Talk:Slim Gaillard
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[edit] Birthplace
65.114.18.34 indicates that Gaillard was born in Santa Clara Cuba. Many sources I have found say he was born in Detroit. Does anyone have additional information they can provide? --SeanO 12:04, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
I am 65.114.18.34. Slim Gaillard is my aunt's (my uncle's wife's) father, and she - HIS DAUGHTER - states that Slim - HER FATHER - was born in Santa Clara, Cuba. This is about as annoying as whoever keeps insisting that Gaillard's granddaughter Nona was born to an Irish/African-American mother. It simply isn't true. Janis Hunter was 1/2 Irish, 1/4 Afro-Cuban and 1/4 Greek. People who keep rolling things like this back to make it fit to whatever they want it to fit to is the reason why Wikipedia is looked down upon as a place to come to for facts. Slim was American by lifestyle, NOT by birth and NOT by parental lineage. -- HannahGrace 23:15, 27 November 2005
Hannah. Thanks for your additional information. I didn't mean to be annoying. When I see an anonymous IP address change data that appears to be contrary to my sources, I do additional research. I didn't find sufficient evidence that the anonymous statements were true, so I changed them back to what my other sources said. One of the suggestions for editing is that you cite your sources. Had you done that originally, I wouldn't have reverted them. Again, thanks for your correction. SeanO 23:37, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
