Talk:Dorothy Woolfolk

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I Knew Dorothy Woolfolk

In fact, I worked for her for about a year when she was editing the romance comics at DC. [Tenebrae deleted inappropriate, possibly slanderous personal opinion for which the subject is deceased and cannot respond]

On the other hand, if someone wants to give credit to Dorothy for something that she did do, it might be mentioned that she resolutely integrated the art in her books by race, insisting that black characters join the whites. At fist, this was done in crowd scenes only. Then Dorothy introduced black principals. This involved redrawing of the art and also some experimenting by the colorist. Her name was Tatiana, I recall, a Russian or perhaps Ukranian emigree. We finally discovered that a shade known as Y2R3 looked most natural. It seems odd that I remember that bit of tech after all these years, and i should point out that, typically, Dorothy could not remember it ten minutes after it was mentioned, though we dealt with it at least once a week. --Ethan Mordden

No one is "in charge" of any article. Wikipedia is based on verifiable material attribute to reliable published or onsite sources. Original research, therefore is not allowed; that is one of the principal precepts of Wikipedia.

The quote is properly cited, and comes from a co-worker of Woolfolk's, as you claim to be. If you wish to find an authoritative, published citation with a counter quote, you are absolutely welcome to do so. I would suggest, however, that the highly personal vehemence of your characterization above would make any such addition highly suspect to fellow Wike editors. --Tenebrae 21:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, the "Ethan Mordden" posting is attributed to User:Fred Lane. --Tenebrae 21:04, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SSDI

Note that I found an entry that seems to match, but the dates are not exactly the same: "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JRQZ-YZJ : accessed 04 Apr 2013), Dorothy A Woolfolk, 1 November 2000. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 22:32, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Continued thanks for all your hard work on these SSDI cites throughout WikiProject Comics! I'll see if I can suss out the discrepancy. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:48, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oct. 1 and Nov. 1 match the SSDI records at a separate site, http://www.fold3.com/s.php#query=Dorothy+Woolfolk&offset=6&preview=1&t=830. The newspaper obit, with differing dates, is available only as a pay article live or as an archive at Webcitation.org, which appears to be down right now. I'll check back later. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:55, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly(?) I have reached the end of what I am likely to do with the SSDI on comics creator articles. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 23:01, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can rest well knowing you have contributed mightily. I and I'm sure many, many other WikIProject Comics editors are grateful for your wonderful research and tireless work. I hope in the future you join us as a registered contributor. I would look forward to working with you. With regards, Tenebrae (talk) 23:08, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

This piece on SyFy has some interesting, if disturbing, details about her career.

("Dottie Cottonman" really should be mentioned here, I think.) DS (talk) 03:24, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]