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An IP mentioned on the helpdesk that they have been trying to correct issues with this article for quite some time, and among those issues is the date of birth. Digging through the history, here is what I found:
It looks like the article has never cited any source for Richard Skinner's date of birth, but the first version of the article puts it at 1951. It looks like the problems started in November when Arbor to SJ removed the birthdate because it was unsourced. He then engaged in what appears to be original research, noting in an edit summary that "Skinner was 19 in 1973, making his birth year approx. 1954," and adding the 1954 date, also without a source. It looks like over the past few months there has been a cycle of IPs attempting to fix the birthdate, without citing sources, and editors assuming their efforts are vandalism and reverting to the 1954 date, which is also unsourced. The best option at this point would be for anyone interested in the matter to locate a reliable source for his date of birth and cite it. In the mean time, I will remove the unsourced date of birth. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 22:56, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Accordingly, I have removed the date of birth from this article, and would request that it remain with no date of birth unless and until someone comes up with a source to cite for his date of birth. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 23:02, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
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This is Richard Skinner. You are repeatedly publishing an incorrect date of birth for me. I have repeatedly tried to correct this information but you keep reverting to the incorrect generalisation of '1954'. My correct date of birth is 26 December 1951. I can provide documentary evidence of this if required. Please correct this as soon as possible. Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.7.227 ( talk) 21:03, February 16, 2021 (UTC)
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An IP mentioned on the helpdesk that they have been trying to correct issues with this article for quite some time, and among those issues is the date of birth. Digging through the history, here is what I found:
It looks like the article has never cited any source for Richard Skinner's date of birth, but the first version of the article puts it at 1951. It looks like the problems started in November when Arbor to SJ removed the birthdate because it was unsourced. He then engaged in what appears to be original research, noting in an edit summary that "Skinner was 19 in 1973, making his birth year approx. 1954," and adding the 1954 date, also without a source. It looks like over the past few months there has been a cycle of IPs attempting to fix the birthdate, without citing sources, and editors assuming their efforts are vandalism and reverting to the 1954 date, which is also unsourced. The best option at this point would be for anyone interested in the matter to locate a reliable source for his date of birth and cite it. In the mean time, I will remove the unsourced date of birth. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 22:56, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Accordingly, I have removed the date of birth from this article, and would request that it remain with no date of birth unless and until someone comes up with a source to cite for his date of birth. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 23:02, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
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This is Richard Skinner. You are repeatedly publishing an incorrect date of birth for me. I have repeatedly tried to correct this information but you keep reverting to the incorrect generalisation of '1954'. My correct date of birth is 26 December 1951. I can provide documentary evidence of this if required. Please correct this as soon as possible. Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.7.227 ( talk) 21:03, February 16, 2021 (UTC)