Talk:Jean Lafitte
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[edit] NOR
I removed this passage:
- Circa 1970, Jean Lafitte's estate included land and at least one oil well, the proceeds of which were divided among his approximately 3000 heirs. These heirs included the descendants of many illegitimate children, whom he fathered by various women. (This information is provided by one of those descendants, whose father received 75 cents and a book naming those descendants.)
because it violates Wikipedia's policies on citation, verifiability, and maybe original research. It's an interseting addition to the article, and it may well be true, but we need a verifiable citation. Tom Harrison (talk) 21:09, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] External links
The Nola Mae Ross item is in fact an ad for a book for sale. Contraband Days is a tourist festival, the site is not about Lafitte. The Phantom FAQ was some kind of spam for a comic book.
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas, though legit, is so brief that, considering the many other much longer and more detailed sources available, probably doesn't make the cut.
The Pictorial History of Texas, though it has an engraving of Lafitte, is a very broad text, very little of which is about Lafitte.
The other items, I set in an approximate descending order of importance, with the longest items and those most centered on Lafitte himself toward the top (including a new item), and shorter items and those somewhat tangential toward the bottom. Bill 23:40, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Late life in Yucatan
For whenever this article starts to be fleshed out with biographic details, I note that John Lloyd Stephens was somewhat interested in the figure of Lafitte, and recounts some folks' memories of him in Yucatan some 15 to 20 years earlier in "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan". -- Infrogmation 18:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jean vs. Jean
In the fiction Star Trek: The Next Generation: Captain's Table Novel Dujonian's Hoard, Jeean LaFitte makes an appearance as Captain of the Pride. He is said to be the best swordsman in the place. at least until Jean-Luc Picard bested him. Should his be included in 'other appearances'? Rev. James Triggs 20:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think the appearances of Lafitte as a fictional character should be kept a bit more distinct from the actual person. (If you think the Star Trek apperance is a particularly notable example of his Lafitte in fiction, go ahead and add it. I hope more material can be added about the real person.) -- Infrogmation 22:16, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Biography
The first sentence is not a sentence that I can recognize. Subsequent sentences are not much better. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.252.212.246 (talk) 13:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
