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Anomaly with date of birth

The first line and summary panel to the right give the date of birth as 28 May 1961 - which appears to be correct, from other sources.

However under the heading Biography it states "Born in Hackney, East London, to an English father and Welsh mother in 1962,[1][2]" which is clearly at odds with the statement above. At the bottom of the page it shows "Categories: 1962 births ...." this is also inconsistent.

Geoffrey T Stone (talk) 21:10, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

People keep changing her D.O.B willy-nilly. I swear she's gone from 54, to 52, to 50 all quite recently. Have to say the original 54 seems nearer the mark to me. Is she going to be one of those woman, like Tess Daly, who once they reach a certain age stop ageing? What next is it going to keep going backwards until she's in her 40s again? I'm not being funny but you can only get away with lying about your age if you actually, you know, look younger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.98.152 (talk) 16:40, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this is an ongoing problem. Can someone point out the sources? --Ronz (talk) 16:59, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The referenced interview in the Daily Mail indicates she specifically admitted to being 48 in 2009, which would place her birth date in 1961. We just got a ticket asking us to amend the date to 1962, which I declined. We don't really concern ourselves with the attempts of people to be younger or older, but with the sources that tell us when they were born. Right now, there's a reliable source there that quotes her as having been born in 1961. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 18:44, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Repeat what I said elsewhere: According to the brith records at http://www.findmypast.co.uk two "Michelle D. Collinses" were born in Hackney, one in 1960 and another in 1962. Note that sometimes if the birth was in December x the birth is registered in January x+1. But this wouldn't be the case if her birthday is 28 May. So the Daily Mail article is wrong; she was 47 in December 2009, not 48, although it is hardly well known for its accuracy. Also, Daily Mail has it right at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2048399/Michelle-Collins-London-fashion-designers-snooty-theyre-friendlier-North.html and then wrong and then right, but 1962 definitely fits better. Is original research OK if it's to correct a basic factual error? Barney the barney barney (talk) 19:51, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are probably right, but let's keep this in WP:BLP/N so we have more eyes and ears. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 20:03, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

xssn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markstevenbond (talk • contribs) 17:46, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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