Talk:Bill Noël

Close paraphrasing concerns
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The article needs to be checked in addition to ensure that the primary content contributor did not closely follow on other sources. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:59, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Umlaut in name?
I don't remember seeing Bill Noel's name written with an umlaut in newspaper mentions of his company "Rodman and Noel", and received this answer from query to a frield who grew up in McCamey and worked his whole career in the West Texas oilfields:

''I knew him well [and his wife] and he never had an umlaut. He was a good-looking guy and made a fortune in the old McCamey wells along with his partner E.G. Earl Rodman (Rodman Supply). ''

Such hearsay evidence is not strong enough to override the referenced Handbook of Texas (which styles the name as Noël), so I'll take it up with them before making an edit here. Would appreciate any other comments on the no-umlaut issue, however. Casey (talk) 22:31, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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