Talk:Ross Perot/Archives/2020

Year of Eagle Scout rank earned
I had made an edit to the year that Ross Perot earned Eagle rank. It was removed because I did not cite a source? It was the first and only time that I have made an edit on a Wikipedia page, and it's taken me about 20 minutes to figure out how to use this "talk" section to reply to a notification by NJA informing me that they had removed my edit.

I have been a Boy Scout volunteer since 2009. A boy must be 11 years old to join Boy Scouts. Therefore if his birth year is 1930, he would have joined in 1941 sometime after the birth month of June. If he was 13 when he earned Eagle then it would have been in the year 1943, not 1942 as cited in the Wikipedia page.

Source of my correction of the year to 1943 - from an article written by Boy Scouts of America staff Michael Freeman on July 10, 2019.

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2019/07/10/ross-perot-longtime-supporter-of-scouting-passes-away-at-age-89/

"After advancing through the Cub Scout ranks, he joined Troop 18 with the ambitious goal of reaching the Eagle Scout rank in less than a year and a half. He accomplished that goal, earning Eagle at age 13 in 1943."

I now understand that edits are probably best left to those with more time available to follow up, in order to ensure that Wikipedia as a reference retains its level of accuracy. I am happy to continue to donate to Wikimedia Foundation. I am grateful to all of you editors out there.

JOlivermom (talk) 01:54, 31 January 2020 (UTC)JOlivermom

PS took a few minutes to figure out how to ping per NJA's request on this comment :-)

Bravo
I just saw the Ross Perot article in DYK. Congrats on the GA! --  Zanimum (talk) 19:04, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks DannyS712 (talk) 16:35, 14 May 2020 (UTC)