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[edit]Don’t despair 😉. 1983 suggests you know the exact date, but really, you only know that one of the kids was born so it's after her birth. I have nephews, one of whom has looked the same age for five years, and the other, despite being 18, still looks younger than Beau.
You should rather write 1985 so it doesn’t look like you know the exact date. That’s what I was taught in measurement labs.
Also note that most image cropped from this say as the original uploader said: 1980s Nux (talk) 22:56, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- If you do not understand that c stands for circa, meaning approximately, then, yes, I will despair. On what grounds would 1985 be less a claim of precision than c. 1983??? Kevin McE (talk) 22:58, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Well typically you round to 0, but also to 5 in some cases. Librarians on the other hand would typically write 198?. Circa 1983 means+/-1 and you just don't have that level of precision in this case. I was actually sure someone found almost exact date and I was wondering how. That's why I actually checked the history of the article. Nux (talk) 23:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- "Circa 1983 means+/-1" What???? Where on earth do you get that from? I cannot imagine that anyone thinks the younger child looks 8 1/2 or more, so it is totally fatuous to state that it is unspecified 1980s. Delete the date by all means, and let the reader guess for themselves, but don't treat them like idiots by pretending that they need to be told that she is younger than 9. Kevin McE (talk) 23:33, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Oh come on, you don't have to be like that. Defensive and hostile I mean. I just shared my persoective. And 1980s doesn't have to mean the extreme of 1989... But I guess I can not convince you to my pov. Nux (talk) 00:06, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- "Circa 1983 means+/-1" What???? Where on earth do you get that from? I cannot imagine that anyone thinks the younger child looks 8 1/2 or more, so it is totally fatuous to state that it is unspecified 1980s. Delete the date by all means, and let the reader guess for themselves, but don't treat them like idiots by pretending that they need to be told that she is younger than 9. Kevin McE (talk) 23:33, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Well typically you round to 0, but also to 5 in some cases. Librarians on the other hand would typically write 198?. Circa 1983 means+/-1 and you just don't have that level of precision in this case. I was actually sure someone found almost exact date and I was wondering how. That's why I actually checked the history of the article. Nux (talk) 23:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
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