Michael Heidelberger

Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your recent edits! While it may be factual, unfortunately the edit you just made to Michael Heidelberger is original research. Can you find a reliable cite that backs up the change from David to Charles and overrules the cite that used in the article? That's what is needed. Data in Wikipedia's articles must be verifiable. EBY (talk) 18:45, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, EBY3221. I have several sources I can cite for this - Heidelberger's autobiography and a photo of him with his younger brother Charles, both through the NLM Michael Heidelberger Papers, which is already one of the external links. I'm assuming I should do that through a footnote, correct? Or is it sufficient to cite the source of the correction on the article's talk page? It seems silly to me to footnote this one specific small correction when the whole article is largely devoid of citations on the much bigger facts, but I certainly can if that's what's required. The 1840 immigration thing is a bit trickier. Census records show he had children born in America as early as 1843, therefore the part about the 1848 revolution is demonstrably false. Is a link to a census page an acceptable citation? It doesn't look that way to me, but, as you well know, I'm new to this. Thanks again. Dheidelberger (talk) 19:12, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for grasping this so quickly :) OK, the reason it needs citing is because a different source says differently, so the onus is on proving the point in contention. The consensus of reliable sources must be in favor of Charles, not David. To do so, while you are in the EDIT view of the article, click on "Templates" (it is a button in the formatting bar) and fill in as much of the citation information as possible in the appropriate boxes. Click "Insert" when done, and the footnote tage will automatically be placed where your cursor was in the edit and the reference will be placed at the bottom of the page. If you want me to give it a look when you're done, just leave me a note on my talk page. The Census record is fine as a citation because it confirms the subject's residency. EBY (talk) 19:20, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again. I updated both and included citations. If you wouldn't mind taking a look, I'd appreciate it. I also have a link to the census record in the citation, but it doesn't seem to be showing up. Once again, thank you for your help. Dheidelberger (talk) 20:18, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well done. Great cite. EBY (talk) 20:35, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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EBY (talk) 18:47, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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