Inge

Article summary

Inge is a given name in various Germanic language-speaking cultures. In Swedish and Norwegian, it is mostly used as a masculine, but less often also as a feminine name. In Danish, Estonian, Frisian, German and Dutch it is exclusively feminine. The feminine name has the variant Inga. In German it is sometimes a short form or nickname of Ingeborg. The name is in origin a hypocorism of names beginning in the element Ing- (such as Ingar, Inger, Ingrid, Ingeborg, Ingram, Ingvild, Ingunn etc.). These Germanic names made reference to either the god Ing or to the tribe of the Ingvaeones (who were presumably in turn named for the god). Inge is also encountered as a surname in the English-speaking world; the surname is usually pronounced in England to rhyme with "ring"; alternatively (especially in the United States) some families pronounce it to rhyme with "hinge."

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1967 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1946 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of birth: 1935 — 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 "1967". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "1946". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of birth is "1935". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. 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=1335485629