Talk:Brooke Shields/Archive 1

Archive 1

Images

You cant use these images here for that purpose. Read Wikipedia:Fair use - you can only use them to comment on the particular magazine cover as fair use, not just because you have no free picture. Justinc 12:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

That elephantine article makes no sense. What makes a lot more sense is the tag on both those photos. Those picture are free advertisements for those magazines. Mind your own business. Wahkeenah 12:29, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Copyright law may or may not make sense to you. It matters to wikipedia. Fair use only applies to very restricted circumstances, when you are commenting on the copyrighted image specifically. Just copying it in is not fair use. Justinc 12:33, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Is it your avowed intention to wade through all the thousands of articles and delete all the thousands of covers and videtapes, DVDs and magazines which contain tags asserting that they ARE FAIR USE, even if YOU don't think they are??? Wahkeenah 12:36, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Not at all. The images can be used in a fair use way. Just some of them aren't. I know it is a big task, but someone has to start on it sometime. The magazine covers are the ones used in ways furthest from fair use - using a DVD cover to illustate the specific film is fine for example. As is List_of_people_in_Playboy_1970-1979 I think too. Justinc 12:40, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Whether it's a DVD cover, a videotape cover or a magazine cover, it still serves as free advertising for the object in question, and thus is not harmful and is very likely helpful to the copyright owner, and that's one thing in that fair use megillah that does make sense. So this complaint of yours appears to be largely YOUR PERSONAL OPINION. FYI, I did not even put the "magazine cover" tag on the photo, that was done by User:*drew, who apparently agrees with me that it IS fair use. You seem to think you know something he doesn't know. So take your complaints to him and leave me out of it. Wahkeenah 12:45, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Brookenook Bio

The entry Wikipedia:Fair use specifically lists "An image of a magazine cover, used only to illustrate the article on the person whose photograph is on the cover." as a counterexample. You cannot use these images the way you do. Hektor 18:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Third opinion

I'm not sure if Hektor came here because of the listing on third opinion, but he's entirely right. Wikipedia:Fair use says exactly that, therefore these are not examples of valid fair use. --Varco 07:57, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Additionally, see Wikipedia:Publicity photos. Using a publicity photo for identification of the subject constitutes fair use. --Varco 08:01, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

The Guideposts cover is connected with the post-partum depression section, which according to Hektor's interpretation of the rules should qualify as fair use. Wahkeenah 09:19, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

What Hektor said was simply a counter-example; magazine cover art qualifies as fair use "for identification and critical commentary" of the magazine in question, and nothing beyond that. This is also stated in the copyright template for magazine covers, which is included in the images in question. (For reference, it's Template:Magazinecover) --Varco 01:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Then he needs to get busy and delete every book, magazine, CD and DVD cover in this so-called encylopedia, because 99% of it is going to be used for illustration rather than for "identification and critical commentary" of the object itself. So, how many suits have been filed against wikipedia by companies to whom we've provided this free advertising? Wahkeenah 02:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Critic of Scientology

Due to the whole spat between Tom Cruise and Brook Shields I recomend that we add her to the list of Critics of Scientology. The Fading Light 8:34, 26 March 2006

• Is she really a critic of scientology? I thought she was just reacting to Tom Cruise's offensive and none-of-his-business comments, not criticizing scientology itself. Wahkeenah 16:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
• But the reason nutty old' Tom made this an issue in the first place is because of his beliefs in Scientology, so at most she would be an indirect critic of Scientology. The Fading Light 7:34, 26 March 2006
• If you can find anything with her specifically criticizing scientology, that's one thing. But she was upset by what Cruise said, and the fact that scientology was the reason he said it was secondary. He could just as easily have been a Christian Scientist or an organic farmer. It was his comments that got under her skin, not his so-called religion. Wahkeenah 04:15, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• It might be fair to call her a "critic of one scientologist", which seems like a rather narrow category, although it would now include the writers for South Park also. Wahkeenah 04:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Geneology

Note that here she's listed as a 2nd cuz once removed of Glenn Close, but Glenn close is listed as a 1st cuz once removed of Brooke. 68.1.129.20 09:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Is that incredibly detailed geneology about each and every single one of her ancestors necessary? Also, I am deleting every single X-American category at the bottom of this list, pending a reliable source that calls Brooke Shiels that particular X-American (i.e. Shields herself, not her great-great-grandmother, etc. etc. ) Mad Jack 02:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

And outrageous text like "whole mess of early New England settlers, the royal houses of virtually every European country". Plus, I love how some brilliant editor put her in the "Arab Americans" category, probably because the article says that she may be descended from Mohammed himself! The editor with the gal to do that gets a barnstar from me any day of the week. Mad Jack 02:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Eddie Murphy once called Brooksie "the whitest woman in America". Maybe someone's just trying to prove it. Wahkeenah 02:28, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

LOL! I didn't know that. Heck, you should put that in the article, right at the top of the geneology section. "Murphy called her the whitest woman in American, and indeed Shields descends from white people of all creeds, religions and colors" :) Mad Jack 02:30, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I would, if I could find a source for it. However, maybe I could, if I looked. I'll get back to you. :) Also, I like Brooke, so if I post it I'll assume Eddie meant it with affection. Wahkeenah 02:33, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

The first source I found [http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/e/eddie-murphy-raw-script-transcript.html] has some popups, so I don't know if you want to be clicking on it. However, it has that quote. It's actually taken a little out of context, as it's really lampooning Michael Jackson, and how he is (or at least was) acceptable to the white public, thus it was OK with the white public when he escorted her to an awards show. It's from Eddie Murphy: Raw, so I think I'll cite that film and be done with it. Wahkeenah 02:39, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, I added something about it. Let me know what you think. Wahkeenah 02:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I was semi-kidding. I thought it might be cute to add that line somewhere. I moved it down below closer to the geneology. Mad Jack 02:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Of course it is necessary including her genealogy, she´s the only actual american entreteiner with strong relation with european nobility, she and actress Catherine Oxenberg, that´s a worthy note.

So is the Mash and Boston Legal actor Rene Auberjonois, he is directly descended from Joachim Murat,King of Naples and the two Sicilies and his wife Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon.Gaelic Rules (talk) 18:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I too wondered what the point of all that genealogy info was. Most readers looking for "Personal Information," I would imagine, would be more interested in her life story. I'd kind of like to know what the heck her mother was thinking letting her star in "Pretty Baby," for example. As for the Eddie Murphy comment, whatever he may have meant by it, I take it as a compliment to white women.66.44.102.11 (talk) 12:49, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

You might want to add a link to the NBC series Who Do You Think You Are? in which it was revealed that Shields is a direct descendent of Henry IV of France.

Five Popes

She's descended from five Popes? May I ask what happened to celibacy? Michael 03:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

• I think some of the early Popes were married and/or had children. However, I that was likely a joke entry that slipped by us... probably at the same time someone added "a whole mess of..." whatever. I'll see what I can do about finding it and weeding it. Wahkeenah 03:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
• This section was posted by a jokester, the last entry on July 3, lifted directly from the cited article, which is apparently somewhat of a spoof. It be gone now.:

She is also the descendant of Catherine de Medici, Lucrezia Borgia, Charlemagne, El Cid, William the Conquerer, King Harold (vanquished by William at the Battle of Hastings), five popes, a whole mess of early New England settlers, the royal houses of virtually every European country, the Renaissance pundit Niccolo Machiavelli, conquistador Hernando Cortes, Italian princess Marina Torlonia, and King Edward III of England. She may be a descendent of Mohammad and his sons and daughers carried through the European line. (see[1])

Wahkeenah 03:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Michael 03:25, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I have heard before that she was indeed descended from Lucrezia Borgia,daughter of Pope Alexander and definately Marina Torlina,but are any of the rest true?,the mohammed1 sounds the most unbelievable and i would doubt very much that it was true.But what articles has whole mess in itGaelic Rules (talk) 18:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

"Brooke nook"?

Brooke nook or, in its diminutive form, "Brookie nookie". Wahkeenah 20:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

It's down now, but her bio there was last archived here.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 05:03, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

filmography order

The list of films she's been in is listed in descending order by date, but the TV show list is in ascending order. Shouldn't they organized consistently? --PseudoChron 17:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Corrected "tv" ----> "TV" on the 1st paragraph

Kvsh5 (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Missing

The article does not at all mention photographer Garry Gross' controversial nude photographs of ten-year-old Brooke Shields, which later led to several lawsuits (cf. Richard Prince). That may not be the single most important aspect of her career, but it came even before Pretty Baby and may be one of the reasons she was cast for that film. One would expect those photos to be mentioned in a comprehensive biographic article about Brooke Shields. --Rosenzweig (talk) 15:19, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

• Garry Gross didn't even have an article so I just started one.  Francium12  15:59, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

her relationship with micheal jackson

the quote "That was one of the loves of my life. I think she loved me as much as I loved her, you know? We dated a lot. We, we went out a lot. Her pictures were all over my wall, my mirror, everything." is not about brooke but about TATUM O'NEAL, if you go to the source its obvious99.225.151.202 (talk) 05:19, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

no that quote is about brooke. its a fact

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32987303/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/page/5/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.36.153.229 (talk) 03:18, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Shields

However, while much of the plot and content of the movie were sexual in nature, the scenes in which Shields appeared nude were rather benign.

"Benign"? This is a point of view, yes? Not having seen the film, I have no opinion on the matter, but in any case, this statement is editorial opinion, and should be replaced by references to what known critics have said. -- Oliver P. 00:39 7 Jun 2003 (UTC)

This film and its critics were only scorned in the US, it had a worldwide distribution and was looked upon favorably around the world. Having seen the film, the nude scenes were incidental indeed (as critics have pointed out).

The bigger point is the controversy which lead up to the making of the film, a lengthy Supreme Court battle over the pictures from a series by photographer Garry Gross, which depicted Shields in very erotic nude poses at the age of 10. One photograph from this series, in the Musuem of Modern Art was auctioned for an amount close to 1 million dollars. Though she was a model even as an infant ...this was the actual start of her career. 69.158.98.34 10:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Real Name

Brooke's first name is not Crista. Brooke is her first name and Crista is her middle name. See her IMDb listing, http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/super_models/Brooke_Shields/bio.html, and http://www.cinemotions.com/modules/Artistes/fiche/18691/Brooke-Shields.html . Brookenook Bio Gmosaki 23:42, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Italian american list

she isn't in the list... 62.101.126.218 14:29, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Added info. on her ancestry

I didn't get the chance to write out all the links, but according to several biographical articles, TV biographies, books, and numerous websites, etc. I added the German-American, and Spanish-American ancestry categories. Here is just one link (sorry, not a good one) that skims over her relations. http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Brooke_Shields. I also added back the Catholic category - she is a practicing Catholic, and is even pro-life. But, I did not include a pro-life activist category, because she is not publicly active like Martin Sheen, Patricia Heaton, Kathy Ireland, or Jonathan Taylor Thomas. I will come back and add some more information to her biography since I have collected a few old magazines from the 80's, as well as current ones. This article is a bit sparse for such an eighties icon. --CreativeSoul7981 (talk) 07:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Your falsely added category have been removed. Check out her ancestry below. Che829 (talk) 04:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

4. Frank Shields

2. Francis Alexander Shields

10. Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi

5. Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi

11. Mary Elsie Moore

1. Brooke Shields

3. Teri Shields

Last Sentence in "Postpartum Depression"

"In spite of dire consequences..." -- This sentence doesn't make a freaking ounce of sense, and has nothing to do with Brooke's struggle with PPD. Somebody remove this. 69.3.33.150 (talk) 16:18, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Postpartum depression

Shields responded to a further attack by Cruise in an essay published in The New York Times on July 1, 2005, in which she made a scientific and individual case for the medication (see [2]).

Can someone explain this to me? Isn't it just an op-ed? I don't see any scientific citations or references, so I don't see how this is a "scientific and individual case". Please enlighten me. (On this page if possible, not on my Talk page - though you can certainly leave a message there telling me someone has clarified this for me -- maybe I'm just tired right now) 69.124.143.230 04:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC) Don't mean to come off as biased or stand-offish or anything, I just think the wording is a little biased. (and fixed a typo) 69.124.143.230 19:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

If you check out the post partum depression wiki, they reference research that shows that there is no proof that hormonal changes are what cause PPD. From what I understand, there is no scientific literature that says depression is a chemically caused condition. It's caused by a variety of factors, and the drugs are acting in essentially the same way as cocaine. They block the pre-synaptic membrane so there is less reuptake, and the neurotransmitters have a greater effect. In my own un-medical opinion, depression is just a weakness that can be beaten with willpower and help from friends. 70.231.232.70 19:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow. Speechless that you wrote that and have not yet been torn to pieces. Take your opinion elsewhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.193.72.2 (talk) 12:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

There are plenty of scholarly articles and medical research that back up post-partum depression as a legitimate condition. Anti-depressants also do NOT have the same method-of-action as stimulants, and in fact sometimes cause additional tiredness. That I even have to type this in the first place is ridiculous. Go troll elsewhere.98.225.230.65 (talk) 04:33, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Lack of references. Biased opinions and evident intentionality.

I decided to eliminate the following. I considere necessary to cite accurately -if there is any - the assumptions these paragraph is presenting.

"Actor/comedian Eddie Murphy, in his concert film, Eddie Murphy: Raw, called Shields "the whitest woman in America". Her paternal grandparents are Francis Xavier Shields, a tennis star of Irish descent, and Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, who was a sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, husband of the spanish Infanta Doña Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg (aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain). Their granddaughter, Sibilla Weiller (b. 1968), Brooke's cousin, married Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (b. 1963), the youngest brother of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, in 1994.

Through her Italian grandmother, Shields is a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Honoré I of Monaco and Henry IV of France. Shields is "a 23rd generation descendant of Francesco I Gattilusio, the founder of the Lesbian Gattilusii dynasty," according to the monograph "The Lesbos Island Ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Brooke Shields, and the Marquis de Sade."[1]

Through her Irish grandfather, the branch of the Shields family from which Brooke Shields descends, traces its ancestry to William Shields, born 1600, at Lough Neagh in County Armagh and killed in County Antrim in 1655. He had four sons, William, James, Daniel, and John. William & James were deported by Cromwell to Barbados in 1655 (they may have been conscripted to serve in the invasion of Spanish America — the “Western Design” that collapsed at Hispaniola in that year). Both relocated to Middle Plantation (now Williamsburg, Virginia) in 1658 as indentured servants. James and his descendents became tavern-keepers. Shields Tavern is a restored public house in Colonial Williamsburg. John Shields, the gunsmith of the Lewis & Clark expedition was of this line as was United States President John Tyler through his mother. William migrated to Kent County, Maryland where he gave rise to the prominent Tennessee political clan, the New Orleans family of white jazz musicians. The third brother, Daniel, was a Catholic partisan who would die in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. His son, one of the Wild Geese, associated with the Spanish and wound up in Cuba as governor general. Other descendents include the Civil War General James Shields, who would become U.S. Senator in three different states. The youngest of the four sons, John (born 1650), died on his voyage to America in 1732. His son William Shields was fostered by the Kent County, Maryland cousins and would found Emmitsburg, Maryland. Among many notable descendents were Arthur Shields, a controversial 19th-century Presbyterian, who was expelled from Princeton University and from this branche belongs Brooke Shields."

Hangyakusha 05:41, 24 October 2006 (UTC) Rebelde

I can't vouch for the rest, but a quick review of Raw would give you the answer to that. Raw is a primary source, there doesn't need to be a secondary source that mention's it's content as it stands on its own. Leaving it out for now.98.225.230.65 (talk) 04:35, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Film

Do we really need to know that "On January 22, 2001, at 9 PM EST, Lifetime (TV network) aired the film What Makes a Family, starring Brooke Shields..." (my italics)?

Please replace with "In 2001 Lifetime aired the film What Makes a Family, starring Brooke Shields..." --86.41.19.9 (talk) 21:23, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Removed the unnecessary time, which can be added to the actual article for this title.Rivertown (talk) 23:35, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Inaccurate/Sexist Language

"Although she was not the only one, Shields had what was required to promote woman athletics into the American mainstream: she was very feminine as a celebrity and as a model she really liked to dress up.[42]"

Although this uses a study to 'back up' its claims, I believe this statement is both sexist and an unverifiable opinion - I am sure there is a better way for this to be phrased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.80.68 (talk) 00:00, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Fixed.Msw1002 (talk) 02:23, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 71.22.156.40, 11 February 2011

USO TOURS... Brooke Shields began her support of the USO by touring with Bob Hope in the mid–1980s.

71.22.156.40 (talk) 17:29, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Updated: Information has been added to article with reference. Msw1002 (talk) 17:54, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Daughter's name

Brooke's first daughter's name is not spelled Rowan Frances, but Rowan Francis, using the exact spelling of Brooke's father's name. (Down Came the Rain, inside front cover, p. 63) Lms419 (talk) 00:32, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Corrected. Thanks for the heads up.Msw1002 (talk) 00:46, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Family history

original: The illness may have been triggered by a traumatic childbirth, the death of her father three weeks earlier, stress from in vitro fertilization, a miscarriage and a family history of depression, as well as the hormones and life changes which were brought on by childbirth.

amended: The illness may have been triggered by a traumatic childbirth, the death of her father three weeks earlier, stress from in vitro fertilization, a miscarriage and a family history of alcoholism, as well as the hormones and life changes which were brought on by childbirth. (Down Came the Rain, p. 140) Lms419 (talk) 00:41, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Small error

In your biography of Brooke Shields you mistakenly list the school she attended in Manhattan as the Lenox school. I'm positive this information is wrong, as she attended the New Lincoln School at 210 E77th street (a coeducational school) until 8th grade. I am sure of this fact, as I attended at the same time, and we had many mutual acquaintances. Thank you for your time, and I hope this was helpful.Mdr114 (talk) 15:44, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Corrected. Found source to add for this correction. Thanks for your correction note. Msw1002 (talk) 17:21, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Official site & YT channel

Please add, http://www.brookenook.net/, thanks.

YouTube channel as well: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheBrookeNook

Feos-theos (talk) 20:04, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Although, I think brooknook.net is a good site, I believe these links do not fit Wikipedia's policy and are not allowed per WP:FANSITE. Msw1002 (talk) 22:37, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Not just "good", it's official. Feos-theos (talk) 18:11, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Cousin

Unwritten that Brooke Shields She Is distant cousin of Glenn Close. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.82.171 (talk) 20:30, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Gaelic name

The article claims her surname is Gaelic. However no evidence is given to support any Gaelic antecedence. Explain please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.101.113 (talk) 04:54, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Education

According to the Wiki page on Victoria Sellers, Brooke attended the same school as her - Le Lycee Francais in West Los Angeles, a private school run by French immigrants. This appears to conflict with the education details on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.164.109 (talk) 12:39, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Unsourced info on Victoria Sellers article removed, with note to add only if sourced. Msw1002 (talk) 17:14, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

USO

Please add any of the following images...Brooke Shields support of the USO is well known and much appreciated by U.S. servicemen...

<center><gallery> File:Julie Hayek USO Tour.jpg|Brooke Shields (far right) performs with Bob Hope during the Christmas Eve USO show for the crewmen aboard the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) operating off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. With help from, left to right: Miss USA Julie Hayek, Cathy Lee Crosby and Ann Jillian File:Brooke Shields 1991.jpg|Brooke Shields holds up a flight deck jersey presented to her by Ensign Richard Jones, the aircraft launching and recovery equipment (ALRE) maintenance officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41). Shields' visit to the Midway is part of a tour sponsored by the United Service Organizations (USO). The MIDWAY is in the gulf to support Operation Desert Shield.

File:Brooke Shields 1991Jan.jpg|Brooke Shields is flanked by Rear Adm. Daniel P. March, left, commander, Carrier Group Five, and Capt. Arthur K. Cebrowski, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41), during her visit to the MIDWAY. Shields' visit is part of a tour sponsored by the United Service Organizations (USO). The MIDWAY is in the gulf to support Operation Desert Shield.</gallery>

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.22.156.40 (talk) 06:11, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

These may be worth cropping and including, but the article is pretty well illustrated as it. Span (talk) 15:28, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

I agree it's great all the support Brooke has done with the USO. I added one of the photos, all three would be too much for the article. Msw1002 (talk) 04:38, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.22.156.40 (talk) 05:11, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Brooke is athletic?

I think the following paragraph under the Personal Section is a bit odd and rather pointless:

By the 1990s, Brooke Shields would be exhibiting her physique as an extension of her womanhood, promoting physical fitness as an extension of femininity, demonstrating that femininity and athletics are consistent rather than incongruous. Although she was not the only one, Shields had what was required to promote women's athletics.[42]

It is from a textbook, no way to actually verify it, and it just seems like it was thrown in for no particular purpose. She apparently has tennis pros in her ancestry? She was married to tennis pro, Andre Agassi for a couple of years. I don't recall reading anything in the whole entry of her participating in any sort of sports, amateur or just for fun. I have never heard (doesn't mean she hasn't done one) any commercial or anything else that expounds upon athleticism and femininity, so I would like to remove it or if someone agrees, they can remove it. Mylittlezach (talk) 22:18, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

I did find a source for this book and I added it to the article. In addition, I know this might not be for the "personal" section of the article, but she was also in several episodes of Circus of the Stars which she did need some athleticism. Msw1002 (talk) 22:58, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

The use of "Spring" to identify a specific time period

I have found that the use of seasonal descriptions, i.e. Summer , Winter, Spring, Autumn and fall is confusing for people in different hemispheres. The use of of "Fall" is meaningless outside North America (I'm guessing the extent of usage here).
So in this article where the "Spring" is used to describe when Brook Shields made known her battle with Postpartum depression, should be replaced with something specific e.g. April/May

From the section "Postpartum depression"
Remove: "In the spring of 2005,"
Replace with: "In the months April/May of 2005,"

Cairnsbythesea (talk) 01:39, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Y Done Thanks for the request! Harryboyles 15:46, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 6 October 2013

In 2012, Brooke appeared on episode 189 of Guy's Big Bite. They grilled fish on his back patio, and he laughed when she correctly suggested improvements for the way he'd lined up skewers of fish on the grill.

Pkbleier (talk) 20:30, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

 Not done Trivial and unsourced. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 02:44, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Education

In the section on education, reference 19 (the New York Times op-ed piece) is misquoted. I checked the reference. The op-ed piece explicitly absolves the student (Ms. Shields) from criticism and directs its criticism against Princeton University. Instead of "she was criticized for not taking...", the sentence preceding the reference should read "Princeton University was criticized for not requiring her to take..." Also, since she DID take a course in philosophy, that word should be deleted from the sentence. Unless anyone wishes to challenge my reading of the citation, I will make the change myself in a couple of weeks. Alternatively, the sentence could simply be removed, on the grounds that a criticism of Princeton University's distribution requirements is only peripherally relevant to the subject of the article; however, I personally believe the information is worthy of inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.52.1.201 (talk) 23:51, 25 May 2014 (UTC) Sorry, I made a misstatement above. I can't edit this article, in fact I find I no longer know how to edit anything on wikipedia. Someone else will have to fix it.

Catholic

She still a Catholic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.144.34.99 (talk) 21:55, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Category: Category: Category: Category:

The subject is so unknown as a writer that such a fact is not even mentioned in the intro. Yet, she has just been added to 12 categories of writers of verious types (including a few overlaps). Isn't there - like most things in WP - a 'rule' about overdoing something? Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:43, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Army Wives

Shields was actually part of the main cast of the 7th and final season, not recurring. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.55.157 (talk) 01:12, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Corrected. Msw1002 (talk) 04:57, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Mr. Pickles

Apparently she's part of the main cast too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.55.157 (talk) 14:11, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Fixed as well. Msw1002 (talk) 05:42, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 October 2015

Please insert "Chalet Girl 2011" as a film credit (source IMDB) 82.69.90.175 (talk) 00:13, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

 Done - Thanks for the suggestion - Arjayay (talk) 08:45, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

External links modified

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Semi-protected edit request on 14 December 2016

Scream Queens as Dr. Scarlett Lovin 71.222.62.104 (talk) 13:52, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 3 March 2017

change Charolette to Charlotte (appears once in article) aunseth 04:37, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

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1984 Movie Wet Gold

In filmographie missed 1984 movie (Wet Gold)

Wet Gold is a made for tv movie and is already listed under that section. Msw1002 (talk) 06:24, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

personal info

The article's personal information section starts with the incredible statement that Ms Shields lost her virginity to so-and-so on such-and-such a date. I can't believe that she is happy about this, despite the fact that she may have written or talked about it publicly at some point in the past. I also can't believe that this information is relevant to the article. I tried to edit it, as well as the next ridiculous sentence, which talks about her "having what it takes" (whatever that means) to comment on women's athletics and physical fitness. But my edits were deleted within minutes. Anyway, this should be discussed, imo. Rhodyrudder (talk) 01:16, 31 August 2018 (UTC)Rhodyrudder

Clarity issue, in early life paragraph

The article refers to Brook as Shields in the early life paragraph. It's very confusing because it's not clear of it talks about the daughter, the mother, the father or another family member. O.arad.h (talk) 19:51, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Pretty Baby

Is there any reason as to why the horrible things relating to Shields' roll in Pretty Baby, and her subsequent appearance in Playboy, are barely even mentioned in this article? Jburke2005 (talk) 17:13, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 October 2022

I believe Brooke Shields' full name is "Brooke Christa Camille Shields" as per: https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Shields 2804:14C:6581:6330:184C:8A43:F62D:7BFB (talk) 22:21, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Other wikis are not reliable sources. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:16, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 April 2023

Remove where it says she lived in Haworth NJ across the George Washington Bridge. The GWB connects with Fort Lee, NJ and Haworth is nowhere near it. 2600:4040:AF41:300:DD24:533C:2D95:5BDC (talk) 13:07, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

 Done GA-RT-22 (talk) 13:18, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Why are some of her films including two notorious flops left out of the article?

I ask myself why such films as "Just You and Me, Kid" (in which she and/or a body double appeared in three nude/partially nude scenes) and Sahara (1983) and Brenda Starr (1989) -- two notorious bombs (she won two (count 'em 2!) Razzie Award nominations for SAHARA, and won Best Supporting ACTOR(!) for a turn in drag) -- have been left out. Montju (talk) 05:01, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Seizure

I just read this in a newspaper.

There isn't a health section as such but a very long section on post-partum depression. Maybe it goes under personal life?

Or is it worth including?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:00, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Richard Price "Spiritual America"

The Spiritual America exhibit was made by artist Richard Prince, not the 18th century philosopher Richard Price who wrote very little about Shields' career. Please change all references to 'Price' in this section to 'Prince' (with an 'n') and link to the correct Wikipedia page.

Thanks. 146.90.5.85 (talk) 12:52, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done Cannolis (talk) 17:44, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

The statement of heritage pedigree is ridiculous

Hello everyone! I just want to leave it here stated that giving so much importance to the fact that "Her mother was of English, German, Scotch-Irish, French Canadian and Welsh descent, while her father had English, French, German, Irish, and Italian ancestry," (and what follows in the article) is totally ridiculous, in my opinion. Its usefulness to the reader is very questionable. It reminds of a trend you see throughout the world outside Europe, of people getting out of their way to establish their association/connection to European culture and ethnicity, for reasons that could go from prestige to the question of civilization/barbarism to eugenics. We probably should be making at least some effort to counteract that old trend. Zatrp (talk) 00:14, 19 June 2024 (UTC)