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==Death?==

Okay, I can't find any valid sources, but I heard on the radio (this may be a mistake) that Betty White has just died! I KNOW if this were the case that I'd find it elsewhere in the internet, right? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/76.235.90.5|76.235.90.5]] ([[User talk:76.235.90.5|talk]]) 22:38, 3 July 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:Sigh. No it's not the case at all. It's completely false, untrue and distasteful. <span style="solid;background:#5D8AA8; border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; font-family: Segoe Print">'''[[User:MikeAllen|<font color="#3FFF00">Mike</font>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:MikeAllen|<font color="#3FFF00">Allen</font>]]'''</span> 23:18, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

::Its not sistasteful to inquire about someones passing. All I see here is a person asking for clarification about something they heard. No need to [[WP:Bite|jump all over]] them.--[[User:Jojhutton|Jojhutton]] ([[User talk:Jojhutton|talk]]) 23:42, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

:::This isn't a [[WP:FORUM|forum]]. It's so simple to enter "Betty White dies" into Google News and see what happens. Also, I would stop listening to that radio station. Thank you.<span style="solid;background:#5D8AA8; border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; font-family: Segoe Print">'''[[User:MikeAllen|<font color="#3FFF00">Mike</font>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:MikeAllen|<font color="#3FFF00">Allen</font>]]'''</span> 00:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

::::Looked like a simple content question to me. But if one were to simply go ahead and assume bad faith right from the begining, then I could see how one might act that way toward another.--[[User:Jojhutton|Jojhutton]] ([[User talk:Jojhutton|talk]]) 01:28, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

:::::The "completely false, untrue, and distasteful" is aimed at the radio station. Perhaps you should check you own faith towards others. <span style="solid;background:#5D8AA8; border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; font-family: Segoe Print">'''[[User:MikeAllen|<font color="#3FFF00">Mike</font>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:MikeAllen|<font color="#3FFF00">Allen</font>]]'''</span> 01:57, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

:::::::Perhaps there should have been a more clear clarification, rather than assuming what was actually broadcast over the airwaves. I was not privy to any broadcast, but it doesn't matter, only what is in or out of the article matters, and it was only a simple question that didn't need to be answered in such a harsh manner. I'm done.--[[User:Jojhutton|Jojhutton]] ([[User talk:Jojhutton|talk]]) 02:05, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to talk on here but can a moderator fix the death section on her page, it's still claiming she died september 10th and then shows an error about punctuation, Betty is still very much alive. (Sorry if I failed to follow guidelines, remove this if you must but please fix the page!) - Guest named Kev <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/108.14.234.179|108.14.234.179]] ([[User talk:108.14.234.179|talk]]) 19:32, 21 October 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Her age and death are being exaggerated again. Rats. [[User:Checkingfax|Checkingfax]] ([[User talk:Checkingfax|talk]]) 03:19, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

== Age and active career ==

I don't know the subject of Betty White well enough to comment, but I think there's some things wrong with the article:

Born in 1922 (age 91) - which seems right from other sites <br />

Years active: from 1912 - that can't be right?<br />

"has become the oldest nominee as of 2013, aged 111" - which would mean she was born in 1902?<br />

--[[User:Flaxton|Flaxton]] ([[User talk:Flaxton|talk]]) 21:43, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

:It is an ongoing struggle to keep vandalism out of this article, and it probably should be indefinitely semi-protected. Most of it is stuff like date changes that the bots don't catch, I don't always see it, and there don't seem to be a lot of highly active editors watching it. Please make sure it's on your watchlist, and do revert any unsourced changes to the vital stats. [[User:Rivertorch|Rivertorch]] ([[User talk:Rivertorch|talk]]) 05:23, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

::Yes, she's such a hot personality these days, it's unprecedented for anyone that age but [[George Burns]] and [[Bob Hope]]. And her career has elements that are hard to believe to begin with, like the all-afternoon TV talk show she hosted for a while in the '50s. the early part of the run with no guests, just her talking to the camera for hours. A great source for her early career is television historian [[Kliph Nesteroff]]'s online article "The Early Betty White." [[User:Jack Breeze|Jack Breeze]] ([[User talk:Jack Breeze|talk]]) 14:49, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

== Awards, honors error ==

She has won 7 Emmy Awards, but the first sentence of the awards section says that she's only won 6. <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Apblinn|Apblinn]] ([[User talk:Apblinn|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Apblinn|contribs]]) 03:11, 8 May 2015 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:She has only technically won 6 competitive Emmys. The seventh was an Emmy award honoring her career achievements. [[User:Rcul4u998|Rcul4u998]] ([[User talk:Rcul4u998|talk]]) 03:01, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

== Mass Edit ==

This page needs to be cleaned up badly. There is a lot of useless information that also may contain no sources. For my first round of edits I will do the following:

1. Cut the Entertainment Career section into separate decades (1940s, 1950's) and reworking and removing pointless information. There is no need for something like this to appear "In 2013, White voiced a character on the Disney Channel show Mickey Mouse" and that's it.

2. Build up her Humanitarian career and personal life. Sub sections for her husbands, relationships with other people (MTM and Bea Arthur for instance) and her stance on several issues. Things like "In 2011, White appeared in the Visit California promotional film on YouTube aimed at boosting tourism from the UK" should appear in the humanitarian section.

3. Create a separate page for her Filmography and add anything missing from it.

if anyone has anymore ideas, post them below.

[[User:Water78|Water78]] ([[User talk:Water78|talk]]) 15:23, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

== I don't think she's a vegan... ==

She is an animal activist... but not a vegan as far as I can tell. In particular, there is a video of her eating a hot dog at the opening of a new Pink's Hot Dogs location, while talking about how they were going to name a hot dog after her... and she did NOT mention that it was soy or meatless, which any vegan would. Plus I have seen more than one article interviewing her "Hot in Cleveland" co-stars who mention her eating hot dogs all the time. So I'm pretty sure this is a mistake. I didn't grab links to post because I wasn't sure which ones were the best examples; but you can find plenty of sources if you go to Google and put in "betty white" and "hot dogs" and you'll get all the sources you need. [[Special:Contributions/2605:E000:21D5:1600:511C:D382:CFA7:FC55|2605:E000:21D5:1600:511C:D382:CFA7:FC55]] ([[User talk:2605:E000:21D5:1600:511C:D382:CFA7:FC55|talk]]) 21:11, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

:The assertion that she is vegan did not appear to be [[WP:RS|reliably sourced]]. In checking other refs in the "Religious views" section, I concluded that none of the sourced cited in the section were reliable, so I removed the whole thing. Here it is:

:<blockquote><nowiki>White is [[Christian]], and is a member of the [[Unity Church]], a liberal [[New Thought]] denomination which describes itself as "positive, practical [[Christianity]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/celebrity-faith-database/w/betty-white.aspx|title=Betty White|website=www.beliefnet.com|access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://hollowverse.com/betty-white/|title=Betty White’s Religion and Political Views|website=hollowverse.com|access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marketfaith.org/non-christian-worldviews/the-gospel-according-to-famous-amos-unity-school-of-christianity/|title=The Gospel According to Famous Amos: Unity School of Christianity - MarketFaith Ministries|website=www.marketfaith.org|access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref> In addition, she is a self-described [[Ethical veganism|ethical vegan]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pw/Betty_White.html|title=The religion of Betty White, Actress|website=www.adherents.com|access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref></nowiki></blockquote>

:Second opinions welcome. [[User:Rivertorch&#39;s Evil Twin|Rivertorch&#39;s Evil Twin]] ([[User talk:Rivertorch&#39;s Evil Twin|talk]]) 04:41, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

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