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Giving birth to Chaz

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Cher did not give birth to Chaz Bono. She gave birth to Chastity, a girl. Chastity's choices later in life do not change her birth gender. I believe the proper reference to any changes is "Cher gave birth to Chastity Bono (now Chaz Bono). 2600:1009:B006:7232:0:47:8830:E301 (talk) 16:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We are not engaging in conjecture about the difference between recorded "birth gender" and subjective gender. But I added the birth name of Chastity to complete your request. Binksternet (talk) 19:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Per MOS:GIDINFO Chaz Bono's birth name is not appropriate here. Removed. PianoDan (talk) 00:06, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are in error. To say that Cher "gave birth to Chaz Bono" is untrue. If Wikipedia EVER expects to be usable as a reliable source, it needs to print the truth. You need to reinstate the statement, "Cher gave birth to Chastity Bono (now Chaz Bono)." 174.26.239.88 (talk) 04:32, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
exactly Jorge.bradshaw (talk) 11:04, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 November 2024

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Jorge.bradshaw (talk) 11:01, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to add Cher's recent new information with her new memoir

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 16:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Name

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Her name has been changed to Cheryl. It was indeed originally Cherilyn, and she has said this before! I’m sure it’s mentioned in her original book “the first time” will have to dig this out! 2A04:4A43:907F:FD6C:14AB:372F:EEDA:B5EC (talk) 19:12, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 November 2024

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Cher's birth name was Cherilyn, not Cheryl as the article contains. Mradrian92264 (talk) 23:55, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. LizardJr8 (talk) 05:13, 23 November 2024

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/cher-shocked-to-discover-her-legal-name-when-she-applied-to-change-it-1.7121358

Current version implies wrong info. Cher and her family intended for her name to be Cherilyn and consider Cheryl to be an error.

Possible: (born Cherilyn Sarkasian, birth certificate name of Cheryl Sarkasian in error. Ref.....) Canapple900 (talk) 19:03, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additional reference
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/entertainment/cher-first-name-memoir/index.html
19:05, 24 November 2024 (UTC) Canapple900 (talk) 19:05, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done by another editor - a note has been added to the lead and Early life section explaining the mixup. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 14:43, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://californiabirthindex.org/
does not have Cheryl Sarkisian or Georgianne Southall
it has
https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/cheryl_lapiere_born_1946_3214561
https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/georganne_elizabeth_lapiere_born_1951_4419702
... 69.181.17.113 (talk) 19:15, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/cher-metropolitan-museum-1974
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/georgianne-lapierre
69.181.17.113 (talk) 19:18, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excessive detail

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This article is well in excess of the recommendations outlined at Wikipedia:Summary_style#Article_size, and needs significant trimming to reduce wordiness and excessive detail. A couple of examples are the anecdote about Pink and the exploration of the motivations of the Cher Fan Club in creating an AI video. On the former, Cher has influenced a considerable number of performers in various ways; this specific detail might merit discussion in the Pink article, but there's no indication it warrants being called out specifically here. Similarly with the fan club: whatever their motivations in creating the video, they aren't relevant to Cher's biography. Both of these claims should be omitted. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:57, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]