Talk:Deborah Warner

Domestic Partner
There's been a lot of editing lately on this subject, but not a lot of discussion here, so I wanted to see if we can start some dialogue on the issue. I believe the current problem is a lack of unambiguous sources about the relationship and the fact that the relationship is only mentioned in passing in these sources. While the Independent article uses the word "partner" in the context of a personal relationship, other sources aren't as clear. Jeandre found a Guardian article that specifically mentioned that the two did not live together. Other articles, such as this one from the Telegraph and this one in The Age seem to indicate some kind of business rather than personal relationship.

My concern is two fold: First, the sources given don't really support the statement "Domestic Partner" and other sources seem to contradict this claim. Second, the sources given (and others I've found) barely touch on the matter, meaning that we may be assigning undue weight to the relationship. I think that until better sourcing can be found, the information needs to be removed from the article. Shell   babelfish 01:31, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


 * absolute rubbish! who are you to assign weight to one's relationship? --emerson7 17:37, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Agree to a point about the rubbish comment but let's base our decision in policy both to the letter and the spirit. When we have reliable sources that contradict each other we thoughtfully see what they state and figure a way to assign due weight with the potential of presenting multiple viewpoints neutrally. We have sources that she is romantically (encyclpediacly - "domestic") partnered. Do we have any reliable sources that state they aren't? Perhaps they broke up or the dates of the sources may indicate more information. As of yet I'm not convinced we have any compelling reason not believe they are and we have sources that state this. Perhaps an interview with one or both of them would shed light. -- Banj e  b oi   18:48, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * "Domestic partner or domestic partnership identifies the personal relationship between individuals who are living together and sharing a common domestic life together but are not joined in any type of legal partnership, marriage or civil union."
 * "Deborah and Jeanette do not live together." . -- Jeandré, 2008-12-13t19:28z
 * Quibbling that two people don't legally live together seems a bit doggy at best. Gay people often keep/kept two legal residences, by the way, because of legal and societal inequalities. That interview, from summer 2006, stressed that they worked hard to keep the relationship out of the media. Two years later, they are listed as partners |here. -- Banj e  b oi   23:43, 13 December 2008 (UTC)