User talk:Thugasaurus Rex

H. Jon Benjamin page

Hello,

I'm the user with IP address 173.88.142.89 who made changes to H. Jon Benjamin's name earlier today. I was acting on behalf of a member of his family who told me that the name on his page incorrect. I understand that this explanation is not sufficient and that you have no way of verifying this information. However, I am finding it difficult to find a citation for this information. Are you aware of any resources that may be helpful here? What kinds of evidence do you think would be sufficient to make this change? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thugasaurus Rex (talk • contribs) 21:24, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Evidence is always presented in the form of reliable sources, which can be used to verify any claim made on the page. In this case i agree - it was rather difficult to find a mention of the first name, but i eventually found several references, all of which stated "Henry" as the first name. The most reliable article is probably an article in the LA Times (link) which states his fist name.

As for changing this, i presume this might be difficult, as wikipedia is based on reliable sources - so unless a counter source to the above is found, there is quite little that can be done. I presume that if any official site would mention the first name it may trump the newspaper article. For example, had The about section on the comedy central site mentioned it, i presume it could be taken as a reliable source. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 21:48, 25 November 2011 (UTC)