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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 213.127.210.95 (talk) at 15:46, 22 June 2018 (Attention drawn to factual inaccuracy about her name.~~~~). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Be Best

I've created a stub for Be Best, if page watchers care to help expand. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:12, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • In my opinion, until there is more to write about the campaign, it can easily and with context be covered here, far better than in a separate article. Atleast some material needs to be here and until it becomes undue here there's no need for a separate article(at-least one sentence needs to be here anyhow) Galobtter (pingó mió) 19:37, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Health issues

Needs to add in a section on health issues- recent kidney surgery.

And of course, wishing the First Lady a speedy recovery. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.224.32.138 (talk) 09:36, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Need to add in a section on residency, as her official Twitter page lists her as living in New York City now -- see https://twitter.com/MELANIATRUMP 16:15, 30 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.59.81.123 (talk)

Thanks for the suggestions, but I don't think so. The kidney surgery seems to have been a minor procedure, not interrupting her life to any significant extent, and we were given almost no information about it. As for her Twitter page, she hardly ever uses it - her last tweet was in January - so I'm not surprised she hasn't bothered to update her profile. --MelanieN (talk) 16:23, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reference for her political party

I can't find any public records confirming that she is registered as a member of the Republican Party. Can someone give a reference for that, or should we delete the parts mentioning that she's a Republican? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordanblocker (talk • contribs) 02:59, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting question. One would assume she is a Republican, since she is the First Lady in a Republican administration. And if pressed she would probably say "Republican". But the only thing I could find in a search was this, which indicates that she has never publicly expressed a party preference. I notice, too, that our article contains nothing about her political views. Given this, I think "Republican" should be removed from her infobox, and I will do so. --MelanieN (talk) 16:33, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This confirms her political affiliation, not sure if it is worth mentioning though. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 01:59, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I found a video confirming that Melania has voted in the New York primary, which indicates that she has to be a registered Republican by then. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/melania-trump-casts-her-vote/2016/04/19/8b952cd6-0675-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_video.html?utm_term=.bdc7f91707dc. I will undo the changes made by MelanieN then. Thanks so much for the discussions, I really appreciate it!--Jordanblocker (talk) 00:37, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Disappearance"

So should we add the elephant in the room? This lady has not been seen in public since her so-called "kidney transplant". The fact that "she" tweeted that she is fine and still remains to be unseen is very suspicious. - Jasonbres (talk) 15:31, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not really an elephant in the room in my view. Let's wait and see what the sources say keeping in mind WP:NORUSH. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 18:23, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not yet. This is obviously bizarre and possibly caused by a notable event, but it would be WP:CRYSTAL to speculate what that is in the article at this time. power~enwiki (π, ν) 18:26, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I am going to flesh out the passage discussing her procedure, and I will attempt to neutrally discuss the fact that the First Lady's public profile was notably decreased at that time. --DavidK93 (talk) 17:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Slovene version", "German version"

The article says "she transcribed the Slovene version of her last name 'Knavs' to the German version 'Knauss'". I'm afraid there's no such thing as a "German version" of her name, especially as she was born in Novo Mesto, a southern Slovenian town about as far as you can get from the nearest German-speaking country (Austria). It's just that the 'v' in 'Knavs' is pronounced in Slovene like an English 'w' or 'u' ('K-NOW-SS'), so she changed the spelling to make it easier for Americans to pronounce (since German names with syllables such as 'haus' and 'bauer' are common in the USA and people are used to pronouncing 'au' as 'ow'). Many immigrants to the USA have done the same. The phrase 'Germanized to Melania Knauss' in the opening paragraph is a more accurate description of the name change. The name 'Knavs' may itself be a Slovenian transcription of an original German/Austrian 'Knauss', but that isn't the point here. 213.127.210.95 (talk) 15:46, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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