Talk:Wanda Toscanini Horowitz

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I don't understand this sentence:

Following Horowitz's death in 1989, Wanda purchased the couple's home "Pinci's Acres" in Ashfield, Massachusetts, and stocked it with American antiques and Horowitz memorabilia.

How is it that she purchased the house after his death? Did they previously rent it? In what sense was it previously "the couple's home"??? -- Viajero 15:51, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I suppose so. I forgot to mention the source, which is http://web.telia.com/~u85420275/trivia.htm. — Pladask 19:34, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

Ah, no, wait. I misunderstood the whole thing. Vladimir obviously never lived there, as it says "1990–1998". — Pladask 19:36, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

I am undertaking an extensive rewrite of this article. This will take a few days and I will add citations.THD3 (talk) 20:27, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that was faster than I thought. Rewrite complete. Tags deleted.THD3 (talk) 20:50, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal for merger with Vladimir Horowitz

Ok. But with all respect, but do you really think this individual rates an encyclopedia entry? Simply being the wife or child of a famous person is not really enough. Again, it is no slight against her; quite possibly she was a wonderful individual, but I don't know of any accomplishments of hers that suggest that she was more than that. If she hadn't been married to Horowitz, what is the probability we would have an entry for her? I am all for creating stubs, but there should at least be a real possibility that the stub could grow to something more. I suggest we merge this information in the Horowitz article and redirect it there. -- Viajero 20:16, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Personally, I do think so, especially concidering that she's the child and _also_ the wife of a famous person (fortunately not the same famous person :-) ). Further, I do think the stub can grow into something more than this. I've seen Horowitz videos with interviews, and she seems to have been quite an interesting character. Anyway, IMHO, the current version justifies a Wikipedia entrance. — Pladask 14:47, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

Wanda was an extraordinary character. This "battle-ax," as she was called, ruled Horowitz (and usually to his benefit) for most of his life. You can catch a glimpse of her in one of Woody Allen's films, in a cocktail party scene. Both she and Horowitz were good friends of Woody and Mia. WK has articles on virtually everybody....from Jenna Bush to Donald Trump, Jr.. Wanda clearly rates something in the WP Universe. 66.108.4.183 15:14, 21 July 2006 (UTC) Nash's Companion[reply]

Agreed. I OPPOSE the merger of this article with either Vladimir Horowitz or Arturo Toscanini.THD3 (talk) 12:50, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After four years (including one year with the tag in the article) an no clear mandate for merger, I am deleting the merge tag.THD3 (talk) 19:49, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If she was truly notable not just because of who her father and husband were, then we should be able to come up with something about her own personal notability in the lede. We haven't done that yet and we appear to still be violating WP's rules about notability of subjects. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 19:32, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Should we also delete the article about Amy Carter, then?THD3 (talk) 19:55, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Homosexuality

See Vladimir Horowitz discussion. I don't know if we should just label him homosexual on this page either. Perhaps changing it to a manner which generalizes sexual things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arvindan Thekkadath (talk • contribs) 10:40, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any point in mentioning it on this page. It's not like Wanda was a lesbian (although according to Harvey Sachs, Sonia was).THD3 (talk) 13:19, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I mean to say, changing the term homosexuality. Implying that it was sexual orientation which Horowitz was struggling from. If anything, shouldn't there be a reference.Arvindan T. 19:25, 13 July 2010 (UTC)