Talk:Bill the Goat

message: I am taking out the sentence "The Midshipmen on board were often given the duty of tending the goats, and thus goats became associated with Midshipmen."  Unless someone can find a source, this sounds like sheer nonsense.  Midshipmen were "young gentlemen," apprentice officers.  Tending for livestock was the duty of seamen:  Jemmy Ducks was the title of the one assigned to poultry and goats, until Jack Nastyface (cook's mate) got a hold of them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by VonWoland (talk • contribs) 09:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Goat History

message: I have some info about the current Bill goats and was wondering if this info should be posted on this wiki?  Info such as birthdates, weight at birth, eye color (one is blue eyed and other is gold eyed), parents, place of birth, etc.
Or is this just stupid stuff that nobody cares about?
Thanks in advance,
Tredd  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tredd (talk • contribs) 16:53, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I say go for it.  Grayghost01 (talk) 01:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info about current Bill goats 

message: The Pentagon was notified, and the three goats were returned under a policy forged by general officers of the Army and Navy that stipulates that the "kidnapping of cadets, midshipmen or mascots will not be tolerated."
This passage is a pretty good indicator that the facts have not been allowed to get in the way of a 'funny' article. --81.154.236.221 23:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  factual accuracy 

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message: This tweet may be admitting to vandalism of this article over a decade ago, with false information about a gorilla mascot that appears to have spread outside of Wikipedia (such as here, here, and here). The gorilla appear to have been added in May 2009 by an account with no other edits, a little later than the post claims but close enough. (A lot of information in this article seems to be uncited and should probably also be removed until sources can be found, just in case.) --Ringtail Raider (talk) 17:26, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible vandalism unnoticed since 2009