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Death date removed from Wikipedia. Latest edit shows: "(Protected John McCarthy (computer scientist): Violations of the biographies of living persons policy:

by sajid 15y ago

Death date removed from Wikipedia. Latest edit shows: "(Protected John McCarthy (computer scientist): Violations of the biographies of living persons policy: Rumors of his death added to page. May be true, but better to wait than edit war."

Protonk 15y ago
That was me. I saw the laughing squid link, followed it here, then discovered that their ultimate reference was the wikipedia article. I'm keeping tabs on the news so if an article pops up I'll add it or unprotect the article.
- dchest 15y ago
  Thank you.
ColinWright 15y ago
Death date now reinstated. (22:09 BST, 21:09 Zulu)
- felideon 15y ago
  It [edit: the Brazilian article] cites Steven Levy, senior writer of Wired, as the source. It does not say where the source is found, but I assume it's this tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/stevenjayl/status/128568370055491584 http://twitter.com/#!/stevenjayl/status/128568370055491584 He may be a writer for Wired, but he doesn't seem to have a solid source either. EDIT: There seems to be someone that claims Stanford has confirmed it by phone, as you can see in the Discussion page of Wikipedia, though: "I spoke to the Associate Director of Communications at Stanford School of Engineering, and Dan Stober of Stanford News Service. Both have confirmed that Professor McCarthy passed away this weekend. They both said there were not a lot of details available at this time. An obituary will be issued by Stanford soon. http://chime.in/user/toybuilder/chime/65979187159736320 http://chime.in/user/toybuilder/chime/65979187159736320 -- I apologize for bad formatting. I'm not a regular Wiki editor. Joseph Chiu 24 October 2011, 2:11 PDT. I have not edited the article page."
  - nassosdim 15y ago
    Stanford tweeted that they're still in the process of gathering information https://twitter.com/#!/stanfordeng/status/128580022675054592 https://twitter.com/#!/stanfordeng/status/128580022675054592
- Protonk 15y ago
  I reverted it again. I feel terrible doing that but the alternative is sourcing our article from personal communications or a tweet. Have yet to see a reference which is reliable (in the wikipedia sense) or not ultimately derived from the original edit to wikipedia.

by sajid 15y ago

Protonk 15y ago

That was me. I saw the laughing squid link, followed it here, then discovered that their ultimate reference was the wikipedia article. I'm keeping tabs on the news so if an article pops up I'll add it or unprotect the article.

dchest 15y ago
Thank you.

ColinWright 15y ago

Death date now reinstated. (22:09 BST, 21:09 Zulu)

felideon 15y ago
It [edit: the Brazilian article] cites Steven Levy, senior writer of Wired, as the source. It does not say where the source is found, but I assume it's this tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/stevenjayl/status/128568370055491584 http://twitter.com/#!/stevenjayl/status/128568370055491584 He may be a writer for Wired, but he doesn't seem to have a solid source either. EDIT: There seems to be someone that claims Stanford has confirmed it by phone, as you can see in the Discussion page of Wikipedia, though: "I spoke to the Associate Director of Communications at Stanford School of Engineering, and Dan Stober of Stanford News Service. Both have confirmed that Professor McCarthy passed away this weekend. They both said there were not a lot of details available at this time. An obituary will be issued by Stanford soon. http://chime.in/user/toybuilder/chime/65979187159736320 http://chime.in/user/toybuilder/chime/65979187159736320 -- I apologize for bad formatting. I'm not a regular Wiki editor. Joseph Chiu 24 October 2011, 2:11 PDT. I have not edited the article page."
- nassosdim 15y ago
  Stanford tweeted that they're still in the process of gathering information https://twitter.com/#!/stanfordeng/status/128580022675054592 https://twitter.com/#!/stanfordeng/status/128580022675054592
Protonk 15y ago
I reverted it again. I feel terrible doing that but the alternative is sourcing our article from personal communications or a tweet. Have yet to see a reference which is reliable (in the wikipedia sense) or not ultimately derived from the original edit to wikipedia.