Talk:Dead Man's Chest

message: I agree that the info about Skip Henderson is marginal, but it is all we have -- I am unable to find any other source. It is certainly appropriate to mention "professional amateur" researchers on Wikipedia under some circumstances (unless you suspect Skip is lying or biased?), in particular in areas that have probably never been looked at by professionals. No matter what, it is a hundred times better than just saying "according to legend" which is about as non-encyclopedic as it gets (see comment above, Wetman even gives out annual bobo prizes for "legend" wiki articles). If we only have a single source it should be used, even if it is from a professional amateur. If you can find a better source please do so. -- Stbalbach 12:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skip Henderson 

message: Just read this:   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.114.226.174 (talk) 07:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd love to include this in the article, but the claim is highly suspect of being apocryphal, like so many other stories surrounding Treasure Island, people make up stories (and history) after the fact because it draws tourists and attention to their little corner of the world. I can't find a reliable source, they are all second hand. Until we get a reliable source - the actual article from Geographical magazine - I don't think it should be included. Big claims require big proof. Green Cardamom (talk) 01:23, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead Man's Chest Island 

message: The below list was deleted by a user who left an edit note it is "trivia". I happen to disagree because cultural references are important for tracking the development of, well, culture. There is a University professor, a leading expert in the field, who tracks this stuff - good enough for him, but "trivia" for Wikipedia? I've re-added to the article the major/important ones in prose style, and re-posted the full list here. If you have more to add please do so here, or in article space only if its major/important and something meaningful can be said about it. Typically side mentions in a TV or comic or song are not good enough for article space, only if it is central to the work of art in question, such as named after it or a full reinterpretation. Green Cardamom (talk) 01:36, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural references 

message: Where does it say that in Germany, it is called "17 Mann auf....", because I'm from Germany and I, everyone I know who knows the song and a lot of people on YouTube say, it is known as "Fuffzehn Mann auf..." (Fuffzehn is dialect for Fünfzehn which are 15). If I'm wrong than correct me but there is no reference for the 17 so I'm just wondering.
79.225.129.113 (talk) 03:14, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There are examples of 17: 17 Mann auf des toten Mannes Kiste. Stalin-17 Mann auf des Totenmannskiste.  In the Treasure Island - 1966 - Theme, one of the comments says this song was sung der chor aus prag and the accent sounds like 17?  17 seems to exist, but 15 men exists, too, 15 Mann auf des Toten Manns Kiste. Green Cardamom (talk) 04:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  German version 

message: In this song, does the word "chest" refer to the thorax or a means of storage? The article doesn't clarify.  Trogyssy (talk) 20:53, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Stevenson never makes totally clear. "Dead Man's Chest" is the name of the island that inspired the song, so "15 men on the dead man's chest" would presumably mean on the island itself. Is the best evidence available, but it's like speculating what a song lyric means, or what a painting means, it's partly up to you.  -- GreenC 22:42, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I always thought of Billy Bones' chest and the men hunting him down. Maybe Stevenson developed several elements out of this song.--183.182.120.203 (talk) 16:42, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does "chest" mean?