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Article is not only incomplete, it seems to be presenting erroneous data points[edit]

The claim that Lucille Ball only has four nominations for a "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series" — one for I Love Lucy and three times for The Lucy Show — ignores the fact that the name of the Emmy for lead female in a comedy series changed throughout its first decade, and that Ball was nominated in that essential category for each year between 1952 and 1958.

Indeed, her 1953 win which is acknowledged at this Emmy article is actually noted at the Lucille Ball article as being for "Best Comedienne". Elsewhere at Wikipedia, we acknowledge changes in name as we incorporates the winners of those variations into the common article Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series. (Unfortunately the Emmy website is sorely lacking, failing to present lists of past winners.)

Therefore, when the six other years Ball was nominated for the essential category in the 1950s are added to the two years she won for I Love Lucy, this takes her total nominations in the category to 10. Her four wins are not superlative, but she leads the field in nominations in that general category. Not to take away from the estimable Bea Arthur, but credit where it's due; perhaps mention both, with an asterisk beside Ball's name and a footnote remarking upon the mitigating circumstance of the jumbled way the Emmys handled the category in the 1950s?

Our own infobox at the bottom of this article includes winners of the general actress award when they won that award for a comedy, so why don't we do this for both wins and nominations in the actual article?

From I Love Lucy:

Emmy Awards

Wins[edit]

Best Situation Comedy, 1953, 1954
Best Comedienne, Lucille Ball, 1953
Best Series Supporting Actress, Vivian Vance, 1954
Best Actress – Continuing Performance, Lucille Ball, 1956

Nominations[edit]

Lucille Ball[edit]

Best Comedian or Comedienne, 1952
Most Outstanding Personality, 1953
Best Female Star of Regular Series, 1954
Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series, 1955
Best Comedienne, 1956
Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series, 1957
Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself, 1958

On the off chance that the fix determined will be to remove names from the male list and the female infoboxes, I won't just plunge in and add this here, but instead wait a few days to see if there is any comment. For the record, not quite sure anyone will notice this as the page has only just been created with this post, I have unofficially invited comment in a post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comedy. Thanks, Abrazame (talk) 04:41, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Link to other Wiki page[edit]

In re: § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation.

Would the reader be better served by changing the wording to "that category's creation?" The link should also point to, I believe, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. It presently links to the page for the Drama series guest actress. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joelib (talk • contribs) 12:17, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Winners in bold[edit]

After looking at the Golden Globe Award categories, i think it would be better to change the winners format to bold letters in order to identify them better. 190.19.0.45 (talk) 14:53, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]