Talk:Alethea

Jodie Foster-Alethea

Noticed this article at Wikipedia:Teahouse#Alethea. Since the only current ref for it is imdb, I'm thinking of removing it (text and image) unless better sources are found. Just existing is not enough. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:49, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Did you look at ref 5? --Tagishsimon (talk) 08:55, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

@Tagishsimon I absolutely did not, thanks for pointing it out. It does make the connection. Per [1], for our purposes, it's a WP:BLOG though, right? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:00, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

It is, yes. --Tagishsimon (talk) 09:06, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

However, while doesn't mention any increase in name-use, and I still want to remove that unless there are better sources, I think it's good enough to keep Foster mentioned in the article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:17, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

References

I’d argue that the blogger is a naming expert and is what I consider a reliable source. As for the statistics, the U.S. Social Security Administration has statistics for name usage going back to 1880 and including five or more uses of a particular name for each year. . All spellings of Alethea did indeed increase immediately after the Jodie Foster appearance as Alethea on Kung Fu, per the stats. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 13:53, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Has she published about naming-stuff in reliable, independent publications? Otherwise, IMO it's [2] standard SPS. An article about a name like this can probably do better. She may very well be right, or the cause may have been something she didn't think of. If this is the best source, it (the increase thing) also fails WP:PROPORTION. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:11, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

I’m guessing there are probably other articles mentioning this that would be worth adding as sources. The printed reference I have is the one I listed. I am confident that it is correct based on what I did find. If someone else can track down scholarly references to improve the article, go to it. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:38, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

I didn't find any, but there may be. Since the blog is what you found, it may not be something that appears in RS. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:40, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

I don’t have the time or the resources to track this down right now, but there are onomastic journals that might have covered the topic, if someone has the interest. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:54, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

I have the WP:LIBRARY, and I found nothing there. Did you? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:02, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Not right now, though I don’t have time to do an exhaustive search. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:16, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Leadimage

I don't see an obvious connection to the article topic, is there one? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:16, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm not seeing the connection either. Added by @Bookworm857158367: at diff. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:21, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

The goddess Alethea is frequently represented as the personification of truth in art. The painting is one of several depicting “truth.” That’s the connection. There were so many paintings of women called Alethea that I avoided choosing one of them in favor of a painting depicting the meaning of the name. Alethea Howard is probably fine but the original problem presents itself. There’s only room for around three images. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:04, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

I did another search on Wikimedia Commons and came up with assorted photos/paintings of women called Alethea. Is Alethea Howard important or well known enough to represent all the Aletheas? She may be notable as one of the first and most prominent to be given the name, but the caption should orobably indicate that. The photo below is of Alice Liddell depicted as the goddess Alethea. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:30, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

That's Aletheia though (via Veritas, possibly), similar but not same. Not an English-language female first name. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:48, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Alethea is the English spelling. Aletheia and Alethea are the same name per the name dictionary and assorted other sources. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 22:34, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

More Foster

Jodie Foster isn't related to this topic in an important manner. I've removed the image again. Big Money Threepwood (talk) 05:32, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

And I object. The character she played in Kung Fu is cited as the reason for increase in usage of the name. The statistics have importance and the image of her as a child actress in the same time period is relevant Bookworm857158367 (talk) 06:47, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Apart from the crappy source on that, there is also a WP:PROPORTION problem, not-quite-half of "Usage" being about Kung Fu. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

I see you have reverted this again, despite BRD. You boldly added it, multiple people have argued it isn't relevant. Please stop edit warring, and self revert. Big Money Threepwood (talk) 08:27, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

I still think it is relevant, though a picture of her in the character role is preferable. Disproportionate emphasis would have been if I put it as the main image. it's actually the third image. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 13:51, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

World wide focus

This is a rare name that only ranked on the U.S. popularity chart for a handful of years in the 1970s due to the Jodie Foster guest appearance on Kung Fu. I looked at stats for various other countries as well and couldn't find any where Alethea had ranked as a popular name. Althea is quite popular right now in the Philippines but that's a different name than Alethea. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)