User talk:Philipcosullivan

The son of Colonel John Joseph O'Sullevan DSO, resident magistrate at Killarney, and Vera (née Henry), Peter O'Sullevan was educated at Hawtreys, Charterhouse School, and at Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland. (Both schools do not have a record of his attendance.) According to the records of the Kerry Library in Tralee, there is no mention of a "Colonel John Joseph O'Sullevan," as ever being a "resident magistrate", in Kerry. If Sir Peter changed his name from O'Sullivan to O'Sullevan, (see British Telephone Books, Ancestry.com) why would he spell his father's surname as O'Sullevan? There is no record of Peter being born in Kenmare, County Kerry, or elsewhere in Ireland. There is antidotal evidence that Peter's father was one Patrick O'Sullivan, born Rusheens, Kenmare in 1904. Patrick moved to London and lived for a while at 75 Chapter Road, London, NW2. Again, antidotal evidence provides an acknowledgement from Peter to a living cousin, that he was her cousin and his father was her uncle, Patrick O'Sullivan of Rusheens.

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Hello: I saw yr recent entry on my User page regarding the ancestry issues for Peter O'Sullevan.

The problem with this material is that there are no external citations for the description. I agree that the Who's Who entry may indeed be erroneous, but at the moment it's all we have to go on right now. As indicated at the top of the editing pages, encyclopedic content must be verifiable. So, if we can find some accessible evidence that refutes the Who's Who entry, then it can easily be cited within the Peter O'Sullevan page. This could be information on some other website, news report, or equivalent document that was reliable. (If you'd like assistance with doing that, I may be able to help.)

Unfortunately, anecdotal evidence and undocumented interviews aren't suitable in this situation. In particular, you might want to look at these guidelines when writing about living people. One interim solution may be to place the comments in a footnote, with the proper academic citations (including volume/page/section numbers or whatever) to the UK election register and London street directory that you mention in yr edit. (again, let me know if y'd like editing help with that.)

Finally, I note that yr WP username is somewhat similar to Peter O'Sullevan. If you are actually related to him, then please consider the information on the WP Conflict of Interest page regarding writing about family members.

(BTW, I'm planning to move yr comments from my User page to my Talk page. Please feel free to follow up there if you wish.)

Thanks for helping make Wikipedia even better! Cheers, jxm (talk) 02:42, 10 January 2014 (UTC)