Stuart Simmonds

Article summary

Stuart Simmonds (born 23 January 1967) is an English cricketer and author. Simmonds is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Birmingham. Simmonds represented the Sussex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Hertfordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored an unbeaten 14 runs, while taking a 2 wickets at a bowling average of 25.00, with figures of 2/50.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1967-01-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 2017-10-31 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2019 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2019-11-07 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2021 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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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 "1967-01-23". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "2017-10-31". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2019". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2019-11-07". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2021". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
8. 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=1370665053