Talk:Bodie, California

message: no it is no because why would we want to know what he didn't sing about we would want to know more about why they all  fled bodie
Not a song? is that significant?
:It's by Joyce Anderson, apparently. --Wetman 15:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: As part of my general mission of correcting images of buildings on WP, I have swapped some of the images out for perspective corrected versions. I am not for one second knocking the artistic merits of the originals, indeed one is a Featured Picture, but this is an encyclopedia and the images should reflect closer what the eye sees. The corrected versions correct nothing but perspective distortion, as any architectural photographer would when photographing a building with the intention of accurately capturing the structure. Mfield (talk) 05:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corrected images 

message: At Wikipedia:WikiProject_National_Register_of_Historic_Places/NRHP_articles_needing_attention, there is a proposal to split this into two articles, Bodie, California and Bodie Historic District. 
OPPOSE. Bodie is a ghost town. All the remaining historic buildings (sfaict) are included in the Historic District and the State Park. Splitting would result in two near-identical articles. Redirects (as now) are the appropriate solution. --Pete Tillman (talk) 22:40, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Thanks for bringing that to attention here. I used to have WP:NRHP watchlisted, but it got annoying (too many changes, too fast!). This article should remain as titled, without splitting the town from the historical district. Killiondude (talk) 22:56, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose per Tillman: there's no town separate from the historic district. —hike395 (talk) 00:49, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split town & historic district? 

message: Hello. I noticed a slow revert war occurring over the population figures. I personally favor the US Census figures over the picture from some textbook, and I personally looked through the scanned US Census pages to get those figures. Now, I know this isn't a town any longer, but according to WP:USCITY, the guidelines for US cities/towns, US Census figures are preferred over any other source. "The US Census should be the primary source of demographic data. If census estimates or other reliable sources of demographic data are included, the additional data should supplement -- not replace -- the most recent available data from the decennial census."
I see that the new data supports the US Census figures for the years 1890, 1900, 1910, and 1920, but the figures are very different for 1880. Also, per WP:V, we need to know the actual book this new information is coming from so we can evaluate how reliable it is. Your cooperation is appreciated. Killiondude (talk) 04:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for looking up the guidelines, Killiondude. My main objection was, indeed, based on WP:V. Another question I have is: what is "Rate" in the population table? I don't understand that column at all. —hike395 (talk) 04:40, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey if the user who introduced the new material doesn't respond within the next day or so I'm going to revert to the former infobox. Killiondude (talk) 00:01, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

text: Without citations for each number, the chart posted under "Population" is unreliable and should be removed.  There were no official counts for Bodie during 1860, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1887, 1888, 1921, 1926, and 1932.  Most of these figures are estimates (demonstrated by flagrant rounding off) from varous publications.  Others are obvious errors.  We know there were more than two miners at Bodie in 1860, because its inhabitants organized a mining district.  The 1880 population of 10,000 (sometimes more) is a tradition that has been repeated so many times it's often accepted as fact, yet the figure is not supported by eyewitness accounts nor by the U.S Census, whose enumerators counted only 5,416 people.  MHP  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.69.98 (talk) 19:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The same thing can be seen on the article Silver Reef, Utah, except there are a couple citations. I voted that that one be removed, too. So I think we should remove the population table. OldWestHistorian (talk) 16:44, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Let's follow the guidelines of WP:CITY and only retain the Census figures. —hike395 (talk) 16:49, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

text: Do you think the same should be done in the article about Silver Reef? OldWestHistorian (talk) 16:23, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The only census data that source has for Silver Reef is 1880 (1046), 1890 (177), and 1990 (50). A local census was taken in 1884 (1500), and is included in the source, but that won't fit into the census template. I'll post the table on the talk page over there, and we can see what people think. -- Transity(talk • contribs) 22:05, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population figures 

message: The body of the article says "By 1920, Bodie's population was recorded by the US Federal Census at a total of 120 people." but the population chart directly to the right of that paragraph gives an alternate figure. Does anyone know why there's a disparity? 76.14.177.248 (talk) 23:40, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1920 population figures 

message: If no article custodians are apposed, I propose to make at least two changes to the imagery presented. 1) Change the gas station photo, as there is no longer a prop car located at the pumps. 2) Add at least one photo of the stamp mill which is the focal-point and reason why this town existed. I took the guided tour and have interior shots as well as external.  I've been there recently, and have new updated photos of a majority of the town.  I will check the article for any additional outdated information. --Mespinola (talk) 03:14, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  New/updated imagery 

message: It has been many decades since I visited, but I found some of the epitaphs remarkable, eg something like "died in childbirth, 12". (User:NanooGeek memory)  —Preceding undated comment added 22:45, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cemetery