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Dubious
"the first orphan ever elected to office" - from self published bio. Highly doubtful that this is true. Almost impossible to prove. --
Bamyers99 (
talk) 16:28, 23 February 2017 (UTC)reply
DoneNo longer in article.
NE Ent 13:11, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Reliable source for "Speak Out Loud" and other non-profit work?
Can anyone find a reliable source to use for the claims about her non-profit work? The only thing I see is her own bio. I don't see any evidence for the claims made here about the organization. The organization "Speak Out Loud" has a registered address of a house in Atlanta -
https://www.georgia-register.com/13439556-speak-out-loud-inc - and there is no evidence for the claim in our article that "The organization has expanded across the country and has chapters in Nigeria." I can't even find any evidence that this is an active organization. --
B (
talk) 14:50, 22 July 2019 (UTC)reply
As the recent Publix encounter is a disputed he-said / she-said situation, I've tagged the article {{Current person}}. See
this report by the
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I'm not adding it to the article as it seems more prudent to simply wait for further developments.
NE Ent 13:15, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a
reliable source if appropriate.
Melmann 15:27, 27 July 2019 (UTC)reply
An editor is trying to add this as an alleged hoax at
Racial hoax - the sources don't call it a hoax.
Doug Wellertalk 05:34, 3 October 2019 (UTC)reply
Washington Post source
A search of WAPO turns up only a short piece on the same day from AP. Maybe we should use
[1] or
[2]? --
Doug Wellertalk 07:54, 3 October 2019 (UTC)reply
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Dubious
"the first orphan ever elected to office" - from self published bio. Highly doubtful that this is true. Almost impossible to prove. --
Bamyers99 (
talk) 16:28, 23 February 2017 (UTC)reply
DoneNo longer in article.
NE Ent 13:11, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Reliable source for "Speak Out Loud" and other non-profit work?
Can anyone find a reliable source to use for the claims about her non-profit work? The only thing I see is her own bio. I don't see any evidence for the claims made here about the organization. The organization "Speak Out Loud" has a registered address of a house in Atlanta -
https://www.georgia-register.com/13439556-speak-out-loud-inc - and there is no evidence for the claim in our article that "The organization has expanded across the country and has chapters in Nigeria." I can't even find any evidence that this is an active organization. --
B (
talk) 14:50, 22 July 2019 (UTC)reply
As the recent Publix encounter is a disputed he-said / she-said situation, I've tagged the article {{Current person}}. See
this report by the
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I'm not adding it to the article as it seems more prudent to simply wait for further developments.
NE Ent 13:15, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a
reliable source if appropriate.
Melmann 15:27, 27 July 2019 (UTC)reply
An editor is trying to add this as an alleged hoax at
Racial hoax - the sources don't call it a hoax.
Doug Wellertalk 05:34, 3 October 2019 (UTC)reply
Washington Post source
A search of WAPO turns up only a short piece on the same day from AP. Maybe we should use
[1] or
[2]? --
Doug Wellertalk 07:54, 3 October 2019 (UTC)reply