Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check/Facts

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[edit] Uncertain facts w/sources

Check these facts against the sources listed, and remove them as appropriate

• Pi - in the 'history of pi' section, a reference is made to Nehemiah. This same argument has been made separately much later by Rabbi Levi (html, in his discussion of "Kings"). Is this coincidence? A mistake of the wiki editors? Or a mistake in the one general source, Petr Beckmann's A History of Pi?

What exactly is the objection? I have Beckmann, and he does talk abot this on 74-76. Bubba73 (talk), 02:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

• Dennis Taylor (the snooker player) has Ireland under his nationality but he is in the Category:Natives of County Tyrone which is in Northern Ireland. I believe that this is correct and that therefore his nationality should be Northern Irish but I'm not certain. It seems like an obvious mistake which was why I thought there might be another reason behind it, e.g. dual nationality, Dennis's preference, etc., but there's no source to say if that is the case. If anyone knows that would be great. I've posted a message under Talk:Dennis Taylor so if you can clarify there if anyone finds something out that would be great and clear things up.

According to the Belfast Agreement of 1998, "[The two governments] recognise the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments and would not be affected by any future change in the status of Northern Ireland." Ssbohio 22:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uncertain facts w/out sources

Check a standing reference on the subject to see if these statements make sense.

• I'd like to request that someone check through Somaliland shilling. I recently merged content from a less well-written article, Somaliland Shilling, into a better one, and have not been able to verify some statements made in the worse article. Thanks! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 11:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Peripatetic This article contains a rather strange bit at the bottom, and even though it is a stub, someone with some background in Greek philosophy should check on it.

An unregistered editor added the bit, and I just deleted it with an invitation to go to the talk page and explain what it means. GeorgeLouis 06:50, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

• Region (Europe) could be complete and utter bogus. I haven't been able to find any source, though. Help? —Nightstallion (?) ^{Seen this already?} 13:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Seems pretty real to me. Check out the Committee of the Regions web page at http://www.cor.europa.eu/en/index.htm It's a part of the Portal of the European Union at http://europa.eu/ Lathrop1885

I was referring to the specific list of regions, which seems to be made up... —Nightstallion (?) ^{Seen this already?} 11:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I looked at the old list of Regions and it seemed pretty real to me. Why was it removed ? ----83.189.32.207 20:31, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Because there was absolutely nothing even close to what we could call a "source", not to speak of "reliable source". It was just made up. Real regions are likely NUTS regions. —Nightstallion (?) 18:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

See here, here and here for instance. Kleuske 15:40, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

• Virginia Military Institute - claims about the class rings being the biggest of all class rings. I have, numerous times, put a {{fact}} tag on there, and a VMI graduate is now resorting to personal attacks instead of satisfying the request for a verifiable source. Same thing is happening on the request for citation of the claim that Dabney Coleman was kicked out of VMI for hazing. This last bit is a dangerous slope for someone to assert, as he is a public figure, and that could be construed at defamation..--Vidkun 02:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

• Michael Drosnin - There are various critical "allegations" about the Bible Code research of this author that are unsourced. If the allegations are true they should be sourced, if not they should be removed as being inaccurate. This is a well known author and Wikipedia volunteer editors who are knowledgable in this area should make a reasonable attempt at providing the necessary sources or removing any unsubstantiated "allegations"; NPOV does not mean just making unsubstantiated allegations if they are not legitimate. Alex756 04:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uncertain references

Check these refs/their authors and reviews to see if they are in fact reliable.