Talk:Alan Solomont

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Picture

That picture is very poor indeed as a representation of this person, he is not even looking at the camera at all, is he a military person or is he strongly associated with the military? The picture asserts to me that he is. I would crop it to center on him but it is just not worth it, picture would be better removed. It clearly should not be in the infobox. Off2riorob (talk) 14:05, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try this one. It was taken in the same place as the currently published, is pretty dark and -on top of that- it includes a horrible motivational poster, but at least he is looking at the camera.

Better? It could use a bit of brightening if it is kept in. Its a bit better imo as you say at least he is lookig face on. Off2riorob (talk) 15:57, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not great but better indeed! It's a pleasure to deal with you. 89.129.35.98 (talk) 16:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, you too. Any time you need assistance please feel free to contact me. Off2riorob (talk) 16:35, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but that is a horrible image to use, its terribly pixelated. Justin talk 16:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've reduced its size. We haven't any other pictures to use but this one and the former. We could simply use none, though. 89.129.35.98 (talk) 17:09, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not my article but you've removed a perfectly acceptable image to replace it with a pixelated one that looks awful in comparison. It is a lot better with the previous image and articles are poorer without images. Justin talk 17:32, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Better picture uploaded here: File:Asolomont.jpg Quazgaa (talk) 12:36, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Justin talk 12:50, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

birth date and Bachelor degree

Looking at the article, it says that Alan Solomont was born in 1957 and got a Bachelors degree in 1970. This means that he got his degree when he was only 13 (which would be nearly ten years younger than the normal age range for bachelor degree). I double checked and looked at the sources from other websites and it does indeed match with the information on Wikipedia. Does anyone know how Alan got his degree so quickly? Because the fact that he was only 13 years old makes me and several others curious. And since I know his younger daughter personally, maybe I'll ask her in addition to using the discussion page. NHRHS2010 | Talk to me 03:56, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I questioned Alan's daughter Stephanie regarding the internet sources claiming that Alan got his Bachelors degree in 1970 while being born in 1957 but she denies it, claiming that the internet is often off. She also claims that he got his degree at age 22. NHRHS2010 | Talk to me 01:43, 12 December 2010 (UTkkC)

Confirmed by this edit, this editor claimed that he/she asked Alan for his real birth year, which is claimed to be 1949. Although I can't find any sources for this, is much more reasonable for a 1970 college graduate to be born in 1949 than 1957. If someone would find a source this would be great. NHRHS2010 | Talk to me 07:33, 15 December 2010 (UTkkC)

Good sleuthing. In absence of a source, though, I suggest we just omit this information. Keihatsu ^talk 15:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]