[WikiEN-l] BLP Just a quikie

[Ray Saintonge]

Mark Wagner wrote:

>On 6/26/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Since "Who's Who" is generally written with the cooperation of the
>>subject, one could generally assume that a DOB stated in that
>>publication is both accurate and OK by the subject.
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>I would not assume accuracy.  It's reasonably common for people to lie
>about their year of birth (less common for the day and month): see
>[[Age fabrication]] and [[WP:LAME#Dates]].
>
Sure, people lie about their birth data.  What proportion do you find 
"reasonably common"?  If the "reliable source" that you use is really 
reliable why would you not assume accuracy.  If you want to question the 
DOB that they provide it's your responsibility to give sources for that 
different data.

To an extent it's good to doubt everything, but you can take that too 
far, and end up with the conclusion that there is no such thing as a 
reliable source.

Ec