Talk:Alan Rubin

Verifiability
It is being said in various places that Alan Rubin has died. If you do not know Wikipedia well you will think it is crazy that it is not in the article yet. If you have a look at Verifiability you will see this in almost the first line: ''The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth — whether readers can check that material in Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true. ''My problem is that I may believe the stories but I don't think we can or should change the article until we have a verifiable source. I've seen nothing useful and verifiable online yet. Is this something you can help with, please? Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 16:02, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: also brought it up here: Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard DBaK (talk) 16:06, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Jfeldhamer, 10 June 2011
Alan Dies on June 8, 2011

Jfeldhamer (talk) 13:24, 10 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello, and thank you for the contribution. I was wondering if you had seen my note above concerning Verifiability? The problem is that no-one has yet come up with a verifiable source for this information. A fan-site or bulletin board posting is not usually seen as verifiable. I'm personally in little doubt that he did die; but the rules are quite clear, that we should not alter the article to say so until we can quote a verifiable source which confirms it. If you have such a source, please do let us know. I am also watching but I've seen nothing yet, though I am sure that it will come over the next few days. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 16:10, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

It was a different Alan Rubin
http://articles.philly.com/2011-05-23/news/29574535_1_gynecology-alan-rubin-motion-sickness --71.205.113.109 (talk) 05:31, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * No, it wasn't - the gynaecologist was a red herring. DBaK (talk) 11:20, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

He's Dead, Jim
Obit in the LA Times online today. 
 * Great, thank you very much PaulinSaudi for finding that. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 11:22, 11 June 2011 (UTC)