Talk:Josette Simon

Date of Birth
Free BMD has a Josette P Simon born in Leicester in the 2nd quarter of 1959. Is that the subject of this article ? RGCorris (talk) 12:56, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Even if it is we should not be using primary sources. I'm not clear what the problem was with the source for her date of birth that was just removed -- it was a reliable source that said she was 16 in February 1976, so she was born in about 1959. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 21:42, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * , I see you have a source for 1960 as the year of birth, but it would be a remarkable coincidence if the above BMD record is wrong. That record is the only Josette Simon to come up in FreeBMD, and it is from Leicester.  Perhaps we should go back to just "c. 1959", which doesn't contradict your source directly? Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 13:18, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * There are two books, one published by the RSC (who employed Josette) stating 1960 as the birth year. She may have been born with another name (i.e. Josette may be a middle name, or stage name.)  Also note that the entry on FreeBMD does not correctly link back to a source document. ("The page number is not within the range expected for the district. Note that there a number of possible reasons for this, including an error in the district, the page, the volume, the date or the type of entry. Further information may also be available") as theres doubt as to the accuracy of the transposition (and freebmd is transposed by volunteers)  I'm minded to discard it for now. Jeff UK  13:42, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, that's reasonable. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Personal life
"Simon visits patients, with her dog Milo, through the charity Pets As Therapy, and supports the Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf and Hearing Children. She is a patron of Action Deafness, the Life and Deaf Association, the Deaf Ethnic Women's Association, and Safety Curtain. "

Sources with more independence would be a good thing here, as-is, it comes across a a bit promo-ish. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:49, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The article has been amended. Regards,BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:48, 30 May 2023 (UTC)