Talk:Danica McKellar/Archives/2013

Where is she now?
where is she now? what is she doing with her career? has she married?


 * She currently has a short film in the festival circuit, will guest star in an episode of "How I Met your Mother" and is going to be in a comedy/horror film. As far as I know she's not married. They do have a link to her website and things.--T. Anthony 09:55, 29 October 2005 (UTC)


 * She has a Twitter account that she regularly posts through. Some months ago, she mentioned that it was her son's birthday. I don't remember exactly when this happened or his age. Wordreader (talk) 14:59, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

parental background
I find little to nothing about her parents.--T. Anthony 09:55, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

auditions for Wonder Years
I found at least partial substantiation for the claim that she and her sister were the two finalists for the part of Winnie. It seems she did an online interview on AOL in Dec 1997. Several people posted the transcript from the interview (for example, here), and here's what she said (according to the interview) about the audition:

Question: Danica, I read that you and your sister were both up for Winnie. How often does that happen as you audition?

Yo Danica: Well we are approximately the same age and when we were younger we did audition for many of the same but this is the only role where it came down to just the two of us... When the producers decided to hire me for the part, they promised Crystal a role on the show- and they fulfilled their promise. Crystal portrayed the role of Becky Slater for three seasons. It was wonderful working together!

Unfortunately, I only find Usenet posted transcripts of the interview, not an authoritative record of the event. So... not exactly journalism-quality evidence. (Unsigned post)
 * That's very interesting and would be worth including IMO--If we find a source. If we do find another more authoritative interview source that mentions this (though I doubt we would run across something that states everything in the same manner), it would be great to include--if others agree. But, then again, how we'd run across something like that would be rare or at least difficult indeed. Thanks, and here's hoping someone does indeed find something sometime in the future. Regards. 24.10.181.254 (talk) 22:59, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Math: Excellent aspect
The math section is one of the better sections. I met a lady this week in passing, and she mentioned that she also studied mathematics in college. What I read once about Danica and mathematics came to mind and was part of the discussion. Society does stereotype men as mathematicians. Thanks to whoever wrote it that section - please continue mdvadenoforegon Mdvaden (talk) 08:13, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Added another Twilight Zone episode
I added another Twilight Zone episode in the acting credits.Richardthiebaud (talk) 21:31, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Master's Degree
I'm almost certain that McKellar has a Master's Degree in Mathematics. (The "blurb" on the right says "Education: Bachelor's Degree.) She certainly is one of the named authors on a published Master's Thesis.


 * Reviewing recent media publications and her own bio, she mentions only the bachelor's. Can you link to a reliable source for this? Wellspring (talk) 04:08, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

I 'dug' a little and I think you may actually be right. The paper with her name on it, which was about the "Chayes McKellar Winn Theorum," was apparently a Senior Thesis, not a Master's Thesis. oops!

68.196.248.241 (talk) 02:15, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

New section needed if this stuff stays
Under the Mathematics section: "McKellar's Erdős number is four.[20] She is one of the few people with an Erdős-Bacon number, which combines an Erdős number with a Bacon Number (as in the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon) since she also has a Bacon number of 2,[21] making her Erdos-Bacon number a 6."

This has absolutely nothing to do with "mathematics", about which Ms McKellar is serious. It's subjective cultural trivia at best that demeans the section. And doesn't the subjectivity also make it Original research? If you feel it must stay, put it in a section on popular culture or trivia. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 14:56, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The "citation" for the Erdős number is as follows:
 * McKellar's coauthor L. Chayes published a paper with E.H. Lieb, who in turn coauthored a paper with D.J. Kleitman, a coauthor of Paul Erdős.
 * The "citation" given for the Bacon number is:
 * Danica McKellar was in "The Year That Trembled" (2002) with James Kisicki, who was in "Telling Lies in America" (1997) with Kevin Bacon.
 * Neither of these "references" are citations at all. They are WP:OR, and combining the two into a so-called Erdős-Bacon number within the article is WP:SYNTH on top of the original research. I have removed the material until such time as it is presented in a reliable secondary source. Nmillerche (talk) 14:49, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I've put the material back in. For the reliable secondary source, you need have looked no further than Erdős-Bacon number. @Wordreader: I think a low Erdős number is an impressive achievement; according to the USA Today article now used as a source, McKellar seems to agree. I don't see at all why you think that mentioning it demeans the math section. If you want to move it to its own section, go ahead. -- UKoch (talk) 14:34, 10 July 2013 (UTC)