User talk:190.95.38.169

Cuckoo editing
Hi, I recently saw you edited Servilia (mother of Brutus) by keeping a source (Flower, 2021) and changing claim which it supports. This is a form of Cuckoo editing which misleadingly cites sources for claims not present therein. Please don't do this. In this case, eg, Flower states in the first three words of her article that Servilia was born c. 100 BC. This is repeated in the first paragraph thereof: "Servilia was born around 100 BCE into a patrician family". If you have a source which states that she was born specifically in 103, you should use that source directly rather than misattributing the claim.

A similar thing is with the date of Servilia's death. There are no sources which state her death date. She simply disappears from the historical record after Brutus' death in 42. Flower speaks of this as well: "After her son’s and son-in-law’s deaths at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE Servilia disappears from the historical record". Flower (2021) "Later Life" para 1. "Time of last mention in spotty ancient sources" is not a death date and should not be imputed as if it were one. Ifly6 (talk) 17:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)