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On 3 March 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Pamela Brown. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Her name

Why use the middle name of Ashley when she does not seem to use it professionally? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.58.118 (talk) 00:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been modified several times to remove reference s to the death of her aunt in a hot air ballooning accident stating that these comments need citation. here is one http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DB163EF931A15752C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

There is also another wikipedia article about the accident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Life —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.219.88.140 (talk) 20:08, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article needs updating. She has left WJLA for CNN (though i do not believe she hs made on on air appearance there yet). and TBD TV which is referenced asa current employer no longer exists. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.219.88.140 (talk) 14:04, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Move?

Since she doesn't use her middle name professionally, I see no reason for it to be part of the article's title. Any objections to moving this to Pamela Brown (journalist)? Blaylockjam10 (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The article needs some updating

I added a wikilink for the MLS program, but the sentence is in present tense for 2021, which is now out of date and needs to be updated. In the lede, it reads “She is currently CNN's chief investigative correspondent and anchor.” Is she both? I would think that if she’s an anchor she wouldn’t also be correspondent. I don’t watch CNN so I wouldn’t know.

There is also some strange wording. The sentence that begins as, “On January 30, 2025, Brown would start hosting the CNN Newsroom hour…” is oddly worded, since “would” is wrong regardless of tense. When originally written it should have been “will start”, but since it’s now past tense, I guess it’s “started”. (Again I don’t watch CNN so I don’t personally know.) Then the next sentence has “Brown would provide details” which also is wrong.

Back in the old days I would have been BOLD and made the changes myself, but I’ve gotten so sick and tired of arguing with people over everything these past few years I’ve stopped doing anything except minor stuff. C’est la vie. 2600:1700:4E10:C690:A981:C1BF:2BA9:AA81 (talk) 03:28, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Under quick bio

What is the purpose of stating she's a "leftist degenerate"? not very neutral it seems. 2603:6080:AD04:3144:5012:56FF:FED2:95E8 (talk) 15:20, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 March 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Per consensus, not PT yet. – robertsky (talk) 00:11, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

– Proposing moving Pamela Brown (journalist) to Pamela Brown as the article meets the criteria for WP:PRIMARYTOPIC as listed at WP:PT1.

According to the page view statistics averaged over the last two years, the journalist has received approximately 3x more average monthly page views than all other Pamela/Pam Brown articles combined.

Pamela Brown (journalist): 15,869 average monthly page views
All other Pamela/Pam brown articles combined: 5,898 average monthly page views

WikiNav clickstream data also shows that 76% of visitors to the disambiguation page are looking for the journalist. RachelTensions (talk) 17:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Frost 06:11, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support, clearly supported by the evidence of the clickstream and page views data. Bobby Cohn (talk) 19:26, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. No primary topic by long-term significance. Clear case of WP:RECENTISM. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:11, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Recentism? The pageview data shows the journalist has been the primary topic by WP:PT1 for almost five years… RachelTensions (talk) 15:38, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
She's still alive so she gets more searches. That doesn't mean she's primary. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:36, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: While it is undeniable that the journalist is the most popular in terms of views, the actress is shown to still get thousands of views and sometimes comes close to overtaking (Mar-Jun 2024 and Oct-Dec 2024). Because of this, I do not believe that WP:PRIMARYTOPIC applies here. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 00:32, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Oppose per above. No primary topic in terms of long-term significance, and page view stats are due to recentism. — Amakuru (talk) 16:17, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support move Per comments of Bobby Cohn Servite et contribuere (talk) 03:23, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

About her MLS

Pinging FinleyWarren: I reverted the change about her MLS status (again). You said you had a source to verify it but all I see is the original tweet that says she is entering the program. You can’t change it just because it’s been over three years (after all, she may not have graduated). WP:BLP doesn’t allow editors to change things based upon assumptions. It does need to be updated, but only to what is verified. If nothing else, it probably should just be deleted. 2600:1700:4E10:C690:8D47:3679:CA4C:BDB7 (talk) 23:03, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi–I'm so sorry if I didn't follow the guidelines correctly here. I do apologize, and I'll be more careful next time. Thanks for letting me know! FinleyWarren (talk) 16:59, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]