Talk:Barclay Harding Warburton II

Removed Hoover Commission
I removed "...and member of the Hoover Commission in Poland" as inaccurate. The Commission for Polish Relief did not exist at the time of his death. It is a puzzle what the New York Times is saying in his obituary, published in 1936, when the Hoover Commission did not exist until 1939. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * According to some influential editors at WT:V, being inaccurate is not a reason to remove verifiable material, as the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is "verifiability, not truth". Unscintillating (talk) 19:57, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Just because the New York Times says something, does not make it so. --DThomsen8 (talk) 20:07, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, but please see the discussion at WT:V, we've been trying to remove from the lead that what we want in the encyclopedia is "not truth". Some editors there are rejecting the idea that accuracy is a proper subject for WP:Due weight discussions.  Unscintillating (talk) 20:41, 28 May 2011 (UTC)


 * It looks like Hoover was involved in Poland in 1915 also, see: this ref. Unscintillating (talk) 20:41, 28 May 2011 (UTC)


 * There were Hoover Commissions for relief in World War I and World War II. For WWI it was called the American Relief Administration. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 21:32, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not so sure, the ARA was created by an act of Congress in 1919, the 1915 effort in Poland was done by the Rockefeller Foundation. Without a reference I think that we should use the phrase from the NYT.  Unscintillating (talk) 23:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * In 1919, B. H. Warburton II was about 21, but yet was a technical advisor? Are we sure that wasn't his father, B.H. Warburton I? --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:24, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That is what 4 reliable sources say. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:04, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm convinced, nice research. Unscintillating (talk) 18:22, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Removed again from article
Around 1919 he worked for the American Relief Administration in their mission to Poland as one of the American technical advisors.