Talk:Inga Andersen

Sources I am not finding

I am not finding:

• The She trained in Seattle
• That she and her students were in many performances (it's not really needed)
• Didn't come across "On a visit home in the summer of 1937, Andersen was feted at a Board of Trade appreciation banquet, hailed as "a great inspiration to the children of the city...." ... but it's not necessary

If anyone else can find these, though, that would be nice.–CaroleHenson (talk) 20:49, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

I forgot, I couldn't find South Fort George for the Andersen's either. (Very hard to find, if SFG appears anywhere on the page with Inga Andersen, it shows as a hit.–CaroleHenson (talk) 21:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Seattle - Prince George Citizen, September 22, 1927, p. 6 - ad announcing the coming season of Inga's school said she'd been studying "at several of the leading schools in Vancouver and Seattle...."

• Gadavison95, Great, done!

Recital performances in Prince George - these typically happened in June after the winter's classes were over - see PG Citizen, ad for recital at the Capitol Theatre on June 7, 1928, p. 3, review in June 14, 1928, p. 9; and ad including the 35 act program on June 6, 1929 to take place at the Princess Theatre on June 14-15.

• Great, done!

1937 appreciation banquet - see PG Citizen, August 12, 1937, p. 1; there's a front page story in the Citizen on July 29, 1937 on how proud PG is about Inga's accomplishments.

• Great, done!

BTW, South Fort George was the first settlement near the junction of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers - it was beside the First Nation's reserve and Hudson's Bay post - it served as a waypoint for sternwheelers operating on the rivers, but was bypassed by the railroad's arrival in 1914. Central Fort George was a land speculator's attempt to focus settlement a short way up the Nechako, but the railroad and government scuttled them both by removing the reserve and centering Prince George between them. Inga's father first operated in South Fort George (not incorporated into PG until 1975) but moved into PG during WW1.

• Yes, I found out some information about South Fort George along the way. It's interesting. I just couldn't find Inga or her father with "South Fort George". It's fine, though, the site is part of Prince George now, right? In any event, it's worded fine now in Andersen's early life section.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Also, as a historian, I don't agree with the apparent policy that tabloid newspapers are unacceptable out of hand as reliable sources. They are sources, and imposing a modern view of tabloids on papers 80 and 90 years ago does them a disservice. The Vancouver Province and the Montreal Gazette are two examples mentioned of Canadian papers with decades of reputable reporting.

• I agree, for these types of articles for biographies. I replaced the "Mirror" reference, though. This is not the type of information that would get skewed based upon political leanings, etc. in the two newspapers you mentioned. That's my take as well. As Brachy0008, said it might be an issue for a Good article nomination - or that so many of the newspaper articles are from local sources.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

• As an FYI, there are 586 news items for "Inga Andersen" from a search of 1928 to 1960 here from England and the U.S., which would likely bring additional content as well.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your work cleaning this up. As you could tell, I'm not familiar with Wiki formatting! Gadavison95 (talk) 17:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

My pleasure. I really enjoyed working on it and finding more about her entertaining troops during and after World War II. I think that could make an interesting WP:DYK item. I could nominate it if you like, for instance some options are:

• Did you know... that Inga Andersen was called "The Blackout Girl" for entertaining British troops at the front lines during World War II?
• Did you know... that Inga Andersen was said to be on Hitler's top ten execution list for singing "Hail Adolph" at the front lines during World War II?
• Did you know... that Inga Andersen was called "Canada's Sophisticated Songstress" when she performed in London?–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

• Added English and American news articles.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Links from other articles

I linked this article to 2 other articles. If you know of others, that would be great. The more links, the more views.–CaroleHenson (talk) 02:30, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

3, I just found Du Barry Was a Lady.–CaroleHenson (talk) 02:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Intro

I took a stab at an introduction for the article, but it might be helpful to expand and edit what is there, particularly for a good article nomination.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:25, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Another thing for a good article nomination:

• It would be good to format all performances like "Fig Leaves (February 1940)" for consistency.
• I was trying to avoid rewording what you wrote, unless the information from the source was a bit different, that I didn't look for close paraphrasing. That would be something to check out, too.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:54, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Regarding close paraphrasing, I ran Copyvio detector and got "Violation Unlikely 8.3% similarity" and there's no glaring issue. That doesn't mean that there's no issue, but that it's not very pronounced if there is an issue. For instance, if it has all the same words in one sentence, but scrambled.–CaroleHenson (talk) 20:00, 8 April 2024 (UTC)