Talk:John Hopkins (motorcyclist)

message: This page was identified as including a disambiguation error based on the term "Acton".
In order to resolve this problem I have removed the wikilink from the term as I am unable to determine, from the context, which of the many alternatives the term is referring to.  If you wish to restore the link please ensure that the term and the link are fully resolved. Perry Middlemiss (talk) 22:04, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Acton" Disambiguation 

message: I have tagged the lede as , as there is nothing contained in the Daily Mail article which supports that Hopkins is American - the only section applicable states:Britain is a second home for Hopkins. His parents are from Acton and his three sisters were born here. Growing up in California he was raised on British food and the sunshine did not stop his mum Linda from cooking Sunday roasts.
My vague recollection/understanding from hearing UK TV commentators is that Hopkins was born in England and emigrated to US with his parents aged six months. I do not think this is my imagination, but I may be confusing this with another rider, so I will not speculate at this stage on his actual birth or naturalised nationality.  
I can't get any further back in the article history than this version dated 24 August 2005 which contains all original research from a currently-inactive IP address, stating: "He was born on May 22, 1983 in Ramona, California to English parents".
This sentence was later split in the article lede, and the citation (dated 8 October 2011) was added to the second part on 21 March 2014. The editor who added the reference was active in late October/early November 2015 and has been invited to comment.
I can see from much earlier concerns above this was generally commented on previously. If I'm right, this is another example of Wikipedia re-writing history; if I'm wrong, then it's still a mis-applied citation. Hopkins' birth details need verification, not original research from 2005 (remember American websites  probably used Wikipedia as a source). Both of Hopkins' website URLs are dead so I have deleted these. Anyone is invited to comment. Thanks.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 21:14, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: there seems to be an entry in the California Birth Index (here or on equivalent websites) matching the MotoGP.com website (here).–Gpmat (talk) 09:40, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, thanks, I will look at it again, although Ms. Gillet, the mother in the 1983 California birth record does not accord with a Linda Hopkins (the other kids appear to use the surname Hopkins). I will also revise the lede as it clearly - in hindsight - does not accord with the source, which is itself a bit vague, and does not accord with another source  which also states Hopkins' late father was a TT winner, although there is no record of his name on IoM tt.com (Roy or Royston Hopkins).--11:58, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth place, nationality, [[WP:OR|Original Research]] and lede citation 

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