Talk:Al Smith

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I removed the addition claiming he was born as "Alfred Emanuele Ferrara"; only one website claims so. Others say he had a grandfather named "Emanuele Ferrara"; that may be a mangling of that, so he may have had one Italian grandparent, not all four. More precice doccumented info on his ancestry would be welcome, but the version I reverted from seems contradicted by most biographies. -- Infrogmation 03:15, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)

yes--in early 2007 some vandal added a whole fraudulent section on Smith being Italian, based on the 195 New York Census (there was no New York census in 1915). I removed it. Rjensen 12:07, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Al Smith in ficition

I think the account of the fictional Al Smith is rather long and only minimally relevent to the article on the real Al Smith. Perhaps we could merge it into the American Empire (Harry Turtledove) with a link to it here? Any comments, objections? -- Infrogmation 22:47, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Al Smith Dinner

No mention of the annual Al Smith Dinner.--Gkklein 18:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original research tag

I've added an original research tag, since most of the article is unsourced, and there seems to be a lot of observation or POV claims. It's obvious from the cite list that there is a lot of scholarly information out there, but I think it would help if individual claims came with footnotes.

I've converted the citations into the cite template, so they should be easy to integrate inline. Mosmof 07:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I've added the requested cites. I spotted no OR in the article--everything seems based on excellent secondary sources, esp Slayton bio. Rjensen 12:08, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for citing and rewriting. Like I've said on your talk page, I didn't actually think any of the info was actual OR, but a there was a lot that needed to be verified and otherwise POV-ish. Mosmof 14:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC)