Talk:Antonine Barada

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A fact from Antonine Barada appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 29 January 2008.

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Barada apparently was a real person, so the article is unclear as to what is factual and what is legend. Is Barada believed to have actually saved ANY slaves from drowning? Or is that entirely legend? Is he known to have been exceptionally large, is it suspected that he was exceptionally large, or is it merely legend that he was exceptionally large? If the stone in St. Louis actually exists, verify this and give the location. If it does not exist, delete the passage, as it is not much of a legend.

[edit] Widely known?

I'd like to know how widely known this person's legend is? I've never heard of him before stumbling on this article, so is he currently well known and, if so, by how wide a region? I'm not sure I like the scale to which the line "The Barada myth is widely known" reaches. I'd like to know what region(s) his myth is best known in so that the sentence can be modified to a more accurate representation of the scope of this myth. SailorAlphaCentauri (talk) 19:32, 29 January 2008 (UTC)