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Oprah Winfrey was a Media and drama good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Oprah Ancestry

According to the links:

http://ethnicelebs.com/oprah-winfrey

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw43kWEKjn8

Oprah Winfery has both Liberian and Zambian ancestry. She comes from the Nkoya people, a tribe in Southern Zambia.

too positive

It seems as if it is an ad campaign. Where are the controversies? There is no controversy. Oprah is God on Earth. Don't hate on a sister.

"Orpah"

Hi all, I can't be the only one who saw "Orpah" in the infobox and went to change it, only to see an editorial note. We shouldn't be forcing readers and editors to navigate away from the page to learn this—while they can read the information in the "Early life" section, it's not immediately apparent to people that they should just scroll down. Can we include a link (example) or a explanatory footnote? Best, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 16:39, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've boldly added an explanation in the footnote. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 16:45, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A great lady! Sitembele Mzamane — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.16.230.126 (talk) 17:50, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

typo in birth name

In the leed section, it says "orpah" instead of "oprah"

thanks

Eric Ramus

The Life You Want forthcoming Oprah memoir

Started article on Memoir forthcoming in 2017. Didn't see an obvious placement for it in article, so I came here to ask someone more familiar with her life/career and this page to add it to the page. Thanks.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:17, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PR

This is an PR article of the worst kind, and nothing else! Where has the criticism section gone? Glorification to the hilt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:46:1A08:5207:B069:67FF:1E03:165E (talk) 19:46, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]