Talk:Jim Gray (computer scientist)/Archive 1

Jim Gray suicide
Why was a section of this article removed due to being "uncited"? Isn't that the purpose of the tag--so that information can be put in an article for someone else to reference--I don't have a source right now but I put it there so someone else could find one.142.163.220.97 16:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


 * That's not how we write biographies on Wikipedia. Sources need to come first, especially for details that promote an opinion.  Anything added to the encyclopedia without a source can be removed at any time.  -/- Warren 17:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


 * This is not entirely true. Many articles start with neutral statements first and sources later. However, anyone is free to remove an unsourced statement, and people are more likely to do so when the statement is unsourced and controversial. That said, I believe there has been some speculation about how Jim Gray died, and if there's any that it was a suicide, we might mention that in the article. --Zippy (talk) 09:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

on Monday?
This text "On 19 February 2007, the search was called off according to Mercury News,[9]" claims the search was called off on Monday, the 19th. But I can't find anything in the Mercury News article that says it was called off on Monday. In fact, the MN article says it was called off on Friday. Am I missing some part of the article, or miss-reading something? Otherwise, I'd like to fix the text to be consistent. -- Mikeblas 14:37, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Good catch. It has been corrected as per the two citations noting the search was called off. Ronbo76 15:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)