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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Jennifer Lawrence was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016?
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Change of name

This page is protected so I would like to request an administrator to change the name of Jennifer Lawrence to Jennifer Maroney at all places in the article including title. This is due to recent (and first m. 2019) marriage between Jennifer and Cooke maroney Legend12345677 (talk) 15:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's going too far. Even if Jen legally has taken on the Maroney name, she is far more known by the "Lawrence" last name than that. WP:COMMONNAME says article titles should use what subjects are most often known by. As for uses within article prose, I wouldn't recommend it for anything prior to marriage. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 15:25, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean prior to marriage. They are married. I am not American but as I understand if she is marrying she would want her name to be changed Legend12345677 (talk) 02:21, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I meant not using the name for any part of her life that took place before she got married. Also, not every female who marries a male wants to take on his last name, nationality not withstanding. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 03:40, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can you change the name if you want Legend12345677 (talk) 06:28, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely not. You have provided no evidence that Lawrence has changed her name, and it's TOO SOON regardless. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:59, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Non-breaking space

@SNUGGUMS and Vistadan:, I'm quite confused by your objection to a nonbreaking space between "$6 billion" in the top line. On my monitor, the first line ends with "over $6", which is quite different from "over $6 billion". Not everyone has the same monitor width. Please read MOS:NBSP then self-revert yourself. Thanks. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:57, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Muboshgu: I'm not able to self revert since my revert was to remove the text "my" you added to the article's Infobox "name". Vistadan 17:03, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Vistadan, you can do the partial revert where that stray text I accidentally added doesn't get reinserted. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:07, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Vistadan, thank you! – Muboshgu (talk) 17:20, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I might be late to this, but any difference of line/word placement that insertion makes once published isn't exactly substantial, regardless of monitor width. It just didn't seem worth inserting anything for adjustment of where only one word appeared. All it really does in edit mode is make the text look messy. Not very beneficial overall nor is it pleasant to see. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 19:14, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
SNUGGUMS, what it looks like in edit mode matters far less than what it looks like in reading mode, especially since most people who come to Wikipedia don't edit. "$6 billion" should be on the same line for every monitor width. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:59, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Line placement doesn't seem nearly as important as giving readers accurate information to the best of our ability. Is it really so bad when the "billion" text follows as soon as the following line begins? You might disagree with me on this, but I personally don't think it makes much difference in the long run (nothing more than perhaps a minor inconvenience), at least compared to what it is we actually write. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 21:05, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Electoral Reform Work

I thought it might be worthwhile to add references to Lawrence's participation in Maine's 2018 Ranked Choice Voting efforts, perhaps mentioning it in the Off-Screen Work section near other 2018 items sample article 1, sample article 2 Diabolical_Mdog (talk) 15:31, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Diabolical mdog: Please feel free to add that information to the article if you'd like. You have been an editor on Wikipedia for years now, and you made this comment here, so you definitely are able to add that information. The source you linked is reliable, so feel free to add it to her "Off-screen work". If other users feel that it needs to be improved upon, tweaked, or completely erased, then so be it. Factfanatic1 (talk) 13:41, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2020

The page inaccurately states her father is a construction worker, when he in fact owns a construction company. https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/jennifer-lawrence/ . 2600:1700:D401:11F0:C940:50D8:FDB6:598B (talk) 11:48, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done 2600:1700:D401:11F0:C940:50D8:FDB6:598B Gary Lawrence, her father, was a construction company owner. He isn't presently a construction company owner. Also, Hello Magazine isn't the most reliable source so I instead added a much more reliable source from CNN. Basically, I modified her Early life section with a much better source and made it past tense, not present tense. Factfanatic1 (talk) 13:08, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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