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The first part "Alex Chiasson (pronounced Chay-Sawn,[1]" is wrong. The pronounciation of this french-canadian name is more like Shiah-sohn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.162.238.40 (talk) 23:18, 13 April 2013 (UTC)Reply
This is a common name in Quebec, and I also think the pronounciation given on the Dallas Stars website is wrong. However, this seems to constitute a reliable source, so the pronounciation in the article lead satisfies the verifiability policy. I think the logical step would be to find another source with the "correct" pronounciation. Another possible compromise would be to remove the pronounciation completely from the article lead. Gagnon88 (talk) 14:36, 21 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
Articles are based on verifiable information. Even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable. The pronunciation of his last name is referenced with a reliable source, being the Dallas Stars official website. I've noticed that not every player on the Dallas Stars' roster have pronunciations listed for their names (for example: Erik Cole), yet they have listed the pronunciation to be used for Alex Chiasson. The obvious reason why the Dallas Stars would include the pronunciation for a player's name is to 'get it right'. There is no reliable source to verify that it is incorrect for Chiasson's name is to be pronounced as listed by the Dallas Stars, and further, I would think that if Chiasson disagreed with the pronunciation of his name as published by his employers, the Dallas Stars, that it would be an easy recourse for him to bring this to the attention of the Stars' public relations department to be corrected. Dolovis (talk) 20:43, 25 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
I think the fact that Chiasson agrees or disagrees is irrelevant here, even if it comes from his own employer. Actually, I think that would qualify as a primary source about living people, so it should be used with caution (see WP:PRIMARY). As I stated before, it all comes down to whether we can find a source for an alternate pronunciation. Gagnon88 (talk) 00:49, 26 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
I think we have to go with what the Stars website says, unless we find another source (which I think is unlikely, although the NHL Guide and Record Book sometimes has such info). I could come on and say I am from Quebec, and "Chay-Sawn" is the correct way to say it. (I'm not doing either of these things - my point is that your anecdotal report doesn't prove anything). For the record, I am pretty sure this is the same pronunciation that Steve Chiasson used throughout his career as well (another anecdote, which proves nothing. Canada Hky (talk) 01:44, 26 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
For the record, Steve Chiasson was born in Barrie, Ontario whereas Alex was born in Montreal, Québec. Does not prove anything either, but anglophones with francophone names sometimes use somewhat different pronunciations, for instance Tyler Seguin. Gagnon88 (talk) 02:19, 26 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
Yes, but the verifiable fact remains - we have one source that gives a pronunciation, and nothing to refute it. Anything we try to decide here is original research. For all we know the ancestors of both Chiassons could have been born in BC, and migrated off to seek better hockey futures for their sons. Canada Hky (talk) 18:55, 26 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
