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Verify a birthdate?

Hi! I had the extreme good luck of running into Barbara Smith and took a picture of her. (Yay!) While talking she said that she was concerned that the article had the wrong date of birth - she was born in November, not December. She offered to let me look at her driver's license, but I know that I'd have to get this verified somehow in a more official way. Is it possible for me to file a ticket through OTRS to fix this? I would submit a photograph of her driver's license with all of the information except for the date of birth, her name, and her ID photo redacted. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:57, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@Shalor (Wiki Ed): Do we know where exactly the date of birth on the article came from? If it isn't sourced it should be removed for the time being. We generally would want a published source that verifies that information so others without OTRS access can look it up themselves. For personal information such as this, even a primary source like a social media account, would be acceptable. As for contacting OTRS that is something that could plausibly be handled in this instance. Especially if it is to comply with BLP standards. It is up to you how you want to proceed here. In the meantime, I commented out all instances of her date of birth on her page to comply with BLP. --Majora (talk) 05:34, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

• Thank you! I ended up not running into her again (I was at the NWSA conference), but I think that she would likely be fine with the removal of the DOB for the time being. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:30, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Email:info-en@wikimedia

I sent you an email yesterday, but I still do not see a ticket

Email title: Sarcasm
Sender: iran98@......

Thank you.--Me choose (talk) 08:51, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

My email

@Mhhossein:

Subject: Sarcasm

Hello.I received an email: This (Knock it off Wikinger.) is Sarcasm.

Knock it off Wikinger (Meaning): Foolish Iranian, Stop fooling.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinger
Meaning: Aryan (Iranian) Fool

en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/knock_it_off
Used to tell someone to stop doing something that one finds annoying or foolish.
Thank you 

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24.11.2017, 22:15, "Unblock Review Team" <noreply-unblock@toolserver.org>:

This is a reply to your Wikipedia unblock appeal from Favonian, a Wikipedia administrator. DO NOT reply to this 
email - it is coming from an unattended email address.

Knock it off Wikinger.


Favonian
English Wikipedia Administrator
 
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utrs:Response to unblock appeal #19853--Me choose (talk) 10:09, 26 November 2017 (UTC)