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Dear Wikipedia,
I am a music artist and a public figure in the Christian and CCM music world. It was recently brought to my attention at a Canadian college visit where I was teaching a class on songwriting that my date of birth was listed on my Wikipedia page as being in 1980. The reality (unfortunately :) ) is that I am older than this and was born in 1976. I have a birth certificate and passport to prove this. Everything else on my wikipedia page is accurate and well sourced. Please let me know how this mistake can be fixed to avoid confusion in the future. Thanks so much! Regards, Matt Brouwer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brouwer
Please help me with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brouwer209.169.87.174 (talk) 13:51, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
- The problem is that we need a reliable source to support the claim. An anonymous source from Montgomery, Texas doesn't cut it any more than the claim from a registered editor, Northpoint777 (talk · contribs). I removed it since it was clearly wrong and now it definitely needs a reliable source to support the claim. Having biographic data in an article isn't a requirement and WP:BLPPRIVACY is the reason why. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:45, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
- To add to the above, there's a number of options available to you that are listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us_-_Subjects. 78.28.54.132 (talk) 15:50, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
- And as a matter of fact, why don't you add your date of birth to the bio section of your official website? We could use that to source your date of birth in our article as per WP:ABOUTSELF. 78.28.54.132 (talk) 15:54, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
- That seems to me the best way of dealing with this. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:24, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for the suggestion. I have added the info to 'bio' on my website. (link below) Date of birth can be found in the 2nd line of the 3rd paragraph. If it's possible to update this on Wikipedia, I would appreciate it as I stated earlier, it will help. Thanks so much! -M https://www.mattbrouwer.com/bio
Done The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:20, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Matt Brouwer, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. I'm assuming you're the same editor as Northpoint777 (talk · contribs) and that editor was warned about this earlier today. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:36, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
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Please stop removing maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Matt Brouwer, without resolving the problem that the template refers to. This may be considered disruptive editing. Further edits of this type may result in your account being blocked from editing. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:52, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove maintenance templates from Wikipedia articles without resolving the problem that the template refers to, as you did at Matt Brouwer. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:15, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
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