Talk:Sydney Cumbers

A fact from Sydney Cumbers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Sydney Cumbers was nicknamed "Long John Silver" because he wore an eyepatch to conceal his missing eye that he lost when he was a child?

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Date of Death[edit]

According to this blog post Sydney Cumbers died in 1959. I have edited the page to insert this. TristramBrelstaff (talk) 10:37, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Blogs are generally not regarded as reliable sources, but I found this which supports your statement. —Bruce1ee^talk 10:45, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to split[edit]

Wouldn't it be better to move the stuff on the collection to a separate article? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:03, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]