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A fact from Clay Jenkins appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that county judge Clay Jenkins did not wear PPE while interacting with the family of a patient with Ebola virus disease, to show that asymptomatic individuals cannot spread the disease?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
ALT1:... that County Judge Clay Jenkins did not wear PPE when interacting with the family of an Ebola virus disease patient to show that people without symptoms cannot spread the disease?
Reviewed: Since this is my first DYK nom, I think I'm exempt. If not let me know please!
Just because birth records are used in other sources doesn’t mean it’s correct to use them. From WP:BLPPRIMARY, Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses. Bait30 Talk 2 me pls?17:15, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's accurate. He's a public figure. He's public said his age, when his birthday is and where he was born in interviews. This isn't new information. Cladeal832 (talk) 00:27, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Cladeal832: Where has he said his age? I saw the birthday thing because I also follow him on Twitter. But I honestly cannot find any secondary sources that support his age/birth year. If you have it, please add the citation. Bait30 Talk 2 me pls?06:22, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The policy you are citing is ORIGINAL research. It's online. ANYBODY can read, it's not original to me where I didn't talk to his mother or I didn't go to the county clerk and get his birth certificate.Cladeal832 (talk) 18:18, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Bait30 is correct, we are not allowed to reference people's biographical data to primary source civil records in genealogy databases. If Clay Jenkins has really stated his age and birthdate in interviews, then use those interviews as your sources for his age and birthdate — but you are not allowed to use FamilySearch. Bearcat (talk) 18:39, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You know he was born on March 26th from twitter.com. You've admitted that already. Also it's one thing to be against a source in the article, but you know he was born on March 26, 1964 so feigning personal ignorance on that fact is odd. Cladeal832 (talk) 20:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't saying I don't believe you. I was just trying to show an example of why those sources shouldn't be used. But it doesn't matter since Eagles247 found a secondary source. Thanks for remaining civil throughout the discussion. Bait30 Talk 2 me pls?21:53, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
epicgenius (talk) 17:47, 25 March 2020 (UTC)