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Talk:Sanford Ransdell

message: If all of history is left to presidents and generals and royalty and rich people what a boring history we would have.
Sanford Ransdell is a good example of someone who is of historical interest because of his participation in the historically significant and famous Battle of Tippecanoe and because he was not a member of the elite class in America.
He was a soldier and early settler of Indiana. His accomplishments are notable and the fact that there is enough information about his life available to create such an article is significant too.
This article is supported by the Military work group and United States military history task force. Ransdell is historically significant in Indiana as being one of the territories early settlers, add his participation in the Battle of Tippecanoe and his connection to the Noah Beauchamp affair (which still makes the newspapers 150 years later) and his significance and notability and historical ineterest is established..
I'm sorry that you don't care for the style the article is written in you could easily recitfy that by editing the article yourself. Dwain 18:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historically significant and notable 

message: Several things I thought I'd highlight here so that you have a chance to save this article and establish its notability. Kevin raises a good point in the AfD, and I'll quote it here:
:Of the 14 footnotes in the article as of this minute, only 4 or 5 actually appear to pertain to the subject of this article, and none of those appear to establish notability -- they just list him as a soldier who enrolled (note 5), was one of a thousand who took part in a battle (notes 1 & 2), and mustered out (note 8). This is standard genealogy -- we could find similar information about thousands upon thousands of other soldiers who are listed in muster rolls. Why is this guy notable among the thousand soldiers at Tippecanoe? The article still does not say. A quote from one or both of the two Battle of Tippecanoe books which mention him would quickly dispel my objections
If you can type out here where he's mentioned in the books on the Battle of Tippecanoe we can determine if it's a non-trivial mention of him and thereby establish his notability in regards to his role in that battle. Also, this might be of interest too: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history#Notability --plange 04:51, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  AFD
Talk:Michael Brian Wheeler

message: So what's going on with Wheeler -- convicted, acquitted, or what?  Perhaps we should tag for notability or AfD.--S. Rich (talk) 18:48, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Status? 

message: 's  justification was "no notability established, relatively junior officer accused of a relatively minor crime."  
I question the assertion that this was "a relatively minor crime".  $8,000,000,000 was spent, in Iraq, without the accounting to easily trace how it was spent.  Wheeler played a role in that theft.  $8,000,000,000 is not a minor theft.  Even if this were considered hundreds of separate thefts of mere millions or tens of millions, I would question calling those individual thefts "minor crimes".  Geo Swan (talk) 03:16, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough, I've removed the PROD tag.  I'm still not convinced that this passes WP:BLP1E though, I'm not seeing any significant coverage aside from the theft and even then nothing really in detail about the participants.  I think the best course of action would be to merge this article, Debra Harrison and Robert Stein Jr. into a single article on the theft.  What do you think? - Dumelow (talk) 08:18, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

text: I came here to suggest the same solution that  presented, merging to an article on the theft. Echoing his sentiments. Eddie891  Talk Work  12:41, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: prod justification...
Talk:Richard Reid Rogers

message: On the best research I can find, including tracking down this person's obit, I don't think he was ever a Governor of the Canal Zone. I find that he was the general counsel for the Zone between 1906 and 1907 and I'm not sure there *was* an official appointment of a new Governor after Magoon. If he wasn't Governor, he didn't actually seem to do anything notable... except make a lot of money as a transit lawyer. Can anyone cite a reference that says that he *was* a governor? JRP 12:38, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Not a Governor

message: In Heller v. Boylan 29 N.Y.S. 2d 653 (1941), it cites Rogers v. Hill 289 U.S. 582 (1933) where Rogers won in the Supreme Court and settled a case. After, he "was paid a fee of $525,000, the net being $263,000, and the income tax thereon exhausting the remaining $262,000. Thus ended the Rogers campaign". In Heller, "Plaintiffs assailed the settlement and sought to have it cancelled on the ground that the huge fee to Rogers was in the nature of a bribe". Supposedly, he went to prison for it and was also disbarred.
https://casetext.com/case/heller-v-boylan-1?
https://casetext.com/case/rogers-v-hill?
https://casetext.com/case/mathews-v-american-tobacco-co  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ABWiki123 (talk • contribs) 14:19, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Richard Reid Rogers $525,000 bribery
Talk:Paul V. Hester

message: I imported ("copied") the General's official biography, so the stub status should be null and void. I'm not clear on how the review process for that might be done, so ... I'll let somebody else more in-the-know elevate this. Rthr-X 17:49, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No more stub? 

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Talk:Robert Chester (lawyer)

message: There are other Robert Chesters who, in history, are of equal or more notability.  In fact, this Robert Chester is recent and only particularly notable in the US.  I suggest that the page Robert Chester be used for the disambiguation page. -- billinghurst (talk) 09:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggest move to Robert Chester (military lawyer) 
Talk:Thomas Jesup

message: The article should give more than a passing reference to Jesup's service in the Second Seminole War. During the conflict, Jesup frequently spoke against U.S. policy in this war, contending that it was not in the interests of the United States and that the Seminoles might just as well be left in possession of the limited area they occupied in Florida. Jesup's most controversial act, for which he was widely condemned, was the capture of the Seminole leader Osceola, in apparent violation of the flag of truce under which Osceola had come to Jesup's camp in order to discuss terms. Tom129.93.17.66 02:22, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Service in Second Seminole War 
Talk:William Atwater (curator)

message: A lot of material was added in June, and it looks all good except for one important detail.  It's completely unsourced, sources need to be provided for this information.--M4bwav 16:22, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It's not definite, but apparently Dr. Atwater's doctoral paper was United States Army and Navy Development of Joint Landing Operations, 1898-1942.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.223.175.28 (talk) 15:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: PhD Dissertation

message: I heard that he was so fat because his thyroid gland got shot, I need a source though.--Conor Fallon (talk) 00:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thyroid  

message: I've attempted to rework the article a bit to get above stub status. Added two pics, infobox, and some additional info. Wish there was more to add, and better refs for what is there, but after two days--off and on-- "data mining" multiple search engines there really just isn't that much info available floating around. I'd like to know more about his early life pre-Berea College, his family, and considerably more about his Viet Nam service i.e. where did he earn his purple heart and commendations. I wonder if he's ever witten an autobiograpy or something. Anyone that can help fil in the holes and expand the article more would be greatly appreciated! Sector001 (talk) 23:04, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Jan 2013 rework
Talk:Paul Logasa Bogen

message: *Paul Logasa Bogen (March 15, 1915 – June 4, 1972) was a United States Army soldier.
Articles should tell us why the subject is notable. Being a soldier, or even a colonel, does not bestow notability. See WP:SOLDIER. I'm not aying he isn't notable, just that it's hard to determine what makes him notable. Once that's determined, it should go into the lead of the article. Felsic2 (talk) 17:21, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability
Talk:Rufus S. Bratton

message: "as it comes out of the description machine, codenamed "Purple."
Is "decryption machine" intended? It seems to be implied that there is a conflict between a transcript being called "Magic" and the machine "Purple". "Magic" applied to all crypto intel. "Purple" was a specific cypher.
Henry H.
Henry H. 21:38, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Old discussion
Talk:Olivaceous Cormorant

message: The bird formerly known as Olivaceous Cormorant, Phalacrocorax olivaceous, is now treated as Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus--see AOU Check-list (1998).  Given the synonymy, the account for Olivaceous Cormorant or Mexican Cormorant, Phalacrocorax olivaceous, should be deleted or redirected to the account for Neotropic Cormorant.  John Trapp 14:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree that it would be best to merge the articles. If we decide to keep a separate article for the northern subspecies, then Mexican Cormorant would be a better title as Olivaceous Cormorant can also refer to the South American form. Tigershrike (talk) 12:56, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As there were no objections, I've merged the two articles. Tigershrike (talk) 10:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Olivaceous Cormorant is Synonym for Neotropic Cormorant
Talk:William Wilson (Medal of Honor)

message: is there anything more on the subjects pre-military life? It has where he was born, and that he had attended a post-secondary institution. If that is it, than I can elevate to a B, but if there is more, than it should be included for the article to meet criterea B2.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 00:07, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't been able to find anything more on Wilson's early life, and I've looked, including in military records on Fold3 because I have access through the Wikipedia Library. In fact, I've actually covered more about him than most others have in their news reporting of him since his death in 1895. (As you get to know me better, you'll find that I'm quite thorough in my research, and won't request an assessment from my fellow Milhist members until I'm confident I've provided as in-depth a coverage of my biographical subjects as possible.) The existing article re: Wilson was a genuine stub with no images before I took on the task of updating it and, as you can see, I've improved it quite significantly. I would very much appreciate it if you could upgrade the assessment to B-Class. Thank you in advance. Kind Regards. 47thPennVols (talk) 00:20, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh I agree, the expansion is great work. I didn't say it wasn't.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 00:33, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  February 2019 assessment
Talk:Thomas R. R. Cobb

message: Someone has written that Howell Cobb was his brother, however, someone else has written that he was a cousin of Howell Cobb.  Whom is right?  GhostofSuperslum 02:49, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Was he a brother or a cousin?

message: Wonder if there's any relation to Ty, of baseball fame. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HunterSGuthrie (talk • contribs) 02:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Cobbs mustve been a big name in Georgia
Talk:William Richardson (Maryland politician)

message: By my reading of WP:STUB, this page is not a stub. -- Pemilligan (talk) 16:19, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I would agree after my changes the other week, but I'm not sure what needs to happen for the WikiProjects to re-assess out of the stub class. Is it as easy as removing the template in the body of the article to kick that off? Cheers, Engineerchange (talk) 17:33, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub?
Talk:Mitch Bouyer

message: The photograph misidentified as Mitch Bouyer is actually Acapore, a Ute Musician. It was taken by Charles A. Nast at his Denver studio c.1895-1899 in a series of Ute and Jicarilla Apache portraits. The original glass photonegative is housed in the Denver Public Library Special Collections: Ute Indians, "Acapore" - call number X-31214 - image file ZZR710031214.  
https://american-tribes.com/messageboards/dietmar/A-ca-po-re1.jpg
Frank Prchal (talk) 20:30, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo is not Mitch Bouyer
Talk:William F. Kernan

message: Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device
Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Medals
Army Commendation Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge (with Combat Star)
Air Assault Badge
Ranger Tab  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pathfinder077 (talk • contribs) 13:46, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decorations and Awards 

message: Hello, I'm a bit disappointed, is this William F. Kernan linked with William Fergus Kernan, the author of In praise of poison (1937) and Defense Will Not Win the War (published in 1942 Harper's page) ???  Because from harper's author page, Kernan will be born in 1892... and it's strange that he was on services from 	1968 to 2002... --GdGourou  - °o°  - Talk to me 12:39, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homonymy
Talk:Robert Komer

message: Can anyone findout which Universities he attended? Why did he tell the President he was no "expert" * on South East Asia in 1966? Why was he the "butt of jokes among the White House staff" * in 1962, why was he pushing Sukarno's agenda inside the Whitehouse and what was his relationship (if any) with McGeorge Bundy or the Skull and Bones Society members?58.107.15.245 02:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions to inspire a better article

message: So...why was he called "Blowtorch Bob", exactly?  24.131.255.12 (talk) 11:38, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Blowtorch Bob
Talk:Walter E. Boomer

message: Article expanded on 2006-10-14.  Needs more info on post-Marine Corps career. — ERcheck (talk) 03:25, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanded 
Talk:Wade Hampton I

message: Does anybody know, whether Hampton represented a certain party during service in parliament? Sources differ, one (Library of Congress) points to the Republicans, the other (Famous Americans)  to the Democrats. --Ebcdic.de (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:10, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A doctoral monograph by Ronald E Bridwell,"The South's Wealthiest Planter:Wade Hampton of South Carolina" published in 1980 notes Wade Hampton I
 birthdate as May 3 1854, the eight child, and seventh son of Anthony Hampton and his wife Elizabeth.
74.248.253.175 (talk) 03:41, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  birthdate
Talk:Guanay cormorant

message: The AP Penguin, also known to is lander's as the wanna be penguin or the virus penguin as it's common knowledge that AP birds gaining penguin privileges when Mother Penguins are paying much attention is the population of penguins experiences local extinction. --Dirtclustit (talk) 07:20, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name
Talk:Supersynchronous orbit

message: suggest merging this with Supersynchronous_Orbit or Graveyard_orbit —Taka2007 05:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 2006

message: Modified from a redirect to Graveyard orbit to a stub article describing the broader set of satellites and celestial bodies that are in supersynchronous orbits.  N2e (talk) 17:27, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  November 2013 
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ecuador/Importance

message: I created this page based on the respective page of the argentinan wikiproject. sorting of importance can be improved. a lot of top/high/mid importance articles/topics have to be added. Ma xyz 05:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page created

message: "LALALALALABold text"
The preceding text was found by me at the top of the page.
I'm very new to Wikipedia (I signed up around 10 minutes ago), and I'm already helping you guys out :) ... Any other procedure I need to carry out? Lewis512 (talk) 21:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Test edit/Vandalism removed
Talk:Abraham O. Smoot

message: The Broad Ax states that while Smoot was in Provo, he bought Alexander Bankhead. This source is cited by other sources. A Mormon historian friend of mine told me that George Bankhead didn't usually sell his slaves, so it would have been unusual for him to have sold Alex to Smoot. If you find more information on this topic, please add it. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:59, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alexander Bankhead
Talk:Andrew C. Thornton III

message: Andrew C. Thornton III is incorrect, page has been copied to correct location at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_C._Thornton_II - suggest to remove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_C._Thornton_III. Ancjr 23:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion to remove this page
Talk:Arthur Krock

message: So, was the fellow born in 1886 or in 1887?
82.93.10.238 (talk) 23:08, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I'm not sure why the final quote (about the CIA) is included. Is the implication that the CIA was responsible for Kennedy's assignation? How does this relate to Arthur Krok's journalistic career?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by WetcoastTJL (talk • contribs) 16:46, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The "Journalism" section as a whole is poorly-done, in my opinion. The section only briefly discusses his journalism career, but features two long quotes that seem out of place, and add little general information about his career. The first quote is focused exclusively on Alger Hiss and David Lilienthal, yet is not placed into any kind of historical or biographical context, but appears almost randomly thrown into the article. While Krock's close relationship with the Kennedy family (and especially Joseph Kennedy, Sr.) is properly discussed, the quote implying that the CIA may have had something to do with JFK's assassination is also totally out of place in such an article, has nothing to do with describing Krock's journalistic career, and should be removed. The Journalism section should be expanded with more general and detailed knowledge of his career at the Times, and should have fewer long blocks of direct quotes that have no context and are out of place in the section. Just a thought. 70.145.229.162 (talk) 16:24, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: CIA mention 

message: I've found two sources recently, while editing the List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times, about Krock's work, and they include notable content worth incorporating into this article.
* A 1950 Time Magazine article about the White House press corps' "sizzling" reaction to his exclusive interviews with sitting presidents (which won him two of his Pulitzer Prizes)
* A 1993 Washington Post article describing accusations that Krock was paid for a long time by Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. to "keep the Kennedy name in the papers."
Best, Shrinkydinks (talk) 22:30, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material / Sources to be incorporated
Talk:Bradley Kincaid

message: Although he preformed at the Grand Ole Opry he has never been a member.  I removed the category entry.Tomsv 98 (talk) 17:13, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a good source and added him back in the category.Tomsv 98 (talk) 21:11, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grand Ole Opry 
Talk:Carl D. Perkins

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thread_title: File:Carl D Perkins.jpg Deleted
Talk:Carl Mays

message: Neither of the references listed after that factoid mentions the other.  I can't remember who it was---I read about it once, I think.  I think it was someone who crashed into an outfield wall and died maybe the next day.  Can anyone help me out here?
Also, I'm not sure we can fault Mays for not "showing remorse."  In his mind, it was an accident, plain and simple, and he seemed to be quite sorry it had happened.  The lack of an outright apology needn't be made a fuss of.  (Still, it would've been better if he had said something, but I guess that just wasn't Carl Mays.)
And finally, I agree with the previous discusser that the Mays-Chapman incident needs to be given more extensive treatment on here.174.101.118.72 (talk) 14:59, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chapman 2nd major leaguer to die from on-field injury?
Talk:Charles Chilton Moore

message: Howdy! 
I found a mention of Charles Chilton Moore in A New History of Kentucky by Klotter & Friend. It's in Chapter 15 toward the end of the first section. 
"Balancing that religious orientation was the controversial atheist sheet, The Blue Grass Blade (1884-1910), whose editorials got their editor placed in prison."
This section of the book has lots of details about events related to newspapers in Kentucky.
I'm new here, so please let me know if I should be formatting this differently. I wasn't sure how to write a reference so I decided to post it here. PrimordialArchmage (talk) 22:48, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mentioned in Klotter's "A New History of Kentucky"
Talk:Loral Corporation

message: Is there a reference for Loral Corp being a former Lockheed-Martin company?  —Fleminra 05:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Loral seems to have two category tags that say it is "defunct." But the body of the article does not mention that Loral either went bankrupt, or was bought out by another company. In addition Loral seems to still be in the news. Loral Corp seems to have a lot of subsidiaries, including Loral Space Information Systems and is also referred to as Loral Space & Communications Inc.,
This should all be made clear in the wiki article. And I dont think this company is "defunct."Donna Helene (talk) 06:44, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defunct company?
Talk:Agnes Broun

message: I am working on this. Please do not delete. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wbroun (talk • contribs) .
:Can you provide any references to the individual's notability herself, other than being the mother of a poet?  If so I will revoke my nomination for deletion. Leuko 06:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a nice little article. I see no reason to merge it into the Robert Burns article. -- Derek Ross | Talk 04:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes but it doesnt tell you how many children she had and thats what i searched.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.33.17 (talk) 10:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Work in Progress

message: I have remodelled this article and added a section on the influence that Agnes had upon her son Robert.Rosser Gruffydd 07:41, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite