Talk:Chick Webb
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[edit] Webbs B-date
Chick Webb was born in 1909! Why do people keep changing that date? MichaelMoore 21:18, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
- What's your proof that 1909 is correct. The Internet Movie Database says 1905 as does a new article on the issue. The New York times at the time of his death has it down as 1907! What is your proof that it is 1909 and not 1905? Dwain 14:12, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
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- Sorry Dwain, I believe you are right. I checked out the census' myself and it looks like this new date is correct. MichaelMoore 19:48, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
- I changed the date back because the same criteria, that of census records, was used to prove Nat King Cole's true age. MichaelMoore 15:43, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
- Has anyone else besides Borgman seen the census record? The NKC census research was documented. Should we take Borgman on his word? --SeanO 22:45, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry Dwain, I believe you are right. I checked out the census' myself and it looks like this new date is correct. MichaelMoore 19:48, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
A poll is being conducted at JazzHouse.org on Chick Webb's actual birth year.
[edit] Original Research?!?
I am writing in response to Sean O's comment, "I consider this original research," in regards to the discovery of Chick Webb's actual birthdate and his reason for deleting the information from the article page.
The original research that is not allowed is research done by a Wikipedian and is added to an article. I am not the person who discovered the actual date of birth. Dwain 14:08, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm sorry I didn't make it clearer before. I thought the Borgman article appeared to be original research [1]. I read the article and didn't feel it proved the point. Unless someone can verify his research, I'm hesitant to take _just_ his word for it. I'm not against correcting the date: If you check out the history of Nat King Cole and Coleman Hawkins articles you will see I was involved in determining correct birthdates. I just want more evidence than Borgman's sayso.
That being said, I think the article is much much better with all the work you've done in documenting birthdate descrepencies. Thank you. -- SeanO 23:29, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
