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The photograph in this article was taken by Carl Van Vechten in 1966, according to the caption. However, Van Vechten's article says that he died in '64. What do we make of this? --djrobgordon 17:00, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My project

hello im Alex! im doing a report on Ruby Dee if you have any info thats good for a 11 year old girl email me at <email redacted>!!! please! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.163.62 (talk) 16:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

China Beach/Ossie Davis information

Hello all,

What appears to be an incorrect sentance regarding Ossie Davis' appearance in Skylark. One of my favorite episodes of China Beach and I have never found Mr. Davis either in the show nor in the credits. I believe who you might be remembering here is Joe Seneca who played Ernie.

The sentance "Her husband Ossie Davis (1917–2005) also appeared in that episode." Just needs to be stricken.

Thank you Jim Haseman --Jim haseman (talk) 14:50, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Year of Birth

Sources say that Ruby Dee was born in 1924. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.34.211 (talk) 04:22, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Read the footnotes and the New York Times article in which she acknowledges she was born in 1922. Quis separabit? 16:22, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Age of being nominated

She was 85 years old when she was nominated for American Gangster. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.34.211 (talk) 00:37, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

no such thing as death from 'natural causes'

Off topic
this is age discrimination. the term is never used on younger people's deaths, and the actual cause is given. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.108.8 (talk) 01:19, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

birth year

If she was born in 1924 then her death age is 89 if she was 91 when she died then she was born in 1922 as some sources states...so what do we do? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 02:12, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now, Wait a Minute

Though "Wiki" has Ms. Dee's birth and death date correct, elsewhere in the American media I've heard that she died at the age of 81-and with such consistency by said multiple media. --65.88.88.125 (talk) 16:02, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Veryverser[reply]

We cite CNN, The Washington Post, CBS, The New York Daily News and The New York Times. Looks pretty solid to me. Where are you seeing anything else? - SummerPhD^v2.0 17:43, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: rejected by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:21, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ruby Dee made her Broadway debut as the lead in Anna Lucasta? Source: https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/11/05/this-month-in-theatre-history-79/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Avril_Coleridge-Taylor
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Created by Battleofalma (talk). Self-nominated at 12:13, 28 March 2022 (UTC). General eligibility:[reply]

New enough: - No, neither article has been recently created, expanded, or improved to Good Article status. The Ruby Dee article has not even been edited at all.
Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - No, the Ruby Dee article has unsourced statements.
Neutral: - Didn't check
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - Didn't check

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - Didn't check
Interesting: - No, but neither article is eligible anyway.

QPQ: - Not applicable here, as the nomination is ineligible; if this were eligible, the DYK credit linked above would not count as a review.

Overall:

@Battleofalma: Unfortunately, I will have to fail this nomination per WP:DYKRULES. Neither of these two pages has been created, expanded fivefold, or improved to Good Article status within a week of the nomination. (Anna Lucasta hasn't been expanded fivefold since 2014 and Ruby Dee hasn't been expanded at all). Additionally, there are some sourcing problems with Ruby Dee's article. If you do improve either article to Good Article status, though, then that article can be renominated. Epicgenius (talk) 14:06, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Role in the Television & Stage sections

There was a suggestion on this page that there should be a table created for the Television and Stage sub sections, before implementing a table I wanted to get y'alls thoughts on if her her roles should be added to this table as well in the television and stage sections? Dobblesteintalk 21:35, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]