Talk:1925 serum run to Nome

message: I've never seen it referred to as just the "Mercy Race to Nome" (which gets 43 Google hits). It's either the "Great Race of Mercy to Nome" (872 hits), or the "1925 serum run" (843; "1925" and "serum run" gets 3,560). Either would be a better title :) 68.81.231.127 20:08, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh, when I did a search for--um, whatever I searched for--I think Balto and Nome and diphtheria or something--I kept seeing the Mercy Race to Nome, so that's what I called it. I don't know that it matters too much as long as we've got something to call it other than just having every reference to it here in Wikipedia (not too many yet, but they're out there) all linking to Iditarod instead.  If it were me-- "1925 serum run" is too vague and I don't know that I'd recognize it if I saw it (and I've been at least vaguely familiar with the story most of my life for unknown reasons); the longer version just seems, I dunno, long.  But, as I said, I'm not emotionally attached to any one.  As for Togo-specific section, OK, it can go back; I had more envisioned that this article would be fleshed out in detail so that the Togo section wouldn't stand out so blatantly as being so detailed.  Again, though, I'm easy. :-)  I just barged in here & started shuffling stuff around because I wanted to have a page to link to.  Elf | Talk 22:46, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

text: I think that having "Nome" in the title would be particularly helpful. Beyond that--I'm dumping it back in your lap because you're doing a wonderful job on this article. Looks great.  Elf | Talk 01:02, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

text: Well, I can move articles.  OK, um, er, I vote for "1925 serum run to Nome".  Shall I do it, then?  BTW, yes, I meant moving the text back to Togo would be OK if you wanted to.  Elf | Talk 01:49, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: This is a great article. Good work to all involved. jengod 18:33, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
I second that sentiment!  Terrific article.
I noticed a probable misspelling of Wrong Font Thompson's name -- it appears to be "Fentress."  And speaking of which, the man sounds like he should have his own wiki article.  Here's a link with information on him.
http://www.buy.com/prod/fighting-for-the-forty-ninth/q/loc/106/211310304.html
I'd do it myself but am concerned about copyright issues and so forth, not to mention never having created a wiki link before.
Regardless, if anybody else concludes that his name is misspelled, kindly edit it.
IvyGold (talk) 23:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Bravo

message: I don't understand.  The article says there was a reenactment run in 1975, and in the same paragraph, mentions President Ronald Reagan.  Reagan didn't become president until 1981.  In 1975, the president was Gerald Ford.
GBC 01:15, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Reread the paragraph. It's OK.  Elf | Talk 02:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 1975 and President Reagan??

message: I agree, a fine article.  However: "Contacted Thompson and Sutherland, and Darlington made a..."  Could we please have a complete sentence here?  A subject, perhaps? J S Ayer 05:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second Relay 

message: I was introduced to this race through a Carl Barks version with a cold-war twist. Read it a long time ago. Anyone remember that story? A reference in the article would be great. Thanks! Jørgen 21:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We'd probably want to come up with more notable references to the race, of which there are undoubtedly many, before including only a donald duck cartoon for "References in fiction" or some  such heading. Elf | Talk 19:13, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

text: If you think you might have references to fiction in this article you could include the Balto movie.  Just a thought.--Shishigashira 20:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donald Duck and the serum race 

message: Why is this not listed on the Alameda page??
Thank You,
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replies: text: I'm a bit confused. Is there a reason for it to be on the Alameda page? Coaster1983 05:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[ Alameda ]] 

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thread_title:  Dead link 

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thread_title:  Dead link 2 

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thread_title:  Dead link 3 

message: "Henry Ivanoff's team ran into a Dragon and got tangled up just outside of Shaktoolik. Seppala still believed he had more than 100 miles (160 km) to go and was racing to get off the Norton Sound before the storm hit. "
I'm a bit confused by what Dragon means, as the link directs me to the mythical creature of dragons. Dhua315 (talk) 04:35, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dragons

message: * A BBC4 television program (Sunday 15 June 2014, 9.45 to 10.45 pm by British time) said that Balto's reported achievements as lead dog were actually done by a dog named Fox, but that the newspaper report changed the name in case readers misunderstood the name and thought that the animal was not a dog but a fox (Vulpes sp.). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:50, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, he was the less able dog, it seems. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:04, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Fox

message: An Athabascan Native, no information regarding Titus's team, time or travel along the trail. Met Dave Corning at Kallands.	34 mi (55 km)
Dan Corning	Kallands to Nine Mile Cabin
Unable to say which is correct, though I think Dan is mentioned in the narrative text.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.174.227.100 (talk) 20:28, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Inconsistency

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message: It looks like people have been throwing all sorts of numbers for Seppala's run into this article, mostly by including the miles he ran from Nome to where he picked up the serum for his leg and making it sound like those miles were part of his actual leg. The math doesn't add up. They are in multiple places in the article. I will try to fix what I can but I'm not confident enough of what the numbers should be to make it right.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lynn Ami (talk • contribs) 10:03, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mileages make no sense 

message: Would it be possible to use the second map from this page instead of the existing one? It's much more helpful to be able to see all the rest stops and relay hand-off points mentioned in the article labeled on the map, as well as the clearer line of the run.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lynn Ami (talk • contribs) 11:49, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better map 

message: This is a B-classed article that is tagged since September 2020 for reference problems. This fails #1 of the assessment criteria  There are large chunks of content that is lacking sources and the article is better suited as C-class. Otr500 (talk) 01:24, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article issues