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Uh, why are all links to "Quail" the bird being automatically redirected to this page? That seems a little, well evil.
Is the 78-year-old Harry Whittington that Dick Cheney shot on 2/11/06 the same person as Harry Whittington the author?
- I don't see any indication either way, so we should assume not. - Eric 21:27, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- Author born 1915, no match (link) --Cascademiles 21:38, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
I removed the following paragraph, as it incorrectly (and irrelevantly) states that Aaron Burr was not in office during his duel. The duel took place in July 1804, and he left office in March 1805, so he was a sitting vice president when he shot Hamilton. "Aaron Burr was not, though, the vice president during the duel. It was during Jefferson's Second term and Jefferson chose to not run with Burr as his vice president. Burr tried to plot a New England succession and then plotted a southern succession both of which failed." Tooptoo 21:15, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
If a trivia section is added, we could say Whittington is the second person in US history to be shot by a US Vice President. Of course, this shooting wasn't a duel (just an accident), and the outcome non-tragic. GoodDay 23:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
combatants during military service. KSchwartz 00:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Is the "Controversy" section really necessary? It seems a bit extraneous. KSchwartz 03:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the assertion that the Secret Service prevented the sheriff from interviewing Cheney. The wikilink pointed to a blog, which in turn pointed to CBS News story. Problem is that the news story does not support the claim that the Secret Service kept the sheriff from interviewing Cheney. If someone can find a reliable source stating that this is true, I'd be happy to see the line put back in. Brandon39 12:22, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Whittington is of partial Jewish ancestry (however was raised Christian) and has attended services at Congregation Agudas Achim a conservative synagogue in Austin. Does this really qualify as notable information? Even if it was printed in a congregation bulletin? (As indicated in the history, but not cited on the page?) Obviously, the members of the congregation might think it significant, but I'm not convinced that it's relevant to this bio. Now, if Whittington self-identified in this way publicly, that would be another story. (Also, we should get more information on sources for this. When this article was started a couple of days ago, every bit of information in it was cited either inline or in the External links section, but that has started to slip...) JRP 15:19, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
I think claiming that the CNN image meets "fair use" guidelines is extremely questionable. We can't simply use copyrighted images without permission just because we don't have a free image instead. I'm removing it from the article for now until someone can come up with a better fair use rationale. —Cleared as filed. 02:17, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know if the NRA Wittington Center in New Mexico is named after this person, or one of his relatives?
I love the part where he appologises to the Vice President for getting shot. "oops! you shot me! my bad!" 65.93.163.128 06:16, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
He was involved - so why no link? And why no mention that the ladies were the men's mistresses? - Sparky 16:46, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, I am highly skeptical about the claims of Jewish corpses being desecrated and eaten by wild pigs. If this is true, this should be sourced. Transientseeker (talk) 04:44, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
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