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Latest comment: 13 years ago10 comments3 people in discussion
I removed "...and member of the Hoover Commission in Poland" as inaccurate. The Commission for Polish Relief did not exist at the time of his death. It is a puzzle what the New York Times is saying in his obituary, published in 1936, when the Hoover Commission did not exist until 1939. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
According to some influential editors at WT:V, being inaccurate is not a reason to remove verifiable material, as the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is "verifiability, not truth". Unscintillating (talk) 19:57, 28 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Just because the New York Times says something, does not make it so. --DThomsen8 (talk) 20:07, 28 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Yes, but please see the discussion at WT:V, we've been trying to remove from the lead that what we want in the encyclopedia is "not truth". Some editors there are rejecting the idea that accuracy is a proper subject for WP:Due weight discussions. Unscintillating (talk) 20:41, 28 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'm not so sure, the ARA was created by an act of Congress in 1919, the 1915 effort in Poland was done by the Rockefeller Foundation. Without a reference I think that we should use the phrase from the NYT. Unscintillating (talk) 23:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
In 1919, B. H. Warburton II was about 21, but yet was a technical advisor? Are we sure that wasn't his father, B.H. Warburton I? --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:24, 29 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 12 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion
^William Remsburgh Grove (1940). War's aftermath: Polish relief in 1919. Mission to Poland American Technical Advisers to Poland ... Harwood Stacy, James O. Taylor, Reginald R. Tooley, John N. Trierweiler, John C. Ulrick, Eugene O. Walker, Barclay H. Warburton, James W. Webb ...{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
I have restored it. Three references trump any original research that he was too young. The divorce article clearly states he was a member of the commission and no article on his father mention him there. If you can find an article on his father that mentions him working there, then the removal will make sense. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 15:30, 29 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Where does it state that he was a technical advisor and not a driver, janitor, copiist, or whatever? The sources state that he worked there, but I can't seem to find his function in any of the four. Could you provide one or two exact quotes from the sources here that describe his function in the Commission? Fram (talk) 06:36, 30 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Looking at "War's aftermath", which is apparently the source of this, he is listed as "personnel" and as a sergeant. He didn't seem to have had an important function. Fram (talk) 07:56, 30 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I think it is quite clear from "War's aftermath", looing a bit further, that he was not a technical adviser at all. From the snipper view[1], it is clear that the etchnical advisors are listed alphabetically, "Barber-Ferguson-Fisk Gaskill-Joyce-Logan Rickard-Ryan-Smith". Warburton is in the next, longer section on the same page, with "Trierweller-Ulrick-Walker-Warburton-Webb".[2]. For the time being (i.e. until actual evidence is provided that he was a technical adviser), I'll remove that claim from the article. Fram (talk) 12:04, 30 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
