Talk:Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough

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Attribution and copyright

This article has ones of those weird blanket attribution that we sometimes use, in this case to the Dictionary of National Biography. The article for Long in that publication was written by "J.A.H." and differs in many ways from that written by Howard Colvin (1919-2007) for the more recent Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Right from the outset we were saying things such as Long being the fourth son, which is correct per the Colvin version (subscription required) but not per the J.A.H. version (which says third son).

This presents a problem because there appears to be some close paraphrasing of Colvin going on even in the very first section re: early life. It is also problematic because the attribution statement would appear to be a mistake/misunderstanding.

I think we're going to have to re-write using proper inline citations. Thoughts? - Sitush (talk) 07:50, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Long was actually the sixth of eight sons according to the parish registers of baptisms. His parents had an earlier son called Charles - their third son - who did not survive, which may account for the confusion by "J.A.H". It is more correct to say Charles, Baron Farnborough was the fourth surviving son. Brograve (talk) 09:48, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]