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Obituaries in The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Independent all give the d.o.b. as 28 April 1938. In the absence of a reliable source it should stay like that. Mr Stephen (talk) 15:38, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
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This article has deteriorated since the 2009 GA and I think probably our standards have improved since then also. I have doubts about whether this now qualifies, especially given its substantial reliance on one source. - Sitush (talk) 20:03, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
I think Dibnah's especial skill in technical drawing is worthy of note. Could someone put in a sentence om this, together with a reference to one or more of the broadcasts in which we see his drawings? (I don't have access to any recordings,so I can't do this.)
Regards to all, 79.75.143.232 (talk) 14:06, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
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The intro has an unattributed assertion that he served in the Army Catering Corps, but there is a later reference with citation (I don't own the Hall reference to check) that he was in the 14th/20th. Anyone know which is true? It is conceivable that he could have done both, I suppose, but highly unlikely for a national serviceman. CharlesSpencer (talk) 17:39, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
Commons has a picture of a steamroller with "F Dibnah, Steeplejack, Bolton" painted on it, which might look well in this article.
However, the picture claims the steamroller is from 1912 (as does the article Aveling & Porter). Whereas this article mentions a 1910 Aveling & Porter steamroller, and a 1912 Aveling & Porter traction engine. Also the steamroller was supposed to be named "Allison" after his wife (while "Betsy" in the picture must named after his mother). So I can't just slap the image on because I'd have to figure out the correct date, which I'm not able to do, anybody know which is correct? Possibly this is the "traction engine". Card Zero (talk) 21:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)