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Opening this thread in the hopes of derailing the edit war. I think I understand the issue here. We have a source for her birthday, but, arguably, no competent source for her being a supercentenarian. The question is simple: is math enough to use the term supercentenarian? Or do we need something more? David in DC (talk) 18:58, 7 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
We don't need anything more: anybody over the age of 110 is a supercentenarian by definition. Now, should that factoid be mentioned in the lead sentence? We can have a debate about that. To me, it's not a defining characteristic of the person, because Ms Seghizzi is notable for other things than her age. — JFGtalk20:51, 7 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
There is no source which describes her as a supercentenarian, therefore she is not notable as a supercentenarian. The lede is for describing what someone is notable for, therefore until there is some evidence that she is notable for being a supercentenarian this should not be included in the lede. As for whether this should be included in the remainder of the article, that is debatable rather than automatic. Supercentenarian is not a term in use by the general public, therefore merely turning 110 is only significant for followers of longevity. It is certainly arguable that this is OR, and therefore a BLP violation, to describe someone as a supercentenarian without a reliable source. I'm not overly concerned about removing it from the article until such time as there is such a source, but would support any apparent consensus in that direction. DerbyCountyinNZ(TalkContribs)04:54, 8 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
I agree. The two above categories are enough. The article shouldn't mention that she is a supercentenarian until reliable sources start writing about that fact. Newshunter12 (talk) 12:05, 8 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
If it's not mentioned in the text, can it still be tagged with the catagories, or would striking the one-sentence "supercentenarian" subsection require also striking the cats? David in DC (talk) 16:19, 8 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
I disagree. People over 110 are placed in the supercentenarian categories as a matter of routine classification. Keep the cats. — JFGtalk14:57, 9 August 2019 (UTC)Reply