant inclusion. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

QI

Noting the number of times she has ‘won’ QI (not a programme renowned for its’ strict scoring), maybe a wee bit pathetic. RabFifer (talk) 13:34, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Last edited at 21:39, 20 October 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 04:52, 30 April 2016 (UTC)