Bazza37

December 2020

Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Edmund Hillary, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 05:39, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

I am striking the above message because you are in good faith and the template is not specific enough in this situation. I have just logged on again and saw your question. I would put everything into a footnote, the text, any explanation and any sourcing (including the height of Everest if you are using that). This information is right on the edge of being "original research" and some could say it is too trivial or tangential to include. By making it a footnote, it will appear to be given the proper weight. This is my suggestion; others might see it differently. You could try to put it in the main text with explanation as you suggested but I think it would have a better chance surviving as a footnote.

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