Editing Eurovision Wiki:Teahouse (section)

== Emma Thompson's Divorce Date ==

Hi,

I recently attempted to update the Wikipedia article for [[Emma Thompson]] regarding her divorce from [[Kenneth Branagh]]. The article currently lists 1995 as the year of their divorce, which I believe may be an error. While they did separate in 1995, Thompson mentioned in a anecdote written about in a 2025 CBS News article ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emma-thompson-says-president-donald-trump-once-asked-her-out/ ) that her divorce was finalized during the 1997 filming of Primary Colors (released in 1998).

However, there are a couple of complications.

# The CBS article focuses mainly on a phone call Thompson received from Donald Trump and the divorce date is a sidenote, which I think makes it harder to cite this as a direct source for the divorce.
# While the CBS article doesn't directly mention Branagh, it's understood that he was Thompson's only husband at the time, and she has only been divorced once. Other articles about Thompson's 2025 anecdote state Branagh was her husband, but omit the 1997 date. IMDB and Variety support that Primary Colors was filmed in 1997, but I want to avoid any original research.
# There doesn't seem to be any online sources circa 1997 confirming their divorce date. It's likely Thompson and Branagh chose not to publicly announce that their divorce was finalized.

I'd appreciate any guidance on whether it's acceptable to cite the CBS article to support the 1997 divorce date in the Emma Thompson Wikipedia article, even though it is a sidenote in the CBS article. How should this situation be handled?

Thanks for any help! [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-14479-23|&#126;2026-14479-23]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-14479-23|talk]]) 05:05, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:Bring up the matter on [[Talk:Emma Thompson]]. On [[Talk:Kenneth Branagh]], link to the discussion on [[Talk:Emma Thompson]] and invite people to join it. (People frequenting one or other of those two talk pages are more likely to be familiar with the biographical complexities of one or both of those two actors than are people frequenting this page.) -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary|talk]]) 06:37, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:I've restored your edit, and changed the date on Branagh's article; in both cases, the 1995 date was uncited. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 08:16, 12 March 2026 (UTC)