[WikiEN-l] Age fabrication and original research

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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Is it common to get birth years wrong by 14 years?
>


Yes. Ask any work colleague over 60 how  old they are - "Oh, I'm 40 next
birthday"!

More to the point claims of older age than one has (or younger youth) may be
strongly upheld all of one's life, due to credibility or advantage it
brings.

Paul.