Talk:Jean Batten/Archive 1

Reference
There is a full length documentary from 1988 about Jean Batten here: Jean Batten - Garbo of the Skies Please review and add reference to this article if you feel it is relevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pukeko138 (talk • contribs) 02:38, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Name
I have removed the reference stating "Jean Batten was born Joan Batten" because there are no obvious authoritative references. In fact, the BBC says here that she "was originally christened Jane after her grandmother, but the name managed to evolve into Jean." Maybe best not to mention either Joan or Jean. Opinions? Moriori 23:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

The DNZB is the most authoritative source for this, they did meticulous checking of life data. This says, 'Jean Gardner Batten was born on 15 September 1909 in Rotorua, the only daughter of a dentist, Frederick Harold Batten, and his wife, Ellen (Nellie) Blackmore. She was christened Jane after her grandmother, but soon became known as Jean.'  Jamie Mackay (talk) 22:35, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Jean Batten Primary School
I was a foundation pupil of this School in Mangere, Auckland, which opened in 1970. Even though I was probably only about eight at the time, I remember clearly that Jean Batten visited the School. I'm pretty certain she donated a painting of Percival Gull that hangs in the Principal's office and that she planted a pohutukawa tree in the School grounds. I doubt I would be able find a reference to this, but wondered whether it could be included?

Biography
Could the biography be put under three main titles like other famous people:Eary, middle and late. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.55.212.151 (talk) 05:24, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

"she became the best-known New Zealander of the 1930s"
The quote in the lead is very cool, and I want it to be true! It isn't sourced in the lead and isn't mentioned in the body of the article. Does anyone have a source handy to back this up? Firefangledfeathers (talk) 03:34, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I've been working on this article on and off for several weeks, the intention is to rewrite the lead once I have finished the expansion work. If I can't source that quote (it probably comes from Mackersey), then I will have to delete it. Zawed (talk) 08:30, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks for your great work! Firefangledfeathers (talk) 14:03, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Misspelling
Jean Batten “Later Life” section first paragraph “they later brought a plot of land” should be “bought” not “brought.” 2600:1700:1041:FE00:1FC:1B85:A314:3A5C (talk) 16:06, 1 January 2022 (UTC)