Talk:Garrett A. Morgan
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This is an excellent page, for its details, for tribute to an inventor, and to an African-American. I've had a file online for 2 years, with fewer details.66.44.54.174 02:45, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] myspace+picture?
that link to myspace and the image of Morgan's image at a "TCU" game has nothing to do with the topic and should be removed.
There has been a guy by the name of Steve Goodpeoples "Shunt" who runs myemospace.com goes around with the Garrett Morgan poster to sporting events and other public places and has people stand next to it and takes photos of it. This is the same guy who sneaked onto the field at Super Bowl XXXIX with fake press passes. I happen to know him from a message forum. --Raderick 10:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Negationism
I think we should erase the link www33.brinkster not because they are negationism. But they wrote like if Garrett Morgan was an hypocryt man who deserves nothing especially the title "inventor" Roger_Smith —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.78.57.65 (talk) 09:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC).
I am no fan of www33.brinkster, who seems to spend an awful lot of energy showing that Morgan's inventions were not the first -- however, his arguments are very well-documented, accurately presented and argued, and I see no reason not to link to them. If someone has a good verifiable source which could add context to, or give expert evaluation of these claims, though, that would be great!
Rapotter 15:54, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Improving this article
I am working to shape up this article -- mainly right now, just light revision and organization. It needs some work!
Morgan is a very important historical figure. However, its is fairly clear that his two most famous inventions were not quite as "new" as once thought; his traffic signal was not the ancestor of the three-light modern signal, and his gas mask was not first, nor the model used in WWI. Nevertheless, he was a notable inventor all the same, as well as a successful entrepreneur with a line of hair care products, and the founder of an important African-American newspaper, the Call and Post. So I am working to balance all these factors and would welcome support from others,
Although I have spent some time researching the Morgan Papers at the Western Reserve Historical Society, I am not relying on this work as it may fall under the policy against original research -- what I am doing instead is trimming back the most egegiously inaccurate claims while (I hope) strengthening all the aspects of Morgan's career for which I can provide clear verifiable sources. I'd be glad of any other wikipedians interested in strengthening this entry!
By the by, I took a photo of Morgan's grave -- it has his traffic signal engraved on it -- and plan to add this image soon. Looking for a suitably public-domain image of Morgan himself, but no luck yet ....
Rapotter 04:02, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Update: Have added my photo of the grave, and put in a photo of GAM which I believe will be copyright-free.
Rapotter 18:28, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cleveland Call
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History states that the Cleveland Call was founded 'circa 1920' so that's the date I'm going with. Any further information on this would be appreciated!
Rapotter 22:54, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
I am saddened to see that this page has been vandalized at least once a day this past week. There have also been some changes which have been claimed as improvements, but have been inserted in such a manner as to render portions of the article redundant or incoherent.
Those who want to make improvements to this article need only follow WP guidelines, and try to respect both NPOV and the article's overall coherence and organization. I would be happy to see some new work by others on the page!
Rapotter 20:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
