Talk:Philip Kearny
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Not trying to start an edit war or anything, it just happened that my edit happened same time as yours. I have two reliable sources that say Kearny's birthday is 6-2 1815, and I'll change back the side of the picture. Those two sources both say Columbia university (those sources being civilwarhome.com and the 1911 Encyclopedia). ugen64 21:59, Dec 1, 2003 (UTC)
I'm no fan of edit wars either. Sorry for almost getting into one. :)
- Columbia College and Columbia University are the same thing, but it didn't become a university until 1896.
- The left margin on the image I think we agree on already.
- This will be the second major thing I've found really iffy about the info on civilwarhome, I'm starting to not trust them so much. I originally got the date from Webster's American Biographies, and have so far verified it on [1] (http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/nsh_states.htm), [2] (http://www.3nj.org/kearny.html) and [3] (http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0015), who probably ought to know. - Hephaestos 22:06, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Is this how regular talks go between users, replying on other users' names? I've never had to do it, but I suppose this is how... anyway, [4] (http://www.3nj.org/kearny.html) says 1815 (which was your second example), so... what is up with his birthdate :-\ ugen64 22:09, Dec 1, 2003 (UTC)
- I don't think there's any set way of replying, it's usually up to the individual. I like this way because it gives the notification at the top (usually).
- This is quite weird with the date; I could see there being some possible controversy between the first and second of June, since they're close together, but one would think the year at least would be unambiguous. I'm guessing it's an error that got copied down repeatedly, but I'm not sure how to tell which one's right. - Hephaestos 22:18, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
OK, I hit upon something that I can't swear is accurate, but I guess it's the best we can do at the moment until something more definitive comes up. I checked "Philip Kearny" (in quotes) with some dates in quotes on Google. "June 1, 1814" gives five hits, "June 2, 1815" gives nineteen. "June 2, 1814" and "June 1, 1815" each give zero hits. So I guess the best thing is to go with June 2, 1815 at least for the time being. - Hephaestos 22:52, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- All right, that works. It's really a minor thing, I dunno. ugen64 01:28, Dec 2, 2003 (UTC)