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Feel free to help with sourcing. --Cinemaniac⁸⁶_{Dane_Cook_Hater_Extraordinaire} 06:23, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Re "Hollywood Canteen" this is a topic that was already well covered on the topic's article talk page. Davis was not responsible for founding the canteen. The Hollywood Canteen was established as a "sister canteen" to New York's "Stage Door Canteen." The "Hollywood Canteen" was established by a formed committee headed by actress Irene Dunne. Davis served as honorary president for a period of time after it was opened. MonicaAng (talk) 06:40, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

I read the talk page on the Hollywood Canteen. You're the only person who has mentioned anything on that page. The link you provided is either a dead link or an inaccessible link, due to the website requiring a credit or debit card for a free trial or paid access. You need other methods of sourcing, and more than just one to dispute the variety of sourcing which was already in place that established Davis, Garfield, and Jules Stein.

If it was established by Irene Dunne (whom I love, and it's absolutely criminal that she never got an Oscar or at least an Honorary Oscar--I blame the Academy giving Luise Rainer's Good Earth over Dunne's Awful Truth, but not Rainer's fault, I digress)...if it was Dunne, then we would have more sources to stipulate such. Dunne was a major actress, not some nobody. If all of your claims are true, they'd best be served by screenshots of the articles in question. Legitimate preservations, not retyped or rewritten. Otherwise, they are baseless claims.

The entire discussion on YOUR talk page regarding the Hollywood Canteen conveys some serious concerns. Primarily, attempting to rewrite history to fit your narrative, and got into an edit war with another who had legitimate sourcing. I gather that you are a Joan Crawford fan, and perhaps as such, dislike Bette Davis. But you cannot let your bias drive your motivations. It's irrelevant, and it's not going to solve anything. Both women are still terrific actresses, regardless of who likes one or both or neither. They each have fans, legacies, and awards to validate it all. There's nothing left to prove really! --Cinemaniac⁸⁶_{Dane_Cook_Hater_Extraordinaire} 19:23, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I know there are MANY, MANY sources all over Wikipedia that come from PAY newspaper websites. The sources I stated come DIRECTLY from 1942 and 1943 newspaper articles citing those who I added as members of the Hollywood Victory Committee. Dunne presided over the committee in 1942. These are legitimate sources and absolutely legitimate information. It is totally wrong that Davis and Garland are held in modern day as the singular "founders" of the Canteen, when it was formed by an entire committee composed of many people in the Hollywood community. This issue was already discussed at great length several months ago by another editor was did not know this information. I absolutely think these people's names should be included as the committee who formed the Canteen. As for my talk page discussion, yes, that discussion was by THAT member I mention above who was also totally oblivious that the Hollywood Victory Committee existed and is who formed the Canteen because it's not pasted all over Google. But, it did exist, and the newspapers from that time period (which I am sourcing from) 100% proves this as well as everything else I am stating. No false information from my end here. I am not attempting to "rewrite history." I am provided the real facts regarding this situation, which is what seems to be the issue. MonicaAng (talk) 19:32, 29 October 2023 (UTC)