Talk:Evan Low

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Refimprove[edit]

This article is about a living politician, so I find it hard to believe that there are no websites or news articles out there that can give us any more accurate information than that he was born "in the early 1980s"... I did not check the three references that are all cited at the end of the article, but the citations should be placed directly after the information they cite. We don't need three references to cite that the San Francisco paper called him the youngest openly gay and youngest Asian mayor... If he is currently the mayor, there is definitely a biography somewhere that will give his birthdate, etc... assessed a stub for now due to the above issues (lack of references and wikification mostly)... - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:54, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's all cited with the given ones, and one can cite paragraphs. Also naming a section biography is inartful because the whole article is the bio. And if it's a stub it needs no lead. I didn't find a RS for his birthday. Hekerui (talk) 17:14, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the certification for Evan Low Day in San Francisco. It seems to indicate that his birthday is June 5[1]. And we know he is 26 right now from news articles[2]. Although I don't know if there is a source indicating his exact birth date, I think we can deduct that it is June 5, 1983. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 18:13, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's interesting, but I guess would open the article up to OR criticism, unfortunately. Hekerui (talk) 19:10, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry Hekerui for tagging up the article, but my point was that the three cites at the end of the article don't tell us where each statement in the article is cited. Also, as for the birthdate, the year is confirmed as 1983, as cited by his being 26 on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 (unless, by chance he's a December baby)... Therefore, the year is not OR... the particular date though is still unknown, the certificate only proclaims June 5 as "Even Low Day", it does not state that that particular date is his birthday... Also, I think "Evan Low Day" would be notable enough for mention in the article... I went ahead, and did a little bit of the ref cleanup I am proposing, simply adding citations for each statement... I hope you don't mind... - Adolphus79 (talk) 20:02, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's no need to apologize, at all. And yes, the age alone doesn't give the year, so I'll remove that. I quickly wrote that together from the sources, trying to reformulate so there's no infringement, this is why this was not cited more clearly because I'd have to look at it all again - done now. Hekerui (talk) 20:30, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the year as "1982 or 1983", using a reference dated this year that says he's 26. I hope this is OK. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 04:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

picture from the Mayor's office[edit]

I imagine the Mayor's office must have some kind of picture that could be used with this article?

Son of eugene (talk) 05:26, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned references in Evan Low[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Evan Low's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "CAgenr":

From 2020 California State Assembly election: "November 3, 2020, General Election-State Assembly" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
From Jay Obernolte: "November 3, 2020, General Election – United States Representative" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

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Controversy subsection[edit]

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