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I am Robert Byrne's son. I wrote this page as a birthday present to him this year after his wife Cindy pointed out that several people had indicated their surprise that one didn't exist previously. I just wanted to be clear to indicate who I am in the interest of transparency and to help explain why some facts are not footnoted to published sources. Russellbyrne ( talk) 18:03, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
The request for feedback for this article was posted here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback/2011_May_2#User:Russellbyrne.2FRobert_Byrne_.28author.29 Russellbyrne ( talk) 06:04, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
[For reader convenience, the sole feedback comment is reproduced here:]
It may be overkill to list hardcover and paperback editions of his works separately. The present Works section lists them separately if there is a unique ISBN number, or if they were published in different years. Russellbyrne ( talk) 06:58, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
I still need to go through my Robert Byrne files to see if there's anything useable there. Question: While at Iowa state, did he edit the humor column, or did he actually write it? Russellbyrne ( talk) 04:55, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
I couldn't find the specific volume of Reader's Digest Condensed Books from 1977 to reference for Thrill. That will need to come from Byrne's shelf of personal copies. Russellbyrne ( talk) 16:06, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
I've removed this from the article:
Byrne was interviewed by Connie Chung on NBC's Today Show in 1984.
It is too uninformative to be encyclopedically useful. It could be added in, to the appropriate section, if there were some indication what the interview was about, and when it aired. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 16:05, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia's policy against original research forbids using home-made interviews as sources. I've had to remove those. I've left the minor details in the article unsourced, as they are not likely to be particularly controversial, but the chess claim probably should be sourced, to something published. I also removed the playing piano backwards bit as non-encyclopedic. While cute details like that may have genealogical interest, Wikipedia is not a genealogy site. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 17:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Some six journalistic sources are cited, at the bottom, as having been used in the article, but there are no inline citations present indicating what facts are being sourced to these publications. They need to be read and used per the citation instructions in WP:CITE or removed, since they serve no purpose just sitting there. It's likely that all of them are of value in improving the article. They are:
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help)Also, the reference citation that reads "As described by Byrne in an interview with Shelly Till on the local public-access television program On the Edge with Shelly Till" is badly incomplete and thus not verifiable or reliable. It requires a date, channel ID and location. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 17:40, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
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I am Robert Byrne's son. I wrote this page as a birthday present to him this year after his wife Cindy pointed out that several people had indicated their surprise that one didn't exist previously. I just wanted to be clear to indicate who I am in the interest of transparency and to help explain why some facts are not footnoted to published sources. Russellbyrne ( talk) 18:03, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
The request for feedback for this article was posted here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback/2011_May_2#User:Russellbyrne.2FRobert_Byrne_.28author.29 Russellbyrne ( talk) 06:04, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
[For reader convenience, the sole feedback comment is reproduced here:]
It may be overkill to list hardcover and paperback editions of his works separately. The present Works section lists them separately if there is a unique ISBN number, or if they were published in different years. Russellbyrne ( talk) 06:58, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
I still need to go through my Robert Byrne files to see if there's anything useable there. Question: While at Iowa state, did he edit the humor column, or did he actually write it? Russellbyrne ( talk) 04:55, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
I couldn't find the specific volume of Reader's Digest Condensed Books from 1977 to reference for Thrill. That will need to come from Byrne's shelf of personal copies. Russellbyrne ( talk) 16:06, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
I've removed this from the article:
Byrne was interviewed by Connie Chung on NBC's Today Show in 1984.
It is too uninformative to be encyclopedically useful. It could be added in, to the appropriate section, if there were some indication what the interview was about, and when it aired. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 16:05, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia's policy against original research forbids using home-made interviews as sources. I've had to remove those. I've left the minor details in the article unsourced, as they are not likely to be particularly controversial, but the chess claim probably should be sourced, to something published. I also removed the playing piano backwards bit as non-encyclopedic. While cute details like that may have genealogical interest, Wikipedia is not a genealogy site. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 17:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Some six journalistic sources are cited, at the bottom, as having been used in the article, but there are no inline citations present indicating what facts are being sourced to these publications. They need to be read and used per the citation instructions in WP:CITE or removed, since they serve no purpose just sitting there. It's likely that all of them are of value in improving the article. They are:
{{
cite news}}
: Check date values in: |date=
(
help)Also, the reference citation that reads "As described by Byrne in an interview with Shelly Till on the local public-access television program On the Edge with Shelly Till" is badly incomplete and thus not verifiable or reliable. It requires a date, channel ID and location. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 17:40, 22 September 2011 (UTC)