Talk:Age fabrication

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[edit] Provide sources

Adding lack of sources tag. For reference, provide a short explanation or external link to backup claims. IE, listings should say more than just, "Person X, born January 1, 1900, previously claimed to have been born in 1902." --Fallout boy 01:00, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rafael Furcal

This page says that Rafael Furcal was born October 24, 1978, and "was first believed to have been born in 1979". The Rafael Furcal page says that he was born August 24, 1977. MLB Rookie of the Year Award says that he won the award in 2000. But this page also says that "during his major league rookie season, his 40 stolen bases were considered the most ever by a teenaged player". Regardless of whether he was born in 1977, 1978, or 1979, he could not have been a teenager in 2000. WTF????

Trying to sort this out; the Dodgers site and Baseball-Reference both have 1977, though CNN/SI and ESPN, among others, have 1978 (which I suspect is thr right one). The other info I think I've corrected. MisfitToys 00:47, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Elie Wiesel

Would someone like to take on the dispute over Elie Wiesel's true birthdate? --Davecampbell 01:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alicia Keys

I think that she graduated valedictorian when she was 16 years old so she probably was born in 1981.

I've heard a lot about her being born in 1980, supposedly if you have an ancestry.com subscription, her birth certificate says 1980.--Fallout boy 13:48, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why are their two categories?

Why "age disputes" and "incidents"? are some case-closed and others ongoing? The two don't make semnse to me. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 04:39, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

The disputes and discrepancies is for people where there is still not confirmation on when they were born, where as the incidents is for people who have been verified or there is very strong evidence about their true age.--Fallout boy 20:38, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

There are many that should be moved from one category to the other.  Randall Bart   Talk  11:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with List of entertainers where birthday and birthyear are in question

I'd suggest merging into this article, since they are the same topic.--Fallout boy 20:42, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Charo

If a judge ruled that her birth date was in 1951, how is the 1941 date a fabrication? This would not have been changed without a showing of evidence, which would have been easy to prove conclusively with medical and dental records. A judge would not have changed this date based on a particularly bouncy cuchi-cuchi. Laszlo Panaflex 03:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zikra

It's more accurate to write it Thekra since it's written and pronounced with "Th" (Arabic: ذ) instead of "Z" (Arabic: ز). Radiant 05:59, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greg Oden

The Oden entry states that it is based on rumor, and is unsourced, but mostly just makes no sense. If Oden were older, he would have qualified to enter the NBA last year, rather than playing college ball for a year due to the new NBA minimum age requirement. Indeed, there was clear incentive for him to claim to be older, not younger. 4.225.212.229 16:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] They should add teens!

They should add teens! I just saw a news article stating that most teens lie about their age online to benefit from adult sites.

Check this out! It's from a recent November 7, 2007 article from BusinessWeekly

From Punkymonkey987 21:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lucy and Desi

I thought it was widely known during their marriage that Lucy was older than Desi. In fact I thought the character Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo was older than Ricky Ricardo. I am probably wrong, but that's what I thought.  Randall Bart   Talk  11:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)