Item: Eddie Acuff

Language: en

Type of Problem: Incorrect_content

Extra Details: There's nothing incorrect. I just want to request that the birth date field be locked as it did show 3 June 1903, matching what Wikipedia shows, however I noticed that IMDb indicates 3 June 1908, so decided to investigate. Researching Mr. Acuff via original government documents, he always, in every Federal Census, from the time he was just a toddler, was indicated to be ages consistent with a June 1908 birth date: He was still a 1 year old at time of the 1910 Census, was 11 in 1920, and was 21 in 1930. (In each census, his family household was enumerated in early months of the year, prior to June arriving, which is why he wasn't yet 2, 12, or 22 years old.) I didn't need to keep researching beyond that, as it was already fully clear that he obviously, for sure, was born in 1908. By the way, I did ascertain that each census I was examining was for the correct Edward or Eddie Acuff; each was (is) definitely regarding the person who was him (the eventual Hollywood actor who died in 1956).

Because the copied-and-pasted Wikipedia biography text showed the wrong birth year, whereas I've corrected the TMDb birth date dedicated field to 1908, I took the liberty of correcting the year that's indicated in the presented Wikipedia text, switching it from 1903 to 1908, as otherwise people will eventually notice the mismatch, become confused, and potentially change the birth date dedicated field back to the wrong year. On the Wikipedia site itself, they're still showing the very incorrect 1903 birth year.

At any rate, please lock the now-accurate birth date field. Thanks so much!