Talk:Fort Mifflin

message: The History Channel recently aired a program that touched on Fort Mifflin.  The program shows a recently discovered (August 2006) series of underground rooms near the wall of the fort, which they are calling casement 11.
The narrator speculated they may have been originally designed during the forts construction for ammunition storage.  But, based on inscriptions on the walls, they were used as a prison during the American Civil War, including a prison for William H. Howe, the only man hung at the fort during that war.  
This appearance is also discussed on the Old Fort Mifflin Historical Society webpage (http://www.fortmifflin.com/?q=node/1448)
And see (http://bvcwrt.home.comcast.net/newsletters/signal-flag-2006-12.pdf) page 6 for a writeup of the discovery.
I'm not sure exactly how to incorporate this information into the article, so hopefully someone will make an attempt.  If not I'll make an attempt when I get a chance. - Occasional Reader 02:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Underground storage 

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 20:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 

message: Paranormal activities reports are the classic case of WP:fringe I don't think they add anything here, the sources are unreliable, and the editors who are adding this are just pushing a particular POV.  I suggest that they look up the rules on adding this type of stuff, and then come back and we can have a nice discussion on why it can't go in here.  If that fails we can go to some sort of dispute resolution.  Smallbones (talk) 07:54, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering the fort is well known for apparently being haunted, it seems fair to mention it in the article. The paranormal can be covered in a neutral manner, for instance see Clifton Hall, Nottingham. Nev1 (talk) 12:15, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I found the paranormal stuff in Clifton hall to be quite overblown, claiming things that were not in the unreliable sources.  I left in the 3 reliable sources and trimmed a great deal.  "Paranormal events" are by definition unverifiable (correct me if I'm wrong), all we can report is that a reliable source claims that somebody claims that...  When it gets to the level of an unreliable source claiming that somebody claims that she didn't see anything but heard unnamed people claiming that... (as was in the Clifton article) then we MUST remove it.  Smallbones (talk) 16:58, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Please see WP:RS particularly the section on extremist and fringe sources.  I've also listed this at the Reliable sources noticeboard: Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#On_ghosts_at_Fort_Mifflin.  I'll remove the section in a few days if I don't hear anything reliable about these sources being reliable sources.  Smallbones (talk) 08:29, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  on paranormal section 

message: Can someone add the origin of the Mifflin name?  I suspect is it was named for Thomas Mifflin, but haven't a source to back it up.  --J Clear (talk) 19:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have the same suspicion, but I do not have any source, either. --DThomsen8 (talk) 20:31, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

text: A Jstor search for "Fort Mifflin" and "Thomas Mifflin" in the same document turns up 13 results. I can't access them so have no idea what they say (it may just be a case of overlap) but someone else may be able. I was the one who added the Liggett reference, but I don't recall it mentioning the etymology of the name. As Thomas Mifflin was in Philadelphia in the late 18th century, it seems more than likely the fort was named after him (or perhaps his family?) although I can't find a source for it. Nev1 (talk) 18:06, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a thought, but it might be worth contacting whoever looks after the fort. They might be able to point the way to useful sources. Nev1 (talk) 18:11, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name source 

message: This section presents the idea that the fort is haunted almost as a matter of fact. Other wikipedia articles emphasize that such claims are allegations. The POV of this section should probably be tweaked.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.99.147.86 (talk) 16:29, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  haunted buildings