Talk:Scott Glenn

message: The article currently states he graduated from High School in Pittsburgh. Is there a cite for this? I happen to know (from an immediate relative) that his sister graduated from a boarding school in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, and have strong reason to suspect that Scott (and his brother Terry) also graduated from that school (Academy of the New Church Secondary School), but I can't yet substantiate it.
--24.23.97.80 18:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 

message: A remarkable cure for  chronic  childhood illnesses; needs a citation:
"During his childhood he was regularly ill, and for a year was bed-ridden. Through intense training programs he recovered from his illnesses..."
151.204.190.111 (talk) 08:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illnesses overcome w/ intense training? 

message: As there are two sources one of which is very often used, the date should stand until disproven. IMDB is a prominent enough media that Scott Glenn or his agent have ample opportunity to correct it.
If you want to change the date, please provide a source for your new date. If you want to delete the date, then prove that the date is unknown by citing a reliable source that says e.g. Scott Glenn keeps his date of birth secret. Natalie Schafer was famous for this. Vincent (talk) 16:49, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You seriously do not understand how this works.  Per Wikipedia policy, the burden is on you to provide reliable sources for his date of birth.  We have a reliable source for his age; if that is the only information available in reliable source, that is all we put in the article.  The IMDb is not a reliable source.  It is user-generated content and is explicitly named in WP:RS as unreliable.  MyHowBook.com is also unreliable, as I pointed out to you on your talk page in explicit detail.  The site is based on user submissions is not written by professional journalists.  WP:BLP disallows these kinds of sources, and if you continue violating it by adding this poorly-sourced content, I will bring this up at WP:ANI and ask for you to be blocked.  We simply DO  NOT add poorly-sourced content to biographies of living people. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:03, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia doesn't use information from unreliable sources for BLP, period, and shouldn't for other articles in general. If there are no reliable sources that assert his date of birth, then the information is left blank. There is no policy that requires us to "prove that the date is unknown" in order to remove unreliable information. Your complaint at ANI against  is undue and I think it would be better for if you try and walk that one back, lest you draw a lot of negative attention. -Indy beetle (talk) 17:44, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Seriously, you need to chill and accept the concept of best available source. BTW, I read the NY Times article and an age in years between two commas is not the source of fact I'd expect to check all that carefully. Vincent (talk) 17:50, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Seriously, you need to look at other articles. If you are so concerned with quality, then get a bot to remove all unsourced or poorly source dates of birth from all articles. Then I might take your "concern about quality" seriously. Vincent (talk) 18:08, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

text:  I'm confused that you have admonished me to "chill" (perhaps that was for NRP?), I don't think I've been particularly fiery. I think you should read the essay on Wikipedia:Other stuff exists. Pointing to other longstanding violations of policy is not a way to solve this dispute. It would be great if we could clean up all the unreliable BLP info out there, but we're not discussing fixing the whole of Wikipedia on this talk page. We're discussing this article right now. Resorting to Whataboutism will not salvage your argument. This is a matter of policy. -Indy beetle (talk) 18:24, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

text: Unfortunately, this isn't usable.  First, ancestry.com is not a reliable source.  Second, we can't use primary sources: "".  If you want to perform your own research, analyze primary documents, and reveal the truth to the world, you can do that in a blog post.  You can't do it on Wikipedia.  We call that original research, and it's forbidden.  Sometimes that means that information that is probably true is kept out of an article.  I know this is frustrating for some people, but it's how Wikipedia works. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:30, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

text: Instead of continually re-adding your claim, please wait until consensus is reached.  - FlightTime (open channel) 17:51, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

text: Primary sources can not be used in a BLP.  See WP:BLPPRIMARY. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:08, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

text: Reliable sources are all over the place, and policy is quite clear about primary sources. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:44, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

text: What reliable source is discussing this primary source? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:55, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

text: Cleveland.com says 1939 and Rotten Tomatoes says 1939.  Mike Allen 04:52, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth

message: Born: January 26, 1939 208.67.96.1 (talk) 05:41, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. JTP (talk • contribs) 06:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2020 

message: Date of birth: January 26, 1939 MagnusG94 (talk) 09:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jack Frost (talk) 20:54, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 June 2020 

message: He played 'Wes Hightower' not 'Wes Hightop'. 2600:1700:2670:BE0:A4F6:6B57:FFAC:166F (talk) 10:06, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! GoingBatty (talk) 02:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 June 2020 

message: I want to request the edit of Scott Glenn, because i know the year he was born. 185.173.207.129 (talk) 21:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  01:16, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2021 

message: January 26, 1939 185.173.207.129 (talk) 10:42, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Please note that IMDb and other "fan sites" are not considered reliable sources for Wikipedia. Some sources say he was born in 1939, other sources say 1942, and some say he is 75 years old (1945–46). That is why there is no year given for his birth in this article. Thank you very much for your interest! P.I. Ellsworth  ed. put'r there 11:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 12 March 2021 

message: There is some missing information in the article about Scott Glenn. The date of birth is incomplete so I would like to add the year of birth. January 26, 1939 Silvia Balboni (talk) 02:27, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 02:35, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2021 

message: 1939 or 1941 seems to be the more common years cited. The Washington Post here says 1941. What I would do is state 1939 or 1941 but then add a footnote that some sources give different years. I remember there was an issue with Timothy Dalton for many years but we at least stated 1944 or 1946 in the text. I think we should do the same here rather than nothing. Isn't there an online record or directory in which you can confirm? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:26, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You can't just cherry pick one (or two) dates and say "that seems the most likely". NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:30, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Birth 

message: add one to the 1939 pile
https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/2024/01/26/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-26-2024/9131706233544/ Wikidude10000 (talk) 08:23, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  age evidence pile