Talk:Benjamin Davis Wilson

message: There is so much misinformation floating around about Don Benito Wilson, despite the fact that he was one of the most significant pioneers of Los Angeles, and unfortunately much of the Wikipedia entry on the man is inaccurate.  One cannot blame the authors, because Wilson's biography had never been written, and so there was no authoritative overall source of information.  One has had to snatch information from here and there, without knowing how it might be contradicted in another, more authoritative, source.  
Now, 130 years after his death, there is at last a biography, Don Benito Wilson: From Mountain Man to Mayor:  Los Angeles 1841 - 1878, published by Angel City Press.  I spent years studying every scrap of paper in Wilson's 50 boxes of material at the Huntington Library and tried to read every local newspaper he would have read in his lifetime.  Wilson deserves more attention than he has gotten in the past.  I hope you read the book.  Nat B. Read  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Natbread (talk • contribs) 15:32, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misinformation Please 

message: I was a little surprised to see the Wilson article declared a Start. This article pretty much says all that there is to be said of Wilson. Does Ronbo76 think or know something is missing?--Magi Media 04:07, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benjamin D. Wilson declared Start-icle 

message: I've seen B. D. Wilson's middle name as either David or Davis. I've left the article as "Benjamin D." until an authoritative source can be found. Mike Dillon 14:53, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: George S. Patton's bio at www.pattonhq.com says Wilson's middle name was "Davis". Patton was Wilson's grandson, through Wilson's daughter Ruth from his second marriage. Patton was born at Wilson's home, Lake Vineyard, in what is now San Marino, California. Mike Dillon 15:50, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Middle name 

message: Hastings Ranch really isn't a suburb since it is within the city limits of Pasadena. At one time it may have been, before that subdivision was annexed, but no more. I suggest calling it a "neighborhood." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.148.127.223 (talk • contribs) 
:Done. Mike Dillon 21:45, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct, Hastings Ranch is a neighborhood.--Magi Media 03:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hastings Ranch

message: The number of men sent out and the number of pelts brought back vary from article to article. Please see History. This article describes Wilson as having a party of 20 men that were divided up into two teams who each brought back at least eleven bears that were in the camp at one time. Ronbo76 03:51, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The story as I had received it from the Big Bear Historical Society in a Tom Core publication said that Wilson had a posse of 44 men which were headed up the Cajon Pass to chase Chief Wakara of the Utes. He sent 22 men up the Pass and took 22 men toward Big Bear. At Big Bear he sent hunting parties out in twos each returning with a kill. The math was done from this. It may be inaccurate and moot.--Magi Media 14:44, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you could please provide a reliable source, I would like to add one to the bear hunt numbers. This article needs some more references. Ronbo76 14:50, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bear hunt numbers vary but is citable 

message: This article uses Find a Grave in the reference section that is an inappropriate reference. Otr500 (talk) 01:00, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: In this case, I think we can leave it up to the reader to decide if the source is Reliable or not. There is a photo on the target page that seems to be a good source that he was really buried there. GeorgeLouis (talk) 03:26, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  References. 

message: The change here, with no edit summary, has been reversed. Is the new information taken from the same cited source or a different one? If it is a different source, it should be cited; if it is the same source, it can be noted in the Edit summary or here in this conversation. Thank you. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 01:54, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Same source?