Talk:Alex Roe

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alex roe

I really fell inlove with his role as evan walker.... Kristine Dolor Cuevas (talk) 10:11, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Birth date

@Hzh: Would you please check the birth date which is currently showing an error due to some recent edits. I see these dubious sources:

Twitter wishing Alex Roe happy birthday on 9 May.
tribute.ca claims Alex Roe was born on June 18, 1990.
IMDb says he was born in June, 1990.

I don't know where tribute.ca rates regarding WP:RS but Twitter and IMDb are definitely not reliable sources. One solution might be to use {{birth year and age|1990}} and omit the month/day. If tribute.ca is not considered reliable it would be best to remove the birth date altogether per WP:DOB. Johnuniq (talk) 05:00, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnuniq: In this case I would consider Twitter to be more reliable than either Tribute or IMDb, given that the source is an official one directly related to the show Alex Roe is in (they are the ones who should have his personal data on file), and who wished him Happy Birthday on the same date twice - [1][2]. IMDb is generally unsuitable as biographical sources (particularly when there are differences in data found) apart from films or shows already made by the person. Nevertheless I've fixed it to give only the year for the date. If you are interested, there are many websites that give birth registry information, but you'd need to register or pay for them, which I have no intention of doing. The free one for British births, FreeBMD, has not reached 1990 yet in its database - [3], but should get there in a year or two, so you can check that site another time. Hzh (talk) 10:29, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I take your word for it regarding Twitter although I doubt if WP:RSN would favor it. I think using the birth year is a clean solution as that is verifiable and does not involve using primary sources. Johnuniq (talk) 10:35, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnuniq: It is possible to use Twitter as a source as long as it relates only to the one who sends the tweet per WP:TWITTER. Therefore that source can be used for verification if it is only about the show (e.g. air date, who is in the show, etc.). As for their tweets about Alex Roe, he could be considered a third party in this instance, therefore arguably unreliable. Hzh (talk) 10:55, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]