Talk:Rita Shane

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The article gave Shane's date of birth as on August 15, 1940. A posting on the BLP noticeboard (

Further to this, I've not been able to confirm the 1936 date. Google finds multiple references to 1940, but most are clearly Wikipedia mirrors, and those that aren't may be referenced from the same source that her (claimed) ex-husband states is incorrect. Without engaging in

original research, I can't see any way to resolve this issue, so I'll just ask anyone finding a source with Shane's DoB to note the problem, and not to add it without discussion here first unless it is conclusive. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:09, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply

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The potential sources that I have been able to verify through googlebooks are all just commentaries about her performances, and mostly just listing her as appearing in a cast - nothing resembling any type of biographical information. Active Banana (^bananaphone 19:01, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh well, I'll just have to keep looking... AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you have access to International book of honor [1] it looks like it might be in there - but the previews are sometimes random in how they cobble the text together and the snippet view cuts it off. Active Banana (^bananaphone 19:14, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll maybe see if I can track this down. Thanks AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:18, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

<ref>Rita Shane</ref> The biography text lists the wrong birthdate. She was born in Bronx, New York on August 15, 1936 parents: Julius J. Shane and Rebekah Milner Shane. This can be verified by birth records of the City of New York. I am her ex-husband of 47 years, Daniel F. Tritter Your error probably came from the slovenly "research" of the late British musicologist, Stanley Sadie, who knew nothing about the subject. [unsigned, but the history at RFC/BOARD shows: 66.108.30.238 (talk)‎ . . (83,117 bytes) (+450)‎ . . (→‎Rita Shane: new section)]

Moved the above post from

There seem to have been several misunderstandings.

I'm particularly annoyed at [email protected]'s

I've now merged my & 4meter4's edit. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:48, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the misunderstanding. I must have been tired last night. Thanks for clearing things up Michael.4meter4 (talk) 03:36, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]