Talk:Dead Man's Chest

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"Legend has it that the rhyme tells the tale of a time when Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard..." This is poppycock, as there is no such "legend" about this literary "sea shanty", which made it first appearance in Stevenson's book. This article needs thorough overhauling to be real. --Wetman 7 July 2005 22:50 (UTC)

[edit] Skip Henderson

I agree that the info about Skip Henderson is marginal, but it is all we have -- I am unable to find any other source. It is certainly appropriate to mention "professional amateur" researchers on Wikipedia under some circumstances (unless you suspect Skip is lying or biased?), in particular in areas that have probably never been looked at by professionals. No matter what, it is a hundred times better than just saying "according to legend" which is about as non-encyclopedic as it gets (see comment above, Wetman even gives out annual bobo prizes for "legend" wiki articles). If we only have a single source it should be used, even if it is from a professional amateur. If you can find a better source please do so. -- Stbalbach 12:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dead Man's Chest Island

Just read this: [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.114.226.174 (talk) 07:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)