Talk:Leila Denmark

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My grandmother used Dr. Denmark, my mother, I did and so did my 26 year old daughter. 4 generations. She advised me as late as 2004 about the birth of my youngest premature son. She is a jewel. I have always admired and respected her. My older children have fond memories of her. They said that they did not fear going to the doctor when they were young. Because of Dr. Denmark, they did not go very often because of her good advise, I was able to keep them well most of the time. She always had time for moms to help with all their questions. I never felt hurried no matter how many were waiting. Her book offers good common sense advise.

Dr. Leila Denmark
Dr. Denmark is my great aunt (my father was Paul Daughtry - she was his aunt). I know she just celebrated her 110th birthday and I hope she's still doing well. Ginger daughtry (talk) 21:40, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Autochthony writes: there is a picture of leila denmark at - http://suarezbevs.blogspot.com/2008/07/lessons-i-learned-from-110-year-old.html - I don't know if it is copyrighted. Possibly someone who knows about these things - I am old and not very techno-savvy - may be able to review this. It would be seriously cool to have a picture of this wonderful lady on Wikipedia.

CalvinTy writes: After reading about Dr. Denmark, I noticed that there is a conflict of whether she was oldest of 12 children or 3rd of 12 children. The 2nd reference says she's 3rd of 12 children, while the Wiki article says oldest (from the 1st reference). I read the 1st reference but couldn't confirm the oldest part, only seeing "Leila Denmark had six brothers and five sisters, but she's the only one still alive." —Preceding unsigned comment added by CalvinTy (talk • contribs) 19:15, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Auguri dall'Italia
So che questo commento non è adatto per una pagina di discussione ma proprio non resistiamo a fare gli auguri alla dottoressa Denmark per il suo centoundicesimo compleanno. Se qualche suo parente dovesse leggere questo messaggio riferisca alla signora Denmark che in Italia è molto consciuta e amata e ha più fun di quello che crede! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.56.194.60 (talk) 20:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Cool
As far as I know, she is the oldest living person who is famous for something else than extreme age. --- Dralwik|Have a Chat 02:26, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Picture?
Does anyone have a picture of this remarkable lady for this article? --Leoj83 (talk) 21:25, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I still can't find one that I'm sure is public domain, but if anyone does have one that would be really amazing.. Bridgebrad (talk) 19:06, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Honors
Exit 12 on GA-400 is named the Leila D. Denmark interchange. This is just one of many honors that could merit mention in the article.69.15.219.71 (talk) 22:33, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds relevant to me, go on and add it. Gap9551 (talk) 09:39, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Useful Reliable Source
This source includes the "pertussis vaccine" credit that Dr. Denmark claims for herself.

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3395

Subsequently, from 1933 to 1944 Denmark conducted research in the diagnosis, treatment, and immunization of whooping cough, which was fatal for many underprivileged babies. Her research at the charity clinic, assisted by Eli Lilly and Company and Emory University, resulted in the development of the pertussis vaccine, which is still used today.

69.15.219.71 (talk) 20:48, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Problem
I would like to add the following sentence:

She is the only woman known independent of longevity to live to be 114.

But I feel someone will remove it. Any thoughts?? Georgia guy (talk) 19:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You could try it, combine with She is one of the rare supercentenarians known for reasons other than longevity. A source would be useful, but it is difficult to define what 'known' means. List of living centenarians uses the policy that having a wikipedia article is required, but that is still arbitrary. Gap9551 (talk) 20:09, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Please note that the term means at least 110, and that 110 is special merely because it ends in 0. Living to be 114 is rare even among people who live to be 110, so that statement really isn't as interesting as the one I want to add. Georgia guy (talk) 20:59, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Therefore I wrote, 'combine with'. Gap9551 (talk) 11:03, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't think your sentence would add anything worthwhile to the article. Let her other biographical details stand on their own merits in her article.  Fred Birchmore (talk) 07:03, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * It's also poorly written as is. Lady  of  Shalott  21:04, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It didn't make sense nor did it have a reference. Maybe try a rewrite here. --Mollskman (talk) 20:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * How can her biographical details show that she is the 'only' one? Gap9551 (talk) 18:48, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

This would solve the problem:

At the time of her death she was the oldest person to be notable enough for a Wikipedia page for reasons other than the attainment of extreme age.

So let us parse this:

First, there can be someone else who is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (let us say a major-league athlete, an Olympic medalist, a credited screen actor, an elected official to a significant office, etc., or even something notorious as an infamous scandal) Being recognized as an expert in an academic field qualifies.

Second, someone who has achieved something significant (creation of the romanized Pinyin alphabet of China) has attained 110 years, so she is no longer the only person to qualify for a Wiki page for reasons other than attainment of 110 years. He could conceivably surpass Leila Denmark. Pbrower2a (talk) 22:05, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia has criteria of notability for persons meriting an article.