Talk:Mary Tamm

Date of birth
IMDB states she was born May 22nd, and yet marytamm.com specifies March 22nd? How affiliated with this woman is marytamm.com, it can't even get the year of her birth right and talks about her in 3rd person. It looks more like a fan site? Which of the two souces holds more verifiability weight? Mentality 07:45, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, answering this more than two years on, Tamm has stated on interview that she's edited her own Wikipedia article to remove an inaccuracy regarding her leaving the series. The IP who made the corresponding edits used a page from marytamm.com as a citation.  Since Imdb.com also gives the date as 22 March now, I think marytamm.com is likely to be what it claims: the official site.  --Dominic Hardstaff (talk) 11:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * You're both off the mark. IMDB, as has been discussed endlessly on Wikipedia, is not a reliable source.  Its moderators do a very poor job of vetting the veracity of user submissions, and therefore it is little better than a fansite as far as data is concerned.  Tamm, her official site (if it is that) and her autobiography are primary sources, and as such are not necessarily considered reliable.  The only sources that should be cited here are reliable third-party sources.  That does not include fansites. 67.162.236.230 (talk) 21:23, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Her autobiography isn't considered a reliable source ??
 * 82.16.19.51 (talk) 10:02, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * One of the reasons why I stopped actively editing Wikipedia. If God himself wrote that the sky was blue, someone would dispute it as not being a reliable source. It's one of the reasons Wikipedia is considered a joke by a lot of people. 70.72.215.252 (talk) 16:39, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Self-published material is fine as a source for biographical details as long as they are not unduly self-serving. It's fine to use an autobiog for things like date of birth, place of birth, etc. BearAllen (talk) 09:00, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

"One of the reasons why I stopped actively editing Wikipedia. If God himself wrote that the sky was blue, someone would dispute it as not being a reliable source. It's one of the reasons Wikipedia is considered a joke by a lot of people." I mean to paraphrase this slightly, so it makes sense out of this context, & have it put on a t-shirt. wikipedia has disappeared up its own arse, with "verifiability" being more important, even if it relies on the increasingly unreliable & scant print world (which anyway comes here for 'fact-checking'), than first-hand knowledge by well-known experts in any given field. you know who you are.

duncanrmi (talk) 17:20, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Date of death
The date of death is incorrect. Media are reporting that Tamm "died yesterday" which would be the 25th of July, not 26th. I'd change it myself but as an anonymous IP editor my change would be reverted. 70.72.215.252 (talk) 16:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I haven't seen any sources that say she died on the 25th. Most sources at present say she died on the 26th -, , for example.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:58, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The Radio Times, the official BBC Magazine, has confirmed she died "on Tuesday morning" which is the 24th. Here's the source: . But the Telegraph is saying the 26th . 70.72.215.252 (talk) 20:33, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The Guardian article cited as the main source for the date of death does not indicate the date of death. Just saying. 70.72.211.35 (talk) 04:25, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Image
since she's passed on I have added a fair use image as it is now irreplaceable. Hurriquake (talk) 05:51, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately that isn't the way it works. Don't be surprised if it vanishes. 70.72.211.35 (talk) 04:24, 7 August 2012 (UTC)