Talk:Rich Hall

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[edit] Nationality

IMDb says he was born in North Carolina, and I can't find a single source that says he's Canadian, but somebody changed his nationality and biographical details to Canadian on October 8. In the meantime I've reverted it, but if he really is Canadian can somebody provide a real source to confirm this? Thanks. I won't hold my breath, though. Bearcat 19:34, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

He wasn't born in Canada or North Carolina. He was born on June 10, 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia, according to his older brother, who is a friend of my family. (Who was quite entertained at speculation of both Canada and North Carolina as his brother's place of birth. He said he even thinks the hospital was Alexandria Hospital, but he was just a year old at the time, so he can't be absolutely certain.) He did point out that Rich Hall frequently travels to Canada. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.3.7.129 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

he says in it stand up that he is from Montana -chris —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.31.43.89 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

He is definately not Canadian. I saw him live in the early eighties at the University of Manitoba, and he stated that he had no knowledge of hockey, eh? - UncleSparky —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.161.15.211 (talk • contribs) 19:13, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, folks, but none of this information is reliabily sourced (i.e., shown to be published by a reliable organization), so we can't use it. (Nor is it useful that he and my sister were friends in school, either. ☺) What we do have is IMDb's assertion that he was born in Alexandria, Virginia. Therefore, I have changed his birthplace to reflect this and have added a specfic source citation. (While I was at it, I also fleshed out and expanded the other sources in the article.) Please do not change this information unless you can provide a properly cited source. If you can, and it conflicts with IMDb, the article must include some mention of the varying reliably sourced claims. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:44, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Western Carolina University?

I removed the sentence saying that he attended Western Carolina University because it didn't have a source. I googled it and I haven't found a single reliable source that says he did attend WCU. If someone has a source, please repost it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.30.220.76 (talk) 00:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)