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A user also did this redirect in the article. Sources:[1], [2], public records also list her name as that only in aliases only like in find a grave or ancestry or whatever else, more sources [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18] Summer changed her first name from LaDonna to Donna as listed in one of these sources. I don’t really care if they are not or are reliable sources at all, even if they aren’t, it is not a good source for that info. TheGreatestLuvofAll (chat with me) 18:20, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The page used the birth name LaDonna until this edit earlier in 2023, which claimed that "Her own daughter, Brooklyn Sodano, found her mother's birth certificate. Her birth name was Donna; LaDonna was a family nickname. Sodano says the misunderstanding came from her mother's own book" - sourced from this interview. Official Massachusetts birth records (primary sources) give the birth name Donna. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For our readers though, it's very misleading to have two sources, one in the lead sentence, and the other in the Early life section that explicitly state she was born LaDonna Andrea Gaines. There is no mention in the article, that I can find, to explain to our readers that LaDonna was a family nickname, or the misunderstanding came from her mother's own book.Isaidnoway(talk)19:28, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This article claims that Donna Summer states she was a non-smoker, but there are many video interviews with her cigarette in hand smoking and speaking with the interviewer? Does it make any sense. 97.82.218.13 (talk) 18:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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