Talk:List of stutterers

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I've removed Churchill from the list. Although the American Stuttering Foundation likes to use him as an advertisement, Churchill in fact had a lisp and not a stutter. Source: http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=100 Anty 14:49, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

http://www.stutterers.org/ cites Churchill as a stutterer with many sources. It notes that he had both a lisp and a stutter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.192.132.130 (talk) 17:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

This list includes a Henry Rogers. I have been disambiguating Henry Rogers and clarifying links to that name but am not sure which Henry Rogers is referred to. I suspect it is most likely Henry H. Rogers but did not want to redirect without being certain. Newyorkbrad 18:20, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Need a reference for Heinlein. I've not heard this mentioned elsewhere. Hu 07:22, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

George Bush has a stammer. Look at his body language when he speaks, he displays avoidance techniques and often has blocks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.35.157.136 (talk • contribs).

If he has a stammer, please provide a reliable source for it. See also Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Garion96 (talk) 02:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

How about my speech therapist? Someone who is trained to look out for these things.

That's not a reliable source. It has to be verifiable, an article in the New York times every one can check. Not everyone can check with your speech therapist. :) Btw, please sign your messages on talk pages using 4 tildes (~~~~) Garion96 (talk) 02:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Dylan Jones has a stammer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1923965,00.html

Yep, that's a reliable source. I added the reference to the your entry in the article. Thanks, Garion96 (talk) 00:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Removed Jimmy Vulmer, as he is a fictional character. DaSuthNa 16:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Ivo Karlovic, the tennis player has a stutter, or so it says on his Wiki page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.66.231 (talk) 08:50, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing "unsourced" entries

I added John Melendez to this list, but it quickly got removed by User:Garion96 for reason of being "unsourced". Why? Melendez's articles provides plenty of references to his stuttering. Even the opening paragraph states that his nickname was "Stuttering John". Do we really have to put references everywhere, including this here list? --Disconnect 6 (talk) 12:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes. A list is a stand alone article and not dependant on whether or not references are used in the linked article. This is especially true for living persons per WP:BLP. Garion96 (talk) 16:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moses

Moses had a speech impediment. Why is he not on this list. Moses specifically asked God for assistance when confronting Pharaoh for he could not speak. Aaron accompanied Moses in his early years and spoke for him. Moses should be included in the list of stutterers.