I'm new and stumbled upon your work and like it so I am posting here for you to send me help/welcome stuff to my talk page. Your post on your newcomer welcome page said it would be ok. Thanks (Volcano1776 21:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC))
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Maria Olivia da Silva: 125?
Mr. Redux,
I'm taking this opportunity to assume that you are a reasonable person, which means LOGIC is more important than NATIONALISM. That said, your claim that Maria Olivia da Silva was the world's oldest person, proven beyond a doubt, is very, very off the mark.
Here is an article dealing with the issue:
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/SeniorStats/5-07-17OldestWomanChallenge.htm
You think it's just Brasil? Alberta Davis of Thomson, GA (USA) claims to be born Dec 24 1881, but we don't give her the "world's oldest person" title simply because there is no proof of her age. Or worse, invent/concoct false proof that on closer inspection was not real.
Sincerely Robert Young