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Place of birth

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A number of sources list Shariff as being born in Newham rather than Burundi. The ever-reliable Find My Past lists an Abdulla Mohamed Sharif as being born in Newham in 1993, a very similar name to the one registered with the Premier League (cited on the page). Based on this, I would say it is too much of a coincidence and that he was probably born in Newham rather than Burundi. Given that pretty much every source lists him as English too, I think it is most likely that the QPR website is wrong on this one. Cg29692 (talk) 18:56, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please provide the citations here so they can be reviewed? Then I will take this to WT:FOOTY for wider input. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 19:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some other sources confuse his two potential birth places and list him as being born in "Newham, Burundi", but there is nowhere in Burundi with that name. Cg29692 (talk) 01:22, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will take this to WT:FOOTY tomorrow for discussion, if you can wait before making any changes to the article. JMHamo (talk) 01:27, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have looked him up on Ancestry.com (subscription required), which list a Abdulla Mohamed Sharif as born in Newham in 1992 (birth registered in July 1992 quarter) with a mother's maiden name of Saad. You will see the date differs to the subject of the article. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 13:44, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I had another look on Findmypast.co.uk and that also lists his birth as 1992. Having said that, from experience of using the site, they are sometimes a year out on the birth date. 23:56, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
The birth date is based on the quarter in which the birth is registered. This is usually that in which the birth occurs or the following; it can never be before the birth, so the guy on Ancestry cannot be the subject of the article, whose birth was a year later. --- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 04:52, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]