Talk:Lindsey Chapman

Latest comment: 6 years ago by SMeeds in topic Removing unsourced birth date information

Five-a-side record veracity

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Although sourced, the claim that this BBC event on 12 October 2012 set a new world record seems to be untrue. In the picture on Ms. Chapman's website (archived here) the certificate reads "the most players to participate in a 5-a-side football match", which they apparently claimed having had 464 people take part. However, the Guinness World Records website lists the record for "most players in a five-a-side soccer exhibition match" as 676, set on 19 May 2012 by Petts Wood Football Club in Kent. As the two events sound entirely similar (24 hours for BBC vs. 25 hours for Petts Wood) and neither the certificate the BBC received nor the Petts Wood record list 'continuous' as a criterion, I suspect that Guinness have been a little flexible with the truth considering the high-profile nature of the BBC's attempt. They may have amended their assessment criteria to include 'continuous' to create a new record for the Radio 5 Live group to 'break', but they clearly didn't break the record they were actually out to set. As the Guinness website makes no mention whatsoever of the BBC attempt, is there any proof elsewhere that they achieved a record, or is this all showbiz smoke and mirrors? Pyrope 18:33, 15 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Removing unsourced birth date information

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The birth date information for Lindsey Chapman was placed here in the original version of the article but was unsourced. The Privacy of personal information and using primary sources policy applies, so I have removed it. SMeeds (talk) 10:31, 18 April 2018 (UTC)Reply