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669:, you retain the titles (Dr. and M.D.), and may without deception use them, if you choose to, (and under nearly all circumstances not bother to correct those who address or refer you with the title or description). But in print, you should be either a "family doctor" or "retired family doctor" if a ref is available, and in this circumstance be at least tagged with {{template:As of}}, with a date reflecting the date of the edit that asserted it on WP (or if the editor encountering it is up to the research task, the date on the 475: 541: 370: 284: 252: 553: 465: 438: 394: 589: 221: 346: 406: 294: 846:? Your voice is clear, concise, and easy for people with bad hearing to understand. You're very professional manerisms and attire definitely equal that of Bob Barker. You are tall, thin & handsom. You have MC'd prevously, PLEASE ASK & AUDITION for old people like me. Nancy Brown, Tucson, AZ. 953:
Hey. I'm pretty sure that someone typed in his roles incorrectly. At the bottom of his TV credits he is listed as being "Father" on Canada's Worst Handyman, which I know for a fact is a reality show where he "played" himself, so at least that part is definitely wrong. And for How I Met Your Mother he
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I dunno enuf about the journalistic side of WP to understand (not for lack of trying) the source of the apparently continuing assertion on my tablet device (noted by me at least half an hour ago) that he was an "American actor". Perhaps that source has been fixed, and it's just a matter of lag that
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policy does not apply directly to the subject of this article, it may contain material that relates to living persons, such as friends and family of persons no longer living, or living persons involved in the subject matter. Unsourced or
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According to the article, it seems that his only enduring contributions to the entertainment industry are the Diff'rent Strokes and Facts Of Life theme songs, which appear to have been co-written by his ex-wife. Pity...
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I changed "Thicke" to "he" in the first named section, bcz it immediately followed the first mention of the father. Since the son is the topic person, "Thicke" is likely to produce either confusion or mental
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than their common surname. (IMO, "he" causes the least distraction and is fully adequate since readers should, and i think do, recall that the topic of the article is the person
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Alan Thicke is no more 59 than I am 21!!! I am 57 and, as he was an old friend once upon a time, he is at least 5 to 7 years older than I am!!! -
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Why, oh why, is Jason Seaver 62 years old!!! Why is everyone so old now??? Someone build a time machine and send things backwards!!!!!!!
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page, which you have already done. On another note, just because it can be referenced and verified does not make it Encyclopedic.
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I just finished cleaning up the article - removed a lot of text which had no references, or had "citation needed" tags, etc.
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Point taken, but (for the record) unresponsive: "family doctor" is neither a degree nor a title, but an occupation. Barring
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is listed as playing "himself"; I've never seen that show, but I suspect these two listings should be reversed.
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I was surprised, however, at the almost complete lack of information on this page about Thicke's involvement in
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is "trivia". However, he has appeared in other episodes of shows that have yet to be referenced. Is there a
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An appearance "as a contestant" on a game show is trivial and un-Encyclopedic. This should be noted on the
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reader like myself, be misconstrued (for long enuf to be distracted by a shiny proper noun), as a second
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Alan = Have you considered the opportunity of Master of Ceremonies for the Price is Right: -->
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It's prolly just me, but the change of surname and the fact that the first surname could, by a
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Does anyone have any information on Alan Thicke being a spokesman for Woolco in the 1980's?
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for the reader. If YMV, replace "he" with "the boy", "the stepson", or almost anything
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This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the
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is beyond our control. IMO more likely, it still needs to be fixed.
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is anything to go by, Alan Thicke's appearance on an episode of
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