[WikiEN-l] Original research vs. Fact-checking (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)

Wed Dec 21 20:03:41 UTC 2005

On 12/21/05, sydney poore <poore5 at adelphia.net> wrote:
>
> To add unpublished details to a biography is an example of original
> research.
> (100% disagreement. A person's date of birth is not original research.
> DOB is a basic fact of society. It is verified daily by a wide spectrum
> of organizations.)

Weren't we just celebrating, a few months ago, how we were able to "scoop"
all the traditional news outlets on the news of Susan Sontag's death? That
was unpublished information (at the time).

TD