Talk:Albert Goodwin

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Untitled
Article titles should not have quotation marks or nicknames in them unless absolutely unavoidable as a disambig; that's not the case here. Title moved to Albert Goodwin. Bearcat 18:23, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Names should be the most commonly used to refer to the subject, or so I was told by a wiki higher up, which means this should be Ginger Goodwin. I don't know how to change that though, and it aint a big deal since Ginger Goodwin redirects here.
 * I also changed "murdered" to "killed" since one is a legal term and Campbell was never legally convicted. I learned to make that distinction from Malcolm X, just in case anyone thinks I'm being anti-radical or something.Bobanny 04:39, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Edited details of killing
There were no witnesses to Ginger's death, and Campbell never confessed, so it's not appropriate to claim in the article that he was killed "for evading the draft". No one will ever know exactly what happened to Ginger Goodwin. There are some details about the shooting and the controversy in Mark Leier's "Rebel Life", which I'll include at the next opportunity. -Steve 207.6.224.49 11:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Poorly Researched Entry, Needs More Original Sources
This entry is a regurgitation of most of the commonly accepted "details" of Goodwin -- according to those who would have him a martyr. No one knows why he was killed ( as pointed out by the previous post), no one really knows the genesis of his radicalisation. That statement about him being a major figure in the Winnipeg Strike is shear historical fancy ... (there is nothing I could find on this...). It was common practise during WWI to pass on those less than fit and then to assess them as "able" later in the war. So his place in history based upon historical facts and what we know of his life is rather little. For those wanting a spin he is a martyr. For others he may just been a draft dodger who met unfortunate end. Until we know more about this man's life... this entry is pure fantasy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadaman1 (talk • contribs) 06:59, 4 January 2012 (UTC)