Talk:Howard R. Hughes, Sr.

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[edit] Allene Stone Gano

I've just flagged a recent, unsupported addition: "Allene Stone Gano (a descendant of Catherine of Valois, Dowager Queen of England, by second husband Owen Tudor)". This really does need a supporting citation. Thanx - Theriac 15:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

It is done. - Garry Denke 16:54, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Transfer of debate

Hi. I've just flagged your recent addition to Howard R. Hughes, Sr.:"Allene Stone Gano (a descendant of Catherine of Valois, Dowager Queen of England, by second husband Owen Tudor This needs a supporting citation, and without it there is a strong chance it will be deleted. ThanxTheriac 15:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Since I don't have any other source than a site, the best I can do is to give and present it.

Thanks. But I can not find anything on the site about him being related to Catherine of Valois or Owen Tudor. Can you give an improved link, such as the actual page on the site. ThanxTheriac 16:01, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Following the blue ball it eventually will lead to them. The rest, I can also give their pages. Since the site is organised that way, I would have to put every single page in between, which is unpractical.

Thanks but I can't get that to work. I not sure if this website alone would be sufficient verification for such a claim, especially one where the information is so hard to find. ThanxTheriac 16:11, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe asking the author of it, on his mainpage.

I'm pretty sure that would not be considered appropriate verification. The following link will explain what is needed for a citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability ThanxTheriac 16:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I meant, he will provide the actual sources in which he had based.

Sorry I misunderstood. That seems a good idea so can you get this information from him? ThanxTheriac 17:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Infortunately, I don't have an e-mail, at least I don't have access to it easily, and besides he's not very communicative, at least to me, since I've sent him one message some weeks ago and I don't have any answer. But, since it's you, he might answer.

Hi Gonçalo-Manuel. Thanks but that is not how wikipedia works. It is for the author to give verifiable citations: i have only noted that the one you have given my not meet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability If it doesn't you additions is very likely to be deleted. ThanxTheriac 20:31, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I just read the Queen Catherine of Valois's biography and find this relation between Howard Hughes's mother and her. But this is false: they had no proofs about a Catherine's son called David Owen. In Owen Tudor's biography, this David appears as his younger child, born almost twenty years after Queen Catherine's death. The link, in any case, is uncertai. Thanks a lot Aldebaran69 (talk) 23:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inventor

It was unlikely that he actually invented the bit, but his law training helped him understand that the patent was the most important part of the financial life of any invention.

But in an interview in Look magazine, Hughes, Jr. said: The men in Houston worship him - why not say "his father, though a brilliant inventor, was prone to be extravagant." I wouldn't like anything about his management. [1] Even the Howard Hughes article says that he learned to appreciate all things mechanical from his father. --68.224.247.53 05:58, 22 July 2007 (UTC)