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Canney

Canney is a surname. Some notable persons with the surname include: *Don Canney (1930–2011), American politician and civil engineer *Marian Canney (1921–2019), American academic *Richard Canney (1852–1887), English-born cricketer and doctor in New Zealand and Australia *Seán Canney (born 1960), Irish politician

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Canney is a surname. Some notable persons with the surname include: *Don Canney (1930–2011), American politician and civil engineer *Marian Canney (1921–2019), American academic *Richard Canney (1852–1887), English-born cricketer and doctor in New Zealand and Australia *Seán Canney (born 1960), Irish politician

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1960 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1960". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1085051150

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.