User talk:Mattconnolly

Bret Harte birth date
Hi Mattconnolly. I notice you added a birth date of August 25, 1839 to the Bret Harte page, which now contradicts the dates in brackets (25 August 1836–6 May 1902) at the start of the article. This is yet one more contradiction about his birth date, since I was the person that added the photo of Bret Harte's gravestone further down the page, which clearly shows his birth date as August 25 1837.

Do you have any information that could throw light on this question? How authoritative is the source you used? It would be good if we could resolve this issue, and add a comment to the article's discussion page, since websites seem divided as to what the correct year is. We could also cite a definitive reference within the article.

Cheers - Euchiasmus 20:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)