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Latest comment: 4 days ago9 comments5 people in discussion
Her father was Jewish by birth, but her mother was a convert. Do we know who converted her? Depending on who did, the Jewish status of Victoria and her 2 kids might not be recognised by all synagogues. PatGallacher (talk) 18:32, 3 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
I couldn't find anything on but I don't think it matters. If Starmer was brought up in a Jewish household and sees herself as Jewish and coverage of her overwhelming describe her as Jewish then its safe to say she is. Judaism is fairly open about who is Jewish as well, from what I've learned. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:49, 3 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Judaism is 100% not open about who is Jewish. Only very liberal movements will recognize patrilineal descent, intermarriage is generally discouraged, and no movement will accept conversions of a movement deemed less strict. That said, most communities will make a fuss about someone who's mother converted calling themselves Jewish, even if they wouldn't accept that conversion. TimeEngineer (talk) 08:24, 4 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
@TimeEngineer, hence why I said "fairly". Converts are definitely seen as outsiders by a lot of religious Jews, depending on the denomination but I don't think anyone will challenge the status of such a public figure because it will almost certainly create a huge backlash.
Latest comment: 8 days ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Perhaps the reason for the "Lady" in her name is obvious to British readers, but it isn't to others in Wikipedia's global readership. Could it be explained in a footnote or in some other way? Moncrief (talk) 04:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 8 days ago4 comments3 people in discussion
Lady Starmer should not have "The Right Honourable" above her name. @MAL_MALDIVE added it by comparison to The Right Honourable The Lady Wilson of Rievaulx who was the wife of a baron, not the wife of a knight. The wife of a knight is not entitled to "The Right Honourable" unless they are a privy counsellor, which Lady Starmer is not. HMQSasha (talk) 12:55, 5 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 days ago12 comments7 people in discussion
Why are the names of her children omitted? (Redacted) The information is publicly available via an easily citeable source - the General Register Office Birth Index. 146.200.29.183 (talk) 16:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Was just going to say something along these lines re the Starmers making effort not to mention their children's names in public. Per WP:BLPPRIVACY I don't think we should include the children's names. GnocchiFan (talk) 19:52, 5 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
You're 100% right. My only worry was that a regular user removing talk discussions might also be against policy. But oversight has handled it and the info is redacted now. Omnis Scientia (talk) 12:26, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
@SferaEbbasta87, last week's Guardian said that the (very few) articles saying she's 60 are off by a decade. See here for the Guardian article and also the first reference where it says that she elected Unveristy Student union president in 1995 at the age of 21. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:30, 7 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Current lead: British former solicitor and the wife of Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party. As of July 2024, she works for the National Health Service (NHS) as an occupational health worker.
Question: Why is the first item "former solicitor" instead of her current role of "occupational health worker"? Should her current role be mentioned first? TJMSmith (talk) 00:05, 8 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
I've updated it. Since her notability comes via her husband being the British PM, I put that first and wrote a seperate line for her career as a solicitor and NHS worker. Omnis Scientia (talk) 11:10, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
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