Talk:Leland Stanford

message: Wetheter or not this is a stub is not worth an edit war.  Everyone should calm down, take a deep breath, and talk about it. Gentgeen 09:53, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not the unresponsive one - "A stub on Wikipedia is a very short article, generally of one paragraph or less" --Jiang 06:07, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't assigning blame, just sugesting there was a lot of effort going into an edit war over a stub notice.  I just wanted a cooling off period, which I believe has happened. Gentgeen 07:12, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: comments

message: Shouldn't his full name be "Amasa Leland Stanford, Junior"? Since Stanford Uni's full name is exactly that (minus Amasa and the comma). --Menchi 03:57, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be "Amasa Leland Stanford, Senior", since Stanfurd University is named after his son. But since his son wasn't really notable and died young, we might as well settle w/o the "senior".--Jiang 06:06, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full name 

message: Can someone add to this article and explain why the entry is for "Jared Vazquez" when everywhere else the man is called "Leland Stanford". That is an enormous lapse. BooksXYZ (talk) 14:39, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jared Vazquez 

message: The last edit, by an anon, changed two facts.  One of the facts was the end date of Stanford's term as Governor from 1963 to 1967.  As this doesn't match with the California State Capitol Museum or the Secretary of State of California's list of Governors (I've got the PDF here, but don't remember the link), I'm going to assume bad faith on the other change as well.  If I'm wrong, please provide documentation. Gentgeen 20:34, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why I reverted 

message: The following dispute from 66.81.61.79 was placed in the article over the weekend:
:Stanford was never president of the southern Pacific Railroad. Anyone who thinks he was simply knows no railroad or Stanford history. Moreover, Stanford did not die in Palo Alto. He died at his home on the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On both points and thousands of others, see my The Governor: The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford. Norman E. Tutorow NET@TDL.Com
As to the presidency claim, I found that in a book on the history of the Southern Pacific railroad.  I'll find the full reference and add it as soon as I can. slambo 15:43, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)
Slambo, have you added this reference yet?  If so, where is it?
:Longer than expected to get back to this task, but there are two print references for railroad presidency positions.  I'm sure I've got more around here... Slambo (Speak) 22:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed facts from anon 

message: In later life, Leland Stanford's view of the worker in the industrial complex substantially changed.  I haven't added anything on this to the text but I have linked to a reliable source.  His worker cooperative theory remains radical today and for this I have tagged this article of high importance to WP:COOPWP:COOPERATIVES.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 14:31, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  As an advocate of the [[Worker Cooperative]] 

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: He chased farmers off their lands without any financial compensation in order to build his railroad. I spit on him.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.85.247.51 (talk) 19:52, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Evil

message: just included the category People from Palo Alto, California. However, the city of Palo Alto didn't exist during Stanford's lifetime, and the site of their residence wasn't incorporated into the city until 50 years later. The issue of whether the Stanfords were from Palo Alto came up several months ago at Talk:Leland Stanford, Jr. and still isn't resolved. Basically, the question is whether someone can be in a place category if they died before the place was founded - should Jesus be in People from Israel, for example. It's essentially a WP:COP consistency policy challenge - see  here.  jxm (talk) 23:52, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not I would say though Leland Stanford being directly involved in the founding of Palo Alto has a claim to be in some Palo Alto categories (unlike his son).  Being from a city implies being involved in the city's life.  Coming from a larger region can mean either the physical boundaries of the region or being involved in that region's culture.   I note Markvo also put down Herbert Hoover though the Hoover house is not and never has been in Palo Alto.   --Erp (talk) 05:14, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  From Palo Alto or not? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The lead says he was a robber baron, but there is no mention of that in the body. The body should expand on this. It is pretty well against the style guide MOS:INTRO to have statements in the lead but no mention of them in the body. Adpete (talk) 23:44, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Or remove it from the lede if it cant be supported in the body. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 00:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Though there are references above on this talk page which seem to support it. If no one wants to do the work now, a reasonable short term solution would be to move the sentence and references out of the lead, and put them at the end of the "Businesses" section. Adpete (talk) 00:52, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 09:13, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undue weight in lead 

message: What is the purpose of this paragraph? It says nothing about Mr Stanford, and the law cited was passed before he became Governor.  Recommend deletion. DeknMike (talk) 04:05, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it has to do with the Bald Hills War (1858–1864) which overlapped with his two years as governor (1862-1863). I would  probably rewrite and point people to the California genocide article for context and leave the bits having to do with the Bald Hills War though I think we need some good secondary sources on Stanford's role (I note that the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians which allowed for the enslavement of Native Americans had the enslavement part repealed while he was in office).  --Erp (talk) 03:25, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

text: I've cleaned up a bit.  As mentioned we could do with some proper secondary source info on Leland Stanford's actions.  --Erp (talk) 02:36, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the California Indian Genocide section