Talk:Edward Low

message: Seems to be some disagreement between the article and the pullquote as to whether George Roberts really existed or was a fictional construct?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.164.44.4 (talk) 15:01, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Roberts 

message: *Area History: Chapters 4 - 5, Vol II - Watson's Annals of Philadelphia And Pennsylvania, 1857
*NYT article for quotes
No stopping now! Neil ム 21:15, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Resources

message: You've probably been through an FA nomination before, in which case I'm teaching my granny to suck eggs. But just in case you haven't, I'll warn you that the reviewers can be very picky.
Breaches of the MOS like this – 28 May 1722 – will have have them jumping up and down in excitement waving their "Oppose 1a)"s. As I understand the MOS, the rule is that full dates should be autoformatted, and so should day and month. So the example I quoted ought to be 28 May 1722; it's only years on their own that ought not to be wikilinked, not years as part of a full date. --Malleus Fatuarum 22:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And yeah, but believe it or not, the last FA nomination I went through was almost 2 years ago(!), and for an entirely different topic. Neil ム 09:30, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion pre FA nomination 

message: Is "quarters" mercy or lodgings? jnestorius(talk) 01:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Good Quarters to be given when Craved" 

message: The New York Times reference in the introduction should be accompanied by a source citation (in my opinion).  Not a biggie, but would add just that much more credibility to a good article--Thanks75.68.192.62 (talk) 02:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Expanding on this, I caught myself wonder what year the NYT made this comment. I think many readers, like myself, may not be clear on just how long some papers have been around, and may wonder if it was an of-the-times comment, or something printed in retrospect. Dxco (talk) 05:29, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Low was fairly unheard of, and never received the kind of attention and "media treatment" that Edward Teach or Stede Bonnet have received, which is why I decided to write the article.  Very few people as notable as Conan Doyle have ever written about him. Neıl <B>龱</B> 23:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction  

message: I came accross this article from the front page FA section, and really enjoyed it! It was concise and to the point, but as well had a nice flavor to it, where the authors allowed a touch of saltiness to it by relying on quotes that contain terminology of the time. A fun read. Good job!Dxco (talk) 05:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kudos! 

message: The opening sentence gives 1724 as the date of Low's death, yet in the Death section there is no conclusive proof of when he died? Markb (talk) 10:40, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of Death? 

message: About halfway through the page, in the "Capsizing of the Rose Pink section, the text reads [edited]
"and his fleet of two ships (the Rose Pink and the Fancy,...... and Low—now captaining the schooner Squirrel"
Fine, he had two vessels, neither had that final name, so where did the Squirrel come from? --Dumarest (talk) 11:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've expanded the sentence to clarify this. Neıl <B>龱</B> 17:49, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More ships than noted?

message: "Following the death of his wife during childbirth in late 1719, he became a pirate two years later, " - this is badly phrased. Perhaps "He became a pirate in 1921, two years after the death of his wife during childbirth" or similar? 217.34.222.220 (talk) 14:06, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rephrase? 

message: Is there an agreed-on definition for "scoundrel" for which Edward Low qualified during his time as a thief? Can we find another word that conveys the idea of socially inappropriate conduct but which is not a value judgement? Do we have more information about his activities that we can use here? "Thief" indicates that he stole. Is there another action noun we can pair with it? Did he fight? Kidnap? Intimidate? Monado (talk) 14:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Definition of scoundrel: "a villain, a rogue".  Based on the "Early life" section, yes, "scoundrel" is an appropriate term. Neıl <B>龱</B> 16:53, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Scoundrel" is an opinion 

message: Edward Low was a Homosexual, correct? That's what I remember from school.66.142.195.205 (talk) 16:26, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it doesn't belong in the 'see also' section; the article on homosexuality doesn't appear to say anything about Edward Low, and if he was indeed gay, that should be discussed and sourced within the body of the article rather than just linking to the term. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:03, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You need a reliable source for your facts. I heard about this too and went to school on the east coast. It's going to be hard to find citations for that statement. I suppose if a celebrity said it in an interview or put it in a magazine it could be used. Lawtonlawdawg (talk) 16:19, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Orientation 

message: In the second paragraph, the phrasing suggests that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the New York Times were contemporaneous with Low; but of course Low was long dead before either Doyle or the NYT came to be.  I'd suggest either replacing these quotes with contemporary sources; or at the very least, starting the sentence with something like "Two centuries later, Doyle described Low as . . . ."  Otherwise it's rather misleading to the casual reader.Textorus (talk) 18:29, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: How does it suggest they were contemporaneous with Low?  I don't find it misleading.  I am probably biased as I wrote it, of course. Neıl <B>龱</B> 22:14, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time problem 

message: My undo of vandalism was reverted by a very experienced & reputable admin Epbr123 - but I can still see the 'vandalism' namely using table cells at the very bottom of the article to display very large (albeit pixellated) lewd images (after Guide to Edward Low in the external links).  Could someone please check - am I the only one seeing this & if so how?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvorE (talk • contribs) 19:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urgent - Vandalism? 

message: Several users have changed the nickname mentioned from "Ned" to "Ed". All of the sources that I have checked linked from this article mention either "Ned Low" or "Edward Low". Can anyone provide references for the changes to "Ed"? — λ (talk) 22:07, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There are none.  I hesitate to call it vandalism, but even if it's well-meaning, it is wholly incorrect. Neıl <B>龱</B> 22:12, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ed vs. Ned 

message: About halfway through the page, in the "Capsizing of the Rose Pink section, the text reads [edited]
"and his fleet of two ships (the Rose Pink and the Fancy,...... and Low—now captaining the schooner Squirrel"
Fine, he had two vessels, neither had that final name, so where did the Squirrel come from? --Dumarest (talk) 11:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've expanded the sentence to clarify this. Neıl <B>龱</B> 17:49, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More ships than noted?

message: The article briefly refers to Ned's brother ("The brother later took to other forms of criminal activity and ended up hanged at Tyburn for 'thievery'."). His crime would probably be called burglary or similar today. Richard Low was found guilty of "breaking open the dwelling House of Captain John Guyon" and of "breaking open the dwelling-House of Jacob Curtis." His accomplices in these two cases were William Davis, Joseph Montisano, John Hall and Stephen Bunch. All ended up in the gallows at Tyburn, as per the Old Bailey proceedings of 10 December 1707. (Source: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?path=sessionsPapers%2F17071210.xml)  Idontcareanymore (talk) 17:13, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That's really good, thank you.  I've put it in the article. fish&karate 10:14, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  His brother 

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