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Reference Conflict

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Number of failed attempts

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We have conflicting sources for the number of failed attempts before success:

I have taken the second in preference, as the paper was contemporaneous with the event, unlike the web site. ◃Λmniarix▹ (talk) 23:25, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Method of swimming

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We have a conflict over the claim that he only used breaststroke.

I haven't corrected this as I don't think it's important – at the end of the day, he swum mostly on his "front" to the extent that he found goggles useful. Perhaps the "over-arm side stroke" was not distinguished from breaststroke in 1911. ◃Λmniarix▹ (talk) 23:25, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]