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[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Green&oldid=683992180#Green_versus_Greene This section] has recently been added and I believe it is not an appropriate addition to the article. Bar the odd reference to the Warner Bros. website it mainly consists of "in universe" references that the author has identified as evidence of the inconsistency in how Rachel's surname is spelt. While references to the show may be acceptable to source that the names has been spelt differently in the show they are not sufficient to establish that the inconsistency is in any way significant. As a rule "in universe" goofs and inconsistencies are not documented on Wikipedia per [[WP:BLOOPERS]], unless secondary sources (i.e. reliable sources not affiliated to the show or to Warner) explicitly cover the issue of the inconsistency itself. A secondary source is important for two reasons: i) it establishes that there is a debate (at the moment the introductory sentence "There is confusion about the correct spelling of Rachel's last name" is a blatant example of [[WP:EDITORIALIZING]]); and ii) it establises that the inconsistency is significant, as required by [[WP:WEIGHT]] to merit coverage in the article. It is simply unacceptable for an editor to take an inconsistency/goof, frame a debate around it, and to pick out examples which back up their thesis. [[User:Betty Logan|Betty Logan]] ([[User talk:Betty Logan|talk]]) 22:13, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Green&oldid=683992180#Green_versus_Greene This section] has recently been added and I believe it is not an appropriate addition to the article. Bar the odd reference to the Warner Bros. website it mainly consists of "in universe" references that the author has identified as evidence of the inconsistency in how Rachel's surname is spelt. While references to the show may be acceptable to source that the names has been spelt differently in the show they are not sufficient to establish that the inconsistency is in any way significant. As a rule "in universe" goofs and inconsistencies are not documented on Wikipedia per [[WP:BLOOPERS]], unless secondary sources (i.e. reliable sources not affiliated to the show or to Warner) explicitly cover the issue of the inconsistency itself. A secondary source is important for two reasons: i) it establishes that there is a debate (at the moment the introductory sentence "There is confusion about the correct spelling of Rachel's last name" is a blatant example of [[WP:EDITORIALIZING]]); and ii) it establises that the inconsistency is significant, as required by [[WP:WEIGHT]] to merit coverage in the article. It is simply unacceptable for an editor to take an inconsistency/goof, frame a debate around it, and to pick out examples which back up their thesis. [[User:Betty Logan|Betty Logan]] ([[User talk:Betty Logan|talk]]) 22:13, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

== About Changedforbetter's revert on 16 Nov ==


Hello, {{Ping|Changedforbetter}}, would you please explain your bizarre revert? __[[Special:Contributions/209.179.0.121|209.179.0.121]] ([[User talk:209.179.0.121|talk]]) 05:38, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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Misc

Would anyone mind terribly if i edited this a bit so that it corresponds with the rest of the Friends characters?

--Crestville 13:25, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC) Jobe

Anyone can edit anything - you don't need permission. Secretlondon 13:27, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, but I think it would be a little unfair on whoever created the thing for me to just jump in and start editing it to match the work I've done.

--Crestville 14:27, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC) Jobe

Rachel appeared in the Pilot episode running into Central Perk in a wet through wedding dress ...

Could that be reworded? I don't understand what it's trying to say. The way I'm reading it, I don't think "through" is necessary, and it's in fact obfuscating the point. - Vague | Rant 00:35, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

I'm curious as to when we learned Rachel was the middle. It was my assumption that Amy was the oldest and Jill was the youngest but we don't know for sure she's in the middle, she could be the oldest.

-Gedto 16:34, 12 April 2006 (GMT+1)

Where does that info of Rachel having slept with 34 different men come from?

I agree i dont remember Rachel having ever mentioned her sexual partners except in season 2 and then it was only 5/6 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.235.88 (talk) 16:45, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

She said that sometime. I remember it. Phoebe was bragging about how she'd slept with 26 or 27 or something like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.247.244.120 (talk) 22:41, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The bio on the right of the screen states that Rachel is Jewish? How do we know this as far as I'm aware Ross and Monica are the only Jews in the group. I can find no evidence of linking Rachel to the religion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.235.88 (talk) 16:54, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greene or Green

I'm a bit confused - if the character's name is actually spelt as GreenE why is this Listed as Green. I don't under the qualification that "commonly referred to in the series as Green. Well it would be as that's how you'd pronouce it!

Many thanks for anyone who clears this up for me!

--Charlesknight 20:20, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

according to the article, its greene so i propose to move the page to "Rachel Greene"Tomba 23:19, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have requested a move to Rachel Greene as that is the correct spelling. --musicpvm 18:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no move. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 01:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

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Discussion

 Is Rachel's last name spelled "Green," or "Greene"?
It's been spelled both ways. The credits of any episode where her parents appeared list their 
last name as "Green." But in "The One With The Invitation," Ross's envelope to Rachel, as well 
as her RSVP note, spell it "Greene." Then in episode 10.04, "The One With the Cake," the box with 
Emma's cake had "Green" written on it.

So it has been spelled both ways, but if the Friends credits and official sites spell it "Green", we should probably stick with the current title (but mention the alternate spelling in the first sentence). --musicpvm 04:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. In the Friends universe, her name is clearly spelt Greene. It is highly unlikely that Ross would spell her name incorrectly on her wedding invitation and that the sign on her office is wrong. Although NBC may disagree, in the world of Friends, her name is quite obviously Rachel Greene.81.151.140.33 (talk) 23:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the Friends universe? I think you missed the bit at the beginning of the article outlining the fact that Friends is a FICTIONAL character. I'm sorry but if the creators and credits say her name is Green then thats what it is. I don't think you understand that Ross didnt actually write the wedding invitation - that was done by a props manager

Oldest daughter?

It says in the trivia notes that Rachel is the oldest of three daughters. When was this mentioned? We know she is older than Jill, but I don't remember it ever being said she was older than Amy.Sandmaster 22:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lived with all of them

Rachel is the only member of the group to have lived under the same roof as all of the other friends: As much as I remember Rachel is not the only one who lived with all the members of the group. Chandler also did that: Joey: Season 1 - 5 Ross: After Ross lost his appartment during the divorce with Emily, Ross moved in with Joey and Chandler Monica: Season 6 - 10 Rachel: After the fire in Phoebies appartment, Rachel moved in at Monica's and Chandlers for a day, till the Firerighter found out the fire was Rachels fault. Phoebe: Moved in with Monica and Chandler, after Rachel had to move to Joey, because the fire was Rachels fault. Please confirm! --Tobi72 11:30, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

changed, friends explained it pretty well, except for Joey-Monica, everyone had lived together with the other during some time. Z3u2 07:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other

Could the picture of 'Rachel' not be added to the Jennifer Aniston page as there is currently no picture of her? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.73.215.2 (talkcontribs) 18:08, January 16, 2007

No, it could not, as the picture of Rachel is not free and a fair use rationale could not be made for identifying the actor with a copyrighted picture of a character the actor has played. The Jennifer Aniston article would be best off with a freely licensed picture of her. Leebo T/C 12:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Twenty sexual partners?

A statement has been added to the article, asserting that Rachel had 20 sexual partners over the course of the series, only 5 of which were with people she was in a relationship with. I've watched the entire series beginning to end on DVD more than once, and this statement does not ring true to me. Who were all these non-relationship sexual partners? --Tkynerd 02:09, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Twenty? Okay, I think thats pushing it. All I can think of at the moment are Ross, Paolo, Tag, Paul, Barry, Galvin (maybe), and Joey (though they never did), all of which were long term relationships. Russ, Josh, and Danny were never sexual or an actual relationship. I think that statement should be edited or removed. DSMeatte 04:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Absent more and better documentation, I'm removing the statement from the article now. If it is to be restored, I expect to see some explanation of who all these people were. --Tkynerd 17:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Judging from the source of these numbers, is this the character, or the actress? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.10 (talk) 02:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gavin Mitchell

Rachel is supposed to have kissed Galvin Mitchell. Is it the actor or the footballer ? akarkera 15:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neither. Gavin was a character in several episodes of the show, played by Dermot Mulroney. --Tkynerd 00:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia does not have an article for Galvin Mitchell (the character). Shouldn't this article(Rachel Green) link to Dermot Mulroney or be unlinked? akarkera 10:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed to point to the List of significant others articles. CloudNine 10:18, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling

Just been watching "The one with Phoebe's Rats" and noticed the name tag at Rachel's office door spells it Rachel Greene". The article should be corrected. josh (talk) 21:02, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rachel's last name doesn't have a specific spelling. When Ross is holding an envelope addressed to her, it says Greene. THe sign on her door says Greene. But, Emma's birthday cake had "Green" written on it, and when Rachel's parents are in the end credits, it says "Green". I guess there just isn't a specific spelling. However, as a last name, which I've seen dozens of times in real life, it's usually spelled "Greene", so this is probably how the writers intended to spell it. But, since it has been spelled both ways in the show, we don't really know which way it is spelled. Olsentwinluv4ever (talk) 20:23, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested Move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was No consensus to move page, per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:19, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Rachel GreenRachel Greene — Evidence from the Programme (see above) —josh (talk) 18:15, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
  • Oppose Rachel Green (no E) is the correct spelling per Warner Bros.. If you go to the cast bio section of The Official Site, you will see under Jennifer Aniston's bio that Rachel Green is in fact spelled without an E. To quote: "For her role as Rachel Green on "Friends," Aniston has earned an Emmy Award nomination (2001)...". Who would know better than Warner Bros? - auburnpilot talk 18:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Or are we implying that those who actually write the show, submit it to award ceremonies, and summarize the show's actors on the official website know more than a prop guy? Remember, Ross isn't real; he didn't spell anything. - auburnpilot talk 15:45, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If a writer intends a character to slip on a banana peel in an episode and the character doesn't, should Wikipedia say he slipped on a banana peel in that episode? Of course not, because what actually happened in the episode is what counts, not what the writer intended. Even if someone intended Rachel's surname to be Green, both Ross and Rachel spell it Greene on the show and so Greene it is. One character didn't slip on a banana peel as he was supposed to, another character didn't spell her name Green as she was supposed to. Too bad, but those errors made it to the final cut, and now the first character can't be described as having slipped on a banana peel, and the second character can't be described as having the surname Green. Timeineurope (talk) 18:15, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Somebody misspelling a name and an actor deviating from the script and not slipping on a banana are completely incomparable. It's a completely ludicrous comparison. You are attempting to treat this in-universe which cannot be done. The writers and producers of the show clearly intend for the name to be Green. The official website lists the character as Green, awards have been given to Aniston for her potrayal of a character named Green, and it would be ridiculous to change that spelling. Ross and Rachel haven't done anything, and the fact that you refer to it as an error illustrates my point. We don't play "gotcha". - auburnpilot talk 18:58, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fictional characters are different from real people in a lot of ways, but this is not one of them. If a real person has their name spelled in a certain way at their office door, then that is the correct spelling. There is no basis for claiming that that isn't also true for fictional characters, who have names in exactly the same way as real people. Rachel spelling her surname Greene is fictional, sure, but it is no more fictional than any of the other stuff Rachel does. If Rachel does anything at all, she also spells her surname Greene. And if she spells her surname Greene, that must be the correct spelling, because people don't misspell their own names, and there is no basis for claiming that fictional characters are any different in this respect.
I don't see any problem with my comparison; Ross and Rachel spelling her surname Greene is as real or not as the character in my example not slipping on a banana peel. What was intented is as irrelevant in the first case as in the second. Timeineurope (talk) 19:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Always spelled as Green in the credits, but spelled as Greene during the show. Since Green is used more often (in awards, official bios and such), we should use it over "Greene" in the absence of any "correct" name. CloudNine (talk) 13:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If this were any other case, we would take the name tag at someone's office door as proof of the correct spelling of their name; I see no reason to treat this case differently just because we're dealing with a fictional character. Timeineurope (talk) 18:31, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My pilot certificate spelled my name incorrectly when I first received it. Should I take that as proof that I've been spelling my name incorrectly my entire life? - auburnpilot talk 19:02, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Now, this is a ludicrous comparison. Have you ever seen a misspelled name tag at an office door? Timeineurope (talk) 19:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why don't we just dispose of this phantom "e" altogether and move the page to "Rachel Greep"? :-) Brad (talk) 13:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The invitation and the door sign were the responsibility of the prop department, rather than the writers. The WB website spells it "Green", the official companion (Wild 2004) spells it "Green", the scripts probably spell it "Green". We need to have an OOU perspective and use "Green" consistently. Brad (talk) 13:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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also by viewing the subtitles it is spelt with the end E. (greene) in episodes sucha s the one with the rumuor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.54.236 (talk) 14:43, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The audio

Can we remove the audio clip? It is total out-dated, those not follow the actual article anymore, and has some mistakes in it too, like when the narrator say "Pablo" or whatever his name was. Otherwise record a new one, however that is done. ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 09:44, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kidnapped/runaway girl

Rachel Green is also the name of a 14-year-old runaway girl from SE Wisconsin who ran off to New York with a military discharge creep she met on MySpace. The story was a big news story last summer in much of the Midwest and also in the area that she ran away to. I was going to write an article about it, but I don't know how I would title it. The Person Who Is Strange 21:30, 21 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Person Who Is Strange (talkcontribs)

How dumb. I signed it and it says i didn't. The Person Who Is Strange 00:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Any suggestions? The Person Who Is Strange 02:49, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

HELLO? The Person Who Is Strange 03:25, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Somebody offer an opinion. What should the parenthetic title of the other article be? ," said The Person Who Is Strange. ~Yup. It's all true. Click here for more. My page is outdated, but there are a lot of boxes. 05:48, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HELLO? SOMEBODY SUGGEST SOMETHING! ," said The Person Who Is Strange. ~Yup. It's all true. Click here for more. My page is outdated, but there are a lot of boxes. 02:45, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relationships

In the relationships section, wouldn't Gunther's apparent infatuation with Rachel, and her short fling with Tag Jones be suitable additions?--Coin945 (talk) 07:22, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

[This could also fall into its own Trivia category, but:

Rachel and Chandler are not the only ones who have kissed everyone else. Ross has also kissed everyone.

-Since Rachel and Chandler are confirmed here,

-Ross kissed

--Joey at the end of an episode to help him with an audition.

--Phoebe in a flashback and for New Year's.

--Monica in a failed "First Kiss with Rachel."

Joey and Monica have never kissed and Phoebe and Monica have never kissed.]


Relationships - Chandler

From the article: "At the start of the show, Rachel and Chandler would cross paths again, this time in 1994, when Rachel, having just left Barry at the altar, goes to Central Perk, looking for Monica." If it's going to be stated that they cross paths AGAIN at the START of the show (talking about the pilot here), shouldn't there be mention of the fact that Monica introduces Rachel to Chandler for the first time in this scene? I think the continuity error should be mentioned or the above sentence that I'm scrutinizing should be rewritten.


93.139.102.232 (talk) 00:08, 22 May 2010 (UTC)bender[reply]

Emma

Isn't it Emma Geller-Green(e)? After Emma is born the nurse says "Then we call you Baby-Girl Green(e)". But then Rachel interrups and says "No. Baby-Girl Geller-Green(e)". So I think the last name should be changed in Geller-Green(e).--78.48.228.50 (talk) 19:48, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday

Does anyone know her actual birthday? It can't be May 5th. There's an episode where she gets pulled over and the cops notes she's an aquarius. Also, in season 9 her birthday party episode aired January 16th. --Kwhitt78 (talk) 23:45, 12 February 2012 (UTC)Katie[reply]

Religion?

In her profile it says see below but when you click the link it just brings you to the section about her surname and mentions nothing of her faith? Could someone fix that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.104.4 (talk) 05:11, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Disputed: Sweet little quirks

Hi.

Before I start, I'd like to say that Wikipedia is amazing. It has so many great articles on films and TV series.

Now, I am about to delete the "sweet little quirks" sentence from section 3.3 Monica because the factual accuracy of this statement is in serious trouble. As far as I know, the source of this sentence is the season 6 episode "The One On The Last Night" in which Monica explicitly say those things. However, I believe she was not entirely truthful, for two reasons:

  1. Monica starts saying those things when Phoebe says "I don't want to live with Rachel anymore", potentially disrupting Chandler's moving in. Monica is therefore forced to invent compelling reasons for Phoebe to live with Rachel. Monica ends her speech by wailing "...and I have to live with a boy", as if living with Chandler was a huge misfortune!
  2. The statement taken by itself is questionable when comes from Monica. Being extremely uptight and compulsive, Monica hates every form of untidiness including the edges of catalog pages being bent and the mirror becoming smudged by sticky notes.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 23:23, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge with Rachel haircut

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
The result of this discussion was to merge. Betty Logan (talk) 06:10, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spin-off is not independently notable; all the coverage is linked to the character of Rachel Green or her actress. :) ·Salvidrim!·  02:51, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think anyone would object to this merge. You should just go and do it, and if anyone reverts you we can have the dicussion then. Betty Logan (talk) 03:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. I just reverted an IP editor's mangled cut-and-paste merging without discussion of Rachel haircut with Shag (hairstyle), but this makes sense. I'll handle it. Ylee (talk) 19:09, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

There is no definite spelling of Greene/Green!

On Rachel's door at Bloomingdale's, it says "Greene". When her parents are on the show, in the credits it says "Green". When Ross is holding an envelope addressed to Rachel, it says "Greene". But, Emma's birthday cake box said "Green" on it. There must have been no decided way to spell it! Olsentwinluv4ever (talk) 23:15, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

IP range blocked

I was tempted to semiprotect this article again today, but instead, in an attempt to allow constructive IP editors to continue editing the article, I've blocked the range 75.120.80.0/20 that the recent vandalism has been coming from. If somebody notices further extensive vandalism from IPs, feel free to let me know on my talkpage and I'll semi for a while. Does anybody know why this article is such a silliness magnet...? Bishonen | talk 23:03, 11 September 2013 (UTC).[reply]

Rachel Green's Personality

The entire section of Rachel Green's is solely about her promiscuity and breast development. That is not personality. I changed it to reflect information about her personality, but it was reverted without explanation. I move that her personality section actually have substance about her personality, rather than resembling a Playboy biography.QuizzicalBee (talk) 02:25, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No...you removed it, which is not the same as changing it. If the character's physical attributes and sexual behavior are a facet of the show and the subject of sourced commentary then they are eligible for inclusion in the article. We are not a fan wiki and we cover all aspects of the character's depiction. If you feel there is a structural problem with the article—although I half suspect that is just a pretense for whitewashing it—then I propose you should tackle the problem at at a structural level. It would not that difficult to transfer the discussion of her sexual encounters to the relationships section, for instance, which is probably where it belongs. Betty Logan (talk) 03:05, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Being reliably sourced is not the sole criteria for inclusion. It has to be relevant, and the information simply was not relevant to the section at hand. I would have kept it if it were, but it was just off-topic and biased, reducing the character's personality to factoids about sexual behavior and appearance. At best the narrow focus means it's incomplete, at worst that it's biased and NPOV violation. I wouldn't have blinked at the inclusion if it were part of an intelligent, detailed, well-thought out description of the personality of the character. But it was none of those things. Frankly, I'd say the kind of drooling focus on sexuality to the exclusion of any other personality traits to me resembles a fan wiki more than Wikipedia. That you made no change except to revert what I wrote--not even including what I wrote as part of the description--also suggests you found nothing wrong with the portion as described, and you found the part that I added to be inappropriate. I would be fine with transferring the portion in question to the relationships section as you suggest. But do you have any contributions to make to the Personality section besides removing my content without even a word as to why my content is out of place?QuizzicalBee (talk) 03:55, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's an article about a fictional character in a sitcom, so none of it is particularly relevant in the grand scheme of things; however, the show's depiction of the character's sexuality is just as relevant as any other aspect of the character, and none of this is included to the "exclusion of other personality traits". I did not revert your edit to remove your content, I reverted to restore the content your edit had removed. If you are unhappy with the emphasis on sexuality then simply add more detail and balance it out; nobody is preventing you, but preferably without the obvious agenda. The character was sexually objectified by the creators of the show who conceived her as the "slutty girl next door" i.e. more sexual relationships than the other girls in the show, early sexual development, shorter skirts and tighter dresses than her co-stars (I even recall her dining out at restaurant in her negligee) and obviously becoming an unmarried mother with questions over the paternity; therefore I think the overt sexualisation of the character is something the article should probably cover. Betty Logan (talk) 04:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Can I make a suggestion? Instead of focusing on removing the inappropriate, you can add more appropriate contents. (If the inappropriate are really inappropriate, this makes the community notice. The consensus to curb or delete the appropriate would then come very naturally.) One of the yet-to-be-covered character specifications of Rachel is frequent lying. Another is deliberately damaging other women. E.g. she ruined Julie's hairdo by lying to Phoebe; made Bonnie bald; vilified Phoebe in front of Charlie more than needed to save her own face; not to mention committing slander in a court of law, calling Ross a homosexual and a drug addict in official records. I also seem to remember something about her being a pushover. Fleet Command (talk) 11:00, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, now that none of you two are willing to comment on this, I decided to act. I reinstated part of QuizzicalBee's edit because it was a valid take and removed the comment on breast size for lacking due weight and contextual relevance (let alone contextual significance). I did not reinstate the second part of QuizzicalBee's edit because it directly contradicted the first sentence of the paragraph and needed a source anyway. Fleet Command (talk) 18:20, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My only real objection was the removal of sourced commentary so your edits are ok with me. Betty Logan (talk) 18:34, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edits

FleetCommand Hey! Thank you so much for your corrections, man. Even though I'm a devoted Friends fan and have watched the entire series, my details still are a little muddled. When I said "interfere with each other's love lives," I was referring to the love lives of Ross and Rachel, for example: Rachel is the reason Ross ends his relationship with Julie; Rachel is the reason Ross' marriage to Emily fails; Ross is the reason Rachel refuses to date Mark after their breakup. See?--Changedforbetter (talk) 01:22, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Changedforbetter. I give you the Julie's case and I even add Bonnie, Jill and Mona to your list. However, Ross and Rachel had many relationships with people that ended regardless, e.g. Joshua, Tag, Charlie, Cheryl, Elizabeth Stevens, Paul Stevens and Gavin Mitchell. Others were nameless and their relationship mostly ended off-screen. (Joey's coworker had a name but I forgot.)
Mona and Emily were simply not marriage type. They wouldn't have lasted anyway. Compare with Phoebe: She made a complete ass of herself in front of Mike's parents and they got married anyway. Rachel unwittingly said the worst things she could have said in front Elizabeth and her father, but Ross and Elizabeth's relationship was unaffected. (They separated later for another reason.) And finally, we get to the Ross/Rachel's official foil: Chandler/Monica. For everything that happened to Ross and Rachel, either the same or the worst happened to Chandler and Monica. Ross was jealous of Mark; Chandler was jealous of Richard Burke and Don (a British guy that Phoebe believed was Monica's soulmate). Ross slept with another woman after he broke up with Rachel, causing her to go ballistic; Monica forced Chandler to sleep with another woman even though they were together (*cough* Phoebe!) just to prove her own point, bought him porn (although he watched a birthing tape instead), hired a hooker for him (supposed to be a stripper), did not object when Chandler dated another a female director (he needed to win an audition for Joey) and did nothing crazy when she suspected Chandler was having an affair with the runner-up for Miss Oklahoma, Wendy. Well. They were marriage type. (Actually, one of our Wikipedians thinks Chandler is admin type! LOL!)
Fleet Command (talk) 18:16, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=IYwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ym8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3371,4064656&hl=en http://www.bdcwire.com/a-definitive-ranking-of-the-5-best-friends-episodes-for-each-character/

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Rachel Green/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Zwerg Nase (talk · contribs) 08:59, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On it. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:59, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!--Changedforbetter (talk) 14:21, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Very sorry for the delay, more RL stuff going on than expected. I will try go get this done in the next couple of days. Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:10, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here we go:

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

To me, there is very little wrong with this article. The following issues I found:

  • There are three dead links, as can be seen here. They should be replaced.
  • Can you maybe move her full name into the infobox and reference it there?
Fair enough.
  • In "Role", the references suddenly stop after the third paragraph. Even though plot summaries don't necessarily need to be sourced, it would be great if you could just name the respective episodes as references, such as you did earlier.

That's about it. Sorry this took so long. Cheers, Zwerg Nase (talk) 18:07, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me now. It's a pass! You might want to take a look at the last edit by an IP. I find it strange, but I'll leave the decision to you if you want to revert it. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:38, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


The Green vs. Greene section

This section has recently been added and I believe it is not an appropriate addition to the article. Bar the odd reference to the Warner Bros. website it mainly consists of "in universe" references that the author has identified as evidence of the inconsistency in how Rachel's surname is spelt. While references to the show may be acceptable to source that the names has been spelt differently in the show they are not sufficient to establish that the inconsistency is in any way significant. As a rule "in universe" goofs and inconsistencies are not documented on Wikipedia per WP:BLOOPERS, unless secondary sources (i.e. reliable sources not affiliated to the show or to Warner) explicitly cover the issue of the inconsistency itself. A secondary source is important for two reasons: i) it establishes that there is a debate (at the moment the introductory sentence "There is confusion about the correct spelling of Rachel's last name" is a blatant example of WP:EDITORIALIZING); and ii) it establises that the inconsistency is significant, as required by WP:WEIGHT to merit coverage in the article. It is simply unacceptable for an editor to take an inconsistency/goof, frame a debate around it, and to pick out examples which back up their thesis. Betty Logan (talk) 22:13, 3 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

About Changedforbetter's revert on 16 Nov

Hello, @Changedforbetter:, would you please explain your bizarre revert? __209.179.0.121 (talk) 05:38, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]