Talk:Debi Thomas

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You got that right[edit]

Wow! I couldn't have found a better site!

Poor wording in article[edit]

Regarding the part about the 1988 Olympics: I am fixing/augmenting the wording of this article, for it is inaccurate/incomplete - I just watched the youtube video of Thomas' performance, and although yes she did "perform poorly" (two bad landings and a landing fall) as this article says, it should be noted that she was the only American to bring home a Ladies Free Skate Figure Skating medal. ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 02:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Boitano won the gold...so she was not the only American to win a medal —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thefox258 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Autobiographical edits[edit]

A lot of the content of this article was written by Debi herself (or someone claiming to be her) under User: Orthodeb. These violate WP:AUTO and much of the content is not verifiable and of questionable notability. I've reverted the most recent batch of her edits, but a lot of autobiographical content remains to be cleaned up. Dindon~enwiki (talk) 05:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Recent long article[edit]

Maybe this article should be used to expand the content: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-mystery-of-why-the-best-african-american-figure-skater-in-history-went-bankrupt-and-lives-in-a-trailer/2016/02/25/a191972c-ce99-11e5-abc9-ea152f0b9561_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines 64.53.191.77 (talk) 13:16, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Another source(s)[edit]

Helena Michie, Sororophobia: Differences among Women in Literature and Culture (1992), pp. 169-174. [1] Discussion/comparison between Thomas and Katarina Witt's 1988 Olympic programs. Also see Ellyn Kestnbaum's discussion of Michie in Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning (2003), pp. 135-137. [2] Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:25, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]