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WikiProject Biography Assessment

Very nearly a B. Perhaps some sections and inline citations b?

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 13:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought Sally Ride attended Sweet Briar College, Virginia. Sjdorm (talk) 03:06, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply] 


 Dear Wikipeadia,

i think that you give lots of false information on this site beacause it sounds like a two year old wrote and my grandson can do better than that! I think you should give better information or i will NEVER EVER go on this site again!!!! --71.67.140.155 (talk) 00:44, 18 April 2012 (UTC)anonymas--71.67.140.155 (talk) 00:44, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Youngest in Orbit?

It is claimed that Sally Ride was the youngest person sent into orbit at age 31. However, the cosmonaut, Gherman Titov was just 25 years old when he flew in Vostok 2 back in 1961.
It is possible that Ride is either the youngest American or youngest woman in orbit (or both), but I am not sure. Anyway for now I will remove that line, someone can restore it if he can find a reliable source to the contrary. Teiresias84 00:43, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Valentina Tereshkova was 26 years old when she went into orbit in 1963 aboard Vostok 6Jscb (talk) 11:09, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gherman Titov was 25 years and 11 months old when he flew in Vostok 2, the second manned spaceflight, and he still holds the record as the youngest cosmonaut or astronaut. Why is it that people cannot simply check their facts before just shooting off with anything? By the way, Titov died decades ago, as did Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, and Gus Grissom, but Tereskkova and John Glenn are still alive. D.A.W.
98.67.163.16 (talk) 23:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Should there be a section of her in popular culture? shes mentioned in Billy Joel's song 'We Didn't Start the Fire' (unsigned comment)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relevence

Is this passage really relevant?

Her voice, however, was not the first female voice to be transmitted from an American spacecraft; during Skylab, a recording of Helen Garriott — wife of crewmember Owen Garriott — was transmitted down to Mission Control as a prank, pretending that she was actually onboard the spacecraft
It just seems to me like trivia that does not have anything to do with Dr. Ride's real accomplishments. 74.138.214.5 (talk) 19:57, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Can the above-mentioned passage be deleted? I proposed this some time ago and there has been no reply, as you can see. --74.138.214.5 (talk) 23:59, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done by User:SMcCandlish. — Bility (talk) 17:04, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Sally Ride

Apparently, the news is from one press release service that may or may not be accurate. Given the notability of this person, there is nothing on NASA's website, from Obama, from major news services, or anything. Are we jumping the gun from a minor news service? This may well be true, but could we wait for some serious reliable sources? SkepticalRaptor (talk) 21:18, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It apparently literally JUST happened. It was on CNN and and msnbc. But neither has published it online so there's no source as of yet. I'd expect a short NASA statement in the next several minutes. DavidSSabb (talk) 21:20, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Aren't we supposed to be conservative here and use actual sources? We've got squat right now. I don't see where it hurts to have actual reliable sources than a bunch of editors who want to pat themselves on the back for being the first ones to put in new edits, which seems to be the contest of the hour. No, I don't assume good faith. SkepticalRaptor (talk) 21:21, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 23 July 2012 "communitcates"

In the caption of the image next to the Awards and Honors section it says, "communitcates"; this is clearly a typo of "communicates". Alphacheez (talk) 21:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Already done by Scrawlspacer. —HueSatLum 21:56, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

LGBT

I see that some editors have added her to two LGBT-related categories today, after her death was announced. This is probably due to the CNN article on her death with a sentence that states, "Ride is survived by her partner of 27 years, Tam O'Shaughnessy, her mother, her sister, and other family members." While the name mentioned is typically identified as a female name, Ms. Ride never identified with the LGBT movement nor publicly identified herself as a lesbian. I am not sure that categorizing her as "LGBT" is appropriate, as she never really "came out". WTF? (talk) 22:23, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Until there is some reliable source supports this, it needs to stay out of this article. O'Shaughnessy was COO of Sally Ride Science so the "partner" may refer to that. It's not our job to make any connections here.--RadioFan (talk) 22:27, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Interestingly, some members of the gay community seems to already be accepting her as a lesbian[1] -- though I don't think I'd accept thenewcivilrightsmovement.com as a credible source here, as they're likely just using the aforementioned statement as a "source" regarding her "coming out". WTF? (talk) 22:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The reference to O'Shaughnessy as "partner" originated from a Sally Ride Science press release issued after Ride's death. [2] O'Shaughnessy was mentioned before anyone else and wasn't lumped in with coworkers or colleagues. Just my reading but it seems that Ride intended to come out posthumously.EvWill (talk) 22:45, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
CNN and the NYT are both reporting O'Shaughnessy as her partner of 27 years, so I think we're safe here. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:55, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that she intended to come out posthumously. If we wait a few days clearer documentation about her relationship with O'Shaughnessy should be available. --Crunch (talk) 22:58, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That didn't take long. How's this for documentation about their relationship? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/365992/20120723/tam-shaughnessy-oshaughnessy-sally-ride-lesbian-partner.htm It says Ride was open about her homosexuality. Is that true? --Crunch (talk) 23:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ride could have been open about her orientation within her own personal circle but there's no documentation to my knowledge that she revealed it during her lifetime to the general public.EvWill (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You know that she was once married?

Steve Hawley's Web page has this, but Sally's does not. It is not even on her Wikpedia page. SUPPOSEDLY, He had to endure jokes about being "Mr. Sally Ride". He was the Ph.D. student of her friend. I am not yet certain, but he has probably been informed of her death. 143.232.210.150 (talk) 22:37, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure what you're looking at because the article [Which one?] mentions her marriage to Hawley.
SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:50, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Outer Space

The place where Dr. Ride, all astronauts, and all cosmonauts go is called OUTER SPACE.
The habit of calling that place space is just one of linguistic slackers. We have space everywhere, including in the middles of Texas and Alaska and the Pacific Ocean. Some people have empty space between their ears!
Please correct all of the expressions about space.
98.67.163.16 (talk) 23:26, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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