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Would anyone be against me moving the information about the Hinckley case to the "Personal life"-section as a subsection? The bit about her relationships, sexual orientation and children could be named something like "Relationships and family". My reasoning for this is that while the Hinckley case certainly was 'a bigger deal' than your 'ordinary' celebrity stalker case, it was still very much something that affected Foster's personal life rather than her career, and having an entire section dedicated just for that seems a little odd. Also, what are your opinions on maybe renaming the section? In my ear, "fan obsession" is too broad a term – you could call any teenaged fan of a pop star who plasters their room with their idol's pictures and screams at their gigs 'obsessed'. Given that we are here talking about very serious crimes and acts committed by severely mentally ill people rather than actual fans, I think another term would be more suitable. TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 11:37, 2 February 2015 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3
Currently, in the Religious views section, we have this: "Foster is an atheist. She has stated she has "great respect for all religions" and spends "a lot of time studying divine texts, whether it's Eastern religion or Western religion." She and her children celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah." " (I deleted the footnote markers.) To my mind this doesn't make sense. Someone like that would be described as an agnostic, as it doesn't make sense for an atheist to "[study] divine texts." And why celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah? __209.179.54.78 (talk) 03:35, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm planning on overhauling this article, as I think Foster deserves a more detailed one given that her career has spanned more than five decades and includes several classic films. My intention isn't to make any radical changes in terms of layout, but rather to add more information about different stages of her career, as well as better sources. If there's any editor who'd be interested in collaborating, please don't hesitate to contact me! TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 16:44, 26 September 2015 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3
The article has left me confused about her family. The article states that she has her kids from her relationship with Bernard, but I kinda doubt it was the same way as within a straight relationship. If she got her kids through adoptation, I think the article should mention it. --2003:71:4E3F:3382:184:B6C:7C10:9401 (talk) 06:02, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
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In this section, there is plenty of info about her father his ancestors (going as far back as the Mayflower), his roots, previous marriage and career. It then states that Foster's parents' 'marriage ended before Foster was born, and she never established a relationship with her father.' As such, why do we have so much information about him? Is it at all relevant if she had nothing to do with him? Wouldn't it be better to focus on her mother, with whom she did have a relationship?
I've not edited this; there's a lot of correctly referenced info in there, which makes me wonder if this is relevant for a reason I've overlooked. 2A02:1811:B605:4E00:24E4:50DC:366:7E59 (talk) 10:16, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
A separate issue with this section is that it claims that "Brandy was of descent heritage", which is meaningless. The cited article from Rolling Stone says that Brandy's family was German, hence I'm probably going to change "descent" to "German". The subsequent sentence is also ambiguous, but I can't see how to make it less so right now. Dotdotdotcomma (talk) 17:20, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Jodie Foster played the role of Alethea Patricia Ingram in the Kung Fu episode Alethea, Season 1, Episode 10. Jodie was born in 1956, Kung Fu was released in 1972, so Jodie was 16 years old at the time of release, but in the episode she looks younger, maybe 14 or 15. Michael44a (talk) 04:51, 25 July 2019 (UTC) Source is the Episode.
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'canceled' is misspelled as 'cancelled'.
The American spelling is 'canceled'. This article is about an American actress. It would seem as if American spelling should be used.
There is a rule that always works: When suffixing a polysyllabic, never double the final consonant if the accent is on the first syllable.
Other examples:
benefited labeled offered badgered signaled leveled traveled "The Road Less Traveled" etc.
Thank you. 74.93.2.182 (talk) 21:26, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Sure it is current, but the bad quality pixelation makes her look like she is made of rancid yoghurt. I think we can do better! 2605:8D80:4C0:A26:CD:6F1E:6519:95FC (talk) 02:33, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
User:Flyer22 Reborn User talk: Flyer22 Reborn I have never 'pinged' anyone on another page before, so if this protocol is incorrect, my apologies.
Wondered why you reverted my "In popular culture" section? Many lesser actors/country and rock musicians have these on their Wikipedia pages; accounts of songs/stories/movie-roles in pop culture that they have inspired. Why can't Jodie?
Usually, when a major director carefully and lovingly crafts a character obviously based on someone (even using her own oft-quoted phrases; i.e. "call me an actor, not an actress", etc.) in an award-winning movie based on historic events... and even the New York Times (which I cited) takes the time to say the character is based on this person.... well, where and how is that "unnecessary trivia"? That is HOMAGE AND RESPECT, of course. (You saw the movie, right?)
If a great novel character was based on Foster (or a bestseller, poem or hit song) would you consider that trivial too? Because all of these are routinely mentioned in Wikipedia biographies.
Usually, being the inspiration for great characters is considered a testament to the importance of that person's life. Unnecessary trivia??? Seriously??? To be included in a Tarantino film is unnecessary trivia???? I am astounded. Many would kill for such an honor.
Could we please revert the edit? Because I am sure she will inspire even more artistic portrayals at some point, and I think they should be included too. PB57 (talk) 00:24, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
I have to scroll all the way down to the bottom to find the list of awards and nominations. I find that very inaccessible, is there a valid reason to put it at the bottom in that format? I'm not too familiar with biography's format, I hope someone who is can help with this. Thank you! ZeroApocalypse (talk) 15:30, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
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Her age is incorrect 70.30.242.169 (talk) 21:02, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
Surely we can find a higher quality image of Jodie Foster to use than this 2600:1700:190B:9B00:4DD5:D521:298:C1DF (talk) 22:12, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
Why is her photo here so awful? I'd change it if I understood the ways of Wikipedia.
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