Talk:Monongah mining disaster

message: This article is a wreck. It cites three different totals for the number of victims: 362, "upward of 500," and 956. One of these is accurate, the others aren't. It needs cleanup and rewriting badly. 75.195.36.90 (talk) 22:09, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It all depends what you call a victim.  Arguably, the widows and children left behind were victims, even though they weren't killed in the disaster.  Confusing, but perhaps Reverend Everett Francis Briggs was trying to make a point that the disaster had a greater impact than simply on those who died.  Skinsmoke (talk) 13:20, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
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message: Are Negros not Americans then?  Skinsmoke (talk) 12:55, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect this is the language used in the reports from the time.  Presumably all those labeled as "Negro" are actually Americans.  I would like to see this specified as being the historical accounting and not a modern one if that's the case, but I don't know enough about this issue or the source material to make properly encyclopedic changes. Miketsu (talk) 05:40, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Weren't they all Americans ? That is, the Polish, Greek, Irish, etc were probably all Americans as well as the Blacks. This appears to be an attempt to break down the numbers by ethnic origin but the use of the term "American" is confusing. I think by "American" they meant White. Ronald Joe Record (talk) 20:24, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Victims 

message: I'm not sure this list of victims is in keeping with Wikipedia's standards. First of all, the article says that the victim count was inaccurate. Secondly, it's just a list of names with otherwise no encyclopedic value at all; one doesn't learn anything from knowing that someone named "Jno. Majeska, Jr" was one of the victims labelled "Polish".  I rather agree with the philosophy expressed in Wikipedia:Victim Lists. --jpgordon::==( o ) 04:15, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  I'm going to be bold and remove it.  Hoof Hearted (talk) 19:58, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of victims 

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message: What would be some good sections to add to this article to further understand it even more.--Lrr00006 (talk) 19:40, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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message: No information at all in the article about the company responsible for this disaster. 173.71.191.229 (talk) 02:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Sources point to it being the Fairmont Coal Company. I'm sure the book that most of this article is drawing from has more info but I can't find a copy since the e-book site it was linked to isn't working anymore. Reconrabbit 03:48, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What company operated the mine?