Talk:Gef the talking mongoose

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This article seems fairly concise and interesting, but there's also Gef the Talking Mongoose, the only apparent difference being the capitilisation - should be merged into this one, I assume (but I don't know how to do that).

Also, I think someone should find a way to work in some of the wackier stuff Gef "said" in the article, like "I am the fifth dimension. I am the eighth wonder of the world, I can split the atom." :) --ElectricSkrill 23:24, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I redirected that one to this one, since "the talking mongoose" is a description rather than a title/name and so shouldn't be capitalized, I think ... I'm not absolutely certain that the redirect shouldn't have been the other way around.

And if you put in any details, please include links to reputable sources to back it up, since that's the sort of stuff which can invite vandalism that's hard for other editors to tell from the real thing. - DavidWBrooks 01:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

• I've decided to pull the "possible hoax" flag from this article. Bizarre as this story sounds, it has been documented extensively in books and on websites (I get 867 ghits). Doesn't mean it's true, of course, just that the WP article is not itself a hoax. As stated in WP:HOAX, an article about a likely or possible hoax, perpetrated elsewhere, is not itself an attempt to hoax. --Pleather 14:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

I have added some references to the article, though I’m not sure if they are adequate to remove the sources tag, so I have left it in place. I take issue with a few bits of the article, particularly “no one other than the Irvings ever heard Gef speak “ – which is not the case, quite a few people heard “Gef’s voice.” Also “poltergeists are believed to be pathological liars,” and “rare, cases of animals such as dogs and cats allegedly having the ability to speak,” - love to see some sources on those two.--Tascio 21:40, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the tag (having just come across this article) as the refs you've added seem good enough to me. You might like to have a look at Wikipedia:Footnotes, which tells you how to create automatic linking notes. --Blisco 23:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, I have just changed the article over to the referencing method you suggested, it should certainly make adding further references a lot easier.--Tascio 11:09, 1 October 2006 (UTC)