Talk:Leland Stanford
|
|
Wetheter or not this is a stub is not worth an edit war. Everyone should calm down, take a deep breath, and talk about it. Gentgeen 09:53, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I'm not the unresponsive one - "A stub on Wikipedia is a very short article, generally of one paragraph or less" --Jiang 06:07, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I wasn't assigning blame, just sugesting there was a lot of effort going into an edit war over a stub notice. I just wanted a cooling off period, which I believe has happened. Gentgeen 07:12, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Full name
Shouldn't his full name be "Amasa Leland Stanford, Junior"? Since Stanford Uni's full name is exactly that (minus Amasa and the comma). --Menchi 03:57, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- It should be "Amasa Leland Stanford, Senior", since Stanfurd University is named after his son. But since his son wasn't really notable and died young, we might as well settle w/o the "senior".--Jiang 06:06, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Why I reverted
The last edit, by an anon, changed two facts. One of the facts was the end date of Stanford's term as Governor from 1963 to 1967. As this doesn't match with the California State Capitol Museum (http://www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov/english/legislature/governors/index.html) or the Secretary of State of California's list of Governors (I've got the PDF here, but don't remember the link), I'm going to assume bad faith on the other change as well. If I'm wrong, please provide documentation. Gentgeen 20:34, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Disputed facts from anon
The following dispute from 66.81.61.79 was placed in the article over the weekend:
- Stanford was never president of the southern Pacific Railroad. Anyone who thinks he was simply knows no railroad or Stanford history. Moreover, Stanford did not die in Palo Alto. He died at his home on the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On both points and thousands of others, see my The Governor: The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford. Norman E. Tutorow NET@TDL.Com
As to the presidency claim, I found that in a book on the history of the Southern Pacific railroad. I'll find the full reference and add it as soon as I can. slambo 15:43, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)