Talk:Boyd Gilmore

Birth details

Normally reliable sources differ over the year of his birth. In these circumstances, the article should state both dates, which I've done. From User talk:Ghmyrtle:

A recent edit here has changed his date (and place) of birth. To be fair, the editor cites stating June 12, 1910, as opposed to the previous June 1, 1905. There are discrepancies in that AllMusic also quotes June 12, 1910 (or 1913 depending on which part of their article you read); whereas Stefan Wirz gives "b. June 1, 1905 near Inverness, Sunflower County, Mississippi." Which is what I think I must have used when composing the original article in November 2016, Does BARE contain anything ? Plus, as it stands, the Wiki article now shows born 1910 in the main text and infobox, but still 1905 in the categories. Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

References

As you say, there's a disagreement between Komara, which gives June 12, 1910, in Belzoni, and BARE, which (p.188) gives June 1 [sic], 1905, "near Inverness, Sunflower County", with a footnote (p.447) which states: "The 1910 census disproves both the SSDI and Death certificate birth dates of 1910." ("SSDI" = Social Security Death Index.) SSDI in fact gives his birth date as June 1 [sic], 1910 (not June 12) - although the California Death Index gives June 12, 1910. Census information gives him as aged 14 in 1920, 22 in 1930.... but so far I haven't been able to find him anywhere on the 1910 census. You'll have seen this, with the comment "He was born June 1, 1905 (some sources say June 12, 1910)." That is the sort of approach we should be adopting, I think. We need to move this discussion to the article talk page, perhaps, if we can't resolve it here, and I'll ping @Twixister:. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:42, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:36, 26 January 2020 (UTC)