Talk:Mark Evanier

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[edit] Including Mark's exact birthday

I removed Mark's exact birthdate because of the following I read on referencing famous people:

Privacy of birthdays

Wikipedia includes exact birth-dates for some famous people, but including this information for most living people should be handled with caution. While many well-known living persons' exact birthdays are widely known and available to the public, the same is not always true for marginally notable people or non-public figures. With identity theft on the rise, it has become increasingly common for people to consider their exact dates of birth to be private information. When in doubt about the notability of the person in question, or if the subject of a biography complains about the publication of his or her date of birth, err on the side of caution and simply list the year of birth rather than the exact date. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Privacy_of_birthdays

I know they can find it on IMDB, but there isn't really anything we can do about that. I personally think that adding Mr. Evanier's exact birthdate just because another website has it is like when your parents used that timeless phrase, "Well if everyone else was jumping off a bridge..." heh.  :P That's why I edited it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The One Watcher (talk • contribs) 18:37, May 4, 2007.

I agreed with TOW's original conformance with the guidelines. However, The current entry is from a source where Evanier revealed his own date of birth willingly. I checked with him via email and confirmed that he is okay with Wikipedia listing it. As such, I believe it should now stay. (A snippit from my email with Mr. Evanier follows.) — Alan De Smet | Talk 22:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

>1. We're currently listing your exact date of birth.  Normally
>Wikipedia policy is to no give exact dates of birth for living
>people for privacy reasons.  However, you appear to knowingly
>expose your exact date of birth here on Home Theater Forum
>http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/member.php?u=40482 .  Would
>you prefer Wikipedia not list your exact date of birth?

ME: No, it's fine.

[edit] Date of birth

There are now two different birth dates in the article. The one in the infobox is different to the one in the text. March is the right one ? -- Ilion2 19:11, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

March is correct by the citation. I fixed it. — Alan De Smet | Talk 03:49, 18 October 2007 (UTC)