Talk:Ross Turnbull (rugby union)

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The article needs to include non-Rugby history, including his controversial "Sir Lunchalot" term at the NRMA [1]. WWGB (talk) 06:22, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly incorrect birthdate

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My husband is Ross Vincent Turnbull and his date of birth has been wrongly recorded as born on 6 January........this is incorrect his date of birth is 13 November 1941.

I would appreciate this being rectified at your earliest convenience.

Kind Regards

Caroline Turnbull — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.163.138.22 (talk) 05:55, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My condolences on your loss. Do you have a reliable source for his birthday? Usually something published would do. Unfortunately, your personal knowledge is not considered such, per WP:RS. One of the two source in the article does list the January 6 date. Rwessel (talk) 06:13, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I found the following sources for Ross Vincent Turnbull's date of birth being 13 November 1941:

These are, however, obituaries and were most likely produced by the family and so I can't be sure whether they'd be seen as reliable sources. I am a new, relatively inexperienced editor and so I will leave it to another, more experienced user to decide whether these sources are reliable enough for inclusion. If they are, I will be happy to correct the article for you. -- Adam ^{talk - contribs} 20:19, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ms. Turnbull, condolences for your loss. I should point out that the article at http://en.espn.co.uk/australia/rugby/player/7450.html has Mr. Turnbull's birth date as 6 January 1941. This was likely the source of the birth date used in the Wikipedia article. Perhaps you should contact ESPN UK and have them correct the information? I note they have contact info at: http://en.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/page/1363.html Chrisw80 (talk) 22:29, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the possibly incorrect birth date for now. Someone can re-add a birthdate after investigating situation more closely. Alsee (talk) 03:33, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: A concerns were raised that obituaries and were most likely produced by the family and so I can't be sure whether they'd be seen as reliable sources. Even if we were to consider this self-published information supplied by the family and not subject to publisher fact checking, policy WP:SELFPUB says that it does qualify as a reliable source for uncontroversial information. So what we have here are two Reliable Sources giving conflicting birthdates. Alsee (talk) 03:59, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ross Vincent Turnbull date of birth

HI Everyone,

Thank you all for your condolences and kind support during this difficult time I have a copy of the Death Certificate which I am hoping is what you need to correct the issue without me having to go to another source.

How would I get a copy of this to you?

Any assistance you can provide would be much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Caroline Turnbull — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.163.138.22 (talk) 05:36, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]