Talk:Craig Shergold

age?

Um, if he was born in 1979, why was he only 8 in 1989?

Hmmm, somehow I missed that. Snopes gives his birthdate as stated, and gives his age at the time of the appeal as 9. However, About.com mistakenly gives his age at the time as 8, which is probably the source of my error. I will fix it.—Clipdude 04:56, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

350 Million conflicts with Make-a-Wish claim of 16 million

the make-a-wish website says "He received more than 16 million cards," not 350 million. is there a reference for the 350 million figure?

The 350 million figure is an estimate of the total number of cards he's received, as of 2007. It may very well be higher now, but I'm not sure if anyone's still counting,. . . WTF? (talk) 02:31, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Link to Guinness

I came upon this page out of curiosity because someone at my office is circulating the same type of email asking for cards for a child in Northern Ontario. I knew of the Craig Shergold story and therefore forwarded the article to her. I noticed the last external link to Guinness is not working. Perhaps someone who is watching this page could try to track down the new page. --Renrenren 00:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Most of the links in the article should be working now, as are the two google books links to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1991 and 1992. WTF? (talk) 02:31, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Make-A-Wish implies credit when they were not responsilbe

If you read Make-A-Wish's own statements carefully, you will discover that they were not involved with this child's wish at any time. That they don't mention the active wish organization that did grant the wish, while mentioning the success of it, is shameful.

Propose removal from article text--Jaymax (talk) 11:44, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Family started chain letter

Could someone verify this assertion? My memory is that the family's appeal was broadcast but that the chain letter was started by someone else, rather than the original mutating. Chain letters were (and are) illegal in the UK so its a serious allegation. Francis Davey (talk) 09:46, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

After some research into this, it's unclear exactly how it all started. So I removed the chain letter part from the article. WTF? (talk) 02:31, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Legacy

Currently this section contains "As an adult, Craig does not make any public appearances other than to express his new wish–for the mail to stop" with a citation dated from 2007.

According to his facebook page (Yes, I know it's a primary source which is why I've not updated the article itself) Shergold has been performing as a stand-up comedian since late 2016.

I've failed to find any reliable sources, but if anyone can the article could probably do with an update. Kiore (talk) 02:12, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

According to this post Shergold passed away circa 22 April 2020 Kiore (talk) 09:59, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

More detail in this post Kiore (talk) 10:03, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Death

• Currently we have one source - in Italian!
• "The Sun" newspaper in the UK also has a story, but because they have a terrible reputation for Just Making Stuff Up, can't be used as a WP:RS. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11741998/craig-shergold-dies-covid-19-cards/
• This as unreliable source says its a rumor https://deadorkicking.com/craig-shergold-dead-or-alive/ I'm going to remove this. Mindme (talk) 13:05, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
• Restored after doing some more research. What appears to be his FB page as well as the FB page of a real theater company that employed him all announce his death. A song challenge and a fund raiser page was set up to honor his legacy. Many people created youtube videos for the song challenge and many people who appear to have worked with Craig have eulogized his passing on Facebook. This is unlikely an elaborate hoax by the Sun. Mindme (talk) 12:45, 25 December 2021 (UTC)