Talk:Paul Sally

message: The quote, "Now that I'm going to have a second prosthetic leg, I could be seven feet tall if I wanted to be." was in fact spoken by Sally when he was going to get his second prosthetic leg-- the joke was told to a significant audience of students.  It is verifiable with Dr. Sally himself who will no doubt verify it.  Don't revert it just because it offends you, Sally said it himself, and that's why he's worth having a "quotes" section for. 10lbs of potatoes
:We can't use Sally himself as a source though.  It goes against WP:Verifiability.  That's the trouble with the quotes and some of the other information.  --C S (Talk) 09:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I seem to be very late to the party, but I have a question regarding valid sources for quotations.  As a student in his class, I was in the habit of noting down interesting quotes in the margins of my notebook.  Would photos of that notebook be considered a valid reference for backing quotes?  If so I might look around and find it.  It's been years, so I don't remember the exact things he said off the top of my head, but I'm sure I have notes of some memorable things, for example jokes about his prosthetic legs and height.  It's a shame that quotes of him seem to have disappeared from this article, given that he is such a quotable guy.  28 March 2013  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.49.147.12 (talk) 09:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

text: Unverified quotes are troublesome on Wikipedia, but not on Wikia.  I just created a Wikia page for these Brianboonstra (talk) 16:22, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed Quote

message: Paul Sally has published a new textbook called "Tools of Trade: Introduction to Advanced Mathematics" which has not yet been released.  Someone should definitely add this to the page! http://www.kriso.ee/cgi-bin/shop/9780821846346.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjweinberg (talk • contribs) 05:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tools of the Trade 

message: The statement that Sally was a mathematical consultant for the film proof was recently removed.  Probably because of verifiability concerns.  I do not own the film to check the english credits, but the following spanish pdf document lists him in the credits .  Does anyone have access to the full movie credits to check if he is there in the english version? Thenub314 (talk) 11:01, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I am the one who removed the reference to "Proof", and it was because I could not verify the claim. I own the US DVD of the movie, and its credits are the same as the Spanish-language document you cite. Sally is listed (along with dozens of others) under "Thanks". I thought this was not strong enough to claim him as a mathematical consultant, so I took out the statement. There is a statement in the Chicago Maroon that "The math department is expected to be well represented in the picture, as professor Paul Sally helped recruit 50 or so department members and graduate students to be in the film." I don't object to mentioning the film in this article, as long as we are careful not to overstate his role. --Uncia (talk) 13:09, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I understand the need to verify facts.  I just happened to be in his office much of the time during the filming.  I was his employee at the time, and I know for a fact the claim is true.  (Probably the closest I will get to a movie star :) ) I don't think he was their sole adviser, but he definitely advised them in a mathematical capacity.  He was in some sense their contact in the department.  The problem discussed in the original book was settled sometime after the book was written.  The film makers wanted to make sure the replaced the mathematical problem with an important intriguing unsolved problem.  Sally certainly gave his opinion as to what they choose. Thenub314 (talk) 13:55, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film Proof 

message: Several contributors have claimed that Paul Sally is dead and have edited this article to reflect that claim. Until a reliable source is provided, such edits should be reverted per the WP:BLP policy. Edge3 (talk) 01:47, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Claims of death

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