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Article milestones Date Process Result May 28, 2014 Good article nominee Listed July 7, 2014 Peer review Reviewed July 25, 2014 Featured article candidate Promoted A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 30, 2014. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that comedian Red Skelton earned more from painting than from his television and radio career? A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 17, 2021. Current status: Featured article

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In the Biography / Early Years section, a sentence about Red's father is followed by the sentence: "His birth certificate surname was that of his father's stepfather." In this sentence, does "his" refer to Red or to his father? rowley (talk) 23:58, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

When Red appeared in Saskatoon, Canada, in the 1980s he gave a press conference where he talked about his daily writing, composing and painting routine (cited in this article from a 1967 interview). He also mentioned publishing many of his short stories privately (I think he said something about selling the books at his shows). This article does list several book releases (including some from the time period of the press conference), but I wonder if there were more? 136.159.160.121 (talk) 17:12, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

High school equivalency ‘degree’? Should this be ‘diploma’? 2001:8003:3020:1C00:44C:C08D:6DCD:234B (talk) 06:08, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This article has contained blatant misinformation for about five years, and has seen considerable changes since FA. Qwirkle (talk) 05:53, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you believe the problems you identify could be resolved by reverting to the FA version? Nikkimaria (talk) 04:49, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, take a look at it. There's a considerable amount of detail, but some of it even then seems to have been invented by Skelton himself...or perhaps more by credulous wikipedians who couldn't recognize a joke. On the whole it's not that bad, but some of the material added since was OK, and there's only so much baby that should go out with the bathwater. Qwirkle (talk) 05:13, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article says Red skelton's marriage to her eded in divorce in 1971. Othere souces say she committed suicide in 1975 152.97.164.177 (talk) 13:39, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What sources are you referring to? Nikkimaria (talk) 04:13, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]