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Edit by User:Aubernas on 21 February 2023 indirectly resulted in deletion of citation to only source which correctly identified location of Williams's death[edit]

I was wondering what happened to the citation I had added years ago to the only news story which identified the correct place of death for Williams. Sadly, far too many incompetent, poorly trained, and underpaid journalists did not take the time to understand the difference between an incorporated town like Tiburon and an unincorporated area like Paradise Cay (which is adjacent to Tiburon but not part of Tiburon, as correctly depicted on Google Maps if one searches for Tiburon). Only some British journalist from Sky News correctly reported that Williams died in Paradise Cay.

On 21 February 2023, User:Aubernas in this edit added a statement to the article on Robin Williams before that citation which was not actually supported by the cited source. User:Clayoquot correctly identified that sentence as failing verification against the cited sources, but did not recognize what had happened on 21 February 2023, and instead deleted the sentence and all the following sources on 8 June 2023. I am restoring the citation to the Sky News story, which should not have been deleted because it is the only source which shows that Williams died in Paradise Cay and not Tiburon. Coolcaesar (talk) 13:22, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Movie credit missing from this article[edit]

Robin Williams also starred in The Birdcage, released in 1993. Why isn't this movie cited among the list of his films? 2603:7080:2204:DBD5:D904:9AA1:2DA4:B160 (talk) 07:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is listed at List of Robin Williams performances. He did so many things that it is impossible to focus on them all, and instead we only list his most notable ones. Masem (t) 13:45, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]