On 17 January 2011 04:03, Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > Then, in 2010, > he posts to Talk:Jimmy Wales that "I was born on the 7th of August, > according to my mother. My legal paperwork all says 8th of August, due > to an error on my birth certificate." > (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=399961785) > > The point being that trusting Jimmy Wales when it comes to seemingly > trivial matters is not a good idea, because Jimmy Wales lies about > seemingly trivial matters. And putting unsubstantiated statements > made by Jimmy Wales into a Wikipedia article, without properly > attributing them to him, is also a mistake, for the same reason.
Jimmy taking his birthdate as that which his mother tells him rather than that which is on his birth certificate doesn't sound like a lie to me. A lie is saying something that you know to be untrue, this is simply a disagreement regarding what is true. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
