Talk:Piers Gibbon
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Possible misquote[edit]
After watching the Jungle Trip, produced by Channel 4, and starring Piers Gibbon, I noticed something strange on the closing credits. I noticed that a statement issued by the program producers conflicted with something which was written on the Piers Gibbon's wiki page. The quote on the wiki page, (Reference 4 ^ Fawning on flora by Pete Clark, (Evening Standard, 19 Dec 2002) states that:
""During the filming of Jungle Trip, Gibbon found a species of plant he believed was unknown to Western science. He had a sample sent to the Kew Gardens where it was analysed and named in his honour.""
However, the end sequence of the television program states that:
""The chacruna bush arrived at Kew, but due to insufficient documentation, was destroyed by the ministry of agriculture.""
Now I'm unsure if the Evening Standard where reffering to a completely different plant, or have incorrectly reported/misprinted regarding the matter. I find it hard to believe that Channel 4 would mislead its viewers. Is it possible for an administrator to investigate this?
'Jungle Trip' The documentary is available to view on Youtube. And the quote I refer to above is litterally right before the closing credits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.205.154.185 (talk) 03:45, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
- It's not really the place of administrators to investigate the factual accuracy of claims made in Wikipedia articles. We tend to report things as they appear in independent reliable sources rather than our own interpretation of facts, events and claims. That said, it would be good to get it cleared up if there is some misunderstanding. My reading is that both could be true - he sent it to be analysed and the sample was subsequently destroyed. The remaining question is whether or not the analysis ever took place which probably doesn't have a huge impact on this particular article anyway. Stalwart111 11:16, 6 January 2014 (UTC)