Talk:Richard Dean Anderson

Quotes

What on earth does the Carter quote have to do with this page?195.33.121.133 11:58, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

He WAS the main character in the series "McGuyver"...81.145.241.116 17:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)Lance Tyrell

Image

Regarding the image... I ain't seein' it. -- EmperorBMA / ブリイアン 12:57, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

It's one of the victims of the Great Image Glitch of January '04. I notice that the notice on the Village Pump has stopped saying they expect the images to come back sooner or later, and started suggesting people re-upload the images; maybe someone'd better take the link off the article for now, either way. --Paul A 15:33, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Norwegian?

I hear a lot about his norwegian origins... Is it true?

Considering the name Anderson and that he comes from Minnesota, it seems likely that he has Scandinavian heritage, anyway.

McGyver

There should be more than a passing reference to his part in this show, since he starred in it for quite a few seasons. --69.210.64.18 03:25, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

7 seasons. StargateX1 18:12, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Roseville

The roseville, mn wiki page claims he's from Roseville, not Minneapolis.

Father???

Isn't his father Richard Anderson, The boss on "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman"?

No. His father's name is Stuart Anderson. -Nunh-huh 06:40, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Hockey?

Seems like he tried a career in hockey prior to acting? Thought I recalled he was on a minor league team or something? JME66.72.215.225

He wanted to be a professional hockey player when growing up, but he broke both of his arms within 3 weeks of each other while playing high school hockey, and re-thought his professional ambitions. He still kept playing though and has also been the honorary captain of the US Olympic hockey team (in 1988 and in 1992). See also http://rdanderson.com. -TvL

Removed deleted image(s)

Just a note to say that I have removed some [or an] image[s] from the page beacuse they were speediable under either:

• Category:Images with no fair use rationale
• Category:Images with no copyright tag
• Category:Images with no source

Or similar category. Iolakana|^(talk) 15:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Air Force award?

He was presented with an award at the Air Force Association's 57th Annual Air Force Anniversary Dinner in Washington, D.C. on 14 September 2004 because of his role as star and executive producer of Stargate SG-1, a series which has portrayed the Air Force in a positive light since it first premiered. It was presented by the then-Air Force Chief-of-Staff, General John P. Jumper. The last recipient of the award was James Stewart in 1987. At the same dinner, Anderson was made an honorary Brigadier General. So what award is this referring to? I couldn't find a mention of it in the James Stewart article to include the actual name of the award in this one. --user.lain 07:39, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Also, shouldn't RDA now be referred to as "Brigadier General (Hon.) Richard Dean Anderson" at the beginning of the article?

I agree, Anderson is a Brig. General, and should be titled as such. - MSTCrow 01:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think an Honorary title is the same as being given a real title. As such I don't think this should be reflected in the lead in and should only be discussed in the body of the article. Furthermore, I always thought honorary titles could not be used in an official capacity, and had only been given to the person for decorative purporses.--NeilEvans 14:41, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I believe that you may be correct, although I don't know enough about the military to be sure, and I'm hesitant to remove info unless 100% necessary (especially if the prior consensus is to leave it be). If you can find a verifiable source for proper usage of honorary military titles, we can re-visit this topic. Spazure 00:56, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

I've been doing some research and found these three style guides.[1], [2] and [3]. While they don't deal with honorary military titles, they do deal with honorary degrees, so I would think the same rules would apply. It appears the consensus is that if a person holds an honorary doctorate, the title of Dr. should not be placed before the person's name. They also state that if it is necessary for the title to be included then it should be stated that the title is honorary. At present the article page does state that the title is honorary, but I don't feel that the title is necessary in the lead in paragraph.--NeilEvans 14:05, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

You lead a very compelling counterpoint. I urge others watching this article to add their opinion as well. I was not able to locate any info one way or another considering military usage of honorary titles, but as we're wiki and not military, the wiki rules for honorary titles (which I didn't even think to search on, thanks!) should probably take priority here. Spazure 02:58, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:NCNT says this about honorary titles. "Honorary titles should not be used at all, but the appropriate post-nominal letters or explanation should be in the article." So I think that's pretty conclusive that the title should not be used and only the letters after his name and then expanded on in the body of the text.--NeilEvans 17:33, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Latino heritage?

IN the simpsons episode he mentioned having latino heritage.

Yeah, but that's the Simpsons. The show where Bill Clinton stated that he was "a pretty lousy president". Maybe that's not the best example (it's true and all!), but the point still stands. Anything said on the Simpsons has to be taken with a pretty big grain of salt. SpudHawg948 (talk) 00:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Serial daters

Why is it, I wonder, that male celebrities are invariably accompanied by a list of beautiful and famous women they have dated, as if this was some kind of accomplishment rather than representing a string of failures? 82.110.248.146 (talk) 13:43, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Actor Infobox

Much of the info is not displaying. I can't seem to fix it ATM, but perhaps someone who's better at wiki editing than I can do so...

Jedikaiti (talk) 05:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Sea Shepherd

I'd write an article about Richard Dean Anderson's association with Sea Shepherd, but I'm not exactly good at such things.

We have something mentioning it on his own webpage: http://rdanderson.com/signseal.htm

As well as Sea Shepherd's webpage: http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_050310_1.html

http://www.activistcash.com claims that RD Anderson is a board member of Sea Shepherd... I'm not sure if that's true or not. I'd post a direct link, but unfortunately they use a script so that you can't link directly to someone's profile on there.

Frankly, I'm not sure what to make of this myself... In some ways, I respect what SSCS does, but in other ways I don't. The goal is noble, the methodology is questionable at best. And RD Anderson's involvement with them puts him in a different light from how I originally saw him. :( 24.254.163.150 (talk) 21:33, 25 April 2008 (UTC)