Talk:Charles Wells (gambler)

message: Isn't this the guy that figured out that one of the roulette wheels was flawed and had a pattern to what numbers the ball landed on? I'm pretty sure it was like, he could be fairly sure if he dropped the ball in a specific place it would end up in a specific area of the wheel.
: No.  You are thinking of Joseph Jagger JMcC 09:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what you're saying here. If 60 million different gamblers walked up to a roulette table and each risked their entire stake on five consecutive 1-in-38 spins, one of them might well win five consecutive bets. Perhaps that lucky gambler was named Charles Wells... although the rest of his biography provides strong inductive evidence of cheating. --76.30.4.62 (talk) 05:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening comment 

message: Wells was born in the village of Broxbourne on 20 April 1841, and his birth certificate is proof of this.  Broxbourne was situated in the registration district of Ware.  It is always the name of the registration district which appears in the General Register Office index of births, as opposed to the actual town or village where the person was born.  This may explain why Ware is sometimes incorrectly cited as his birthplace.
StylusGuru (talk) 12:07, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace of Charles Deville Wells 

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message: * I was aware that the book's author and the COI editor were the same person. I wasn't aware that the COI editor had attempted to place this book in several other articles. One publication being mentioned in the EL section of a single, relevant article is something I would have been initially ok with, because that would have demonstrated a sense of modesty and perhaps a noble, educational-based motivation. 
* On the contrary, the COI editor's attempts at placing the publication into several different Wikipedia articles does not demonstrate modesty—rather—it demonstrates a willingness to use Wikipedia to push the publication (and its release date) to potential buyers, which is not Wikipedia's purpose, per WP:NOTACATALOG.  Mies van der Rohe's axiom that less is more would have proven good advice for the COI editor to take in order to prevent their spoiling of this request. 
Thank you  for your input, it's much appreciated.  Spintendo  10:17, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 03-OCT-2018

message: In answer to the question of whether the book is a significant scholarly enterprise,  a recognised historical society has stated its intention to review it in a future issue of its journal.  As this journal is published only once a year, however, it may be some time before the review appears.  (Reviews of a less academic nature appeared in two national newspapers at the time of the book's release).  For the present, Guy, I'd be more than happy to send you a review copy of my book, which would enable you to decide for yourself.  Let me know where to send it, please (my email: info@robin-quinn.co.uk).  Best regards.StylusGuru (talk) 17:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 04-DEC-2018

message: The claim that Charles Wells of Monte Carlo fame died in the United States in 1914 seems to be incorrect.  A death certificate from 1922 shows that Charles De Ville Wells, age 81, died in the Chelsea area of London, England, on 22 June of that year.  This corresponds with his year of birth, which was 20 April 1841.  The man who died in Yuba County, USA, appears to be a different Charles Wells. 80.47.217.141 (talk) 12:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There is nothing in the Sacramento Union reports to suggest that the man they are reporting on was our man, so I have removed them from the article. DuncanHill (talk) 13:01, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of Charles Wells