On 17 January 2011 04:03, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
Then, in 2010, he posts to Talk:Jimmy Wales that "I was born on the 7th of August, according to my mother. My legal paperwork all says 8th of August, due to an error on my birth certificate." (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&...)
The point being that trusting Jimmy Wales when it comes to seemingly trivial matters is not a good idea, because Jimmy Wales lies about seemingly trivial matters. And putting unsubstantiated statements made by Jimmy Wales into a Wikipedia article, without properly attributing them to him, is also a mistake, for the same reason.
Jimmy taking his birthdate as that which his mother tells him rather than that which is on his birth certificate doesn't sound like a lie to me. A lie is saying something that you know to be untrue, this is simply a disagreement regarding what is true.